Navision Attain Database access via C/ODBC in ASP.NET Application by Boris Makushkin
Navision Software was purchased by Microsoft and now it is supported by Microsoft Business Solutions together with Microsoft Great Plains, Axapta, Solomon, Microsoft Retail Management System and Microsoft CRM. Navision has extremely strong position on mid-size European and US markets, plus it... As the database (Database button) select \Program Files\Navision Attain\Client\database.fdb (demo database). ... Next place on the page the component SqlDataSourceControl and tune it’s – Connection String : server='(local)'; database='Alba';trusted_connection=true (change server and database name...

Decision Support Systems(DSS) - Is it becoming a Decision Making Systems(DMS)? by Sandeep Kautish
As we know, decision making is the fundamental job of managers and there are various information systems i.e. Management information systems (MIS), Executive information system (EIS) that are helping managers in decision making process. Our central consideration point of this article is DSS and... Database Database management system Data directory ( A database must contain data about the tables & all other objects) Query facility The User Interface (Dialog) Subsystem: - Dialog generation and management system is designed to satisfy knowledge representation, and control and...

Challenges of SOA Testing by Jason English
Why is SOA testing such a different beast than previous forms of browser, client/server and mainframe testing? Many of the benefits of SOA become challenges to testing an SOA application. 1. SOA is distributed by definition Services are based on heterogeneous technologies. ... According to the 2005 Aberdeen report, "It's no surprise that the top factor for implementing SOA, which 50% of survey respondents cited, is development of new capabilities." Timeline and budget both constrain quality, creating serious limits to the scope of functionality that can be tested using conventional means.

Why Oracle RAC by Valerian Cardoza
Pre-RAC Let’s face it, today’s IT environments are in constant flux. Acquisitions, mergers, global economies, and the general unrest in the marketplace continually put stress on IT infrastructures. It has become increasingly difficult for IT organizations to predict, plan, and deploy proper... All it takes is one component to fail and then, regardless of how little or much money you have spent, your system has just become useless and potential revenue is lost because of the downed system. ... From management setting the budget constraints, through database, system, and network...

Sociability: It is All About Integration by Duane Hennessy
Many products today require some kind of integration with other products: Integration with corporate IT infrastructure. Integration with other applications. Integration with legacy hardware or software. Integration with new or up-and-coming hardware or software. ... Applications such as Hummingbirds 'DM5' document management system and Telelogic's 'System Architect' provide integration ability through COM objects and published object models. ... Many vendors of new technology provide free libraries and specifications to their systems to promote the creation of useful applications for...

The Evolution of Business Service Management (BSM) by Peter Goldin
Looking back, the emergence of business service management (BSM) seems inevitable. This new generation of tools helps IT organizations manage technology infrastructures within the context of the key services they provide for their customers. BSM tools are critical enablers for the increasingly... The right set of BSM tools makes it possible to tie together all of these pieces of technology across an enterprise and to monitor IT from the perspective of the service it delivers.” BSM tools help IT groups see technology in terms of how it impacts their business services, and zero-in on the...

Web Based CMMS by Jennifer Bailey
CMMS is short for Computerized Maintenance Management System. Web based CMMS software programs help public and private organizations manage their maintenance from any location, by logging onto the Internet. Most of them provide features such as work orders, tracking and controlling of inventory,... Low cost, easy to maintain client and server components, and a user-friendly web browser are the salient features of a web based CMMS. ... A wide array of industries have switched over to using web based CMMS programs.

Microsoft CRM: Implementation, Customization, Support – Consultant Overview by Andrew Karasev
Microsoft Business Solutions CRM is present several years on the US software market plus it makes advances in Europe. We expect substantial number growth of Microsoft CRM implementations across USA. • Sales. Microsoft CRM in opposite to former CRM leaders, such as Siebel, Onyx, Saleslogix... This process doesn’t require a lot of business consulting knowledge and in our experience company middle management actually makes suggestions in the time of initial presentation. ... In the case of MS CRM Sales module – the workflow should organize leads processing up to the point of closing the deal...

User Training: Microsoft Dynamics GP – Interface Unification by Andrew Karasev
Following the direction of Project Green Microsoft Business Solutions renamed its products: Microsoft Great Plains, Navision, Axapta, Solomon and MS CRM into Microsoft Dynamics GP, Nav, Ax, Sl, CRM. Microsoft Dynamics will be supposedly final product of the Project Green, when user will have... Also – the way of Navision – it was designed on its own C/Side database platform, which was solid rock. ... Microsoft has its users and professionals legions who are very comfortable in Microsoft Office products and who spend a lot of computer time in MS Outlook.

Visible Ops: Adding Realism to ITIL Process Improvement by Pat Moore
While ITIL has provided a proven framework to assist with the increasing challenges associated with maintaining a more efficient, secure and compliant IT organization, only a handful of tools are publicly available to support the execution of ITIL-based improvement efforts. ... Visible Ops focuses mainly on the effective management of change as it relates to IT processes and applies to all any system related infrastructure component or attribute managed by IT (servers, databases, firewalls, network devices, storages systems, etc.).