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A Tale of Two Software Worlds: Old ERP vs. SaaS

Dreamforce's attendance really puts a strong data point on how attractive SaaS is becoming. Other vendors this week have provided additional data points that point to a troubling time ahead for laggard ERP vendors. by Brian Sommer

Tags: Software-as-a-service, ERP, Dreamforce, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Figuring the value of software

Shallow, trivial analysisThis is a shallow, trivial analysis. You claim that ERP is 143 times the cost per user than SuccessFactors. You offer no proof of this claim, using the list price of a perpetual license for ERP compared to your calculation for the average revenue per customer's employee for...

Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Software as a Service (SaaS), Enterprise software, Operational planning, software, ERP, SuccessFactors Inc., software-as-a-service

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Cloud-to-Cloud Integration - Another Big ERP Challenge!

NetSuite's new Open Connect integration should make ERP buyers and vendors re-think interfaces and integration across application suites. Everyone needs to re-think what cloud-to-cloud integration, in multi-tenant apps, really means. by Brian Sommer

Tags: ERP, Integration, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-10-28

Future ERP

SAP has a huge install base and SAP can easily adopt to changes. OneAccess-UserManager for SAPSAP Certified-Powered by Netweaverhttp://www.softsquare.biz/oneaccess/

Tags: Web services, Enterprise software, Middleware, SAP AG, ERP

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Sustainability: Hard for business, harder for ERP vendors

You hit the nail on the head!People are still trying to fit sustainability into "business as usual", but the truth is sustainability is anything but business s usual. And you're right, when people begin to come to grips with the depth and breadth of the changes that are necessary,...

Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), ERP, sustainability

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Sustainability: Hard for business, harder for ERP vendors

ERP vendors don't get sustainability. They think it's about collecting all of a user's electric and gas bills to determine their carbon footprint. They think it's a reporting exercise. If they can develop a spreadsheet with more rows and columns than the next ERP vendor, then they have achieved some...

Tags: Sustainability, ERP Vendor, ERP, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-10-22

RightNow Technologies CIO talks datacenters, ERP and Windows 7

While attending Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2009, I spoke with Laef Olson, CIO of RightNow Technologies, about the company's IT plans for 2010. Olson discussed RightNow's plans to consolidate and rework its datacenters, an upcoming ERP implementation, and the company's migration to Windows 7. by Larry Dignan

Tags: Data Center, ERP, RightNow Technologies, Microsoft Windows 7, Data Centers, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Microsoft Windows, Storage, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Data Management, Software, Operating Systems, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-22

CRM, ERP, BI, and IT Investment - Where Do You Find the Business Benefit?

Most companies want to use CRM applications as a way to "Supercharge" their sales forces. They want to gain some advantage with customer retention and acquisition, to manage the sales pipeline and to have better market insight. But few companies realize these goals. After going through some of the academic...

Tags: Business Intelligence, Information Technology, IT Investment, Benefit, ERP, CRM, R3Now.com, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Sales Strategy, Marketing, Software, Sales

White papers 2009-10-22

Future ERP

Brian Sommer's provocative post that juxtaposes SAP's technology thinking around the 'old' and 'new' worlds provides insights into something SAP was talking about last year - the two speed world of ERP. At the back end there is still plenty to do, hardening applications, winkling out recurring bugs...

Tags: Innovation, Salesforce.com Inc., Financial, SAP AG, ERP, Brian Sommer, Brian, S-curve, Cloud Infrastructure, BRP, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Two Views of the Software Market

SAP Automation Tools will ProsperBusinesses are looking for Automation tools which can increase their productivity and bottom lineOneAccess-UserManager for SAPSAP Certified-Powered by Netweaverhttp://www.softsquare.biz/oneaccess/So what!This is not new in any way. I am so sick of hearing how social media is changing things. Structured and unstructured data has been around for...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Web services, software, Businesses

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

Two Views of the Software Market

A Bridge Too Far? In a blogger briefing this week at SAP’s TechEd, SAP CTO, Vishal Sikka, drew a chart of the application software market and what new areas of technology are of interest to the firm. I’ve tried to reproduce his freehand drawing into the following...

Tags: ERP, Vishal Sikka, S-curve, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-10-16

CEO interview: Workday's Aneel Bhusri on advancing SaaS and cloud models for improved ERP

The thing that Dave and I both took away from PeopleSoft is that you have to stay on top of innovation, and that's what Workday is doing. We are innovating where the large ERP vendors have stopped. by Dana Gardner

Tags: Software-as-a-service, ERP, Workday, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Software As A Service (SaaS), Enterprise Software, Software, Emerging Technologies, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-10-14

Compiere launches enterprise ERP version

One leading open source ERP provider this week launched an enterprise edition of its software as well as upgrades to its standard and professional versions. Redwood Shores, Calif. based Compiere has released a version of its open source ERP application that offers more scalability and availability. The...

Tags: Enterprise Edition, ERP, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Financial Planning, Enterprise Software, Open Source, Software, Finance, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-10-08

Dopharma Holding BV Increases Insight Into Enterprise Financial Data and Sales Forecasts

Dopharma Holding BV wanted to migrate the company's Netherlands offices to an updated enterprise resource planning solution to streamline sales processes and integrate a new sales office in Romania into the company's existing IT environment. The challenge was to provide a solution that makes it easier for users to calculate...

Tags: Sales Forecast, Oracle Corp., Financial, ERP, Sales Strategy, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Sales Force Management, Enterprise Software, Sales, Software

Case studies 2009-10-01

Shouldn???t services firms have their own ERP?

SRP and the changing world economyBrian, Great post. Today's announcement from Xerox underscores the trend that it driving the transformation in systems. As you so keenly observe, software systems tend to follow these significant business shifts. We are just at the beginning of this wave in innovation...

Tags: ERP

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Move over Enterprise 2.0, it's now Social Business Design

ERP > EERPYour insight is appreciated in shining a light on the comparison of ERP goals and accomplishments w/ what's touted of Social Business Design. ERP mindsets combined with the social nature of learning is [in my opinion] what will be required for success. What Tim Harmon of...

Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Enterprise 2.0, ERP, Social Business Design

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

Shouldn’t services firms have their own ERP?

I caught up this week with Morris Panner, CEO of OpenAir now part of NetSuite. One aspect of our wide-ranging conversation concerned the continuing evolution of businesses, the economy, etc. towards a greater services orientation. Drawing on that, we discussed how services firms need their own version of ERP. ...

Tags: Staffing, ERP, Services Firm, Service Firm, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Sales Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-09-25

Epicor Enhances Enterprise Resource Planning With SQL Server 2008 Reporting

For 25 years Epicor has been creating creative Enterprise Resource Planning ERP solutions for small and mid-sized businesses and Global 1000 companies. Epicor has 20,000 customers in more than 150 countries, and generated 2008 revenue of U.S.$487.8 million. The company recently released Epicor 9, an innovative Service-Oriented Architecture SOA offering...

Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Epicor Software Corp., ERP, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Web Services, Software

Case studies 2009-09-25

Dynamic 3i Free Edition ERP/MRP 3.2.2350 (Windows)

SDC's newest solution, DYNAMIC 3i Free Edition gives users access to all the power and functionality of our market-leading Enterprise Resource Planning and Manufacturing Resource Planning solutions without the heavy investment usually required to acquire these solutions. DYNAMIC 3i Free Edition includes everything you need to get started for up...

Tags: Database, Solution, ERP, Microsoft Windows, MRP, System Dynamics, SDC, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2009-09-16

Taleo, Talent Management and What???s Wrong With ERP Spending

He's not far off.Brian, I blogged and provided details on my blog in 2005 "So, even without factoring in costs of your own staff or incremental hardware you are looking at $7.50 at the low end and $ 21 or more at the high end for every $ 1 dollar...

Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Enterprise software, talent management, talent, Taleo Corp., ERP

Discussion threads 2009-09-15