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1. ERP may be linked with complexity, high cost and 18-month rollouts, but enterprises today have many alternatives to behemoths SAP and Oracle. On-demand and software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendors offer robust ERP product sets, and open-source apps can be bought via Amazon.com's EC2 platform. Ray Wang, vice president and principal analyst with Forrester Research, says users have turned to SaaS for innovative functionality, as well as lower costs.
Oracle Database 11g is available in a variety of editions tailored to meet the business and IT needs of all organisations. This paper outlines the features and options available with ...
IT organisations must be able to quickly deliver and securely manage new business and IT services at fraction ...