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========================================================= Sponsored by Cast Iron Systems Think software platforms or custom code are the only way to connect applications? Think again! A new whitepaper reveals how Fortune 500 companies are turning to *appliances* to slash application integration time & costs by 55%. Click http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1322-13-26-26254-146283-1 ========================================================= November 2, 2004 ========================================================= In This Edition ========================================================= 1. News: Internet Explorer Takes Another Market-Share Hit 2. News: Oracle Makes 'Final' PeopleSoft Offer 3. News: IBM Cries Foul Over WebSphere Usability Study 4. News: Hosted CRM Choices Emerge 5. News: J.D. Edwards Customers Waiting on Oracle 6. Analysis: Analytics Pump Up B2B For the latest in enterprise applications, bookmark eWEEK.com's Enterprise Apps Topic Center: http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1322-13-26-26254-146286-1 ========================================================= Enterprise Apps Update ========================================================= 1. News: Internet Explorer Takes Another Market-Share Hit Microsoft's market-dominant Web browser slips another percentage point as Mozilla's open-source Firefox browser makes inroads ahead of its official launch. Check out the numbers. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1322-13-26-26254-146289-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. News: Oracle Makes 'Final' PeopleSoft Offer The company raises its bid for PeopleSoft to $24 per share, saying it is its "best and final offer." http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1322-13-26-26254-146292-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. News: IBM Cries Foul Over WebSphere Usability Study As IT managers and developers work to deploy enterprise applications and Web services, IBM and Microsoft are sniping over platform supremacy studies. Read about the ruckus started by a Microsoft-commissioned report. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1322-13-26-26254-146295-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. News: Hosted CRM Choices Emerge Vendors offer a fresh crop of hosted subscription CRM services to fill a gap left open by licensed software applications that are often expensive and difficult to implement and maintain. Learn about them here. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1322-13-26-26254-146298-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News: J.D. Edwards Customers Waiting on Oracle Former J.D. Edwards customers, who've weathered a sometimes bumpy transition to becoming PeopleSoft customers, are now waiting to see if they'll have to go through the whole process again if Oracle succeeds in its hostile takeover bid for PeopleSoft. Consultants and users weigh in. http://eletters.eweek.com/zd1/cts?d=79-1322-13-26-26254-146301-1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. Analysis: Analytics Pump Up B2B Whether it's reining in costs to improve efficiency or finding valuable information in data, business-to-business companies are turning to advanced data and text mining, as well as analytical CRM and business metrics. 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