CIOview eUpdate
Siebel : Making the Case for Infrastructure Migration

Most of the cost of a Siebel deployment is fixed regardless of how you set up your Siebel application, you still have to pay the same amount for CRM software user licenses. The question the becomes, how much ability do you have to cut costs by switching technology infrastructures? Can choosing the best server/OS/database combination make enough of a difference to justify migration? View a SnapShot that reveals how simply moving from Sun Solaris to Microsoft Windows and Microsoft SQL Server can save you $1,800 per user over three years.

Security budgets are going to be tight in 2005. Even Symantec sees the writing on the wall or why else would they buy Veritas, a company with a much slower growth rate? The challenge now is to showcase the financial impact of security expenditures or face the budget axe. The security situation is made worse by the mandating powers of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that require a standard methodology to be in place.

CIOview's SecurityNOW! packages a worldwide recognized security standard methodology (the OSSTM) with an easy-to-use financial return software package. Read the Enterprise Systems Journal evaluation of SecurityNOW! and the Open Source Security Testing Methodology (OSSTM), to learn how U.S. government agencies and large enterprises, like Volkswagen, can leverage SecurityNOW! to define the financial implications of specific risks, as well as the security investments recommended to reduce those risks.

It's not hard to imagine a windswept image of Larry Ellison at the helm in the winning leg of the America's Cup; through sheer force of personality and chutzpah Oracle has made a habit of getting to the end point. Ironically perhaps, Ellison's bravado epitomizes the same gritty determination required to get an ERP and CRM solution installed. So did Oracle purchase PeopleSoft because the corporate culture of Oracle is well suited to the challenges faced by many ERP and CRM customers, or did the rumors of Microsoft buying SAP simply push the Oracle panic button? Read more ...

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