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"The real news with PeopleSoft is continued discussion of their acquisition of J.D. Edwards," agreed Louis Columbus, a senior analyst at AMR Research, in an interview with the E-Commerce Times. "It has galvanized their customer base into a new level of customer loyalty, and you can't discount that."

"Hosted applications have been the Rodney Dangerfields of integration in the enterprise; they never get any respect," AMR Research senior analyst Louis Columbus said in an interview with CRM Buyer. However, he said, "sforce is going to show how a service-oriented architecture can work in a hosted delivery model. The bottom line? Depth of application matters more than delivery method."

"Military standards for ruggedization have always been an attractive market for manufacturers," AMR Research analyst Louis Columbus told TechNewsWorld ...

"Military standards for ruggedization have always been an attractive market for manufacturers," AMR Research analyst Louis Columbus told TechNewsWorld. "The fact that combat efforts are now more coordinated than ever before electronically is invigorating the need for ruggedized electronics equipment."

"I think it's perfect for the traveling CMO, marketing VP [or] CEO that isinvolved closely with any branding, marketing or sales strategies wherequick approval cycles are critical," AMR Research analyst Louis Columbus told TechNewsWorld. "The BlackBerry has established itself as a very necessary part of the global productivity landscape."

"The WebStation is entirely consistent with the Linux approach of driving for a very low cost of ownership," Louis Columbus, senior research analyst at AMR Research, told TechNewsWorld. "This type of device can only serve to drive up the market share on the desktop, clearly the toughest of areas to gain leadership."

When it comes to the ultimate server, though, AMR Research analyst Louis Columbus told the E-Commerce Times that "Hewlett-Packard's rx5670 is a prime example." Brian Cox, product line manager of business critical systems at Hewlett-Packard, told the E-Commerce Times that until...

For example, AMR Research analyst Louis Columbus told the E-Commerce Times that dot-com mania brought integration to center stage. "Integration is king. That was a huge lesson," he said. Enterprises found that to develop a comprehensive e-commerce strategy, their applications...

AMR Research analyst Louis Columbus told the E-Commerce Times that he believes eBay and PayPal arrived at a fair price. However, he noted, "Paying more would have been pushing the ROI envelope." ...

"It has really caught on in the last 12 months," Louis Columbus, an analyst with AMR Research, told the E-Commerce Times. He noted that XML has become somewhat of a de facto standard Columbus said that for enterprises to get the most out of order-management applications, a key...

"Trying to regulate and control the mechanisms by which people gamble or do other illegal, immoral acts with the aid of the Internet is like trying to regulate who uses what freeway at a given time of day," Louis Columbus, an analyst with AMR Research, told the E-Commerce Times...

Another "real shot in the arm" for the exchange, according to AMR Research sell-side e-commerce senior analyst Louis Columbus, was an online auction held by DaimlerChyrsler through Covisint in May. Five suppliers participated in the four-day auction and over 1,200 parts changed hands. The total value of orders placed during the auction was $3 billion, the company said...