Thomas Wailgum of CIO magazine ponders the Oracle/SAP rivalry and wonders whether or not either has what it takes to successfully deliver Cloud ERP. In other words: Have SAP and Oracle become too big to compete in this new decade of constant change, next-generation app pipelines, pricing upheavals and innovation-first business strategies? Read the...
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Who will deliver Cloud ERP?
ERP Data Integration with B2B
A few weeks ago Gartner acquired AMR, and this week Dennis Gaughan replaced Bruce Richardson (who left AMR to join the vendor Infor) with the responsiblity for editing the AMR newsletter. One thing didn’t change – we still found a few gems in the newsletter. In today’s B2B discussion, Dennis points out the need...
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ERP SaaS vs. ERP on premise
When given a choice, customers visiting an ERP website clicked SaaS (61.1%) over on-premise (38.9%) when learning about ERP purchasing options. What can we learn from this? One possible conclusion would be that more people are interested in learning about SaaS than an on-premise solution. This certainly makes sense given the analyst predictions, the...
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ERP Implementation with VAR Support
Talk of SaaS and cloud computing is leading some to say that VARs are going the way of the dinosaur. While this might be true for VARs that make a living installing software, those with expertise in ERP and accounting have skills and expertise which is needed. An ERP Installation Example Earlier this week,...
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ERP Predictions – 2010
There are several ERP predictions for 2010, most are calling for SaaS and cloud deployments. A few predictions are included below. Nucleus Research lists “cloud adoption” as number 1. Enterprise Irregulars lists cloud growth and innovation as number 1. CIO Magazine lists “cloud computing” when discussing the new role of CIOs. ZDNet, Paul Greenburg...
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Cloud / SaaS Standards, Will They Benefit You?
Several organizations are discussing the activities associated with creating SaaS standards. As Dennis Howlett mentions in his article “UK trade groups come together to develop SaaS / cloud standards”, these discussions are business focused and welcomed by most in the industry. The SaaS standards Dream Customers can purchase SaaS applications which share information through...
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SaaS and Cloud Terminology
Today, we noticed an interesting blurb from a lead analyst at a well known research company. The note appeared in an article about SAP’s hybrid approach to ERP. Before I get started, I need to point out that I’m using the word “cloud” as a synonym for software as a service (SaaS) and/or on...
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SaaS and Cloud Computing cost reminder
An article in Manufacturing & Technology eJournal reminds us that SaaS and cloud computing can lower your costs. The chart, reproduced below, portrays several cost criteria and concludes that you need to consider SaaS vendors in your decision making process. ERP Cloud Considerations What the chart doesn’t show is the relative size of the...
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