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Before an accounting scandal forced WorldCom into bankruptcy court this year, the company faced another kind of bookkeeping shenanigan: As much as US$4 million in phoney sales commissions was pocketed by more than a dozen employees.
On the heels of Microsoft's purchase of the midmarket accounting systems leader, Great Plains, it announced its intention to acquire Navision. How will this affect consultants and the midmarket ERP landscape?
Oracle's Australian division has declined to comment on whether it is slashing jobs, in the wake of reports the software giant has cut about 500 workers from its US operations.
A KMPG audit of the Department of Defence's ongoing staff pay scandal has found key IT systems aiding payroll processes were working well but facing difficulties with vendor support.
On the heels of Microsoft's purchase of the midmarket accounting systems leader, Great Plains, it announced its intention to acquire Navision. How will this affect consultants and the midmarket ERP landscape?
What's the best customer relationship management suite? We put six of the top vendors to the test to find out in our no holds barred face-off.
The chief information officer of Healthscope tells us why, despite a stakeholder bent for an SAP or Oracle supply chain and financial system, the Australian healthcare giant opted for Queensland-based vendor Technology One instead.
As Microsoft's deadline for Yahoo to accept its takeover bid passes, the tech world is still waiting for information from either company on their wedding plans.
The construction giant's AU$15 million, JD Edwards OneWorld implementation was initially intended as an upgrade to a struggling decade-old internal system but Thiess has found more than one reason to embrace a future version of the product.
What's the best customer relationship management suite? We put six of the top vendors to the test to find out in our no holds barred face-off.
Databases are by no means an easy product category to understand. Many of the big players now offer free or "light" versions of their databases, but comparing them all is no easy task -- as we found out.
Symantec Backup Exec 12 allows complete system recovery and concentrates on continuous file/data protection. Though AU$1,795 may seem a lot of money for an application, Backup Exec might be worth the investment if you're using it for irreplaceable and highly valuable data.
We look at which product can help improve customer satisfaction.
We examine tools that can drill down through your applications to pinpoint exactly where loading causes trouble.
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