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SAP customers fearing a maintenance price increase in early 2010 under the Enterprise Support programme will have a reprieve following the announcement that the increase will be postponed pending “intensified engagement” with customers and user groups to prove the value of the programme.
OpinionWire Articles - published 18/12/2009 - Angela Eager
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FinancialForce.com is the result of a brand new, joint venture between salesforce.com and Unit 4 Agresso (parent company of financial management software vendor CODA). The new company is the vehicle for taking the existing built-for-Force.com Coda2Go financial management application to market. Unit 4 Agresso will have the majority holding of the new venture and CODA CEO Jeremy Roche will be CEO of FinancialForce, but salesforce.com will be actively involved by providing first-line customer support and ha…
OpinionWire Articles - published 15/10/2009 - Angela Eager
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When considering the opportunities for IT cost savings, it is important to appreciate that there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution. Organisations will need to be selective and initially opt for those initiatives that will achieve the best returns in the shortest time period.
Butler Group Review Articles - published 27/05/2009 - Mark Blowers
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Earlier this year Cisco introduced its EnergyWise technology for Catalyst switches that measures, reports, and reduces the energy consumption of Internet Protocol (IP) devices. Cisco is also working with Schneider Electric for building utility management, SolarWinds for network monitoring, and Verdiem for monitoring PC power in order to extend EnergyWise as a platform for power management across both IT and the building systems of an organisation by early 2010. This will ultimately enable the management …
OpinionWire Articles - published 23/04/2009 - Mark Blowers
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EXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) is a set of open XML-based schemas for the reporting of financial data. Initially conceived in the late 1990s with the first specification released in July 2000, it has thus far experienced steady if unspectacular progress.
Butler Group Review Articles - published 17/03/2009 - Tim Jennings
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There are different opinions on the best way to control IT cost. Some say outsource what others can demonstrate they do better, and streamline and automate processes. Others advise standardisation on fewer platforms and technologies, along with the implementation of better IT management tools. All of these measures have the potential for IT costs savings; however, the challenge faced by IT management is to choose the most appropriate ones for their organisation.
Technology Management and Strategy Reports - published 06/03/2009 - Mark Blowers, Stephen Mann, Tim Jennings
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The latest crisis to hit the world financial markets will have an effect across the IT industry; from vendors to end-users. It has only been relatively recently that we have seen IT budgets starting to become less constrained and new initiatives being undertaken. Now it is likely that the budgetary belts will have to be tightened once again, and we will enter yet another phase of the IT function within all organisations having to do more (or at least the same) with less money.
OpinionWire Articles - published 12/12/2008 - Mike Thompson
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In the prevailing economic climate, there is pressure on organisations of all sizes to make savings in IT costs. At the very least this will involve seeking greater efficiency and moderating any increase in the IT budget, whilst in other cases it will result in a requirement for significant cost cutting across multiple areas of the IT function. However, with IT ever more deeply embedded into key business operations, making the wrong choices for cutbacks can have a damaging effect, literally putting the o…
TECHwatch Articles - published 08/12/2008 - Tim Jennings
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