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1. ERP Growth Not as Strong as Other SaaS Applications

   [ Blog ] Topic: ERP Systems | Author: AnnAll | Date Published: 11/11/2009

   As someone who's written about the potential of ERP software delivered as a service to steal at least some market share away from on-premise ERP software, I was interested in the seemingly lukewarm showing of ERP on a list showing growth among SaaS applications, part of a report issued by Gartner...

2. Can Workday Replace On-Premise ERP?

   [ Blog ] Topic: ERP Systems | Author: AnnAll | Date Published: 10/15/2009

   I think we all know . They're big, expensive and hard to implement. As I wrote last month, in the enterprise software family, ERP is like the cousin who, when sent to the store with a $20 bill to get whipped cream for the Thanksgiving pumpkin pie, picks up a woman in the checkout lane and turns...

3. Workday: End of ERP or Just Well-Timed Hype?

   [ Blog ] Topic: ERP Systems | Author: AnnAll | Date Published: 08/23/2007

   Just about every major software application suffers from a period of widespread user dissatisfaction. Heck, the phenomenon is so common that Gartner even has a name for it: the trough of disillusionment (one of five stages in its "hype cycle"). In theory, the two stages following the trough...

4. What's New in ERP Enterprise Software?

   [ Blog ] Topic: ERP Systems | Author: DennisByron | Date Published: 11/11/2008

   Year-end reviews are on the horizon, so I have started interviewing and researching what's hot and what's not in ERP. One of those interviews took me back to the future. It was a talk with John Cingari, marketing VP at Compiere , one of the new breed of ERP companies. Compiere offers an...

5. SAP ERP Enhancement Package 4 Is Sign of the Times in Enterprise Software

   [ Blog ] Topic: ERP Systems | Author: DennisByron | Date Published: 11/13/2008

   It used to be a big deal when SAP rolled out major new changes in R/3. Those in the know kept track of the differences between 3.0B in January 1996 and Release 4 in 1999. Then there was the confusing switch from 3.0E and 3.1G sometime during that timeframe. That's where 3.0 ended and 3.1 started,...

6. Changes to Dynamics AX Reflect Industry-Specific Needs

   [ Blog ] Topic: ERP Systems | Author: KachinaShaw | Date Published: 09/25/2009

   In a couple of respects, Microsoft Dynamics looks different at the end of this week than it did at the beginning. Yesterday, Microsoft discontinued mobile access for Dynamics AX and Dynamics NAV . A stated main driver for the change was wide availability of third-party tools designed to "meet...

7. What Goes Wrong with ERP Implementations?

   [ Blog ] Topic: ERP Systems | Author: AnnAll | Date Published: 09/29/2009

   Not long ago, I likened ERP to the crazy relative that disrupts family gatherings. You know the guy I mean. He's the one who pick ups a woman in the checkout lane and turns up the next day in a police station two counties away when sent to the store with a $20 bill to get whipped cream for the...

8. In Spite of -- or Maybe Because of -- Bad Economy, SaaS is on a Roll

   [ Blog ] Topic: SaaS | Author: AnnAll | Date Published: 11/09/2009

   Despite the fact we're coming off a year filled with economic uncertainty -- or perhaps because of it -- software-as-a-service appears to be on a roll. Gartner expects worldwide SaaS revenue to hit $7.5 billion in 2009 , a 17.7 percent increase over 2008 revenue of $6.4 billion. SaaS will enjoy...

9. In Enterprise Software News, the Holiday Season Starts Early

   [ Blog ] Topic: Enterprise Software Vendors | Author: DennisByron | Date Published: 11/14/2009

   During a slow news week for enterprise software, it’s tough to be a blogger.  There’s nothing interesting to comment on. The trade press must be having the same problem because this is what I found in googling “enterprise software” filtered by “news” and “past week.” The No. 1-ranked story about...

10. Is Your Walk Down Enterprise Software Memory Lane Bittersweet?

    [ Blog ] Topic: Enterprise Software Vendors | Author: DennisByron | Date Published: 11/19/2009

    Doing some research to check facts on this May 5 blog post on Technology Solutions Corp. (see ), I came across an index of the stories that ran in Computer Business Review in September 1997.  It’s a revealing view of the changes in the enterprise software and IT markets in the past decade. ...

11. After Costly 'Transformation,' Cadbury Schweppes Turns to Outsourcing

    [ Blog ] Topic: Outsourcing | Author: AnnAll | Date Published: 06/29/2007

    We're betting that a £12 million (U.S. $24 million) knock on the bottom line wasn't what Cadbury Schweppes had in mind with a "business transformation" project that involved implementing a £200 million (U.S. $401 million) ERP system from SAP. Cadbury Schweppes ended up with an unwanted...

12. Does SaaS Model Work for ERP?

    [ Blog ] Topic: ERP Systems | Author: AnnAll | Date Published: 04/19/2007

    We just blogged about SMBs' growing interest in ERP and the efforts of big vendors like SAP and Microsoft to appeal to that interest. Then we encountered some statistics on IndustryWeek that show why so many SMBs seem ready to invest in ERP. According to the Aberdeen Group, 14 percent...