During the 1990s, companies bought packaged software solutions such as SAP, Oracle ERP, PeopleSoft, JDEdwards, Siebel, Clarify, and so on. Although such packaged software solutions worked well ...

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Application integration may hold much more benefit than most Java development shops realize. The TheServerside.com Readership Survey 2011 has revealed that only 20% of surveyed IT professionals say ...

In 1999, Salesforce created the first true software-as-a-service (SaaS) package. Now there are more than 10,000 cloud-based applications aimed at enterprises and SMEs, covering everything from core ...

If you want to simplify your applications portfolio to achieve your enterprise architect vision, think ahead to the next stepping-stone toward your goal. Our previous column on stepping-stones for ...

At the strategic enterprise level, we do not expect Siebel to sell many Business Integration Applications into greenfield integration sites, since most Siebel customers already have significant ...

There is no denying the fact that cloud-based software and computing services are now accepted as the norm. This change has profound implications on how software applications are architected, ...

With UAN, Siebel has taken a unique approach to enabling process automation by decoupling Siebel-delivered XML and Web services standards-based business processes (e.g., Business Integration ...