ORACLE AND PEOPLESOFT: MERGED? Introduction What is a hostile takeover? Merriam-Webster defines hostile as an adjective meaning “unfriendly‚” and takeover as a verb meaning “to assume control or possession of or responsibility for” (Mich‚ 1997). In the business arena‚ a hostile takeover is a stock acquisition in which “management and/or a significant number of shareholders oppose the purchase of the company by the intended buyer” (Fisher‚ Taylor‚ & Cheng‚ 2002). The case of Oracle and PeopleSoft
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Communications Devise an implementation strategy that would guarantee the support of the divisional presidents for the shared customer service center Is it possible to achieve an enterprise vision with a decentralized IT function? What business and IT problems can be caused by lack of common information and an enterprise IM strategy? What governance mechanisms need to be put in place to ensure common customer data and a shared customer service center? What metrics might be useful? Mini-cases-5 Creating
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Student Questionnaire ALLIANCE FOR ENTERPRISE EXCHANGE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR STUDENTS YOUR DETAILS Name: School: Age: Gender: Male Female ENTERPRISE What does the term ‘enterprise’ mean to you? SKILLS What do you think are the three most important skills that you need in enterprise? Are you learning these skills at schools? Yes No Partially We would like to know how important you think the following attributes are in enterprise. Please score them out of 5 5=Very
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| Zachman Framework | A Tutorial | | Dhanush Ravindra | | | Abstract This paper is about the Zachman Framework and its overall use as an Enterprise Architecture. The paper begins with the definition of Enterprise Architecture and framework in general. Then it shows a brief background about the maker of the framework‚ John A. Zachman. Next is the history of the Zachman Framework itself. Finally‚ we discuss the main purpose and structure of the Zachman Framework. Who
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NASA Request for Proposal (RFP) for Enterprise Architecture services‚ RFP # NNH05116650R Status Report Source: NASA HQ Posted Friday‚ December 9‚ 2005 All documents(Word) 09 December 2005 TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SUBJECT: Request for Proposal (RFP) for Enterprise Architecture services‚ RFP # NNH05116650R NASA Headquarters is requesting proposals for Enterprise Architecture services in accordance with the attached Statement of Work (SOW)‚ Attachment A. NASA intends to acquire these services by competing
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because it is shared with entrepreneurs and businesses alike which is job and employment creation. Secondly‚ social enterprises provide employment opportunities and job training to segments of society at an employment disadvantage (long-term unemployed‚ disabled‚ homeless‚ at-risk youth and gender-discriminated women). 2. Innovation / New Goods and Services Social enterprises develop and apply innovation important to social and economic development and develop new goods and services. Issues addressed
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provides high speed broadband internet and related services. It also provides landline service in 93 cities across India. It also launched its DTH services in 2008 and is present in more than 150 cities now. The Enterprise Services division provides a diverse portfolio of services to large Enterprise and Carrier customers. This division is further divided into two unite: Carrier business unit and Corporate business unit. The Corporate Business Unit provides end to end telecom solutions to India’s large
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President of IT‚ Vince Patton‚ is faced with the task of creating a single customer service center for the company. The case starts off with Vince firing the four divisional CIO’s‚ stating that “We don’t need any of you anymore. I’m creating one enterprise IT organization‚ and there’s no room for any of you.” (McKeen‚ p 127). Ross Roman‚ founder of PR Communications‚ then gives Vince the opportunity to completely turn around the IT department and has given full support to any of Vinces projects. This
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5 IT INFRASTRUCTURE AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES Management Information Systems CHAPTER 5: IT INFRASTRUCTURE AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IT Infrastructure • IT infrastructure: – Set of physical devices and software required to operate enterprise – Set of firmwide services including: • • • • • • Computing platforms providing computing services Telecommunications services Data management services Application software services Physical facilities management services IT management
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property of their respective owners. “Enterprise architecture deals with the design and implementation of the high-level structure of the enterprise. It is the result of assembling a certain number of architectural elements in some well-chosen forms to satisfy the major functionality and performance requirements of the system‚ as well as some other‚ nonfunctional requirements such as reliability‚ scalability‚ portability‚ and availability. Enterprise Architecture‚ from a business perspective
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