Archive for March, 2010

The Panorama Consulting 2010 ERP Vendor Analysis report contains information based on survey results from 1,600 organizations that have selected or implemented ERP in the last four years. The results are interesting, but not surprising: Businesses are still clinging to top vendors (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics) 30% of top vendor implementations last longer than expected (13.2...
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David Linthicum in his article 3 cloud computing mistakes you can avoid today describes some good policies for potential cloud ERP customers. 1. Consider public clouds We agree, with some additional advice. The article says “while private clouds are great solutions in many instances, not considering public clouds could mean you’re missing opportunities to leverage on-demand...
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Interprise Suite announced that a group of private investors from Taylor Corporation (which acquired Interprise in 2008) will acquire the company. Along with the acquisition comes a reduction in force, relocation and reshuffling of resources, and modification of support which could cause delays in technical support during the transition week. Interprise was attempting to...
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NetSuite recently announced that resellers will receive 100% commission in the first year and 10% thereafter as part of the SP 100 program. This is reportedly in an effort to win over value added resellers (VARs) who are currently aligned with Microsoft or Sage. See article in PC World. This program addresses the problem...
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InfoWorld’s Pete Babb in his article “Is ERP as we know it dying?” explains that the battle on the ERP front has changed from fighting over new implementations (where relatively few opportunities exist) to fighting over add-on applications. He quotes Paul Hammerman, VP of enterprise applications at Forrester Research, “I think the battleground is in...
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