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SAP Increasing Its Dominance in Enterprise Software
Reader Lewis Marchand wrote that, in the protracted battle between Oracle and PeopleSoft, the only winner is SAP. SAP is clearly the only winner in the short term. While Oracle and PeopleSoft are distracted and confused, SAP is running around gathering up more clients.
December, 2004
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Reaping Benefits from ITIL
Can ITIL provide tangible benefits? Collecting data on ITIL can be a difficult if not impossible process, but most often these issues boil down to concerns with the proprietary nature that surrounds the release of information regarding the measures and costs of delivery of services to customers.
December, 2004
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Making SOX Compliance a Meaningful Exercise
Sarbanes-Oxley compliance efforts are too often a wasted effort. Here is some confirmation from a reader on the front lines. "Richard" (not his real name) works for a large well-known company that is proudly claiming its compliance with SOX Section 404 (internal controls). But according to Richard, the benefits do not justify the cost.
December, 2004
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IS Staffing & Salary Data Show Positive Trends for 2005
Results from two of our annual studies indicate that large IS staffing cuts are slowing significantly, and IS salaries are showing positive growth after one of the most dismal periods in history. The combined affect of these two trends should help an industry beset with extremely low morale and a lowering recruitment rate.
November, 2004
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Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance: Too Often a Wasted Effort
CFOs and CIOs are working hard on Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance these days. In many public companies there are projects underway to audit, design, and test internal controls that back up corporate financial reporting, as required by SOX Section 404. IT departments play a large part in these projects because, in practice, many of these internal controls are implemented in software. The effort is huge, but it's worth the cost if it makes public companies more transparent and accountable to investors.
November, 2004
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IT Governance Is Growing In Importance
Governance is a decision making and accountability framework for effective business management. Excellent governance is typically found in top performing companies and is a key factor for success. Poor governance has been highlighted in recent years through scandals receiving much press, such as that of Enron and Worldcom.
November, 2004
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Build/Buy Pendulum Swinging Back Toward Build
Ten years ago, many of us thought that the days of companies writing their own software would soon be over. Commercial packages such as SAP and Oracle would become more and more comprehensive and flexible, eliminating the need for much custom code.
November, 2004
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Use of Outside Technology Help Rising in Large Organizations
After hitting a low in 2002, the use of outside IS help in large organizations is experiencing a noticeable increase. According to research conducted by Computer Economics, the use of contractors and/or temporary personnel jumped 3.5 percentage points from 2002 to 2004, as a portion of the IS staff in large organizations. Large organizations are defined in Computer Economics' spending study as those companies having annual revenues over $750M.
October, 2004
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APICS Returns To Its Roots
At its 2004 international conference held in San Diego last week (October 10 â 13), APICS formally announced its new name: "APICS The Association for Operations Management." At the same time, the association also announced a new tag lineâAdvancing Productivity, Innovation, and Competitive Success.
October, 2004
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Blade Server Computing – Strong Growth Predicted Through 2009
Given the current climate of restrained economic optimism, IT organizations are beginning to let out the reins on spending. One budget line item for which Computer Economics projects growth over the next few years is the deployment of small servers. According to Computer Economicsâ Information System Spending andTechnology Trends 2004/2005 study released in June, small servers are being added by over 65% of all organizations.
October, 2004
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ERP Implementation: Putting Processes and People First
An interview with Ken Meidell, CIO at Cascade Designs, an early adopter of PeopleSoft's Enterprise One system, was interesting in terms of implementation lessons learned.
October, 2004
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PeopleSoft Trying to Shout Above the "Noise"
The PeopleSoft Connect conference this week (September 20 â 24) in San Francisco included a keynote presentation by CEO Craig Conway.
September, 2004
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IT Security Training Budgets in Medium-Size Companies
According to Computer Economics' 2004 IT Security Study, over two-thirds of medium-size organizations provide periodic IT security training for all employees. The study, which included in depth interviews with 120 senior IT and business executives, defines medium organizations as having annual revenues ranging from $250 million to $750 million.
September, 2004
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Updated – Implications of Microsoft’s Longhorn Cutbacks
The big news from Microsoft recently is that the company is cutting back on the scope of Longhorn, its next generation of the Windows operating system for desktops and servers. The choice was either to push out Longhorn's 2006 release date or cut back on features. The release date won.
September, 2004
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Sarbanes-Oxley Blamed for Slowdown in New Systems Spending
Some analysts think that spending for enterprise software in the rest of 2004 may slow down as public companies freeze systems in preparation for a key Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) milestone that comes up at the end of this year. The relevant part of SOX in question is Section 404, which requires management to certify their financial reporting and adequacy of internal controls.
August, 2004
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