Infrastructure Capabilities

Robust Systems are Built from the Bottom Up

by J. Dowling ... of such a change and the systems that will deliver new operational capabilities must be analyzed and supporting infrastructure capabilities must be built into ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2000/04/research_notes/MI_EV_JFD_04_00_1.asp - 13k - 2000-04-03 Summary: Information technology infrastructure takes a back seat to applications investments for lack of a cost justification method. However, the infrastructure systems are breaking down in public; bringing significant attention to an issue that has been set aside far too long.

Stalled Oracle Fumbling For A Jump-Start Kit Part 2: Event Summary ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Oracle has the advantage of intimate knowledge of its own application in comparison with other ASPs, its infrastructure capabilities, and corporate viability ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2002/04/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_04_15_02_1.asp - 15k - 2002-04-15 Summary: Oracle continues respond to the changing requirements of the market, by addressing the need for Wireless Internet support, application servers, and expanded ASP support, while using new pricing models to maintain and expand its existing customer base.

Ardent Software: Will Informix Merger Affect their Success?

by M. Reed ... Vice President of data warehouse marketing at Ardent, "Customers are looking for a complete set of information infrastructure capabilities for their business ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/2000/04/research_notes/VN_DW_MFR_04_10_00_1.asp - 16k - 2000-04-10 Summary: With Informix’s completion of its acquisition of Ardent Software, it remains to be seen how effective this marriage will be, and whether Ardent will be allowed autonomy to continue its success in the extract/transform/load and data integration infrastructure.

Oracle Mends Its Ways To Bounce Back

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... player in the ASP market owing to the intimate knowledge of its own application in comparison with other ASPs, its infrastructure capabilities, and corporate ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/01/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_01_07_02_1.asp - 21k - 2002-01-07 Summary: Despite its inclination to traditionally thrive on a moderate amount of controversy and to fly a number of trial balloons, Oracle, has also been a practical company, often modifying its strategy and adopting a tack that would work better. Thus, while Oracle's declining revenue and profit are painfully n

Meridian Systems’ “Catch Up” Challenge in the Capital ...

... of analytic, reporting, view (visualization), and modeling capabilities (eg, construction ... and plan for unique circumstances before building any infrastructure. ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/.../ - 54k - 2008-10-30

SAP Bolsters NetWeaver's MDM Capabilities Part One: Event Summary

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... capabilities that extended the technology stack beyond the initial capabilities of the ... SAP Enterprise Portal (SAP EP) and SAP Exchange Infrastructure (SAP XI). ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/12/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_12_01_04_1.asp - 15k - 2004-12-01 Summary: SAP's determination to become a service-oriented architecture (SOA) applications lingua franca evangelist through SAP NetWeaver might have been further shown by its recent willingness to acquire catalog and product content management (PCM) vendor A2i, knowing its inclination to acquire little when it com

AT&T Has a Thing for Media

by A. Turner ... Microsoft, RealNetworks and other industry leaders, AT&T will leverage its data and Internet infrastructure, digital media production capabilities and broad ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/eCommerce/2000/08/news_analysis/NA_EC_ADT_08_07_00_1.asp - 10k - 2000-08-07 Summary: In February 2000, AT&T announced their 'Ecosystem' which offers network infrastructure and hosting services. They’ve done it again, but this time focusing on the delivery of media. The AT&T 'Ecosystem For Media' is designed to be the industry’s premiere end-to-end digital media platform with the go

The Art And Science Of IT Architecture Design

by J. Dowling ... access. In effect, the dynamics of the business drive the dynamic capabilities of information technology infrastructure. When the ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2002/06/research_notes/MI_EV_JFD_06_03_02_1.asp - 14k - 2002-06-03 Summary: To assure flexibility and lasting value, information system designs and product selection must be guided by an architectural plan for infrastructure and applications systems. The Art of architecture design is in extracting business requirements; the Science is translating them into technology solutions.

Microsoft Retail Systems

by Caroline Lam ... installed. Thus, retailers need to prepare data, schedule a project plan, and check for infrastructure capabilities for the upgrade. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/retail/2006/08/research_notes/PN_RT_CL_08_31_06_1.asp - 26k - 2006-08-31 Summary: Microsoft Point of Sale and Microsoft Retail Management System provide a complete point of purchase solution suite for small and midsize specialty retail businesses. Released in 2005, Microsoft Point of Sale has enabled Microsoft to further penetrate the retail market.

Mid-size Companies Have Full-size IT Issues

by J. Dowling ... effect the desired capabilities and to estimate the cost of doing so. This step should be done without consideration for current systems and infrastructure. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2003/11/research_notes/MI_EV_JFD_11_28_03_1.asp - 11k - 2003-11-28 Summary: Information technology product selection is one issue that does not scale up or down with the size of the enterprise. The breadth and seriousness of issues that must be managed by the Information Systems Departments of mid-size companies are the same as those of larger corporations with more people and f