Category ERP

NetSuite Raises IPO Price

NetSuite on Tuesday raised the price range for its highly anticipated initial public offering from between $13 a share and $16 a share to between $16 a share and $19 a share, according to a filing with the Securities and…

VMware Gets SAP’s Vote of Confidence

VMware on Tuesday got even more validation for its virtualization software suite, thanks to a deal that will see SAP providing support for all of its business applications running on VMware’s ESX Server software. As a result of the agreement,…

TomorrowNow Execs Gone Today

Oracle’s lawsuitover alleged trade secrets theft by an SAP subsidiary seemed to be on the back burner, but heated up quickly today. The company announced that “several managers” and Andrew Nelson, the CEO of TomorrowNow, “have chosen to resign.” Also,…

SAP Primes SaaS Reseller Pump

SAP finally built it. Now it’s time to find out if customers will come for Business ByDesign. The enterprise software firm on Monday took what it hopes will be a step in the right direction when it announced 13 of…

NetSuite Offers SuiteBundles of Customization

Whether you call it software-as-a-service, Web-based software or on-demand applications, products such as NetSuite and Salesforce.com are changing how small and mid-sized businesses look at productivity tools. The rise of these Web-based services means enterprise-class business tools without the big…

SAP Readies New Developer Perks

SAP on Tuesday will disclose the details of a new licensing model that it hopes will entice at least another 600,000 developers to start building new applications on its NetWeaver platform by the end of next year. Mark Yolton, vice…

SAP’s On-Demand Strategy Draws Tepid Reviews

A day removed from the debut of its first software-as-a-service (SaaS)  offering, Business By Design, SAP on Thursday got immediate and what can only be called less-than-enthusiastic feedback from the very people it most hoped to please.SAP CEO Henning Kagermann…

NetSuite Goes Mobile

If you own or manage a small business, mobility could be your middle name. Whether you’re developing new customers or servicing existing ones, things don’t get done if you’re sitting behind a desk all day. If NetSuite is your business…