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ERP

ALSO CALLED: Resource Planning, Enterprise Resource Planning, and E R P
DEFINITION: ERP (enterprise resource planning) is an industry term for the broad set of activities that helps a business manage the important parts of its business. The information made available through an ERP system provides visibility for key performance indicators (KPIs) required for meeting corporate objectives.  … 
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Is SAP the New Microsoft? Why SAP Is Dominant in the Enterprise Solutions Space and What This Means for Mid-Sized Manufacturing Companies
sponsored by EnteGreat
WHITE PAPER: SAP is the dominant player, and this fact must be considered by manufacturing companies when selecting an ERP systems vendor.
Posted: 03 Dec 2008 | Published: 03 Dec 2008
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10 Places SAP® Customers Can Reduce Data Management Costs
sponsored by Winshuttle, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper highlights 10 key places SAP customers can reduce IT operational costs, with a focus on trimming support and data entry costs by automating data entry.
Posted: 03 Dec 2008 | Published: 03 Dec 2008
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Best Practices for Data Loading into SAP® ERP Systems
sponsored by Winshuttle, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines existing data-loading methods and best practices to easily incorporate data into SAP solutions.
Posted: 03 Dec 2008 | Published: 03 Dec 2008
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Enrich the Decisioning of Your COBOL Applications
sponsored by ILOG, Inc. (BRMS)
WHITE PAPER: With ILOG JRules and ILOG Rules for COBOL, you can externalize and manage the business rules in your organization's COBOL applications without disruption or a major development project.
Posted: 02 Dec 2008 | Published: 15 Mar 2008
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A CIO's Guide to Achieving Information Management Excellence
sponsored by Informatica
WHITE PAPER: In these uncertain times, you can't afford not to maximize the value of your information. Download this white paper to learn the right steps to managing your enterprise data for faster, more cost-effective business operations.
Posted: 30 Nov 2008 | Published: 27 Nov 2008
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Rational Asset Manager eKit
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: The eKit includes demos on how Rational Asset Manager tracks and audits your assets in order to utilize them for reuse.
Posted: 25 Nov 2008 | Published: 25 Nov 2008
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Maximizing IT Value by Using High-End Server Processors
sponsored by Intel Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Read this bried to discover how to gain significant IT OpEx and CapEx advantages through reduced data center space, reduced power, and lower application licenses for our given design performance/throughput needs.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 21 Nov 2008
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Enabling Manageability with Intel Active Management Technology
sponsored by Intel Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Learn how Intel IT is implementing Intel Active Management Technology across the enterprise.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 21 Nov 2008
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Epicor ICE 2.0: Introducing Next-Generation Business Architecture
sponsored by Epicor Software Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Epicor Internet Component Environment (ICE) 2.0 is a modern business architecture and application framework which utilizes a 100% service-oriented architecture (SOA) and Web 2.0 technologies for a new breed of enterprise solution.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 21 Nov 2008
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Bringing Web 2.0 to the Enterprise: Leveraging Social Computing Technologies for ERP Applications
sponsored by Epicor Software Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This white paper details how Web 2.0 technologies support business strategies by improving efficiency and productivity as well as harnessing knowledge through collaboration.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 21 Nov 2008
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If You Teach a Customer to Fish: The Power of Web Self-Service
sponsored by Epicor Software Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This document explores the power of online self-service and how it contributes to healthy customer relationships and delivers viable cost savings.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 21 Nov 2008
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Improving Rack Cooling Performance Using Airflow Management™ Blanking Panels
sponsored by APC
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains and quantifies the effects of airflow management blanking panels on cooling system performance.
Posted: 21 Nov 2008 | Published: 20 Nov 2008
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eGuide: SQL Server Consolidation - An IT Manager's Guide
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: This E-Guide offers a step-by-step guide for consolidating SQL Servers, also provides insight on why SQL Server consolidation is an optimization technique.
Posted: 20 Nov 2008 | Published: 20 Nov 2008
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Geographic Factors for Data Center Site Selection
sponsored by FORTRUST LLC
WHITE PAPER: This paper highlights the geographic advantages inherent in establishing data center operations in Colorado, addressing major events and probabilities of natural disasters.
Posted: 20 Nov 2008 | Published: 20 Nov 2008
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Humidification Stratiegies for Data Centers and Network Rooms
sponsored by APC
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains the nature of humidity, its effects and its management in computer rooms and data centers.
Posted: 20 Nov 2008 | Published: 20 Nov 2008
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Business Value Analysis of Autodesk Topobase in Utilities
sponsored by Autodesk
WHITE PAPER: This study details the business benefits of using Topobase within utilities, and it also outlines industry trends that drive utilities toward integrated information management platforms like Topobase.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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Testing… One, Two Three
sponsored by Diligent Technologies Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Too often, people assume backups have worked. But backups are not �set it and forget it� applications. In this PowerPoint presentation Jeff Harbert discusses why testing is necessary and what to test and how to test.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 18 Nov 2008
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Securing the Everywhere Network
sponsored by SonicWALL
WHITE PAPER: Everywhere networking streamlines facilities and energy costs, eliminates commuting time and expenses, builds global business partnerships, broadens markets and staffing pools and shortens customer response times.
Posted: 18 Nov 2008 | Published: 18 Nov 2008
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Business Process Automation in Healthcare
sponsored by Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd
WHITE PAPER: Solutions are available from Microsoft and partners to accelerate the development of standards-based, integrated healthcare solutions for both providers and insurance plans.
Posted: 18 Nov 2008 | Published: 18 Nov 2008
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Anatomy of a PeopleSoft Enterprise Archiving Project
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Archiving is a proven best practice that has helped sites worldwide improve performance, control costs and automate data retention. This whitepaper discusses the major components of an archiving project as part of a full data management strategy.
Posted: 17 Nov 2008 | Published: 17 Nov 2008
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Preparing for Cloud Computing: The Managed Services Revolution
sponsored by CA
WHITE PAPER: This paper explores the drivers for cloud computing, especially for communications service providers, and looks at the challenges that cloud computing infrastructures must address and key management components providers need to put in place.
Posted: 17 Nov 2008 | Published: 17 Nov 2008
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Architectural Requirements for a Datacenter-Ready Virtualization Platform
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Read why the Taneja Group, Technology Analysts, believe VMware has fundamental architectural advantages over competing virtualization platforms, which should enable VMware to remain the technology leader in this space for some time to come.
Posted: 14 Nov 2008 | Published: 11 Nov 2008
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Atrato Design for Three Year Zero Maintenance
sponsored by Atrato, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This article provides an overview of the Atrato system's unique approach to eliminate drive tending and minimize risk of data loss for a three-year operational lifetime.
Posted: 14 Nov 2008 | Published: 13 Nov 2008
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Selecting an ERP Solution: A Guide
sponsored by Infor
WHITE PAPER: This paper provides guidance on how to develop a good, simple strategy to evaluate and choose the right ERP software package for your company.
Posted: 14 Nov 2008 | Published: 14 Nov 2008
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Choosing the Right Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System: How to Avoid the 7 Fatal Flaws
sponsored by CDC Software - Ross Enterprise
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains the importance of choosing the Right Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System to avoid the 7 Fatal Flaws.
Posted: 14 Nov 2008 | Published: 14 Nov 2008
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ERP DEFINITION (continued): …  ERP software applications can be used to manage product planning, parts purchasing, inventories, interacting with suppliers, providing customer service, and tracking orders. ERP can also include application modules for the finance and human resources aspects of a business. Typically, an ERP system uses or is integrated with a relational database system.

The deployment of an ERP system can involve considerable business process analysis, employee retraining, and new work procedures.

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