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Topic of the week : Perspectives on Agile Development Go to Topic

As there is more talk of being agile in the industry arena and in various...

Software development trends in 2008: Outsourcing, agile development

While cloud architecture and parallel programming were the trends in 2007, Outsourcing and agile development will be the trends of software development in 2008. OUTSOURCING SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT: Outsourcing will become more prominent than before in 2008. Different time zones, different people, different culture and customs will impact software projects than ever before. Software testers abroad will relatively have less work than before because most of the work will be outsourced to India. Ind

Innovation Agility

by Kevin Dehoff and John Loehr The most versatile product development programs focus on essentials. Illustration by Dan Page One of the most critical but often overlooked foundations of Toyota s competitive advantage is its product development engine: its system for conceiving and designing new cars. Working steadily on this since World War II, Toyota has built an extraordinary capability to manage a large, global product development portfolio and consistently deliver winners. Between 1994 and

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Organisations that embrace " OPEN-DESIGN " principles will innovate better, cheaper and faster.

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	Argument added by Mahalakshmi Subramanium, QA/QC Manager, Genpact \| Topic: open source business models \| 1 year ago
	This is a really good debate Jayanta.. Why will company take external help ? There can be ideas, but why will some one give it out to a company where he does not work? Why will someone else think about your growth.. There are many such questions...

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ERP Shodown: SAP ERP vs Oracle ERP

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	Argument added by PRAVEEN SINGH RAJAWAT, SAP SD CONSULTANT, ANIK INDUSTRIES LTD \| Topic: SAP alternatives: Fact or fiction? \| 1 year ago
	SAP is much more strong as far as integration is concerned and many different module covered by SAP ,continously providing the solutions for the different business verticals , Interms of customer base SAP is giving high competition to Oracle ERP....

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10 ways Banks can improve its customer service - How??

680 referals, 6 ideas, 28 views

	Referred by ANAND KUMAR MISHRA, MANAGER FINANCE & ACCOUNTS, CITY HEART SAROVAR PORTICO \| 1 year ago
	Customer service is the easiest way to get an edge on the competition. Studies have found that every disappointed customer tells an average of 10 people about their experience and that people are more likely to leave a business because of service...

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Recession Proof Technologies

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	Argument added by Radhakrishna Marar, Business Analyst, Oracle \| Topic: Offshoring in this Recession Time \| 3 years ago
	Absolutely correct Mr.Gamauf,companies are thinking that Google (cloud computing) is not a save place to invest. Uploading data on the goggle server can be a risk for the companies. But do really belive that way ? Can google sell or steal the data...

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ABAP guide and self certification

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	Referred by Nandhini, SAP ABAP Consultant, D2V INFOSOFT PVT LTD \| 2 years ago
	Hi friends, Check out the link to become masters of ABAP in 21 days and to see where you stand by giving virtual certification: http://abap.webulmeu.com/ch01/ch01.htm http://www.codeexcellence.com/exam.php?cat=18 Hope it will be beneficial for all....

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Open Source ERP: Today's Hottest Emerging Technology?

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	Commented by sravan kumar, MBA/PGDM student, College Of Engg , Anna University, Tiruvallore \| Topic: open source applications \| 2 years ago
	What's the most exciting emerging technology for enterprises in the next 3 to 5 years? Hint: It's not going to be designed by Apple. It just may be open source ERP, Gregor Bailar, former CIO of Capital One, told attendees of the CIOΙ08 The Year Ahead...

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Survey for IT/Software professionals in India

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	Referred by vivek jothi, MBA/PGDM student, FH Nuremberg \| 11 months ago
	HI all, I am presently conducting an online survey for IT/Software professionals in India as a part of my MBA dissertation, i...

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Can anybody tell me what is the prospect of SAP ABAP in IT field to get a better job....?????

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	Referred by Soumyadip Bhowmik, MCA student, CMC LTD,INFOCUS Education \| Topic: SAP application development \| 1 year ago

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Topics in SAP Professional

Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan Go to Topic

The loan provided by world bank to india. Will it be helpful in anyways to improve the quality of elmentary education?

Yes

foreign education in india? Go to Topic

Do you think allowing foreign universities in India is the right decision?

Yes

Is it true that the mark oriented studies are the cause of lack of ideas and confindence in students or the peoples in it ?

Yes

ERP in open source Go to Topic

5 Open Source ERP Solutions For Your Small-Medium Business

To support innovation and growth, many small and medium companies are turning to enterprise software solutions to help them improve customer visibility, streamline operational activities and increase commercial transparency inside their organization. Enterprise Resource Planning is a software product that supports end-to-end daily commercial activities. For large enterprises, implementing this type of software is a long (several years) and costly (several millions of dollars, yearly!) effort. F

Open Source ERP

Many companies are turning to a new kind of enterprise resource planning software. This new model is much more affordable, provides faster return on investment, is easier to implement across an enterprise, provides superior connectivity and is highly configurable. Browser-based, open-source ERP applications hold many advantages over the traditional legacy based software systems of the past. They are easier to modify and customize, for one. This ease of configurability opens up the door to agili

Data warehousing and industry applications (e.g. ERP, CRM) Go to Topic

Six Sigma In Data Warehousing

Most quality professionals recognize Six Sigma as a breakthrough strategy. They understand that the methodology uses data to measure current process effectiveness and to validate improvement; uses proven statistical and quality tools to identify process gaps and improvement solutions; and uses change management processes for institutionalizing and integrating improvements in an organizations' operational and business strategy. Still, it is curious that so many do not understand how Six Sigma ca

Data warehousing and BI drive CRM

The greatest market potential lies not in innovating new product or spreading the wings to new market neither in best use of marketing strategy. It lies very close home.. Yes it lies in the existing customers and how you leverage that potential makes all the difference. Hence we see the need why companies are keen in developing a great customer relationship management strategies and programs. ROLE OF DATA WAREHOUSING IN CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT The process of undertaking a CRM initiativ

Best practices to implement, upgrade, or integrate SAP CRM Go to Topic

Nine steps for successful CRM implementation

Customer relationship management, or CRM, may seem somewhat like alphabet soup to many small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB). The variety of CRM options (and acronyms that come with sales, customer service and marketing terms) can make decision-making quite difficult for SMBs when it comes to solving business needs. CRM doesn't have to be difficult. Here are some key guidelines to follow before you implement CRM at your company. Develop corporatewide CRM engagement from key stakeholders. Man

Ways for a successful SAP CRM project implementation:

The ways are as follows : 1. SAP CRM project resource requirements could be very complex based on the functionality being implemented. The complexity multiplies if it is a global SAP CRM project because of legal and cultural requirements. You can count 50% success the moment you have staffed your project with the right resources. Build a core team that would assist you in staffing the project as you don't have prior SAP CRM project implementation experience. This would prevent you ending up wit

New SAP User Interfaces Go to Topic

SAP Solution Manager Interface Aligns SAP with Business Requirements

What are the benefits :- Reduces Time and Cost by SAP implementation . How could the relationships between SAP implementation and Business Process could be carried out, and what kind of benefits could be obtained out of it . MEGA Modeling Suite is a type of business analysis model that help companies analyze, record, and understand business processes. SAP Solution Manager is a component of SAP NetWeaver, the technology platform used to orchestrate business processes, develop applications, and d

open source applications Go to Topic

Open Source ERP

OPEN SOURCE ERP, WILL IT MAKE TRADITIONAL ERP IRRELEVNT?

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are critical to many companies' business processes, such as purchasing, order management and financial management. Because those processes are key to a company's success or failure, and because ERP systems are used predominantly by big, slow-to-change companies, traditional closed source vendors have been a natural source of software to run ERP systems. But I don' think there can be may CEOs who are not ERP angst. Revamping an ERP system is almost a ni

Software Development Methodologies Go to Topic

How much % of development effort should be invested in testing ?

Should be much lower than 25%

should be 25% of higher

Software development trends in 2008: Outsourcing, agile development

open source business models Go to Topic

5 Open Source ERP Solutions For Your Small-Medium Business

SaaS vs Open Source. Who will win ?

SaaS

Open source

How Do Enterprises Benefit From SAP Netweaver? Go to Topic

Is there any succesful methodology to integrate ARIS with SAP Netweaver for the development of applications and interfaces?

SAP to buy manufacturing execution software company

SAP's announcement today that it will acquire Visiprise, a software company that specializes in manufacturing execution, is good news for SAP's manufacturing customers. Acquiring the company will give SAP customers more integration capabilities, specifically when it comes to the NetWeaver platform, as well as leveraging the applications within their ERP suites. However, the bigger picture here is SAP's continued show of strength in the manufacturing sector. Visiprise builds manufacturing execut

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