Category ERP

ERP a Big Challenge for SMBs

Most midmarket and enterprise firms already have ERP solutions. While there may be business to be had upgrading those users to newer packages, the real growth area for ERP is SMB. A recent Software Advice survey found that 87 percent…

Epicor Spinning off Retail Business

Big changes are under way at Epicor Software, a provider of ERP, CRM and other types of business software, which just announced plans to spin off its Retail Solutions business into a separate, privately-held company. Few details are available about…

Will Businesses Want the Apple Watch?

Now we know how much the Apple Watch will cost ($350 to $1,099 and, for big spenders, an 18-karat gold version for $10,000), when it is coming (April 24, with pre-orders starting April 10) and what you can do with…

10 Open Source ERP Options

Take a look at the ERP market and you’ll find a landscape dominated by a handful of commercial products offered by well-known enterprise software vendors such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft and Sage. Although there are plenty of open source ERP…

Microsoft Cloud Apps vs. Best of Breed

When you think of Microsoft, you naturally think of operating systems like Windows for the desktop and server. You also think of Microsoft Office and probably use one of the applications every business day. Today’s business IT climate is going…