Technologies
All the Technology Giants are Investing in B2B Integration
SAP announced this morning that it plans to fully acquire Crossgate. This is good news for the B2B integration sector…
Read more »Custom ODA to Use Microsoft Excel Files as Data Source
Hello Community, A custom ODA plugin for eclipse BIRT that supports using Microsoft excel files (xls, xlsx) as data source,…
Read more »Integrating and Extending BIRT, 3rd Edition is Available!
I’m pleased to announce that the third edition of Integrating and Extending BIRT, companion volume to BIRT: A Field Guide is at last…
Read more »AS2 and Internet EDI – Nine Years Later
On September 9th, 2002 Walmart announced its intention to shift to a new Internet-based EDI system using technology from a…
Read more »Understanding the Basics of Cloud Computing
Earlier in the year I posted a blog entry discussing why manufacturing companies should consider using cloud based environments. One…
Read more »Last Week in the Forums: Calling a DataSet Field from a Text Box, Highlighting the First Row of a Group
This blog series takes a look back at the past week in the forums, recalling how active they were and…
Read more »Last Week in the Forums: Replacing Labels in a Chart with a ‘Key’ DataSet, Avoiding Group Header Row Being Last Line in a Page
This blog series takes a look back at the past week in the forums, recalling how active they were and…
Read more »Last Week in the Forums: Fixed Layout vs Auto Layout, Displaying Your Query Text in Your Report for Troubleshooting
This blog series takes a look back at the past week in the forums, recalling how active they were and…
Read more »Last Week in the Forums: Filtering Blank Spaces from Distinct Count Aggregation, Adding a Line at 0 in a Chart with Negative Values
This blog series takes a look back at the past week in the forums, recalling how active they were and…
Read more »Last Week in the Forums: Making the Month in a Date All Uppercase, Row Dimension Headers in a Crosstab
This blog series takes a look back at the past week in the forums, recalling how active they were and…
Read more »How EDI helps Small Business – A Case Study
One of the best small business case studies that I have seen recently is Maclean’s Highland Bakery. Macleans produces a…
Read more »How will Cloud Computing Benefit the Manufacturing Industry?
I have been working in the IT industry for nearly 20 years now and I have always worked very closely…
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What Zappos.com can Teach us About the Supply Chain
Over the holidays I read Tony Hseih’s excellent book Delivering Happiness. Tony, of course, is the CEO of the fast…
Read more » Last Week in the Forums: Using Data from Two DataSets in One Table, Adding a Table of Contents Listing
This blog series takes a look back at the past week in the forums, recalling how active they were and…
Read more »Four Examples of Industries Using Self-Billing
In a post earlier this week I outlined the reasons why suppliers should stop invoicing their customers in many circumstances. Instead, the…
Read more »Last Week in the Forums: Hyperlink in Only Certain Cells of Crosstab, Aggregate Average on Crosstab
This blog series takes a look back at the past week in the forums, recalling how active they were and…
Read more »Is the Digital Supply Chain simpler than the Physical Supply Chain?
With the AppStore surpassing 10B downloads last weekend it is fair to say that the digital supply chain is booming. …
Read more »Last Week in the Forums: Arranging Report Elements Horizontally, Setting Chart Name with Data from DataSet
This blog series takes a look back at the past week in the forums, recalling how active they were and…
Read more »Last Week in the Forums: Adding a Calculated Measure in a Crosstab, Page n of m Auto Text Spacing
This blog series takes a look back at the past week in the forums, recalling how active they were and…
Read more »Will AS4 Become the Communications Standard for Cloud Based Integration Services?
2010 has certainly been the year when Cloud Computing has started to get on to the agenda of many CIOs…
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