In a recent interview with EnterpriseAppsToday, Computer Economics President Frank Scavo said much of the current ERP investment activity revolved around incremental additions to existing implementations. ERP’s 60 percent-plus penetration rate means “there just aren’t as many opportunities for brand…
IBM is on a roll. After announcing it would acquire cloud-based commerce analytics software firm DemandTec last week, Big Blue on Thursday said it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire cloud and on-premise analytics software specialist Emptoris. Financial terms…
SAP (NYSE: SAP) today unveiled a range of new solutions spanning business intelligence, in-memory analytics, data warehousing and mobile apps. The announcements, made at Sapphire Now and SAP TechEd in Madrid, highlight SAP’s shift away from its core ERP market…
Whether you are looking for help in choosing the right supply chain management solution or advice on how to make your supply chain work more efficiently, the following tips, from supply chain management experts and managers, can help. Get rid…
SAP (NYSE: SAP) is the 800-pound gorilla in the enterprise resource planning (ERP) space, with a quarter of the market, twice that of Oracle, its nearest competitor. And it comes in for regular criticism for being too complicated to install…
The 45,000 attendees at this week’s Oracle OpenWorld event in San Francisco were served up a program rich with announcements affecting Oracle’s CRM, business intelligence, ERP and enterprise application landscape. Oracle Siebel CRM, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards and Oracle Business Process…
Looking to provide customers with options to connect with their business partners, SAP (NYSE: SAP) has announced plans to acquire business-to-business (B2B) integration provider Crossgate. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, Crossgate lets companies integrate and network with trading partners, clients and…
Belgium-based Odoo made a name for itself under its previous name of OpenERP, with an open source ERP application that gained traction, especially in Europe. Over the past few years, the company has expanded into more areas of the enterprise…
Partner announcements at this week’s Dreamforce conference show that cloud CRM leader Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) is keenly aware of opportunities in back-office software like ERP and supply chain management. Salesforce announced investments in and partnerships with supply chain startup Kenandy…
ERP systems were once used almost exclusively by large companies. In recent years, though, an increasing number of ERP solutions for smaller businesses (SMBs) have entered the market. Some are sold by vendors that primarily serve SMBs, although software giants…