NetSuite has done a good job of establishing their reputation as the go-to cloud-ERP providers, and last week they announced a plan to help more businesses enjoy cloud-based ERP platforms, dubbed the NetSuite SP100 Program. With a new channel sales program that includes a 100% margin offer, NetSuite is allowing channel businesses to easily migrate […]
Late last week, NetSuite announced their fourth quarter earnings, and their overall success in 2009 is undoubtedly a harbinger of widespread SaaS ERP uptake within the next few years. And if those numbers weren’t enough, they also announced that RedBuilt LLC switched to their product from SAP—NetSuite has successfully poached SAP customers before, but RedBuilt […]
Last week, Oracle launched a new version of their Application Integration Architecture (AIA) Release 2.5 PPM Process Integration Packs (PIPs), which integrates project management and ERP. The new offering is called Project Portfolio Management Integration Pack, and it connects Primavera P6 with E-Business Suite. In addition to integrating project management data, the new integrator also […]
ClickSoftware is positioned as a service optimization provider rather than an ERP company, but their latest innovation could foreshadow some progressive improvements in the ERP market. The company recently released a standalone mobility suite that aims to close the gap between the back offices and the employees in the field. ClickSoftware has offered mobile capabilities […]
FusionOps’ business analytics products have been getting quite a bit of attention lately. The general consensus on their offerings—which integrate with users’ existing ERP platforms—is that they are fine products, but in many ways they could potentially threaten the companies FusionOps wants to partner with. Just last month they launched a new metrics delivery dashboard, […]
It has been a rough couple of quarters for SAP, and until the general release of their SaaS offering next year, they continue to look like a clumsy, archaic old-timer. SAP solutions have for a long time been best-suited to large enterprises, and they are currently implementing a new pricing model to attract SMEs—a pricing […]
Australian ERP company Pronto recently bested SAP, winning the business of the Australian branch of Freeworld Coatings, a global specialized coatings company. The Australian arm of the company recently underwent a restructuring phase, and they used Pronto’s PRONTO-Xi to consolidate their IT platform and replace the various legacy systems employed about the Australian operations. The […]
For all their clout in the ERP market, SAP has had some trouble recently, mostly due to their plans to increase maintenance and licensing fees and their current lack of a general cloud-based solution. ERP-Link Corporation uses SAP’s situation to their advantage, creating SAP-Microsoft interoperability solutions; most recently, they released iNet.Invoices, a Dynamic Business Application […]
It isn’t news that cloud-computing software vendors are hawking their products as the perfect solution for mid-market enterprises experiencing a cash crunch, and now these vendors are pushing their applications to large enterprises trying to maintain circulation to their branches. Today at the Oracle OpenWorld convention, NetSuite announced a new version of their OneWorld product, […]
Environmental issues continue to draw more and more attention from society as more evidence is showing the results of our continued misuse of our natural resources. It is becoming a more pressing concern as irreversible changes are beginning to take place making it a necessity for companies to change how they conduct their business and […]