Why is there so much manufacturing ERP software, created specifically for the manufacturing sector? “Manufacturing ERP must account for and manage the actual production processes and materials on the factory floor,” said Steve Bieszczat, chief marketing officer at IQMS, a…
Master data management (MDM) is quickly becoming the driving force behind organizing data that is shared across the enterprise. Most applications in use today share data with each other in one form or another. Keeping that data under control, while…
by Tyler Warden, BackOffice Associates Starting with its origins in master data management, data governance has traditionally focused on identifying the data elements that are key to an organization’s business and then investing time and money to ensure those data…
Technology companies often have unusual names that have little to do with the company’s actual business. Hulu, for example, comes from a Chinese proverb in which Hulu is described as a “holder of precious things.” Startup MemSQL, however, took a…
Bringing diverse e-commerce and brick-and-mortar businesses under a single umbrella as an omni-channel enterprise is a complicated exercise, one that involves uniting a number of back-end and in-store technologies. But companies are forging ahead, and experimenting with emerging technologies like…
DevOps, which Wikipedia defines as “a culture, movement or practice that emphasizes the collaboration and communication of both software developers and other IT professionals while automating the process of software delivery and infrastructure changes,” will play a key role in…
By Mark Field, QuickBase “We’ve got an app for that.” Once a memorable advertising catch-phrase, this is now an IT worker’s dream and — potentially — a chief digital officer’s worst nightmare. As businesses undergo digital transformation, more employees are…
What does hybrid transaction/analytical processing (HTAP), a database technology that uses in-memory capabilities to perform OLAP (online analytical processing) and OLTP (online transaction processing) at the same time, have to do with the port authority of Hamburg, Germany? One of…
Finance plays a crucial role in every successful business. Whether it’s weighing how to invest resources, managing expenses or setting financial goals for the year ahead, finance leaders are trusted advisors that can help their businesses achieve their long-term strategic…
Chief data officers (CDOs) are playing a strategic role in many — though not all — organizations, thanks to the importance of analytics, Big Data and data science in the enterprise. For CDOs to be considered strategic, they must operate…