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• SAP Business One now available on iPhones

  In a sign of the growing penetration of iPhones and iPads into the enterprise, SAP has released a mobile version of its SAP Business One management software for Apple's smartphone and tablet devices.

• ERP woes blamed for lumber company's bad quarter

  Lumber Liquidators is attributing a weak third quarter to a complex SAP implementation, saying the project imposed a significant drain on worker productivity. But the problems appear to be largely related to employees having trouble acclimating to the new system, versus malfunctions in the software itself.

• SMEs seeking ERP and BI integration

  Small to medium enterprises (SME) are clamouring for enterprise resource planning (ERP) and business intelligence (BI), seeking better reporting capabilities and business insight for better access to data, according to Pronto Software.

• The trouble with supply-chain best practices

  Best Practices: It's an often overused term that can apply to literally any decision-making process: parenting quandaries, personal finance questions, buying a house, getting a job, or selecting a puppy breed.

• NetSuite chief takes aim at Microsoft's Great Plains

  NetSuite’s CEO, Zach Nelson, has rubbished the company's cloud computing competitors, comparing Microsoft’s ERP solution, Great Plains, to a "Stone Age hairball".

• Ego Pharmaceuticals wins SAP CEO choice award

  Ego Pharmaceuticals has taken out SAP Australia’s ‘CEO’s choice award’ for its go live with SAP Business All-in-One and BusinessObjects Edge Business Intelligence software.

• County will rip and replace ailing SAP system

  Officials in Marin County, California, decided on Tuesday to replace the county's ailing SAP ERP (enterprise resource planning) system, an option that would cost less than trying to fix widespread problems with the software, according to officials.

• How An ERP System Can Help Manage Your Company's Energy Use

  A few years ago, we had the local electric company do a home energy audit. Our 19th-century house was hard to heat, and as we suspected, the inspector found we didn't have enough insulation. But our most cost-effective change turned out to be the purchase of a new refrigerator. You can't manage what you don't measure. Once you start looking at the right data, the results can lead you to solutions you hadn't imagined.

• SAP co-CEO touts broadband infrastructure and next generation cloud

  The next generation of cloud computing will be based on in-memory technology and rely on high-speed broadband infrastructure investments, according to SAP global co-CEO, Jim Hagemann Snabe.
  

• SAP extends Sybase offer, awaits EU approval

  SAP said Friday that it has extended its US$5.8 billion bid for Sybase while it awaits approval under European merger regulations.

• Consona buys cloud ERP vendor Compiere

  Consona has purchased on-demand ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor Compiere, a move that gives it a place at the cloud-computing table, it was announced Wednesday. Terms were not disclosed.

• Taming the ERP Integration Beast: A Work in Progress

  CIOs have been talking about enterprise application integration for as long as they've been talking about business-IT alignment or proving the value of the IT function. That is to say,for decades.

• IT and beer: A love story

  Beer is the world’s oldest alcoholic beverage, and the favourite tipple of Australians. Captain Cook brought it with him as a means to preserve water, and his idea seems to have caught on — Australians globally are about the fourth or fifth most prolific beer-drinkers per capita, slugging back about 110 litres per person per year. And as it is to the art of [[artnid:347545|winemaking]], technology is integral to modern brewers.

• NetSuite takes a crack at discrete manufacturing

  NetSuite is stepping up its vertical strategy with an on-demand ERP (enterprise resource planning) edition aimed at discrete manufacturers, the term for companies that create customizable products by assembling parts.

• Deloitte hit with $30M lawsuit over failed ERP project

  California's Marin County has sued Deloitte Consulting LLP for $30 million over a botched <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9147500/SAP_Update">SAP</a> Enterprise Resource Planning ( <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/topic/121/ERP">ERP</a> ) project.