2013 ERP Market Share Update: SAP Solidifies Market Leadership
During 2012 the worldwide Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) market experienced sluggish growth of just 2.2%, yet Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), financial management and Human Capital Management (HCM) applications showed potential for breakout growth. Through the challenging times of the previous year however, SAP still retained worldwide market share leadership. These and other insights were recently published in [...]
10 Ways Cloud Computing Is Revolutionizing Manufacturing
The best manufacturers I’ve visited this year all share a common attribute: they are obsessed with making themselves as easy as possible to work with from a supply chain, distribution and services standpoint. Many are evaluating cloud-based manufacturing applications including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and several have adopted cloud-based applications across their companies. With so much interest, [...]
Making Cloud Computing Pay
Relying on cloud computing strategies to free up dollars and time that can quickly be re-invested in product and service innovation emerged as the highest priority for respondents in a recent Rackspace survey. While cost reductions were significant, the greatest contributions were seen in investments in innovation (48%), new product & service development (45%), [...]
Personas Are The Future of Enterprise Apps: Lessons Learned From Scribe Software
In any technology-centric company, product managers, engineers and developers who have their finger on the pulse of customers have the highest credibility and respect. Over time they also have the most success in their careers. This happens because their innate understanding of the customer is the most valuable currency there is to a development team. [...]
21 Most Admired Companies Making IT A Competitive Advantage
All enterprises, regardless of what they produce or the services they deliver, are really information businesses. The accuracy, speed and precision of IT systems means the difference between winning or losing customers, keeping supply chains profitable, and solidly translating new concepts into revenue-producing products and services. The world’s best-run services businesses have customer-driven IT as [...]
How Cloud Computing Is Redefining the M&A Landscape
In 2013, expect to see the pace of mergers and acquisitions for cloud computing, mobile and analytics technologies accelerate as software vendors look to fill gaps in their product and service strategies. This and other key insights of how cloud computing is reshaping the merger and acquisition landscape can be found in the latest Price [...]
Plex Systems’ CEO Jason Blessing on the Future of ERP and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
Last week Plex Systems, a leading provider of SaaS-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems announced enterprise software veteran Jason Blessing has joined their company as CEO. He is responsible for the strategic direction and growth of the company, and has a proven track record in many facets of enterprise software, from new application development to [...]
ERP Prediction for 2013: The Customer Takes Control
From the obvious to the outrageous, enterprise software predictions often span a wide spectrum at the beginning of every year. In enterprise software in general and ERP specifically, there are many safe harbors to dock predictions in, from broad industry consolidation to Oracle buying more companies. Or the inexorable advances of cloud computing and SaaS [...]
Social Business Beyond Kumbaya: How Enterasys Networks Strengthened Their Serve
I’m skeptical of the many promises social networks make of how their platforms will transform companies and the world easily. Colleagues and my own experiences in enterprises tell me the exact opposite. Change is very difficult, time-consuming and often the most expensive area of any enterprise software project. That’s the acid test I use when [...]
Roundup of CRM Forecasts and Market Estimates, 2012
Showing signs of growth through 2013 and beyond, the latest round of CRM forecasts illustrate how quickly behavioral and predictive analytics, greater usability, integration with social media and mobility are transforming this market. Even with the most usable, easily learned CRM systems, enterprises at times struggle with adoption rates however. That problem has venture capitalists [...]
