Heather Havenstein

Articles by Heather Havenstein

Analytics tools aim to improve on spreadsheets

Companies still relying on spreadsheets and other piecemeal financial planning and budgeting methods are the targets of a trio of new packages designed to provide an enterprise view of financial performance.

Microsoft details new domain-specific modeling tools

The new framework and tool will allow users to add customized modeling that could, for example, layer regulatory policy enforcement to the generic tools planned for Visual Studio 2005 Team System.

IBM app server upgrade aims to reduce system downtime

Version 6 of the WebSphere Application Server can detect system outages and ensure that transactions are handed off to another server to quickly restore processing operations and minimize the financial impact of downtime, according to Big Blue.

IBM updates WebSphere Application Server software

Version 6 of the WebSphere Application Server can detect server outages and save and process Internet transactions to minimize the financial impact from downtime.

SAP courts developers with NetWeaver platform

SAP AG is maneuvering to bolster its NetWeaver platform as a viable alternative to competing application development environments with a new program to court Java and .Net developers.

SAP TECH ED: SAP courts Java, .Net developers

SAP AG is manoeuvring to bolster its NetWeaver platform as a viable alternative to competing application development environments with a new program to court Java and .Net developers.

Cyclone Commerce eyes transaction data

Cyclone Commerce Inc. this week will roll out a new suite of applications designed to allow enterprises to capture real-time content from transactions flowing outside the organization.

BI vendors leverage end-users

Vendors in the BI (business intelligence) arena are maneuvering to empower end-users with the ability to customize analytic applications in an effort to meet evolving business needs.

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