In this paper, learn why the database layer is so important to the software selection of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Also compare Oracle database to SQL Server databases. 

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems designed before the days of global competition are poorly integrated, expensive to maintain, and fail to provide enterprise-wide visibility, even with add-on functionality. Read this white paper to learn what functionality is needed to support today's requirements and how cloud-based ERP meets these needs. 

The partnership with SAP gives VMware the opportunity to address an additional large segment of the enterprise market, and enables SAP to sell its products on the industry-leading virtualization platform. 

This white paper details how Web 2.0 technologies support business strategies by improving efficiency and productivity as well as harnessing knowledge through collaboration. 

Read this white paper to find 10 cost areas that can be reduced by automation in SAP ERP software enabling businesses to abide by the recent trend to “do more with less”. 

<p>This white paper presents two options for how to address talent management support: enterprise resource planning (ERP) software or a Software as a Service (SaaS)-based, best-of-breed strategy. Read now to decide for yourself which one is the best fit for your specific organizational needs.</p> 

As technology evolves, there is a never-ending question to designers and implementers: "What is coming next?" The answer is "Collaboration." The move to collaboration is strengthened by the actions of Cisco and Microsoft, as they have each unveiled several collaborative technologies and the means to integrate them utilizing Web 2.0 programming. 

This white paper discusses at length how Utopia’s formal data migration methodology reduces the risks of large systems deployments by using a tried-and-tested framework for the entire migration process, from source data analysis through post-go-live support. 

An aging, proprietary enterprise resource planning (ERP) system at Kelly Tractor limited the company's ability to integrate information from separate departments and build new, innovative sales and services tools. Read how the company benefited from Dell and VMware virtualization. 

This paper illustrates how IFS Applications support lean principles, particularly in the many manufacturing environments that require both rate-based and order-based shop floor execution. This hybrid approach lets you go lean step by step, as you are able, not because an inflexible system forces you to do so. 

Inside this exclusive podcast interview, hear how Paul Harder, director of technology of the nonprofit agency The Arc Greater Twin Cities, was able to act as an industry role model by taking advantage of the benefits of social media and foster positive relationships with the business. 

SAPinsider PROFILES magazine recently talked with Davis Bennett, Vice President of the Solution Delivery Center at SAP Consulting North America, about how SAP’s Rapid Deployment Solutions are creating a whole new way of driving value for SAP customers.