For the last several years we have seen the adoption of Software as a Service (SaaS) as a viable, and sometimes preferred, delivery and acquisition model for enterprise software. Examples like salesforce.com, Google Apps, Taleo, and Workday show how SaaS can be an advantageous model for some software categories while other categories such as...
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ERP as a Service
Web-based, SaaS, and Cloud ERP benefits
Background and Definitions
Cloud technologies are currently being hyped and advocated by all software vendors. Almost every ERP, virtualization, infrastructure, and application vendor says that their software takes advantage of the cloud. The cloud has become synonymous with successful, modern, well developed software. As companies...
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Definition of ERP
At the Microsoft Worldwide Partner conference, I asked several folks to participate in an informal one-question survey. The question was “What is an ERP system?”
All of the Microsoft partners I spoke with were well versed in software and know their specific area of expertise....
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Cloud service outages and deployment options
The recent Intuit outage (reported by Mark Hachman in PC Magazine) has raised some skepticism about the viability and future of cloud-based software and services. Coming off the heels...
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Consona, Compiere, and VARs
Consona recently acquired open-source ERP provider Compiere (press release). This post will examine the merger from the perspective of ERP VARs (value added resellers).
What’s Missing – the Value Added...
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New Accounting Rules for Revenue Recognition
The FASB issued two rules (EITF 08-01 and EITF 09-03) that modify revenue recoginition procedures for affected firms which begin their fiscal year after June 30, 2010.
Disclaimer: ERP Cloud...
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