SAP reported its third quarter fiscal 2017 financial results on Oct. 19, demonstrating the positive impact of the enterprise application software firm’s move to the cloud. For the quarter, revenue was reported at €5.6B for a four percent year-over-year gain.…
ERP has changed markedly over the past two decades. So where is it heading in 2017? Some see the end of old ways that have lingered too long and now need to head off into the sunset. Others predict market…
Belgium-based Odoo made a name for itself under its previous name of OpenERP, an open source ERP application that quickly gained traction, especially in Europe. Over the past few years, however, the company has expanded into many more areas of…
Why is there so much manufacturing ERP software, created specifically for the manufacturing sector? “Manufacturing ERP must account for and manage the actual production processes and materials on the factory floor,” said Steve Bieszczat, chief marketing officer at IQMS, a…
Workday is expanding into new areas of the enterprise which it hopes will appeal to its current user base of finance and human resource professionals and help it attract new customers as well. It rolled out the products, all of…
Despite the proven importance of process improvement in technology initiatives, many companies give short shrift to mapping and streamlining their processes. Worksoft, an SAP partner and provider of automation software for business process testing and discovery, this week introduced Worksoft…
Finance plays a crucial role in every successful business. Whether it’s weighing how to invest resources, managing expenses or setting financial goals for the year ahead, finance leaders are trusted advisors that can help their businesses achieve their long-term strategic…
By Jayne Morrison, Unit4 Software Spreadsheets are cheap, easy to manage and can accommodate many different types of data. Therefore, it’s no surprise that, according to an FEI Canada report, 71 percent of U.S. companies still rely on spreadsheets for…
Enterprise Apps Today recently covered what the top four ERP vendors in terms of overall market share – SAP, Oracle, Infor and Microsoft – are doing with cloud ERP software. But companies such as NetSuite, Epicor, FinancialForce, Acumanica – which…
Cloud ERP software was the poor relation of the ERP market not so long ago. Yet it has gradually proven its enterprise smarts, and is now beginning to command a decent amount of ERP market share. While some pundits predicted…