Enterprise resource planning

NetSuite bullish after beating Q2 estimates

August 6, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

When I met with NetSuite in London the other week, I heard Zach Nelson, the company’s CEO, imply revenue approaching $200 million in the current fiscal year. At the time, the company could not comment officially as it was in the ‘quiet period.’ Yesterday’s earnings call (replay available) and results announcement suggest the company is on [...]

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SAP Business ByDesign 2.5: time to invest?

August 3, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Yesterday SAP announced the general availability of SAP Business ByDesign 2.5. In real world language that means it is there for anyone to check out and buy rather than what has been happening: a controlled release to achieve a baseline of 100 customers. Along with the release came confirmation that SAP is offering starter packs [...]

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This stuff sells itself

April 16, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Reading AppExchange endorsements for FinancialForce customers: Live Out Loud (LOL) looked at implementing an accounting solution built on the force.com platform as a “no-brainer.” The opportunity to get the financial side of the business married to the marketing and sales side – and soon the delivery and production areas – in one system with the [...]

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ERP is so over so get over it

February 19, 2009 General

Ben Kepes discussion about ‘fully featured’ and ‘ERP’ is so full of holes it would make a good string vest. I was going to leave a lengthy comment but realized that if I’m going into attack mode, it ought to be here rather than on another person’s website. Anyhoo. I should preface by saying I [...]

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Open Source ERP: it can be done

January 14, 2009 General

I keep up a regular dialogue with Severn Delta. They’re a fun outfit to follow as they have a genuine rags to …well…rags story. The last month or so, they’ve been putting the finishing touches on installing a new ERP system. As far as I know it all went reasonably well but as of today, [...]

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SAP's a'changin'

May 8, 2008 General

Apologies for the near radio silence this week. I’ve been buried under the mountain that is SAP‘s 10,000+ user conference SAPPHIRE in Orlando. When not hanging around in airports or going to Eric Clapton gigs. Hard life I know. Anyhoo – I spent much of my time analyzing the marketing delay in bringing Business ByDesign [...]

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