This resulted in the reseller finding the maximum amount of planned projects in what was a quiet and mature market, more effectively managing those identified planned projects, winning the software race in the selection process and clearly...
B2B applications such as supply chain management could be written giving all the functionality and automation of ERP packages, but without tying a user to a single large system or software vendor. However, both O'Reilly and Beadle are equally...
Companies offering best-of-breed solutions may have more of a fighting chance but Ellison points out that implementing best-of-breed solutions is only a transitional strategy before moving to a suite when it becomes available.
I would view the deciding factor on the selection of an application server as being its ability to perform at an enterprise level. Application servers today have matured to the level where the functionality within the products from the top vendors...
The problem with the larger consultancies has always been that the points through which they deliver strategy are too far removed from the areas of business that actually develop the solution. Critics say, however, that when an IT equipment vendor...
There are other points worth mentioning in this study. However, this may also pose challenges since many of EMC's existing partner base already attempt to offer such "vendor-independent" services. If EMC and Accenture together can grab any sort of...