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Wed, Jun 17, 2009 10:45 EDT

New Fed CIO Wants Government IT Projects Tracked on Dashboard

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Blog: Enterprise Software Unplugged

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There's government transparency and then there's government transparency.

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Fri, Jun 12, 2009 12:10 EDT

The One and Only Choice in SMB ERP: Microsoft Dynamics AX!!

Topic: Applications

Blog: Enterprise Software Unplugged

Current Rating: 5 Comments: 0

If you're a midsize or small company and you make all of your business-software purchasing decisions by relying solely on Gartner and its Magic Quadrant, then the decision on your next ERP system just

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Thu, Jun 11, 2009 13:21 EDT

Innovation Dreaming Won't Stop Enterprise Software Screaming

Topic: Applications

Blog: Enterprise Software Unplugged

Current Rating: 4 Comments: 0

This week, three smart people who have decades of experience working in and dissecting the enterprise software industry all riffed on the same topic: Si

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Wed, Jun 10, 2009 14:27 EDT

Financial Analyst Doesn't Like What He Sees in SAP's Future

Topic: Applications

Blog: Enterprise Software Unplugged

Current Rating: 4 Comments: 0

I'm not a financial expert, I've never played one on TV, and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

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Fri, Jun 5, 2009 11:23 EDT

What a CIO Says, and What He's Really Thinking

Topic: Applications

Blog: Enterprise Software Unplugged

Current Rating: 5 Comments: 11

CIOs are famous for their generic, canned and oftentimes boring remarks on anything from ERP and

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Thu, Jun 4, 2009 15:38 EDT

Oracle Drinks Too Much of Its Own Kool-Aid

Topic: Applications

Blog: Enterprise Software Unplugged

Current Rating: 4 Comments: 10

"I'm drunk on power...and loving every minute of it!"

Larry Ellison and his Oracle cohorts haven't actually said that in so many words

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Tue, Jun 2, 2009 13:40 EDT

The Vendor-Client Relationship: Captured on Video

Topic: Applications

Blog: Enterprise Software Unplugged

Current Rating: 5 Comments: 4

A new YouTube video pokes fun at the vendor-client relationship, and takes the seemingly normal business dealings that happe Read more »

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