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  • Oracle gets Agile for $495 million

    The Agile acquisition appears to fit into that latter category, providing PLM technology that can be used in a range of industries, including manufacturing, consumer goods, IT and life sciences.Phillips said the Agile acquisition furthers Oracle's…
    16 May 2007
    Tags: Acquisition • Management Software • Maker • Acquisitions • Strategic • Lifecycle

  • Microsoft developing paid search

    For example, a sporting goods vendor might bid on keywords such as "basketball" and "racquet" and its ads will show up next to the search engine results of someone who used those terms as queries.Until now, Microsoft has relied on Yahoo's Search…
    16 March 2005
    Tags: Queries • House • Activities • Division • Engine • Programme

Latest Features

  • Security and the rise of corporate espionage

    And followed up on page 53 with a 2007 report that "Italy's domestic intelligence service, SISDE (Servizio per le Informazioni e la Sicurezza Democratica, Italian for Service for Information and Democratic Security) accused Chinese hackers…
    01 March 2010
    Tags: Intellectual Property • Economy • Compromised • Audience • Aspects

  • Brocade deal to help drive data-centre transition

    Brocade had the vision and now is gaining the Ethernet goods, Kerravala said. Brocade Communications Systems' planned US$3 billion acquisition of Foundry Networks is a major strategic move in a brewing war over the future of data-centre…
    24 July 2008
    Tags: Iscsi • Brocade • Analysts • Vision • War • Sans

  • Can IT ever be truly green?

    ICT can reduce the need for travel and transportation of goods by bridging distance. Instead, it's about transport, says Young: "The strategic use of ICT can contribute significantly to energy efficiency (which Stern does pick up on), sustainable…
    25 July 2007
    Tags: Perspective • Data Centres • Carbon • Transport

  • Opinion: Hitachi box is neat, like Angelina Jolie is only cute

    Unlike Angelina Jolie HDS doesn't have big lips and delivers the storage goods without making a noise about it. Partnering with folks who provide specialized technology that supports the overall mission is smart -- there is limited value in…
    20 June 2006
    Tags: Hitachi • Guys • Steve • Gear • Noise • Hds

  • Symantec and Veritas - why?

    On this basis the merger is defensive and the likelihood is that it will not deliver the hoped for goods.There is no demonstrable combined security and data management technology or product.Having to deal with separate storage and security…
    17 December 2004
    Tags: Merger • Anti Virus • Data Management • Suppliers • Veritas • Architect
 

How-Tos

  • How to cut costs through the supply chain

    With credit at a premium, it's in a company's best interest not only to keep inventory levels tight, but also to sell goods as soon as possible. While it may not fall directly on IT executives to make that happen, their role in the equation is very…
    02 September 2009
    Tags: Flow • Optimisation • Visibility • Signals • Inventory • Investments

  • Case Study: Simplify the workplace with IT data centre consolidation (part 2)

    The techie work culture got caught up in the technology and understood the learning opportunities it created.Nonetheless, consolidating soon after a company merger can exacerbate tensions, as it did at Advantage Sales and Marketing, a leading…
    12 December 2006
    Tags: Wave • Fear • Article • American • Learned • Focusing

  • Layer by layer

    Some sample recommendations to help this consumer goods company transform its IT operations into a strategic corporate asset. With that in mind, CDW has compiled some sample recommendations to help this fictitious consumer goods company transform…
    20 June 2005
    Tags: Boston • Asset • Raised • Strategic • Conversion • Sans

  • Outsourcing looks good

    Obviously, this major consumer goods manufacturer's current ad hoc and decentralised IT approach has failed to support the company's corporate objectives adequately and has led to a severe deterioration in the reliability of its IT infrastructure…
    13 June 2005
    Tags: Assessment • Service Providers • Centralised • Decisions • Procedures • Outsourcing

  • Case Study: Gillette shaves costs with RFID

    But because Gillette thinks the benefits will be greater the earlier in the process it can tag goods, the company has also launched a pilot to "tag at source" at its packaging facility in Fort Devens, Massachusetts, where it puts EPC tags on cases…
    05 January 2005
    Tags: Tag • Chain • Retail • Rfid • Manufacturer • Stores

White Papers

  • Improving accuracy of spend analysis with data quality and commodity coding

    Poor-quality product data creates difficulties in controlling the costs of production, the productivity of the company, and the delivery of finished goods affecting long-range strategic planning to day-to-day operations.
    01 February 2009
    Tags: Supplier • Analysis • Accuracy • Strategic • Strategies • Goods

  • Consumer-Centric Marketing

    Consumer-Centric Marketing is a strategic imperative for all consumer products and consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies. Until recently, consumer goods marketers developed their marketing messages by using detailed input from only a small…
    23 March 2007
    Tags: Consumer • Messages • Targeting • Packaged • Centric • Segments

  • Project Portfolio Management for New Product Development

    In industries ranging from manufacturing and high technology to consumer goods and biotechnology, PPM solutions help manage the corporate objectives associated with NPD projects.PPM for NPD and research and development (R&D) projects addresses the…
    08 March 2007
    Tags: Projects • Portfolio • Organizations • Product Development • Allocation • Ppm

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