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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Warning: customers care about results, not about infrastructure. The focus of this article will be on how different infrastructures can influence customer results.
What is a multi-tenant architecture
Journalists and marketers are proclaiming that multi-tenant cloud architectures are the wave of the future. Let’s start by trying to define multi-tenant SaaS.
Wikipedia sums it up nicely by...
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Overview:In a previous post, we described the differences between SaaS and hosted applications. In this article, we explain how cloud technology can be used to improve hosting options and deliver a strong SaaS environment.
Cloud Infrastructure and it’s impact on Hosting and SaaS
Cloud technology enables SaaS and powerful new forms of hosting that can...
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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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Today, we invite Houston Neal to share some insights regarding his findings about SaaS ERP in the manufacturing space.
Software Advice, a website that reviews software for manufacturers, recently hosted a roundtable discussion on the state of the manufacturing ERP software industry. They teamed up with four ERP industry insiders to report on activity in...
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Many vendors are moving their applications to the cloud to capitalize on press opportunities. Recent announcements from EMC, Lawson, and Epicor repeat the same message – don’t upgrade your application, upgrade your infrastructure. At ERP Cloud News, we believe that you need to upgrade your application to take full advantage of all the benefits...
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Panorama Consulting recently published 2 statistics about ERP implementations that were worth repeating. The entire Panorama article, How Much Can You Afford to Lose With Your ERP Implementation is worth a read.
ERP Statistics from Panorama Consulting
Average annual cost for on-premise ERP: $6.2 million
- software licenses, hardware, services, and annual maintenance
Average benefits realization: 37.2%
- percent...
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The recent outage at NetSuite reported by CRN includes a quote from Steve Jones, CEO of Explore Consulting (a NetSuite advocate), “occasional minor outages are just part of the reality of cloud computing today.”
This comment got us thinking, “What are the SLAs offered by some cloud providers?”
Keeping your ERP Application Running
Make sure you...
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