Enterprise resource planning
By Louis Columbus on November 11, 2019
Bottom Line: Private equity firms are snapping up manufacturing companies at a quick pace, setting off a merger and acquisition gold rush, while leaving multi-cloud manufacturing systems unprotected in a Zero Trust world. Securing the Manufacturing Gold Rush of 2019 The intensity private equity (PE) firms have for acquiring and aggregating manufacturing businesses is creating […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Centrify, cybersecurity, Enterprise resource planning, erp, Louis Columbus' blog, Manufacturing, Private Equity Firms, PWC, Zero Trust Privilege, Zero Trust Security
By Louis Columbus on August 20, 2018
Capitalizing on new digital business models and the growth opportunities they provide are forcing companies to re-evaluate ERP’s role. Made inflexible by years of customization, legacy ERP systems aren’t delivering what digital business models need today to scale and grow. Legacy ERP systems were purpose-built to excel at production consistency first at the expense of […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged AI, Amazon Alexa, Artificial intelligence, CAD, Cloud Computing, Cloud ERP, CRM, Enterprise resource planning, erp, Factory of the Future, legacy ERP, Louis Columbus' blog, machine learning, Manufacturing, PLM
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).
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Blackline, Enterprise resource planning, erp
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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By David Terrar on December 8, 2014
This is a must read, dissecting the massive SAP enterprise software ecosystem and economy. Hopefully senior executives, both in SAP and in the service providers and systems integrators that operate in the SAP Nation can put themselves in their customers shoes, read this book and listen to Vinnie Mirchandani’s call for action.
Posted in Business | Tagged Accenture, book review, Enterprise resource planning, Hasso Plattner, sap, SAP AG, SAP Nation |
By R "Ray" Wang on September 9, 2014
Australian Users Concerns About SAP Similar To Other Global Users Over 500 Australian SAP users gathered between September 8th and 9th, 2014 at the Sydney Hilton for the annual user conference. Users came from IT roles, marketing, HR, and finance. In speaking to over 100 attendees, key concerns include: Lack of clarity in future […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on March 3, 2014
FinancialForce Debuts Its Full ERP Suite On Feburary 19th, San Francisco headquartered, FinancialForce.com announced the launch of its full suite of ERP offerings built on the Salesforce1 platform. Backed by investments from Unit4 and Salesforce.com, the cloud based vendor began as a single ledger financial management system built on the Salesforce.com Force.com platform. The announcement […]
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By Louis Columbus on February 14, 2014
A recent study completed by Gartner titled Survey Analysis: Adoption of Cloud ERP, 2013 Through 2023 published on January 24, 2014, written by Nigel Rayner advises CIOs and application leaders of financial services institutions to “consider cloud ERP as a potential replacement for aging core ERP systems that are out of support or running on an old […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing ERP, Cloud Computing Forecasts 2011, cloud computing landscape, Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning, Cloud ERP, Enterprise resource planning, enterprise software, erp, ERP Forecast, Gartner Cloud Computing, Louis Columbus' blog, software as a service |
By Louis Columbus on January 5, 2014
Alan Kay’s saying that the best way to predict the future is to create it resonates through the best cloud computing and enterprise software predictions for 2014. Constraints that held start-ups back from delivering sophisticated new apps and services are disappearing fast. The dynamics of one of my favorite books, The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton Christensen, are in full force across the […]
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