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Corporate social responsibility hindered by poor data
News The survey of 150 organisations in France, Germany, the UK and the US by analyst AMR Research found most spending on corporate social responsibility (CSR) is around social (33 percent), environmental (27 percent) and responsible sourcing (26...
[April 4, 2007, 10:22]
ERP market hit by licence surplus
News According to a report released by AMR Research, based on the Boston firm's recent survey of 271 companies that have already purchased the systems, some 46 percent of all ERP "seats" remain uninstalled.
[August 3, 2005, 9:50]
Executives predict growth in IT spending
News A survey of 500 IT executives released on Tuesday by AMR Research shows budding financial optimism on the part of the survey's participants. We are seeing purse strings begin to loosen up with the growing demand to replace older systems and the...
[September 3, 2003, 8:30]
Wal-Mart provides RFID boost
News Major consumer goods companies -- including Gillette, Kraft Foods and Procter & Gamble -- have collectively spent about $250m on RFID tags and related equipment this year, according to a new report from AMR Research.
[December 23, 2004, 8:40]
Wal-Mart plays catalyst to RFID uptake
News RFID spending will be "bigger than.Y2K", predicted AMR Research analyst Pete Abell. Wal-Mart threw its weight behind bar codes in 1984, and by 1987 there were 75,000 suppliers using bar codes, according to AMR Research.
[June 6, 2003, 11:33]
Oracle-Siebel merger gets mixed reaction
News They [are unlikely to spend] more on Siebel," said Jim Shepherd, an analyst at AMR Research. SAP's estimated $1.7bn slice of the $11.4bn CRM market may also face greater challenges from an Oracle-Siebel merger, according to AMR Research.
[September 13, 2005, 8:50]
Pay-tracking tools a sign of the times
News Technology research firm AMR Research calls such products "enterprise incentive management" applications, and analysts say they are a small but growing part of an otherwise languishing business software industry.
[August 15, 2002, 16:38]
Oracle could raise PeopleSoft price
News Oracle currently has the No.position in the business applications business with an expected $2.6bn in revenue for 2003, behind SAP, which is expected to have $7.4bn in sales this year, according to AMR Research.
[June 25, 2003, 13:52]
Extended ERP: The path of least resistance?
News A recent report from AMR Research found that the average cost of implementing extended ERP modules was $1.5m and that typical projects went $100,000 over budget. Only 13 percent of companies surveyed by AMR said extended ERP had saved them money...
[December 12, 2003, 11:10]
Searching for the next Salesforce
News Salesforce reported $176m (£96.6m) in revenue last year while Taleo revenue was about $60m (£33m), according to AMR Research estimates. The software has helped companies fill positions more quickly and reduced paperwork, according to IT researcher...
[June 27, 2005, 13:00]
Duffield's back in business
News Bruce Richardson, AMR Research's chief research officer, agreed. The PeopleSoft co-founder was due to launch his new company last week at the AMR Research Strategy conference, but at the last second, his handlers changed their minds.
[January 24, 2006, 11:45]
RFID is now mainstream
News Speaking at the RFID ROI Summit in London on Tuesday, Nigel Montgomery, director of European research at AMR Research, said the track-and-trace technology is now starting to reach maturity and businesses are clamouring for it.
[January 26, 2005, 8:40]
Exodus nabs hosting deal with Covisint
News Not only is this a big deal right now, the B2B sector is going to be a major growth area for Web hosting in the future," said Wagner Rios, an analyst with AMR Research. The deal protects their cash flow," AMR Research analyst Kevin Prouty said.
[May 11, 2001, 11:39]
Webcast: Competing in an International Markeplace
White Papers David Cahn, a former research director for AMR Research and veteran of the manufacturing industry, presents an insightful look at the "risk versus reward" decision process for manufacturers who are looking to either expand internationally or...
[January 21, 2009, 11:06]
The Benefits of Business Intelligence Standardization: Why Should You Standardize Your Business Intelligence Tools?
White Papers BI standardization involves costs and change management, but as Jacqueline Coolidge, of AMR Research notes, the bottom line is that ? As Gartner notes, "At most companies, the problems of fragmentation and proliferation of disparate Business...
[May 14, 2007, 12:33]
Red Hat to play in Oracle's arena
News I think it's a good idea," said AMR Research analyst Peter Urban. Red Hat's database, though, arrives at a time when pricing pressure already is intense as software makers scramble to maintain revenue, AMR's Urban said.
[June 20, 2001, 9:24]
ASP is new vehicle for GM's future Pt II
News There's no question the ASP market is hot: market research group AMR Research predicts the ASP market will reach $4.7bn by 2004, with a compound annual growth rate of 153 percent. GartnerGroup predicts the worldwide ASP market will surpass $25.3bn...
[January 9, 2001, 13:05]
82 percent of companies to use RFID
News A report from AMR Research found that over two-thirds of businesses queried were planning to pilot, implement, evaluate or use RFID. The average RFID budget for 2005 will be around $550,000 (£313,000), rising to over $770,000 by 2007, according to...
[July 22, 2005, 9:55]
CRM market on the up again
News The market for CRM applications grew by 10 percent in 2004, spurred by the uptake of on-demand software, according to a report released on Tuesday by AMR Research. After two years of flat CRM performance, companies began spending more on such...
[August 24, 2005, 10:35]
Oracle plans to acquire Agile Software
News Oracle has virtually zero in the PLM business, and this deal will help them figure things out, like collaboration applications for engineering or marketing," said Bruce Richardson, an analyst with AMR Research.
[May 16, 2007, 9:58]
