Tag Archives: Cloud
The long term view of SAP’s innovative strategy
Have you bought into the hype that vendors like NetSuite are eventually just going to overrun the old guard like SAP? People who buy into that line of thinking have little understanding of where SAP is headed. Coming out of it’s Sapphire … Continue reading
Is Cloud-based ERP Inevitable?
Two main factors at play here, according to the source article. First, customer demand is increasing for ERP systems with the advantages of the cloud model. Second, technology has lowered the barrier to entry for vendors, so many start-ups are … Continue reading
Challenges of Cloud ERP Software. Be careful with this topic.
A video clip from a software selection and implementation firm walks through challenges specific to implementing cloud ERP solutions. It’s a good overview. Informative, but not something you’d want to use and overplay your hand in competing against the model … Continue reading
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Tagged Cloud, customization, flexibility, integration, risk, Saas, security
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Little Enthusiasm for the Dynamics GP Web Client?
The GP web client got a lot of coverage at Convergence in the form of a half a dozen breakout sessions. Customer excitement is high. Partner interest so far is low. Why?
On-Premise ERP Fails Growing Enterprises, says NetSuite
And of course NetSuite’s OneWorld global cloud offering is the ideal solution. Here’s a blog post on NetSuite’s official blog that runs through five reasons that on-premise ERP becomes an utter disaster if your business grows.
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Tagged Azure, Cloud, cloud vs. on-premise, complexity, NetSuite, OneWorld, TCO
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NetSuite CEO Talks About Company’s Growth; Chides SAP, Microsoft
Our opinion…sometimes executives show the most bravado when talking about the competitors that really concern them. Case in point…the dismissive way in which Oracle CEO Larry Ellison talks about SAP’s in-memory database. Or the way NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson hammers … Continue reading
Oracle’s cloud slowly condenses
The Register out of the UK brings it particular reporting style to bear in analyzing Oracle’s efforts in the cloud. In our opinion a number of the articles this publication writes on tech vendors are aggressive, sarcastic, or both. For example, this … Continue reading
Eviscerating the argument that Oracle is the cloud leader
If you know the ERP/Enterprise market, you might find it odd that anyone would make that argument in the first place. Oracle was very late to even talking about “the cloud” as a significant shift in the market, and not … Continue reading
Big launch for SAP Business One On-Demand in Africa
One of SAP’s most established partners in Africa is looking at some broad methods for making SAP Business One available as a cloud solution….exploring new channel relationships with telcos and ISP’s. It seems that approach would require acceptance of the … Continue reading
Using your failures as a marketing opportunity
There as a disruption to our cloud service, and it was all our fault. You wouldn’t really hear that out of Salesforce.com or NetSuite. As we recall when they’ve had outages they’ve been quick to blame a hardware failure or … Continue reading