ERP

Sage's latest saas attempts: a further analysis

September 21, 2009 Featured

Jason Stamper at CBR does a great job trying to get under the skin of Sage and its saas efforts. I would say that – he quoted me having asked my opinion prior to meeting the company. But seriously, this is possibly the most complete assessment I’ve seen of Sage’s efforts, juxtaposed against its standing [...]

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Pearl goes free with new Express service

March 16, 2009 Cloud Computing/SaaS

PearlSoftware is launching a new Express version with free pricing. The full version is more like an ERP solution for SMBs so the pricing matrix can appear complex. For the free version, see pricing panel screenshot below: Free gets you a limited but customizable CRM cum sales application that integrates some email and calendaring functionality. [...]

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SAP Mentors will crush it for SAP

February 27, 2009 General

…and other examples of how the recession is a time of massive opportunity. I’ve just come off watching a keynote by Garry Vaynerchuk talking about how differentiated content (whether that’s media, products or services) wins in the recession and onwards. It’s a riveting (but NSFW) 13 minutes. I’ve seen Gary talk live and the energy [...]

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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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Saas scorecard

February 11, 2009 Cloud Computing/SaaS

We’re part way through the reporting season for US based software vendors. I’m paying attention to the big players like SAP and Microsoft but also keeping an eye out for how the saas vendors are performing. In the last few days we’ve heard from talent management specialist SuccessFactors, CRM provider RightNow and most recently from [...]

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What is SAP afraid of?

January 29, 2009 General

Yesterday’s news that SAP hit its targets for growth etc in 2008 while announcing 3,000 job cuts was largely well received. For my part, I see this as a time for opportunity. SAP has Business ByDesign hanging in the wind and seems to have few plans for its future. I don’t understand this. My estimate [...]

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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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How much will SAP cost?

November 27, 2008 General

Everyone I know thinks of SAP as BIG, expensive, slow, cumbersome but ultimately a safe bet. The company burnishes its solid, Germanic image, focusing on its engineering prowess and attention to detail. All of these are good things but for many SAP has created an image that makes them perceptually hard to do business. There’s [...]

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Leo the ring master

October 20, 2008 General

Leo Apotheker from Dennis Howlett on Vimeo. I spent the last day – yes day – poring over the SAP keynote and subsequent press/analyst/blogger session from last week’s TechEd. I was at both but wanted to be doubly certain I’d heard certain statements correctly. There are many nuggets in co-CEO Leo Apotheker’s tightly packed and [...]

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Phew – back to base after GoingSolo and SAPPHIRE08

May 22, 2008 General

Apologies for the silence this week. I’ve been on a punishing travel schedule that involved flying to Lausanne, getting a train to Zurich, then a flight to Berlin before returning to Malaga late last night and then another two+ hours driving. It’s all been in a good cause. Lausanne was the location for GoingSolo – [...]

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