On August 30, Sramana Mitra posted an interview with Dennis Hodges, CIO of Inteva on her blog. The interview provides some interesting insights with regard to cloud computing and shows that ERP may start catching CRM in terms of cloud adoption. Read the full article and interview here.
Sramana Mitra’s summary
The interview uncovers several cloud...
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IDC reports in a recent press release that:
The Software as a Service (SaaS) market had worldwide revenues of $13.1 billion in 2009. IDC forecasts the market to reach $40.5 billion by 2014, representing a compound annual growth rate of 25.3%. By 2014, about 34% of all new business software purchases will be...
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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 of NetSuite’s outage in April and the recent Sage outage, it got us thinking more about what enterprises fundamentally need to do to keep their...
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The Original Launch
SAP Business ByDesign was formally launched on September 19, 2007 (see press release). At that time the pricing was $149/user with a 25 user minimum ($3,725/month). It’s reported by Michael Krigsman in Enterprise Irregulars that 100 customers were enrolled (50 implemented) on this offering prior to the redesign.
3 Years Later
As reported...
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The real benefits of cloud are being squelched by ERP SaaS providers who offer services with per-user fees. The cloud is supposed to provide for limitless users, but most vendors are pocketing the benefits of the cloud and passing costs to customers though per user fees.
Three Common Limitations of User-Based Fees
Limit 1: Manual Processes
The...
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SaaS has gained significant traction in the area of CRM, but customers have been hesitant to deploy ERP applications on the cloud. ERP Cloud News has discussed several possibilities for this including lack of customization capabilities and fear of exposing financial data.
Recently, we spotted a discussion on Dennis Howlett’s blog where he reports...
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ERP software vendors have taken the battle to the clouds. As analysts talk about the cloud and businesses embrace the cloud, vendors have deployed their armies and marketing dollars to the cloud. This article will document some past battles and document some new ones.
NetSuite versus Microsoft
The battle of words between NetSuite and Microsoft Dynamics...
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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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