Management Briefings

• Market Overview | Part 2 | Part 3
  Companies are en route to integrated business processes but there is still some way to go, according to our latest user research. Pat Sweet reports.

• Market Direction | Part 2 | Part 3
  As the enterprise software market shifts towards small to medium-sized business buyers of web-based products, Debbie Mackenzie of Absoft shows how consultants can respond.

• Round table | Part 2 | Part 3
  Market watchers from AMR Research, The Integration Practice, META Group and Charteris debate the major enterprise-level software trends.

• Integration Issues | Part 2
  Axway’s Martin Stern suggests five ways to avoid common mistakes in integration projects.

• Best Practice | Part 2
  Andrew Green of IBT thinks transaction processing software is the key to improving enterprise business processes.

• IT Architecture | Part 2
  Service oriented architecture (SOA) is the dominant force in application integration, writes David Jobling of Avanade.

• Market News | Part 2
  Sarah Underwood brings together the latest IT consultancy news.

• Case Study | Part 2
  Electrolux Laundry Systems improves its supply chain using ERP software.

• Expert Opinion
  The evolution of ‘joined-up’ enterprise applications and integration products spells good news for IT end users, says Richard Rutter of CIBER.