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Microsoft Memos Reveal On-Demand Anxiety

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November 15, 2005

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In This Edition
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1. John Pallatto: Microsoft Memos Reveal On-Demand Anxiety
2. News: Ariba Follows the On-Demand Trend
3. News: SAP Sees Integrating Processes as Key to Future
4. News: Computer Associates: A World of Change
5. News: WebMethods Crafts Enterprise Supply Chain Software
6. News: Nsite 5.0 Offers Price Quoting, Channel Management Tools

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Enterprise Apps Update
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1. John Pallatto: Microsoft Memos Reveal On-Demand Anxiety

Memos from Bill Gates and Ray Ozzie show just how much
Microsoft is worried about catching up with the on-demand
software services wave before it passes them by. One of
Microsoft's challenges is that it has become such a big and
complex organization that it has all it can do just to keep its
current product lines on track and making money.

Read the rest of John's column.
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2. News: Ariba Follows the On-Demand Trend

The spend-management software vendor moves to a hosted
model, bringing enterprise-level consulting services to SMBs.
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-2807-13-93-65280-323631-0-0-0-1

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3. News: SAP Sees Integrating Processes as Key to Future

In the face of competition from Oracle and Microsoft, SAP
lays out its corporate strategy, with an emphasis on supporting
customer growth through process innovation.
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-2807-13-93-65280-323634-0-0-0-1

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4. News: Computer Associates: A World of Change

The CA World conference will showcase the company's
renewed focus on customers, partners and integration that
executives say will return CA to a prominent place in the
software industry.
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-2807-13-93-65280-323637-0-0-0-1

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5. News: WebMethods Crafts Enterprise Supply Chain Software

At Integration World, the company celebrates the anniversary
of its Fabric process integration platform and builds on its
application-integration roots.
http://ct.enews.eweek.com/rd/cts?d=186-2807-13-93-65280-323640-0-0-0-1

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6. News: Nsite 5.0 Offers Price Quoting, Channel Management Tools

Nsite 5.0 includes features aimed at SMBs and enables close
integration with on-demand CRM applications from
Salesforce.com and Siebel.
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posted by Victor Lloyd Smith @ 5:31 PM