Product Lifecycle
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SaaS ERP market poised for strong growth
News Market for software-as-a-service-based enterprise resource planning in Asia-Pacific excluding Japan is expected to reach US$193 million by 2012, says Springboard.
Tags: Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Software, India, Survey, Asia-Pacific, Small And Medium Business, product lifecycle management, product lifecycle, ERP
Asian manufacturers go digital in 2009
News New manufacturing plants in the region will adopt a "digital factory" approach, incorporating simulation and "latest thinking" in their operations, new report notes.
Tags: IT budgeting, Infrastructure/architecture management, Investments, Region, Investment, Manufacturing, Asia-Pacific, product lifecycle management, product lifecycle, product development
Customers reap gains of ERP implementation
News Malaysian manufacturer Dunham-Bush's maiden ERP use enhances customer service as interaction between engineering, production, sales departments gets better.
Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Manufacturing, Sales, ERP, Malaysia, ERP system, Epicor Software Corp., HVAC, Dunham-Bush Holdings, Oracle Corp.
Oracle to buy Agile Software
News Plans give Oracle a foothold in the product lifecycle management business, a market expected to grow to $6 billion this year.
Tags: Business applications, Acquisitions
IBM buys engineering tech unit
News EADS Matra Datavision, which specializes in product lifecycle management software, has distributed products and provided services for IBM in Europe since 1998.
SAP doubles Asian clients despite slump
News Tough market conditions did not send German software giant SAP AG's Asia-Pacific business in a downward spiral.
S'pore: New plan to help manufacturers save millions
News The government has hatched a plan to help high-tech manufacturers save millions of dollars a year by enhancing their procurement process.
Windows 98 gets support reprieve
News Although support for the older operating systems was due to end shortly, Microsoft has announced that it will be extended.
EDS revamps design software
News The computer services giant says the latest version of its I-deas software will improve computer-aided product development.
Getting high on tech
Insight Cisco Systems' CIO for Asia shares his passion for tech, and advises IT managers on how best to lead and motivate a regional team.
Tags: IT Management
Dell P4 desktop hits market with M'sian launch
News Dell Computer's latest high-end desktop computer, the Optiplex GX400, made its market debut with a Malaysian launch here today, aptly so as the machine is manufactured out of the giant PC maker's plant in Penang.
Local institutes invest in Linux competency center
News Singapore-based Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) and Singapore/MIT Alliance (SMA) have invested over S$1 million to set up a Linux clustering high performance computing competency (HPC) center here.
Singapore: Linux competency center set up
News Singapore-based Institute of High Performance Computing (IHPC) and Singapore/MIT Alliance (SMA) have invested over S$1 million to set up a Linux clustering high performance computing competency center here.
Desktop Linux thinks small
News A new report sees growing opportunity for the open-source operating system to displace Windows in small offices.
Tags: Infrastructure/architecture management, Linux, Open source
SAP: High demand for ERP in China
News update A booming manufacturing sector in China is set to boost SAP's business in the country.
