Legacy System
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Legacy IT holding back insurers
Insight perspective Analyst at U.K. insurer Celent explains what CIOs of firms weighed down by legacy systems, can do to update their organization.
Tags: Mainframes, Business applications, IT Governance, Insurance Company, M&A, legacy system, COBOL, Celent, Catherine Stagg-Macey, CIO
The Sun that shines under IT
Insight Sun Microsystems CIO Bob Worrall counts down to the first phase of its new ERP project and shares what he believes the IT organization of the future will look like.
Tags: IT Management, Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
Web services: Four issues to consider
Insight It's vital for CIOs to keep up with the Web services market as they develop long-term strategies. We have looked at four key elements of Web services planning in recent columns.
BT to resell Microsoft's business cloud suite
News Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Suite, including applications such as Exchange Online and Office Live Meeting, will be integrated with BT's 21CN network.
Tags: Mobile applications, Business applications, British Telecommunications, Microsoft Office Live Meeting, business productivity, legacy system, software upgrade, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Live, Mobile applications
Putting Web services to work
Insight With all of the hype surrounding XML and Web services, sometimes it’s good to step back and look at a specific example of how to tie all of the technology stuff together.
BEA stock climbs with deals, reorganization
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Legacy is biggest IT headache
News More than just the systems and processes, the challenges are also embedded in the mindsets of people who operate the legacy systems, some IT heads in the United Kingdom say.
Tags: Servers, Business applications
Healthcare needs common standards
News Common standards help medical institutions share patient information, a necessary step in the evolution of healthcare delivery, experts say.
Tags: Standards, Data Management, XML
Philippine e-payment group upgrades IT system
News Country's largest electronic payment network operator BancNet, invests a "few millions of pesos" to implement SAP's SMB offering, Business One.
Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Data mining & analysis
The great legacy skills debate
Insight COBOL expert Mike Gilbert looks at the looming skills gap between the legacy world and the worlds of Web services, Java and .Net.
Tags: Mainframes, IT training, Programming languages
Nimbler J.D. Edwards trumpets collaborative commerce
News A much nimbler, leaner business software maker, J.D. Edwards, is touting collaborative commerce in its attempt to gain a firmer foothold in the region and in Malaysia.
Consider 'fudge factors' when valuing intellectual property
Insight Placing a value on intellectual property can be a slippery slope. Use these tips from a member to evaluate your position and bump up your profits for unique solutions.
XML and Unicode: Mix with care
News The character set that lets computers write in every language from Czech to Chinese could make Web browsers tongue-tied, two standards groups warn.
Data warehousing and mining basics
Insight Traditionally, enterprise data has been kept in information silos that are physically separate from other data repositories and serve specialized functions. All this data manipulation extracted a high cost in terms of accuracy and timeliness. Fortunately, the technology sector has anted up new data warehousing and mining tools to provide assistance.
Make sure your disaster recovery plan will work when it's needed
Insight Disaster recovery is easy when you have a solid plan in place. Just make sure that you take note of several key points.
