The September 10 edition of Processor Magazine provides insight with regard to building private clouds as well as a comparison of private and public clouds. In this article we relate the positions presented to the ERP software space. Public versus Private Clouds – Key Points Processor Magazine article The Public vs. Private Cloud Debate...
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In a recently published ‘semi-serious’ video, Jack debates Jack regarding the merits and potential hazards of deploying ERP software in the cloud. The video was created by Boyer and Associates with sponsorship from Acumatica. Cloud ERP Video Overview The video involves pro-cloud Jack Boyer debating the cloud cynic Jack Carter. The video is broken...
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Should companies purchase pre-integrated applications or integrate best in class solutions? An interesting article in Campus Technology, Cloud Computing in Education: A Practitioner’s View describes an implementation involving Datatel ERP, Salesforce CRM, and connecting technology provided by Cast Iron Systems. This raises two often debated questions: Integrate best in class applications or purchase an...
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Many SaaS providers are announcing customer wins. In many cases, these wins are from companies upgrading from QuickBooks or a legacy on-premise solution. However, a new trend is beginning to surface … SaaS ERP customers switching from one SaaS provider to another. It is not likely that switching SaaS ERP companies will become like...
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As reported in Travel Procurement, the competition in the automated expense reporting space has increased dramatically over the past few years. According to author Mary Ann McNulty: While some products are still delivered as software, most are software-as-a-service, cloud-based or, increasingly, mobile apps. This should come as no surprise because expense reporting is an...
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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...
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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 consumed...
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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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