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  Wolfram expands into system modeling

  Expanding beyond its scientific and engineering number-crunching software, Mathematica maker Wolfram Research released a desktop application for full-scale system modeling and simulation, the company announced Wednesday.

  By Joab Jackson | 23 May, 2012 21:04

  Tags: enterprise resource planning, applications, software, Mathematica, Wolfram Research

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  The Grill: TASC CIO Barbie Bigelow

  After spinning off from Northrop Grumman in 2009, TASC had one year to establish itself as an independent company. That meant the 6,000-employee systems engineering operation needed to deploy a new IT infrastructure. In overseeing that effort, TASC CIO Barbie Bigelow built an IT organization and infrastructure from scratch. Her team spent about eight months working with 64 vendors and partners to design and build an operation that included a new ERP system, more than 4,000 computers, 800 mobile devices, 400 network devices and 134 data circuits across 60 facilities -- and they did it in six weeks. Here, Bigelow discusses the failures and successes that the team experienced as they pursued the aggressive schedule, and she reflects on how TASC's IT unit has evolved.

  By Robert L. Mitchell | 21 May, 2012 20:11

  Tags: software, project management, Northrop Grumman, Management and Careers, ERP, enterprise resource planning, applications

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  SAP puts its HANA in-memory database in the spotlight

  SAP seems to be betting its future on its HANA in-memory database, spotlighting the technology once again at the Sapphire conference in Orlando Wednesday, announcing a slew of new applications, partnerships and functional enhancements for the system.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 17 May, 2012 00:23

  Tags: sybase, software, sapphire, sap, oracle, Internet-based applications and services, internet, enterprise resource planning, databases, cloudera, cloud computing, business intelligence, applications

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  NetSuite rolls out commerce-as-a-service platform

  NetSuite is going up against vendors such as Demandware in the market for cloud-based e-commerce platforms, announcing a new product, SuiteCommerce, during the SuiteWorld conference in San Francisco on Tuesday.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 16 May, 2012 02:35

  Tags: Venda, software, netsuite, Internet-based applications and services, internet, enterprise resource planning, Demandware, cloud computing, applications

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  SAP lays out cloud strategy post-SuccessFactors deal

  SAP announced a broad set of plans to become a player in cloud computing, spanning from a "loosely coupled suite" of business applications to data integration and PaaS (platform as a service) Tuesday during the Sapphire conference in Orlando.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 15 May, 2012 22:06

  Tags: VMware, SuccessFactors, Software as a service, software, sapphire, sap, salesforce.com, Internet-based applications and services, internet, IBM, HR, enterprise resource planning, development platforms, dell, customer relationship management, cloud computing, boomi, applications

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