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Perspectives & Trends in Business Applications

Google apps

 10 September 2006

Search engine company's applications push raises many questions

New parallel worlds

 10 September 2006

Software-as-a-service and service-oriented architecture are competitive rather than complementary, argues Information Age editorial director, Andrew Lawrence.

Dave’s next move: Workday guns for Oracle

 12 August 2006

Dave Duffield, the PeopleSoft CEO that failed to resist Oracle's hostile takeover, is back.

Crash-test dummies of the interactive world

 30 June 2006

Systems that help customers to help themselves require rigorous testing.

Protean business

 05 June 2006

Business process management is proving to be the critical component in the delivery of business agility.

Virtual slicing and dicing

 19 May 2006

The classic business intelligence technology for analysing complex data – OLAP – is now being applied to operational data.

The lure of colour

 01 March 2006

Will full-colour laser printers replace their monochrome counterparts?

Application intelligence

 25 February 2006

The promise of 'a single version of the truth' has been one of the driving forces behind the growth of BI. But increasingly, the competitive landscape of the BI market is forcing users to consider who should provide the source of that truth.

Retails revolution

 25 February 2006

Official economic statistics are underestimating the shift to online retail, says Information Ages editorial director Andrew Lawrence.

Digital payment

 25 February 2006

A new payment system which links scans of shoppers' fingers, combined with a PIN, to their bank accounts is being trialled at US supermarkets.

Ecommerce's new dawn

 25 February 2006

The first generation of online commerce platforms is reaching the end of its lifespan. Now organisations are reinvesting for better customer interaction and business agility.

Core compliance

 25 February 2006

Enterprise resource planning applications provide the bedrock for most compliance efforts.

Perfectly matched?

 25 February 2006

One criticism frequently aimed at the IT function within organisations is that it is too self-serving; but that perception is fading fast.

On form?

 10 February 2006

W3C's Xforms standard has arrived. But will it take off when both Microsoft and Adobe have such a grip on the market?

The midrange technology roadmap

 10 February 2006

The systems are becoming more advanced - but the pace is steady, not frenzied.

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