Finding the Right Corporate Expense Management Software for Your Company by Peter Granger
In recent times, initiatives such as the Sarbannes Oxley Act in the US have dramatically raised the profile of compliance within the corporate world. As a key element of any corporate compliance policy, expense management has shared some of the limelight. ... Sources of corporate expense management software Australian and international organizations now have access to a range of quality corporate expense management software solutions which are well suited to driving down administration cost whilst meeting corporate compliance requirements.

CIO Enterprise Identity Project Approaches by Bill Brant
CIO Enterprise Identity Project Approaches The Enterprise Identity Management project is all about automating business processes and synchronizing identity-related information across the enterprise. Why do we need Identity Management? Identity management is necessary to support a strong and... Terminated contractors and employees may have access to company resources long after they have officially left the company. ... An intelligent identity management system provides the means to achieve a high degree of security and a secure trust level while allowing employees, suppliers, and business...

Firefox versus Internet Explorer in a Corporate Network by Michael Pietroforte
Two years ago I blogged about a similar subject. I discussed the advantages of Internet Explorer (IE) over Mozilla and other web browsers in a corporate environment. I concluded that IE is by far the better choice. Recently we deployed about 250 new computers and so I considered this question... Sometimes it is necessary to change the settings of all web browsers in your company. ... There is an Open Source Project called Firefox ADM working on this feature for Firefox. ... Central Management Probably the most significant advantage of IE is that you can centrally manage it using Group...

Software Product Development-the Unsolved Mystery of High Tech by Phil Morettini
One of the most puzzling things in high technology, especially for executives on the business side of things, is the software development process. It’s the high tech equivalent to the “Black Hole” phenomenon made famous in Astronomy. Endless resources can be poured into a software development... Project schedules have been written with the utmost conservatism, at the insistence of senior management. ... Across a number of different companies, EVERY project has slipped out beyond the wildest nightmares or everyone involved.

High Tech Post by Peter Koch
INTRODUCTION Retriever Communications was founded in 1996 with the sole mission being the development of a Mobile Application Service to be delivered on hand held, laptop computers and smart phones, over public mobile telecommunications.Since then, Retriever has established itself successfully... Though Retriever specializes in such wireless field force automation the HK Post project presented the additional telecommunications challenges of: Working across private and public wireless networks seamlessly and the management of reconnections, Data management when network...

SAP Business One Implementation & Localization in Brazil – Overview by Andrew Karasev
SAP Business One has up to 10 thousand installations worldwide and in the perspectives of Latin/South America we are talking about multiple countries, such as Chili, Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, etc. Brazil however has some implementation, localization and customization challenges. ... No Payroll, just HR, No Project Accounting (however you can emulate project allocation for inventory items through user defined fields, etc.), no Retail Management solution (for Brazil, however 3rd parties exists in Venezuela for Auto Dealership and in Argentina - RMS) • Licensing.

Understanding the Vicious Circle of Complexity by Tim Bryce
"The number of lines of communications grow exponentially based on the number of people involved in a project." - Bryce's Law INTRODUCTION In an earlier bulletin, I discussed the various types of information resources found in an information system, the average number of each resource,... This results in a vicious circle whereby complexity is compounded with every development project. ... Today's systems have grown into such uncontrollable behemoths that companies either elect to outsource them (thereby transferring the headache to someone else), let them run unchecked in end-users...

Enterprise Resource Planning Overview by Vamseedhar Sane
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Overview covers What is ERP, Brief history of ERP, Why is it necessary, Market Leaders and the future of ERP. What is ERP? Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP is an industry term for integrated, multi-module application software packages that are designed... The Future of ERP Industry analysts expect that every major manufacturing company will buy the software, which ranges in cost -- with maintenance and training -- from hundreds of thousands of dollars for a small company to millions for a large company.

System Test by Uzi Shuri
The purpose of this article is listing system test team roles, emphasizing the importance of the main role and ways to achieve it. In addition, this article will explain the importance of system test group in general and in a project life cycle. I will say that being part of system test group... From personal experience of managing different testing groups in both customize and product software I must say that when system test successfully fulfilled the mentioned role above the whole project of implementing a version was declared as successful project.

Microsoft Navision Customization Upgrade – Tips For Programmer/IT Specialist by John Kleb
Currently Microsoft Business Solutions is on the way of creating so-called suites: Microsoft Financials, Microsoft Distributions, Microsoft HR, Microsoft Manufacturing. It is very difficult to say which product will be the core of which suite, but the best guess is this: Microsoft Great Plains -... If you have Microsoft Business Solutions Navision and support it for your company then you need to know some technical details about Navision version upgrade and what is going on behind the scenes, which options do you have in case of C/SIDE customization or Jet Reports.