Monday, December 19, 2005
Nortel to dump Oracle, solve fiscal woes with SAP data purge
Nortel to dump Oracle, solve fiscal woes with SAP data purge: "'More than likely, SAP customers will go to a third party for customer data integration capabilities,' Swanton said. 'SAP hasn't solved the basic MDM problem, which is to manage the item master, material master and custom master in SAP itself.'
Customers also have the choice of using products by SAP rivals, including Oracle, which uses a product called a data hub that manages data across various Oracle and non-Oracle systems. IBM offers the most advanced portfolio of MDM products that are sold with the company's WebSphere middleware, Swanton said.
To have complete MDM capabilities, SAP customers must chose from third-party MDM vendors that include Brewster, Mass.-based BackOffice Associates, Irvine, Calif.-based Optimo Systems and Dallas-based i2. These firms have layered products that add customer data synchronization capabilities."
Customers also have the choice of using products by SAP rivals, including Oracle, which uses a product called a data hub that manages data across various Oracle and non-Oracle systems. IBM offers the most advanced portfolio of MDM products that are sold with the company's WebSphere middleware, Swanton said.
To have complete MDM capabilities, SAP customers must chose from third-party MDM vendors that include Brewster, Mass.-based BackOffice Associates, Irvine, Calif.-based Optimo Systems and Dallas-based i2. These firms have layered products that add customer data synchronization capabilities."
