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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 co-CEO Bill McDermott explains its five-market focus

  If you think SAP equals ERP, Bill McDermott would like a few minutes to set you straight about the 2012 version of the software giant, which he claims is in the midst of "an intellectual renewal." McDermott has been co-CEO -- along with Jim Hagemann Snabe -- of SAP since 2010 and has helped broaden the company's strategy beyond traditional applications and analytics to the cloud, mobile, Big Data and a bet-the-business focus on real-time computing with the HANA in-memory database at the forefront.

  By John Gallant and Patrick Thibodeau | 19 April, 2012 05:31

  Tags: applications, BI and Analytics, cloud computing, databases, enterprise resource planning, ERP, Financial IT, freemium, internet, Management and Careers, oracle, sap, security, software, SuccessFactors

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  Judge dismisses one Marin County suit versus Deloitte

  A former judge hired to settle a protracted legal dispute between Marin County, Calif., and Deloitte Consulting over a botched SAP project last week dismissed all charges made by by the county in one of two lawsuits.

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 13 April, 2012 06:07

  Tags: applications, Deloitte, enterprise resource planning, ERP, government, Government/Industries, Industries, sap, software

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  Air Force's Huge Oracle Project Still Struggling

  As part of a restructuring plan to be announced soon, the U.S. Air Force is expected to scrap pieces of a massive Oracle ERP deployment that has experienced difficulties since it was launched in 2005.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 27 February, 2012 22:09

  Tags: applications, enterprise resource planning, ERP, government, Government/Industries, oracle, software, U.S. Air Force

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  Oracle seeks new trial in IP theft suit against SAP

  Oracle's plan to drag its legal fight against rival SAP's defunct TomorrowNow subsidiary through a second trial is not surprising, analysts said Tuesday.

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 08 February, 2012 05:26

  Tags: applications, Computer Economics, databases, enterprise resource planning, ERP, government, Government/Industries, oracle, sap, software, TomorrowNow

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  ERP makes a comeback

  They couldn't put it off any longer. The ERP system for the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) had reached the end of its useful life.

  By Dan Tynan | 20 December, 2011 22:17

  Tags: applications, enterprise resource planning, ERP, oracle, sap, software

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  Deal Means More SAP Cloud Changes

  If its $3.4 billion bid to buy SuccessFactors is successful, SAP could finally stabilize its cloud computing strategy -- which has so far been mostly ineffectual.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 19 December, 2011 22:09

  Tags: applications, cloud computing, enterprise resource planning, ERP, internet, IT industry, sap, software, SuccessFactors

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  Mobile mania spurs demand for unified communications

  In the space of just the past few years, Art Johnston has gone from thinking of unified communications as optional to viewing it as "a strategy that we need to implement to be competitive."

  By Mary K. Pratt | 01 December, 2011 02:09

  Tags: applications, Argo Turboserve, collaboration, enterprise resource planning, Enterprise Web 2.0, Enterprise Web 2.0/Collaboration, ERP, freemium, Mobile and Wireless, software

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  Cloud Computing: More IT leaders turn to SaaS ERP

  In 2006, Epec Engineered Technologies found itself in a situation familiar to many in corporate IT. With a series of business acquisitions behind it, the New Bedford, Mass.-based manufacturer of printed circuit boards, battery packs and other electronic components needed to replace multiple ERP systems with a single platform capable of supporting the entire organization.

  By Rich Freeman | 23 August, 2011 15:23

  Tags: cloud computing, ERP, SaaS, software

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  Employers look to address skills shortage

  Ongoing investment in software and infrastructure projects by enterprise is fuelling demand for program managers, according to the April-June quarterly report by recruiting group, Hays.

  By Georgina Swan | 05 April, 2011 15:00

  Tags: careers, CRM, developers, ERP, Hays report, infrastructure, iPhone, IT jobs, networking, oracle, outsourcing, project management, recruitment

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  How SaaS will impact six key software categories

  As more sourcing executives consider incorporating SaaS solutions into their overall technology vendor landscape, the potential to significantly disrupt the current software market grows. And while SaaS adoption is expected to expand in the coming years, the challenge for sourcing professionals will be a lack of uniform adoption across the whole software market. In some software categories, SaaS will be a disruptive technology, in others the only option, and in many cases SaaS will have minimal impact.

  By Liz Herbert and Andrew Bartels, Forrester Research | 02 March, 2011 06:12

  Tags: applications, bi, business intelligence, cloud, cloud computing, enterprise resource planning, ERP, internet, SaaS, software, Software as a service, Technology Topics, Technology Topics | Cloud Computing

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  Meyer Cookware signs Pronto in ERP deal

  The Australian division of global cookware manufacturer, Meyer Cookware, has signed a six-figure deal with ERP developer, Pronto Software, to implement Pronto-Xi across the enterprise.

  By Georgina Swan | 28 February, 2011 12:17

  Tags: bi, cognos, ERP, Meyer Cookware, Pronto Software, Pronto-Xi

• TechnologyOne takes on Cloud competitors

  ASX-listed business software provider TechnologyOne (ASX:TNE) has restructured its business as it sets its sights on winning Cloud business from overseas vendors such as SAP and Oracle.

  By Hamish Barwick | 29 November, 2010 11:08

  Tags: cloud, CRM, ERP, technology one

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  SAP Business One now available on iPhones

  In a sign of the growing penetration of iPhones and iPads into the enterprise, SAP has released a mobile version of its SAP Business One management software for Apple's smartphone and tablet devices.

  By Diana Nguyen | 09 November, 2010 10:42

  Tags: CRM, ERP, iPad, iPhone, sap

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  ERP woes blamed for lumber company's bad quarter

  Lumber Liquidators is attributing a weak third quarter to a complex SAP implementation, saying the project imposed a significant drain on worker productivity. But the problems appear to be largely related to employees having trouble acclimating to the new system, versus malfunctions in the software itself.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 06 November, 2010 04:13

  Tags: applications, business issues, enterprise resource planning, ERP, financial results, sap, services, software