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The $1.3 billion verdict in the Oracle v. SAP case is surprising, given that the third-party support subsidiary of SAP, TomorrowNow, was fixing glitches and making compliance updates, not trying to...

This HRM assessment tool enables a self-evaluation of four key areas: strategic alignment between HR and the overall business, the current portfolio of HRM applications, the effectiveness and...
Future Look: The Human Resource Management Playbook
This report outlines the future outlook for application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals working with human resources executives on their applications and business process optimization...

Three key forces are reshaping the enterprise resource planning (ERP) market: the growing demands of global businesses; the increasing need for industry-specific functionality; and the expanding use...

Slow Adoption Of Newer Product Means Changes Likely In Oracle's Strategy
This report, originally written for CIOs, includes content relevant to application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals. With Oracle's strong footprint in the enterprise business apps...

Tools And Technology: The Business Applications Playbook
This report, a component of Forrester's business applications playbook, provides a framework for selecting and acquiring business applications software and related services. Disruptive technologies...
Enterprise applications for running your business (i.e., ERP) are evolving rapidly to enable more flexibility, better user experiences, and new deployment options offering more predictable long-term...
Could you give me the cost range for both the core accounting (AP, GL) and the budget and forecasting options for a company with annual revenues of $250 million? In these price ranges, I'm looking...
Executive Overview: The Human Resource Management Playbook
As businesses strive to achieve competitive differentiation, growth, and global expansion while carefully managing costs, people strategies play a big factor in successful outcomes. In shaping these...
Landscape: The Human Resource Management Playbook
This report, the landscape component of the human resource management (HRM) playbook, will enable application development and delivery professionals (AD&D pros) and their HR business partners to...

Now is the perfect time for business process professionals to revisit their current enterprise resource planning (ERP) application commitments and future ERP plans. As the global economy gradually...

An Empowered Report: Harnessing Mobile Technology For Process Acceleration
Mobile applications for business use are receiving a great deal of attention from package application software vendors and considerable interest from business process professionals. But other than...
Assessment: The Human Resource Management Playbook
Most companies struggle to integrate a collection of human resource management (HRM) systems that can include payroll, core HR, learning, recruitment, and talent management. The proliferation of...

What are the latest industry trends related to the adoption of HR portals to provide employee decision support tools and self-service for career and benefits programs? Which are the top HR portal...
Organizations Face Challenges With The Proliferation Of Employee Data
Although the notion of a global system of record for employee information is widely accepted, many organizations are unable to achieve this goal. The majority of organizations maintain complex and...
Processes: The Human Resource Management Playbook
This report, the processes component of the human resource management (HRM) playbook, enables application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals, CIOs, and their HR business partners to...
Business process professionals responsible for packaged applications often have difficulty in getting their arms around the total costs of ownership of their business solutions. SaaS simplifies the...
Planning, Reporting, And Compliance Drive Financial Apps Strategies
Investment in financial management applications — including accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting — will improve along with the economy in 2011. Compliance mandates...
Microsoft Dynamics AX Leads Microsoft's App Innovation Agenda
The 2011 Convergence event demonstrated that Microsoft continues to advance its ERP products and offer additional deployment options — specifically, software-as-a-service (SaaS). The event...
