Stories about: Great Plains

Local engineering and construction company AJ Lucas Group (Lucas) will transform its core business processes by consolidating on one ERP platform for financials, payroll, HR and business intelligence.

NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), a leading vendor of cloud computing business management software suites, today announced the NetSuite “Cash for Clunkers” incentive program. For the first time, a cloud computing solution provider is offering direct incentives to help businesses turn off and turn in their antiquated on-premise software and hardware, pare back their electricity use, and switch to an efficient, cutting-edge, on-demand business management software suite. Starting immediately, all new NetSuite customers in Australia who shut down on-premise servers and/or trade in their on-premise enterprise software will receive AU$500 off every AU$5,000 invested in NetSuite, above and beyond any negotiated terms.

When CompuCredit began feeling the sting of the subprime mortgage mess and resulting credit crunch toward the end of last year, CIO Guido Sacchi's IT organization was forced to absorb a 20 per cent year-over-year hit to its annual IT budget.

When Mark Alperin went looking to replace his aging ERP system in 2006, he found himself in the same place as many CIOs of midsize companies - not feeling terribly sought after by software vendors who prioritize large enterprise accounts, and facing few choices. Alperin serves as COO with CIO responsibilities for Vertex Distribution, a manufacturer and distributor of rivets, screws and other fasteners. He wasn't happy with the two main packages for his industry, from Activant Solutions and Microsoft (neither of which he was using, nor did he want to use).

First came Southwest: no frills. Then JetBlue: a few more frills. Now Virgin America: low fares, deluxe service and a new approach to IT

Hosted, on-demand CRM is sometimes cheaper and easier to roll out than the software that lives on your own machines. But if you think on-demand means that all you have to do is flip a switch, you're dead wrong.

Plagued by rates increases and budget cutbacks, local councils across Australia are banding together to increase their buying power and deliver services more efficiently

James Huckerby's first anniversary as the CIO of Panthers has recently come and gone. On the other hand, Roger Cowan has chalked up 37 years as the club's general manager. Along the way he's developed a healthy scepticism for over-hyped IT solutions. A less than perfect match? Guess again. The relationship is not only working, but working well.

West of Sydney on the flat plains that eventually give way to the Blue Mountains, a series of stocky towers hunker down in a scrum. It is a fitting architectural statement for Panthers Entertainment Group (PEG), the broad network of businesses which grew out of the Penrith Panthers rugby league club.

Getting different vendors to truly integrate complex software is impossible. But that doesn't mean a more limited form of interfacing can't be achieved.