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A Tale of Five Conferences: InfusionCon 2013, Infusionsoft

A Tale of Five Conferences: InfusionCon 2013, Infusionsoft

By Paul Greenberg on May 1, 2013

Infusionsoft is one of five conferences I’ve been to in April and its was incredibly revealing. There is no question that Infusionsoft is the player to beat in the small business customer facing technology world. There are things they have to do yet, b…

Posted in Business | Tagged 5conf, InfusionSoft, small business, smb, sme | 2 Responses

Cost Management Failures: 10 Reasons SMBs Stink at Procurement

Cost Management Failures: 10 Reasons SMBs Stink at Procurement

By Jason Busch on January 16, 2013

Last week, we began a blog series exploring the state of procurement in the small and middle market sectors. See 2013: The Year of Source-To-Pay Adoption for SMB Procurement and 3 Essential Procurement Services For Small and Middle Market Businesses. As we continue our analysis of SMB procurement practices, it makes sense to do a […]

Posted in Business | Tagged procurement, small business, smb, sme, supply chain

2011 ERP survey: New IT failure research and statistics

2011 ERP survey: New IT failure research and statistics

By Michael Krigsman on March 1, 2011

A new survey of small business ERP projects sheds light on project success and failure.

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Enterprise resource planning, erp, implementation, microsoft, Panorama, sap, small business, smb, sme | 1 Response

Zoho Rounds Out Small Business Suite with Accounting App–Zoho Books

Zoho Rounds Out Small Business Suite with Accounting App–Zoho Books

By Zoli Erdos on January 19, 2011

This morning Zoho, known for SMB focused SaaS offerings in the areas of productivity, collaboration, business processes launched an Accounting app: Zoho Books. I typically don’t do detailed product reviews, when I see the first good ones, will link to them – just a few points here and then let’s discuss how it rounds out […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged accounting, application software, business suite, CRM, erp, integration, Intuit, QuickBooks, small business, smb, sme, Xero, zoho | 2 Responses

SAP Goes On-demand

SAP Goes On-demand

By Josh Greenbaum on December 13, 2010

While the reigning crown prince of on-demand held court at Dreamforce last week, a pretender to the throne threw down the gauntlet and made its first full-court, concerted press into the future perfect of the enterprise software market. Day two of SAP’s analyst summit was an all-day marathon of product roadmaps, demos, and discussions that […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Business ByDesign, erp, Microsoft Dynamics, SaaS, SaaS Suite, salesforce.com, sap, SAP ByD, SAP NetWeaver, smb, sme

NetSuite Fights Hairball Epidemic with New Release and Edgy Marketing Campaign

NetSuite Fights Hairball Epidemic with New Release and Edgy Marketing Campaign

By Zoli Erdos on October 5, 2010

NetSuite’s marketing team has been known for their edginess, starting from pranks like the SAP for the Rest of Us Party during SAP’s annual conference to staging a shootout at the anti-SAP Conference or releasing edgy videos a’la Mac vs. Windows.  Today they are doing it again, by establishing the Hairball Institute for Business: (The […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged all-in-one, application software, enterprise software, erp, google apps, integrated suites, integration, marketing, netsuite, oracle, SaaS, SaaS ERP, sap, smb, sme, ui, user interface

Ariba StartSourcing/StartContracts -- Commendable SMB Effort, But not as Cheap as It Seems (Part 1)

Ariba StartSourcing/StartContracts — Commendable SMB Effort, But not as Cheap as It Seems (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on October 5, 2010

I recently dug into Ariba’s new down-market SmartSourcing and SmartContracts offerings that represent simplified yet decent products for the mid-market in their own right. Information Week — which ironically published an article …

Posted in Business | Tagged Ariba, Ketera, procurement, smb, sme, software as a service | 1 Response

IBM, Partners Launch Supplier Connection -- Small Business Plus or Diversity Lip Service? (Part 1)

IBM, Partners Launch Supplier Connection — Small Business Plus or Diversity Lip Service? (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on September 23, 2010

Earlier this month, IBM and a number of partners (Bank of America, Citigroup, Pfizer and UPS) announced plans to collectively launch Supplier Connection, a small business registration site. According to Supplier Connection’s websi…

Posted in Business | Tagged bank of america, Citigroup, ibm, small business, smb, sme, Supplier Connection | 3 Responses

Business All-In-One Goes Buyside -- SAP Brings SRM 7.0-Like Capability to the SMB Market (Part 1)

Business All-In-One Goes Buyside — SAP Brings SRM 7.0-Like Capability to the SMB Market (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on July 20, 2010

The middle market remains without a definitive eProcurement solution. Ariba, despite aggressive price points and leading overall market-share in the broader eProcurement market by our analysis, has failed to distance itself from Coupa and others within the middle market. In this environment, SAP has opted to toss its hat into the middle market eProcurement fray […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Ariba, Coupa, erp, microsoft, sap, SAP Business One SRM, smb, sme, Spend Management, SRM

SAP Business ByDesign Video – Plain and Simple, Making Fun of …Wow, ERP!

SAP Business ByDesign Video – Plain and Simple, Making Fun of …Wow, ERP!

By Zoli Erdos on July 18, 2010

We’re just having an intense internal debate in the Enterprise Irregulars group whether SAP’s Business ByDesign (ByD) is late to the market and what it all means, when hot off the press here’s a promotional video, that’s not so much ByD advertising but a SMB / SME SaaS 101, and a very good one at […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Business ByDesign, ByD, enterprise software, erp, Humor, marketing, SaaS, sap, smb, sme, Video | 1 Response

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