Apr 15, 2012
In looking for an article this week I came across two different articles on SAP, who is celebrating its 40th birthday this month. SAP is a German company who specializes in enterprise software and is definitely keeping it’s competive advantage these days. It is working on software called HANA which is high-speed data analysis using [...]
By CyberChic Category: Database Design and Development (CIS 305), ERP and Collaboration Systems Tags: SAP
Dec 17, 2009
Collaboration systems are tools that support the works of teams. They are IT based and they do this by sharing the flow of such information. Businesses can solve a number of tasks they may have with collaboration. Some of these may include but are not limited to: telecommuting, online meetings, deploying applications, and remote project [...]
By Monique Echevarria Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems
Dec 17, 2009
This article is a review of the features offer by in Genesys Meeting Center software. It is inexpensive web conferencing software that cost approximately 33 cents per minute per user. This provides a nice alternative to purchasing an allotted time of service. Once you create an account you are give a “credit Card” of sort [...]
By joserosas Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems
Dec 16, 2009
The article in the New York Times, “Cisco Adds New Technologies to Collaboration Tool Chest,” highlights the new collaboration systems they are implementing. These tools aim is to bring together businesses from all around the globe. They want to move away from a text-based system such as e-mail and use more “People-centric” tools. They have [...]
By KatieMajors Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems
Dec 14, 2009
Friday, December 11, 2009 Chapter 10: IS in Business Google investors spoke with a disgruntled Craigslist stake holder who owns about 28% of the shares. Officials at Google were only interested in purchasing the shares from this unnamed share holder if they can gain control of the way Craigslist was operated. Of course, they were [...]
By Eric Gomez Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems
Dec 13, 2009
Going to the virtual office in Second Life Remote conferencing is becoming more and more necessary in businesses today. Since travel budgets are squeezed due to the recession, companies can no longer afford to have employees fly across the country as often as they actually need. Second life has been used for some years [...]
By ErendidaMartin Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems
Nov 16, 2009
As travel budgets are squeezed and slashed in the recession, companies are increasingly seeking innovative ways of bringing employees together for conferences and meetings remotely. Virtual community Second Life is seeking market by creating a new tool that realize businesses to have virtual meetings on their own computer networks. The company’s Enterprise tool will let [...]
By Jung Sook Baek Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems
Nov 12, 2009
The New York Times article, “Bing Adds Features, Including Results From Wolfram Alpha” relates to Chapter 10 because they utilized ERP and decision making support to better there site. Since Microsoft first started BING which began in May they have may modest but steady stands against yahoo and google. Now that the company has had [...]
By kiahtiftick Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems
Nov 12, 2009
Two of the bigger social networking sites will be teaming up together soon. Twitter, and Linkedln will join forces soon. The two sites will let data and information be transfered and shared between the sites. Twitter is popular among younger people, and allows users to tell people what they are doing but only in one [...]
By Erik Emde Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems
Nov 12, 2009
Chapter 10 Enterprise Resource Planning and Collaboration Systems focuses on what Enterprise resource planning is and how it works. ERP is the system that is being crated to help organizations stay connected to other departments, creating consistency in the decision making process. The book highlights UPS as a company that has integrated the use of [...]
By KatieMajors Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems
Nov 12, 2009
“Going green” is picking up a lot of steam lately. The marketing department in every major US company seems to be jumping on the bandwagon. It’s too bad they have waited this long to jump on, or this long just to create the “green” bandwagon in the first place. Being ecologically oriented is an important [...]
By MarcoGallardo Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems
Nov 12, 2009
AirTran sees more opportunity for fee revenue According to the article, AirTran Airways believes that there is more opportunity to boost up revenue from add-on fees that it passes on to their customers. According to the Chief Financial Officer of AirTran Airways Arne Haak, customers want to be able to buy the cheapest ticket they [...]
By GuadalupeGarcia Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems
Nov 12, 2009
How Business Is Adopting Design Thinking According to the article on Businessweekly.com companies such as GE and P&G have came up with a designed point of view for problem-solving decisions. The article mentions a course offered at the learning center in Ossining, N.Y. that provides the tools for managers to create design thinking. “For Lawrence [...]
By NicolePrieto Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems
Nov 10, 2009
“Verizon Wireless Customers Can Get the Latest Applications, Ringtones, Music and More on Their Blackberry Tour Smartphones” This article is about when the company, Verizon Wireless, offering new technology to its customers. The blackberry and smartphone phones, both are offering the most recent applications such as instant messaging. Through connecting to the internet with a [...]
By yeraniaolivares Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems
Nov 10, 2009
Large Hadron Collider is experiencing impossible management situation. Krisztina Holly is a business leader and has to manage about 7,000 scientists from 85 countries around the world. A side from that she has to deal with the scientists’ languages, cultures, and expertise. Also she has no control over the salaries. This situation seems to be [...]
By Gabby Thao Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems
Nov 9, 2009
This week’s reading in the chapter ten textbook talks about enterprise resource planning and collaboration systems. According to the textbook, enterprise resource planning (ERP) “integrates all departments and functions throughout an organization into a single IT system (or integrated set of IT systems) so that employees can make decisions by viewing enterprise-wide information on all [...]
By UeYang Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems
Nov 7, 2009
Chapter 10. Enterprise Resource Planning and Collaboration Systems I found this article that talks about the virtual world Second Life being used for business meetings and conferences. With companies traveling budgets being cut, they are looking for less expensive ways to hold conferences and meeting between employees at different locations. Many companies are turning [...]
By Stephanie Hamilton Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems
Nov 6, 2009
Chapter 10 of the textbook focuses on the ways in which companies employ resources with the help of information systems. Resources range from physical objects such as inventory, to intellectual intangibles such as business ideas, conceptual thoughts, and creative thinking/ingenuity. In order for information systems to be effective in accurately and responsibly distributing resources and [...]
By MattMcCort Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems
Nov 6, 2009
In this article found on pcworld.com it talks about how instant messaging increase the probability of theft danger. Zeus Trojans are responsible for hacking into bank accounts and stealing account information. There are some programs that can be able to block this Zeus Trojan. Zeus sends information to a remote server and then the information [...]
By Gregory Mizuno Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems
Nov 6, 2009
I read an article entitled Modern medicine: How tech will transform healthcare delivery. It was talking about how technology like mobile devices and new wireless networks will change the way that we do medicine. The term ‘mHealth’ is used to describe how mobile health systems can help healthcare providers take care of their [...]
By PhillipHuber Category: ERP and Collaboration Systems