Though the economy has thrown us a curve ball over the last couple of years, there are indications that the economy might be in the process of turning around. In fact, wholesale distributors have recently reported six quarters of consecutive growth, plus the need to start growing their inventories and people resources, i.e. the...
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How is SaaS impacted by Gmail Hiccup? Kevin Purdy summarizes the weekend Gmail outage and provides several backup options in his article on Lifehacker, How to Back Up Your Gmail the Easy and Cheap Way. At ERP Cloud News, we see this as an opportunity to debate the benefits of SaaS and outsourcing. Information...
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As a member of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), I was able to download a paper called “Purchasing SaaS for Business Leaders” by Nina Sorrentino. The paper describes benefits of SaaS including increased flexibility, security, reduced costs, increased stability, and better accountability. The paper also discusses how SaaS has altered the relationship...
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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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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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ERP Cloud News has filtered through many 2011 predictions and delivered our summary of what the experts are saying. Here are links to the top predictions (found elsewhere on the net) along with our commentary. Selected Cloud and ERP Predictions – 2011 Panorama Consulting published its Top Ten ERP Software Predictions for 2011. On...
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Post 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. Lean manufacturing and wholesale distribution It’s been many years now, since manufacturers of all sizes and industry types started embracing the principles of “going lean”. Also commonly...
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Technology adoption is alive and well within the ERP software community. Vendors and value added resellers are embracing SaaS and cloud technologies and introducing the technology to customers. Cloud and web-based ERP software has moved beyond the early adoption stage and is ready to go mainstream. In this article we discuss how vendor references...
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