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Tuesday's Tip: When To Go With A Two-Tier ERP Strategy

Tuesday’s Tip: When To Go With A Two-Tier ERP Strategy

By R "Ray" Wang on March 2, 2010

Single Instance ERP Harder And Harder To Justify The holy grail of an ERP implementation used to be the single instance deployment.  However, market forces, a move to adopt new disruptive technologies, slow pace of innovation from incumbent vendors, and high maintenance fees have changed many organization’s perspectives.  Add a slew of rapidly changing business […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged agresso, analytics, Apps Strategy, AspenTech, baan, best practices, BPCs, Business Models, business requirements, business value, Cincom, CIO, Deltek, disruptive, disruptive technologies, enteprise apps, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise software, Epicor, erp, geographic requirements, IBS, IFS, industry requirements, Infor, innovation, Intentia, IQMS, JD Edwards, Lawson, Lawson M3, Lawson S3, Maconomy, maintenance fees, MAPICS, Meridian Systems, Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics SL, Mincom, modernization, netsuite, next gen cio, next gen IT leaders, OpenAir, oracle, PeopleSoft, Planview, Plex, purpose built, QAD, regulatory compliance, reporting, ROI, SaaS, SAP B1, SAP Business All-In-One, shelfware, single instance erp, SYSPRO, SyteLine, tax requirements, Tenrox, two-tier ERP, Ultimate Software, Unit4, workday | 3 Responses

Quarterly Financial Tracker: Q4 CY 2009 SaaS Vendors Continue To Trump On Premise Vendors In YoY Growth

Quarterly Financial Tracker: Q4 CY 2009 SaaS Vendors Continue To Trump On Premise Vendors In YoY Growth

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.  […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Ariba, Blackboard, Concur, customer bill of rights, Deltek, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, i2, I2 Technologies, IFS, JDA Software, Lawson, Lawson Software, Manhattan Associates, netsuite, oracle, QAD, Quarterly Financial Tracker, revenues, RightNow, SaaS, SaaS Bill of Rights, salesforce.com, sap, SII, SII®, software as a service, Software Vendors, Taleo, Ultimate Software, vendor financing | 2 Responses

Quarterly Financial Tracker: Q3 CY 2009 SaaS Vendors Face Some Headwinds, On-Premise Still In The Tank

Quarterly Financial Tracker: Q3 CY 2009 SaaS Vendors Face Some Headwinds, On-Premise Still In The Tank

By R "Ray" Wang on November 18, 2009

Purchasing in Q3 reflected both economic downturn and summer doldrums.  While on-premise vendors continued massive double digit declines in year-over-year new license revenue, SaaS vendors faced some pressures in keeping up with tremendous growth.  However, long term economic outlook still favor SaaS players and early indications on Q4 budget flush indicate that SaaS and Cloud […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Apps Strategy, Ariba, Blackboard, Cloud Computing, Concur, Deltek, deployment options, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, erp, i2, I2 Technologies, IFS, JDA Software, Lawson, Lawson Software, Manhattan Associates, netsuite, oracle, QAD, Quarterly Financial Tracker, revenues, RightNow, SaaS, salesforce.com, sap, SII, SII®, software as a service, Software Vendors, Taleo, Ultimate Software, vendor financing

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