Enterprise resource planning
By Louis Columbus on October 19, 2015
Gartner announced their top 10 strategic technology trends for 2016 at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo held October 4 – 8th in Orlando. David Cearley, Vice President and Gartner Fellow, presented the company’s Top Ten Strategic Technology Trends for 2016. You can find the video here. Key take-aways from his presentation and the trends announced are provided […]
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By Denis Pombriant on July 1, 2015
I’ve written many times about how conventional, premise-based, ERP seems to be evaporating and CPQ, configuration, pricing, and quoting, are business processes that illustrate the point. First, let’s all agree that ERP isn’t going extinct as it evaporates—it’s too valuable—but it is getting a haircut. Many of the functions leaving ERP are condensing back into […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged CPQ, customer relationship management, Enterprise resource planning, erp, Internet of Things
By R "Ray" Wang on May 9, 2015
SuiteWorld Comes Of Disruptive Age Over 7,500 attendees convened at the San Jose McEnery Convention center for the 5th annual NetSuite SuiteWorld. The four day event brought together customers, partners, and influencers among the ecosystem. As one of the original cloud pioneers, the appropriate event theme focused on the impact of disruption. Taking its […]
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By Sandy Kemsley on May 5, 2015
Happy Cinco de Mayo! I’m back in Orlando for the giant SAP SAPPHIRE NOW and ASUG conference to catch up with the product people and hear about what organizations are doing with SAP solutions. If you’re not here, you can catch the keynotes and some of the other sessions online either in real time or […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged analytics, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Enterprise resource planning, Hasso Plattner, IoT, sap, SAP AG, sapphirenow, SAPPHIRENOW15, software as a service
By Michael Krigsman on April 14, 2015
On a regular basis, I receive calls from reporters and researchers writing about IT failures. Most often, they want context on how often these problems occur and who is to blame. However, recently, I got a different kind of call. Todd Wallack, a reporter for the Boston Globe, got in touch with a strange question. […]
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By Vinnie Mirchandani on March 20, 2015
During a plant tour on Wednesday, I was asked if most vendors organized such visits for analysts. I had to confess I have been to data centers, call centers, R&D labs but not to many factory visits. Most ERP vendors have avoided the shop floor like the plague, and certainly would not highlight it on […]
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By Paul Greenberg on March 9, 2015
CRM companies like NetSuite, SAP and Oracle have long histories as suite providers. Is the suite era over? Is best-of-breed the winner? Not so fast: Think ecosystems and make sure you understand why these three companies won the CRM Watchlist 2015.
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Apttus, Cloud Computing, customer relationship management, Enterprise resource planning, enterprise software, netsuite, oracle, salesforce.com, sap
By Denis Pombriant on February 25, 2015
I don’t know how many old movies there are in which the good guys say, “You’re surrounded, come out with your hands up!” Somehow being surrounded is a bad thing, or at least it was until it became a hot trend in the back office. Let me explain. Surrounding legacy systems like conventional ERP is […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud Computing, Cloud ERP, Enterprise resource planning, erp, SaaS ERP
By Brian Sommer on February 20, 2015
It’s amazing: Of all the financial applications that could be built, ERP vendors focus on core financials like general ledger. Here’s a firm that serves an enviable clientele — but it’s not a big name brand in financial software (yet).
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By R "Ray" Wang on February 4, 2015
Launch Of SAP S/4 Provides Catalyst For Organizations To Update Their Next Gen Apps Strategy The February 3rd, 2015 New York City SAP S/4 launch event brought a positive closure for customers seeking the next generation apps strategy from SAP. At a high level, the SAP S/4 HANA offering offers: a new suite of applications […]
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Plex Systems: Celebrating Makers
By Vinnie Mirchandani on March 20, 2015
During a plant tour on Wednesday, I was asked if most vendors organized such visits for analysts. I had to confess I have been to data centers, call centers, R&D labs but not to many factory visits. Most ERP vendors have avoided the shop floor like the plague, and certainly would not highlight it on […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged analyst relations, chocolate, Cloud Computing, Cloud ERP, Enterprise resource planning, Industry Commentary, Manufacturing, Plex Systems, SaaS, SaaS ERP, Sanders Chocolate, Shop floor