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- ERP
- Enterprise Resource Planning An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather...
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- Taleo, Talent Management and What’s Wrong With ERP Spending
- Is your career worth at least one security patch? This week, Taleo is conducting its user conference in Las Vegas. They are announcing their Taleo 10 product this week to coincide with the show. Rarely do I get to see a software vendor...
- Tags: Talent, Taleo Corp., ERP, Talent Management, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Workforce Management, Professional Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Career, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-09-15
- ERP Implementation: A Complete Guide
- ERP implementations in the South Asian countries, are comparatively different, harder and financially very expensive than the other parts of the worlds. This is because of different socio-economic conditions, working style of businesses, their operation methods and low currency comparative to international currencies. Most of the well renowned ERP solutions...
- Tags: Third World, ERP, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2009-09-14
- Video: Introduction to ERP complexity
- Right.I stopped watching when the slideshow showed that the relationship with the bank is - 'a bank statement'.Thank you.
- Tags: Financial services, ERP, video
- Discussion threads 2009-09-12
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