The Cloud ERP Land Rush is On
Like the Oklahoma land rush of 1889, cloud vendors today are rushing into new territory to stake their claims. One provider that has joined the land rush is FinancialForce.com, which recently announced...
View ArticleThe Maturing of ERP on the Salesforce Platform
Salesforce.com is not only the industry's most well-known cloud CRM system. It is also a platform for a variety of other software providers. This post outlines the latest developments with the four ERP...
View ArticleInfor ERP Customers and the UpgradeX Roadmap
Infor is doing interesting work in its CloudSuite initiative to offer industry-specific solutions deployed on the cloud. But it faces two challenges. First, it must convince a greater share of its...
View ArticleFinancialForce Expands Its Footprint in Cloud ERP
FinancialForce continues to show strong momentum in the cloud ERP market, and it is building out its product capabilities in interesting ways. In this post, we provide an update on FinancialForce,...
View ArticleSage Puts Stake in the Cloud with Sage Live
Sage is one of the world’s largest providers of business applications for small and midsize organizations. Now in the cloud it has taken a big step forward, launching Sage Live, a built-from-scratch...
View ArticleOracle Acquisition of NetSuite Is a Mixed Bag
Oracle took another step in its strategy of growth by acquisition by announcing a bid for NetSuite. But apart from helping Oracle in its race with Salesforce.com to get to $10 billion in cloud...
View ArticleThe Growing Circle of Cloud ERP
Traditional providers of ERP systems typically sought to expand their functional footprint to include complementary applications outside of core ERP. Now cloud ERP vendors are adopting a similar...
View ArticleManufacturing Is a Huge Opportunity for Cloud ERP
Today, there is no manufacturing cloud ERP provider with the size or scale of Salesforce.com or Workday. Contrary to popular belief, this is not because the opportunity is small. Manufacturing still...
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