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April 22, 2003 Vol 6 No 7

The Future of Enterprise Applications
In a roundtable discussion, strategic executives from J.D. Edwards, Oracle, PeopleSoft, and SAP offer insights into how application solutions will deliver higher customer value — and lower cost of ownership.
by Justin Kestelyn

Build vs. Buy in the 21st Century
Reluctant to sign on for "big bang" implementations, enterprise application customers are driving demand for more modular and incremental solutions — thereby reopening an old debate that now features two new contestants.
by Joshua Greenbaum

Conquering the Middle Kingdom
Microsoft Business Solutions' growing software portfolio has rattled the small- to medium-sized business apllications market. Here's a close look at how Microsoft's emerging set of offerings fits together.
by Stewart McKie

TRENDS & FEEDBACK

EDITOR'S PAGE
Enterprise applications: Change is coming, change is good.

NEWS & ANALYSIS
Better Web services control ... Where are IT budgets going? ... Avoid NT application upgrades.

BACK PAGE
Think you'll never have to port that code? Think again.
by Joe Celko

PRODUCTS & PLATFORMS

PRODUCT REVIEWS
MicroStrategy 7i Suite version 7.2.2.
by Mark Smith

PIPELINE
Products recently released

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

DECISION SUPPORT
Is business performance management equal to the hype?
by Seth Grimes

DATA WAREHOUSE DESIGNER
Get with the times.
by Ralph Kimball

COLLABORATIVE COMMERCE

E-BUSINESS DEVELOPER
How to plan for the unexpected.
by Robert Northrop