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10 Ways To Improve Cloud ERP With AI And Machine Learning

10 Ways To Improve Cloud ERP With AI And Machine Learning

By Louis Columbus on August 20, 2018

Capitalizing on new digital business models and the growth opportunities they provide are forcing companies to re-evaluate ERP’s role. Made inflexible by years of customization, legacy ERP systems aren’t delivering what digital business models need today to scale and grow. Legacy ERP systems were purpose-built to excel at production consistency first at the expense of […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged AI, Amazon Alexa, Artificial intelligence, CAD, Cloud Computing, Cloud ERP, CRM, Enterprise resource planning, erp, Factory of the Future, legacy ERP, Louis Columbus' blog, machine learning, Manufacturing, PLM

Relax, You’re Surrounded

Relax, You’re Surrounded

By Denis Pombriant on February 25, 2015

I don’t know how many old movies there are in which the good guys say, “You’re surrounded, come out with your hands up!” Somehow being surrounded is a bad thing, or at least it was until it became a hot trend in the back office. Let me explain. Surrounding legacy systems like conventional ERP is […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud Computing, Cloud ERP, Enterprise resource planning, erp, SaaS ERP

The cloud wins it all: A post-OpenWorld view of Oracle and ERP

The cloud wins it all: A post-OpenWorld view of Oracle and ERP

By Brian Sommer on October 7, 2014

Recent conferences by Infor and Oracle demonstrate that the on-premises vs cloud debate is over. Brian Sommer looks at what happened with Oracle this last year to get to this point.

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged #oow14, Cloud ERP, erp, Infor, oracle, Oracle OpenWorld

Why Infor’s CloudSuite heralds innovation wave in the financial software market

Why Infor’s CloudSuite heralds innovation wave in the financial software market

By Brian Sommer on September 24, 2014

Infor’s suite of high-end cloud financial software products include a new user interface, in-memory database technology and more. CloudSuite signals a major shift in the application space. Will CIOs bite?

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Charles Phillips, Cloud Computing, Cloud ERP, CloudSuite Financial, erp, Infor, netsuite, sap, workday

Plex a nuanced version of 2 Tier ERP

Plex a nuanced version of 2 Tier ERP

By Vinnie Mirchandani on April 9, 2014

The concept of 2 (or 3) Tier ERP is certainly not new. Platinum (now Epicor), J. D Edwards (now Oracle), and more recently NetSuite have for decades gone to large, typically multi-national companies and convinced them to adopt their software in plants and smaller subsidiaries while continuing with a D&B or SAP at HQ and […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged 2-Tier ERP, Cloud ERP, erp, netsuite, Plex, Plex Systems, QAD, sap

'No one has done cloud ERP' - Not so fast!

‘No one has done cloud ERP’ – Not so fast!

By Brian Sommer on April 2, 2014

Recent remarks by a Microsoft executive about cloud ERP didn’t ring true. A little digging brings clarity around his claims.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud ERP, erp, kenandy, microsoft, netsuite, Plex, sap | 2 Responses

Why Cloud ERP Adoption Is Faster Than Gartner Predicts

Why Cloud ERP Adoption Is Faster Than Gartner Predicts

By Louis Columbus on February 14, 2014

A recent study completed by Gartner titled Survey Analysis: Adoption of Cloud ERP, 2013 Through 2023 published on January 24, 2014, written by Nigel Rayner advises CIOs and application leaders of financial services institutions to “consider cloud ERP as a potential replacement for aging core ERP systems that are out of support or running on an old […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing ERP, Cloud Computing Forecasts 2011, cloud computing landscape, Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning, Cloud ERP, Enterprise resource planning, enterprise software, erp, ERP Forecast, Gartner Cloud Computing, Louis Columbus' blog, software as a service | 2 Responses

ERP'€™s Franken-soft and how Workday avoids it

ERP’€™s Franken-soft and how Workday avoids it

By Brian Sommer on November 13, 2012

The genesis of many application software products is a great idea. Someone conceives a better, newer way to achieve a business outcome, complete a process, etc. That idea gets codified and becomes an application. In some cases, it bec…

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged #wday, analytics, Cloud ERP, data model, Dave Duffield, erp, franken-soft, SaaS ERP, software maintenance, workday, Workday Rising

Why Cloud ERP?  Cutesy Video

Why Cloud ERP? Cutesy Video

By Zoli Erdos on August 13, 2012

The cutesy video above was created by SAP, the first part talking about the benefits of Cloud ERP, the integrated approach in general, and while the last minute turns into a SAP Business ByDesign pitch, it could very well be viewed as overall industry promotion, applicable to archrival NetSuite, and to some extent Workday, and […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged application software, Business ByDesign, Cloud ERP, netsuite, SaaS ERP, sap, SAP ByD, Video, workday

Seven tips for selecting a cloud services provider

Seven tips for selecting a cloud services provider

By Michael Krigsman on July 6, 2012

Here are seven ideas to help you choose a professional services company for your cloud implementation.

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged CIO, Cloud Computing, Cloud ERP, enterprise software, netsuite, service provider

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