When capital is in short supply the pressure to optimise existing resources and assets intensifies. In the IT space, enterprise applications such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) are prime targets. A new report by Europe's leading IT research and advisory organisation Butler Group, points to the strategic importance of these applications in terms of running businesses efficiently and effectively, and how changes in the way they are architected, delivered, and used are altering the entire application value proposition and lifecycle. Titled "Evolving Enterprise Applications", the report says there is a tendency to focus on cutting
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