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SAP Business ByDesign: a developer take

October 26, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS
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If you are a potential SAP customer, partner or developer then this post should be of interest. It is a tad technical but I will try and avoid too much jargon in order to make the points clear. That shouldn’t be overly difficult because while I can write code, I would not class myself as [...]

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ICAEW Cloud Computing for Accountants, report 4: Horses for courses and customization

September 26, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS
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In this 3 min 10 sec video segment, the user panel talks about what they might have done differently and why selecting the right solution matters depending on size and requirements. Rex Harrison starts the discussion by talking about wishing he’d spent more time planning but then that’s a common issue in almost all implementations. [...]

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SaaS switching – should we care?

August 18, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS
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FinancialForce.com ($$ client) today announced that it has bagged a NetSuite customer. Nice for them. The reasons given in the press release were sensible enough: “We were previously using NetSuite but found that we struggled to reliably maintain all our integrations to marketplaces,” said Ben VanderBeek, Executive Director of IT, myGearStore. “We deal with a [...]

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Intacct joins NetSuite and Appirio in the project management space

August 11, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS
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As a major part of its Summer 2010 release, Intacct has announced the general availability of project accounting. At a cost of $350 per month plus additional per user pricing that depends on functional needs, pricing is broadly in line with what NetSuite is offering via its OpenAir solution. On the face of it, project [...]

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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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Best of breed or best of suites? The transformational argument

August 5, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Rod Drury dropped a bomb into the Xero blog on that perennial of topics: best of breed or best of suites? I am surprised that it has reared its head so relatively early in the SaaS development lifecycle. As Rod says: The incumbent desktop products that have been around for many years have added many [...]

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SAP slow to adopt SaaS?

August 4, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

I’ve been noodling over some statistics that came from a survey of 100 UK and Ireland SAP User Group people. It covers attitudes towards SaaS. Given this is the week when SAP put Business ByDesign into general release, it is appropriate to think through some of the survey’s implications. The stats have been out for [...]

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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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Sexy SAP? Surely not!!

July 28, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

I get a regular stream of people telling me they are looking for a SaaS/cloud upgrade to Sage Line 50. They’re ready to move on and don’t see the remainder of the Sage line of products as particularly appealing. They’ve usually found out something about this ‘cloud stuff’ and are curious to know more. This [...]

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