By Jim Brown, president of Tech-Clarity Product executives face increasing pressure to launch fresh, innovative products within shrinking product development timelines. They have to beat the competition to the punch, bringing compelling offerings to market before others can react. They…
According to Panorama Consulting’s just released 2013 ERP Report, while most ERP installs still exceed allotted time, go over budget and do not return all of the business benefits companies expect, the vast majority of companies report high overall satisfaction…
Given the increasing globalization of business, companies need to incorporate changing policies, regulation and energy costs into their operational strategies. Over the past couple of years, events such as the Japanese tsunami and the Icelandic volcanic eruption have demonstrated that…
OpenERP, a Belgium-based maker of open source ERP software, capped off the year by announcing a new release and pricing details. OpenERP 7.0 debuted just ahead of the holidays with new features aimed at getting complete newcomers up and running…
There is a lot going on in ERP right now. But what are the dominant trends? Enterprise Apps Today asked the experts. Customer Power Allan Davies, chief marketing officer of Aldata, Inc., thinks the major trend in ERP over the…
Oracle has owned the JD Edwards ERP suite for nearly a decade, having gained the software with its 2005 purchase of PeopleSoft. As a testament to the value of that application and the loyalty of its user base, Oracle continues…
Over the past year, we’ve published a series of ERP guides. One covered Oracle, Microsoft and SAP ERP solutions for the enterprise, while another detailed what other companies were doing in the midmarket ERP and SMB software spaces. The Big…
If you need service for your car, your washing machine or even your blender, you can take that gear to any number of repair specialists, who have access to documentation and parts from the manufacturer. It’s a far more complicated…
Epicor is following up on its cloud-based Epicor ERP Express Edition product — and revealing its enterprise software ambitions — with a new edition for midsized organizations. The Chicago-based enterprise resource planning software specialist today unveiled Epicor ERP, a multi-tenant…
There’s a new ERP kid in town, Sweden’s Jeeves Information Systems. The company, which has offices in France, Germany, the UK and Norway and is owned by American investment company Battery Ventures, just opened a North American headquarters in Chicago. The…