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By R "Ray" Wang on February 24, 2010
The Year Of SaaS Shows… And Yes, In This Economy.
The recession continued to take its toll on software sales with a slight impact to the SaaS vendors. Growth rates have come down from the high 30’s to the low 20’s. But with “flat” the new growth metric in this down economy, results remain impressive. Traditional [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on February 22, 2010
Apps Users Seek Third Party Maintenance For Cost, Value, and Service
Updated surveys from inquiries, client conversations, and user group meetings show a 113.8% increase in interest in third party maintenance (3PM) services from Q3 2009 to Q1 2010 (see Figure 1). Key factors stem from (see Figure 2.):
Continuing cost pressures. Budgets continue to be at [...]
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By Brian Sommer on February 6, 2010
Earnings reports and channel checks suggest SaaS vendors are making in-roads in the ERP space. On-premise vendors may be at risk although the effect of acquisitions makes it hard to ascertain within their financial statements.
Posted in Business | Tagged Current Affairs, erp, Future of Application Software, netsuite, oracle, SaaS, SaaS and Beyond, salesforce.com, sap, Software Vendors, The Applications Market, Think About IT
By Brian Sommer on January 26, 2010
Resellers of SMB ERP products and other application software partners are experiencing a changing solutions world. Presenters at the Progress Software Global Partner Conference gave some great insights into these changes.
Posted in Software | Tagged Current Affairs, erp, Future of Application Software, Implementing Technology, SaaS, SaaS and Beyond, Software Vendors, software. applications, The Applications Market, Think About IT
By R "Ray" Wang on January 25, 2010
Gains In SaaS Adoption Driven By Speed And Cost Savings
Preliminary data from Q4 earnings data show continued traction among SaaS solutions. Expect SaaS deployments to gain steam in 2010 as organizations finalize their SaaS apps strategies to take advantage of 7 key benefits:
Richer user experience – SaaS apps bring Web 2.0 usability to the enterprise [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on January 12, 2010
Lawson Acquisition Brings Healthcare Focused ERP To Last-Mile Patient Management Solutions
On January 11th, 2010, Lawson Software announced it had closed a $160M all cash offer for Healthvision, a healthcare software solution headquartered in Dallas, TX. The deal continues Lawson’s deep commitment to industry verticalization and is notable because the deal:
Expands Lawson’s vertical footprint in [...]
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By Brian Sommer on January 7, 2010
ERP update costs got your firm stuck on old releases? Panaya may have cloud-based way to help your firm stay current in a less costly and less risky manner.
Posted in Business, Software | Tagged Current Affairs, erp, Future of Application Software, Implementing Technology, India & Services, oracle, SaaS, sap, Service Providers, Software Vendors, The Application Software Buyer, The Applications Market, Think About IT
By Brian Sommer on December 16, 2009
When you absolutely must change or upgrade your ERP solution, do you know what sort of risk you put your company in? Why are these systems so hard to change?
Posted in Featured Posts, Software | Tagged Current Affairs, erp, Financial Software, Implementing Technology, Notable Research, sap, Software development, Software Vendors, software. applications
By Brian Sommer on December 16, 2009
Can Santa help ERP users this holiday season? I doubt it. But, if you believe in Santa, maybe this letter needs to come from your firm.
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By Brian Sommer on December 11, 2009
The story of SAP’s Business ByDesign product continues to unfold. It looks like SAP is going to move this product forward more in 2010. Since its debut, the product continues to improve – read this post to find out how.
Posted in Software | Tagged bbd, Business ByDesign, ByD, Cloud, Current Affairs, erp, Future of Application Software, netsuite, SaaS, sap, software as a service, Software Vendors
