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  SEC investigating past JDA's past fiscal years, stock falls

  JDA Software's stock is taking a hit after the supply-chain application vendor said Tuesday that it experienced a loss in the fourth quarter and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is requesting information about past fiscal years.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 02 February, 2012 04:13

  Tags: applications, business issues, financial results, i2, JDA Software, mergers and acquisitions, SEC Filings, software, supply chain management

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  Smart robot picks up three logistics awards for Nestlé Australia

  Smart robotic technology has helped Nestlé overcome the occupational health and safety issues of manually handing about four million cases of products in its consumer food and beverage, food service and pet food businesses.

  By Georgina Swan | 06 December, 2011 14:03

  Tags: Dematic, logistics, Nestle, supply chain management

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  Software vendor says partnership with SAP led to stolen trade secrets

  Former SAP partner Wellogix is accusing the vendor of stealing its trade secrets and swindling it out of lucrative software projects, according to a lawsuit Wellogix filed last week in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

  By Chris Kanaracus | 23 November, 2011 06:26

  Tags: accenture, applications, Civil lawsuits, enterprise resource planning, intellectual property, legal, middleware, sap, software, supply chain management, Wellogix

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  The cloud solves those lingering supply chain problems

  This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.

  By Greg Kefer, director of marketing, GT Nexus | 29 October, 2011 07:53

  Tags: applications, cloud computing, disaster recovery, FedEx, internet, software, supply chain, supply chain management

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  Cotton On does e-commerce with Aussie open source apps

  Fashion retailer Cotton On has launched into global e-commerce with a rapid two-month project which leverages local open source apps developed with the Django framework, with point of sale and supply chain integration thrown in for good measure.

  By Rodney Gedda | 30 June, 2011 16:15

  Tags: Cotton On, e-commerce, open source, pos, retail, supply chain management

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  Learning To Compete: IT’s Next Transformation

  CIOs must become competitive players in managing relationships between IT and the business. Megatrends like virtualization, consumerisation, cloud computing, and mobility are forcing a new model for operating IT. This interactive white paper from CIO Magazine and EMC explores this transformation as a leadership opportunity, as an opportunity to create new models for IT, and as a catalyst to fundamentally change the dynamic between IT and the business. Embedded videos feature CIOs from T-Mobile USA and Wharton School of Business and a quick survey provides benchmarking between CIO peers.

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  EMC 15-Minute Guide to Smarter Backup Transform your future

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  Seven Steps to Effective Data Governance

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  Optimizing Data Quality in the Enterprise - How to Tackle Your Bad Information