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SAP Is Hoping to Win Points with Professional Sports Teams
May 16, 2013SAP is hoping to win points with professional sports teams by showing how its HANA in-memory database, analytics, mobile software and other technologies can help them make fans happier, find better players and improve their operations. ...
Tags: SAP, Software Scores, Software
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Scores of IT Projects Are Racking up Higher-Than-Expected Costs
Apr 27, 2013Scores of IT projects being conducted by North Carolina's government are racking up higher-than-expected costs and going far beyond their planned schedules, a new report by the state's auditor has found. Auditor Beth Wood's office ...
Tags: NC Auditor, Computer Products
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Nearly Half of 14 Large Ongoing Military It Projects Are Over Budget
Apr 2, 2013A U.S. government watchdog agency has found that nearly half of 14 large ongoing military IT projects are over budget and more than half are behind schedule. The Government Accountability Office's recently released report focused on 14 of ...
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Microsoft Is Hoping to Shove Aside Rivals Such as Salesforce.com and Oracle
Mar 19, 2013Microsoft is hoping to shove aside rivals such as Salesforce.com and Oracle in the CRM software market by linking its own Dynamics CRM application with new capabilities for marketing automation and social media analysis. Microsoft's ...
Tags: Microsoft, Computer Products, software
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PeopleSoft ERP Project Has Ended in a Settlement Both Sides Are Calling Amicable
Mar 13, 2013A nearly two-year-long, ugly legal battle between Oracle and Montclair State University over a troubled PeopleSoft ERP (enterprise resource planning) project has ended in a settlement both sides are calling amicable. "Montclair State ...
Tags: Oracle, Montclair State University, lawsuit, PeopleSoft software project
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California Officials Recently Fired SAP From The Struggling $373 Million Project
Mar 12, 2013It may not be "feasible" to complete a gigantic SAP software project meant to unify California's many public employee payroll systems, according to a report issued this week by the state's Legislative Analyst's office. California ...
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California Terminated Contract with Sap in Connection with a $371 Million Software System
Feb 18, 2013California has terminated its contract with SAP in connection with a $371 million software system that was supposed to overhaul the state's payroll system but instead ended up mired in major delays and cost overruns. Some $254 million has ...
Tags: California, SAP, software system
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Infor Is Being Sued by a Puerto Rican Tax Authority on Grounds
Jan 31, 2013Infor is being sued by a Puerto Rican tax authority on grounds that its failure to maintain software used by the organization racked up $9 million in costs. The Municipal Revenue Collection Center first acquired a limited license in 2006 ...
Tags: Infor, software, company news
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The Senate Armed Services Committee Plans to Investigate What Happened with a Massive
Jan 29, 2013The Senate Armed Services Committee plans to investigate what happened with a massive, failed U.S. Air Force ERP (enterprise resource planning) project, amid a rising tide of calls for action on Capitol Hill to reduce wasteful IT spending. ...
Tags: Senate Armed Services Committee, ERP project, IT spending
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An Arizona School District Is Mulling Over Whether to Continue Working on a Major Software
Jan 22, 2013An Arizona school district is mulling over whether to continue working on a major software project, upgrade its legacy system or restart from scratch with a different product. The Tucson Unified School District began working on the Lawson ...
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A Half-Million Lines of Custom Code Wasn't Enough to Produce a Viable Dynamics AX ERP
Jan 6, 2013A half-million lines of custom code wasn't enough to produce a viable Dynamics AX ERP(enterprise resource planning)system for point-of-sale and RFID products distributor ScanSource,according to a lawsuit it has filed against Avanade,the ...
Tags: ScanSource, AX, Avanade, US
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The First Week of Class Has Been a Tumultuous One for Students and Parents
Dec 31, 2012IDG News Service - The first week of class at Washington State University has been a tumultuous one for students and parents who depend on financial aid, due to a software glitch in a recently installed Oracle PeopleSoft system. Hundreds ...
Tags: Oracle PeopleSoft system, software, IT, computing
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Police Have Spent About $1.8 Million on Software and Other Crime-Fighting Technologies
Dec 27, 2012Police in Oakland, Calif., have spent about $1.8 million in recent years on software and other crime-fighting technologies that they either never used or drastically underutilized, according to a report released Wednesday by city auditor ...
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The U.S. Air Force Has Decided to Scrap a Major ERP Software Project
Nov 14, 2012IDG News Service - The U.S. Air Force has decided to scrap a major ERP (enterprise resource planning) software project after spending US$1 billion, concluding that finishing it would cost far too much more money for too little gain. ...
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It Took Eight Months to Land The Mars Rover, a Robot Called Curiosity
Aug 9, 2012Simulating the Mars mission Computational curiosity Landing system IT has been key to successfully landing the rover robot Curiosity, on Mars earlier this week. Mars missions in the past have not had a great track record. But the landing ...
Tags: Mars, successfully landing, robot, planet