SAP has broken with its single-vendor tradition by announcing an extensive partner programme and expanding its integration of non-SAP products, even where an SAP alternative is available. The strategy is to have users implement the mySAP.com portal...
The typical life cycle of a government IT project has been repeated again and again: big contract announced; protracted tendering process; big systems integrator wins deal; personnel change, specifications shift, project runs over budget; project...
Santa's operation had struggled to handle the volumes, however, so he promised himself he would make some changes for the following year. Unsuspecting customers can be caught out by this if they allow their agenda to be set by vendor marketing...
No matter whether you are approached by a systems integrator (for example a CSC or IBM GS), a workflow vendor (a Staffware or FileNet), an EAI vendor (a Tibco or WebMethods) or a BPM company (a Metastorm or PegaSystems), you get a common message...
Gavin Whatrup, group IT director at Creston, a collection of PR, advertising and direct marketing businesses, knows getting grassroots buy-in for new working practices can be a challenge. A collection of dials and gauges providing an at-a-glance...
Without middleware, IPTV would be a lifeless collection of hardware with no way for viewers to get access to the content they want. We now have IP video encoders that can handle 36 MPEG-2 channels, full 'quadruple play' offerings (bundled telephone...