By Tom Raftery on April 25, 2014
Supply chains? Yawn, right? While supply chains may seem boring, they are of vital importance to organisations, and their proper management can make, or break companies. Some recent examples of where poorly managed supply chains caused at best, serious reputational damage for companies include the Apple Computers child labour and workers suicide debacle; the Tesco […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Cloud Computing, Infor, supply chain, supply chain risk, supply chain transparency, transparency
By Esteban Kolsky on April 23, 2014
I attended the Infor Innovation Summit in NYC last week. It was a good event, headlined by Infor CEO’s Charles Phillips and most of his senior staff. There were lots of presentations – but also oodles of conversations and questions with the ~60 analysts in attendance (from all walks of like, independent to large research house). […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Charles Phillips, enterprise software, Infor
By Vinnie Mirchandani on April 17, 2014
Charles Phillips, CEO of Infor, is a sharp dresser. His lean frame and his attention to detail (he has designed his own shirt collars since he was young) certainly help. At dinner he politely explained to a few curious analysts his sartorial style. And yes, that has helped him in the sales process with executives […]
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By Paul Greenberg on February 17, 2014
The CRM Watchlist 2014 winners have been harder than ever to characterize. But there are some vendors who, for example, provide product suites that won so I created the Suites category. Today, we look at CRMnext, Infor and NetSuite and Wednesday, SAP a…
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged CRM Watchlist, CRM Watchlist 2014, CRMNext, Emerging Tech, erp, Infor, netsuite, Social Enterprise, Tech Industry |
By Louis Columbus on July 15, 2013
Comparing the latest Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) List Of Top 100 Global Software Leaders published in May of this year with current Glassdoor ratings based on employee feedback provides valuable insights into the best software companies to work for in 2013. The Glassdoor ratings of the percentage of employees who would recommend their employer to […]
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By Louis Columbus on May 13, 2013
During 2012 the worldwide Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) market experienced sluggish growth of just 2.2%, yet Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), financial management and Human Capital Management (HCM) applications showed potential for breakout growth. Through the challenging times of the previous year however, SAP still retained worldwide market share leadership. These and other insights were recently published in […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged analytics, byline=Louis Columbus, Cloud Computing, Concur, Cornerstone OnDemand, Data Driven, enterprise software, erp, Infor, Intelligent Tech, Kronos, Louis Columbus' blog, microsoft, Microsoft Dynamics AX, netsuite, oracle, Sage, sap, software as a service, Tech, ticker=NASDAQ:MSFT, ticker=NASDAQ:ORCL, ticker=NYSE:SAP
By Vinnie Mirchandani on February 19, 2013
I have known Charles Phillips, CEO of Infor for going on 2 decades now. He was a polymath way before I wrote a book celebrating them. He has computer science and law degrees in addition to an MBA. He is on the board of a media company, a museum, a jazz organization and a charity. […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Charles Phillips, erp, Infor, Infor Global Solutions, Lawson, Morgan Stanley, oracle, sap |
By R "Ray" Wang on February 19, 2013
Changes at Infor More Than Cosmetic Analysts and tech watchers gathered on Valentine’s Day, February 14th, 2013, for Infor Summit, a progress check on Infor, the third largest independent applications vendor in the market. While many customers may not have heard of Infor, most have heard of the brands it has acquired over the last […]
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By Paul Greenberg on February 14, 2013
The last of the suites for the 2013 CRM Watchlist – Infor, NetSuite and SugarCRM. But they are hardly the least. Their opportunity for 2013 impact is probably greater than it ever has been for each of them. But each of them has some things to do – and …
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged CRM Watchlist, CRM Watchlist 2013, enterprise software, Infor, netsuite, sugarcrm |
By Dennis Moore on January 4, 2013
Highlights from the world of Enterprise Software and Solutions over the past two months (or so): Salesforce.com had a strong Q3. NetSuite had a strong Q3. HP did not. Workday had its IPO. It’s doing well, with a market cap just over $8.5 billion and a constrant stream of innovation. Lots of IT failures recently, […]
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