The View of the Clouds from My Humble Perch

February 16, 2011
By grippen
The View of the Clouds from My Humble Perch

Post sponsored by Acumatica. Content/ideas in this post are provided by Acumatica and may not reflect the views of ERP Cloud News. Learn more about Acumatica Cloud ERP. It appears everyone in the marketplace is taking notice of Cloud ERP. And, I am not saying this because of what I hear from the various...
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Diagramming the Evolution of Computing

February 4, 2011
By djohnson
Diagramming the Evolution of Computing

Recently we spotted the diagram to the right on the Juha Harkonen’s Growth Strategies blog. Click the image to see a larger version on his blog. Web Based and Cloud Connnected The diagram shows key trends in the evolution of computing. What is not illustrated are the benefits of combining technologies. Just like inventors...
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SaaS and Cloud Computing…It Just Makes Sense for Small-to-Mid-Sized Businesses

February 3, 2011
By grippen
SaaS and Cloud Computing…It Just Makes Sense for Small-to-Mid-Sized Businesses

Post sponsored by Acumatica. Content/ideas in this post are provided by Acumatica and may not reflect the views of ERP Cloud News. Learn more about Acumatica Cloud ERP. Cloud and SaaS – Enterprise Capabilities Included I saw a line in an article recently that drove home a good point regarding the power of SaaS...
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Cloud Computing Reaches the Masses

January 27, 2011
By djohnson
Cloud Computing Reaches the Masses

Cloud computing is everywhere. Some more evidence was in the Fall/Winter edition of Scholastic Administrator Magazine that dedicated a special section of their publication to Cloud computing. An Information Passing Exercise In school we performed an exercise where an instructor told a story to a student who then repeated what he could remember to...
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Selling Cloud ERP with Feet on the Street

January 18, 2011
By djohnson
Selling Cloud ERP with Feet on the Street

It’s ironic that in order to sell Cloud ERP, you need “feet on the street.” According to the lastest from SAP’s Business ByDesign, they have over 250 feet on the street. In Bob Scott’s Insights, Kevin Gilroy, VP of channels at SAP says that the goal is to have “1,000 feet on the street”...
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ERP Implementation Costs and Cloud Software

January 12, 2011
By grippen
ERP Implementation Costs and Cloud Software

In his preview of Panorama’s 2011 ERP Report, Eric Kimberling says that ERP implementation costs continue to decline. Similar to what we saw in implementations completed in 2009, implementation costs and durations appear to be on the decline again in 2010. The average ERP software total cost of ownership was $5.5 million in 2010,...
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