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bdpatoday
Volume 31 | 10.08.09 |
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bdpatoday blogs, discussions, and
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2009 Annual Awards Banquet | NOV 12
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Missed one? In case we missed you yesterday, our newsletter archives and Acronym of the Day are updated each week for new sponsors, BDPA chapter interest groups (CIGs) and new BDPA members up to the last 100 online editions. Discover more...
Compuware To Acquire Gomez For $295 Million
The move will enable Compuware to offer performance management to customers with apps in the cloud.
bdpatoday--InformationWeek (IW) is reporting Compuware's announcement yesterday of its plan to acquire Gomez Inc. for $295 million in cash. Compuware is a leader in on-site application performance management, and Gomez, a leader in Web application performance management. Compuware sees the acquisition as helping it better serve customers that have parts of their IT infrastructure in the cloud, and parts of it in their own data centers.
"There is a dramatic shift taking place in IT, as more and more business-critical applications move beyond the corporate firewall and out onto the Internet," said Compuware President Bob Paul in a video presentation released yesterday.
The idea, Paul said, is that an IT administrator will be able to view, from a single dashboard, the performance of ERP applications running in his company's data center, the performance of an E-commerce Web site, and the quality of a Cloud-based provider's service. The companies' products already work together, but more integration will take place after the acquisition to provide IT and business administrators with more types of dashboard views, Compuware said. The deal is expected to close next month. Compuware is one of NBDPA's original sponsors. Select here to read more...
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ERP
ERP (enterprise resource planning) is an industry term for the broad set of activities that helps a business manage the important parts of its business. The information made available through an ERP system provides visibility for key performance indicators (KPIs) required for meeting corporate objectives. ERP software applications can be used to manage product planning, parts purchasing, inventories, interacting with suppliers, providing customer service, and tracking orders. ERP can also include application modules for the finance and human resources aspects of a business. Typically, an ERP system uses or is integrated with a relational database system. The deployment of ERP systems involves considerable business process analyses, employee retraining, and new innovative work procedures.
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Tech Target
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2009 Annual Scholarship & Awards Banquet
November 12, 6-9 PM
Washington Navy Yard
Conference Center
Keynote: Cynthia Miller
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
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NROTC Scholarships
now on deck @ BDPA!
Cover story in bdpatoday
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FALL 2009 Print Edition
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About BDPA-DC
NBDPA's Washington, D.C. Chapter was founded in 1978 by Norman Mays. It was incorporated in 1981 as a domestic not-for-profit corporation in the District of Columbia. In February of 1988, Black Data Processing Associates of Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area (BDPA-DC) became an IRS Section 501(c)(3) Public Charity. Today, BDPA-DC provides professional development services for its members and stakeholders in direct support of local and regional STEM (Science. Technology. Engineering. Math) initiatives. Towards this end, BDPA-DC partners with BDPA Baltimore, BDPA Northern Virginia, and BDPA Richmond to support members and stakeholders within the National Capital Region (NCR) and the Baltimore-Richmond Corridor. BDPA-DC also serves NBDPA, BDPA Chapters and Chapter Interest Groups (CIGs) as a federal news bureau, government relations liaison, and bdpatoday newsletter clearinghouse for emerging NBDPA Chapters.
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