ERP Blog

November 19, 2009, 1:22 pm | 0 Comment(s)

Is Sage's CRM Progressing Faster Than Its ERP?

This month, Sage convened their fall user group meeting in Atlanta, with some 2,500-3,000 attendees. This fall meeting, dubbed “Summit,” is intended to provide end-user training and encourage adoption, and is not focused on company news (as their spring conference, Insights, often is). Still, Sage’s president of business solutions, Jodi Ueker-Rust, outlined three new directions for the company in her keynote address, to be applied in both the front-office (CRM) and back-office (ERP) offerings.

November 17, 2009, 12:13 pm | 0 Comment(s)

Epicor Commits to Cutting Implementation Costs

Last week, Epicor launched a program to curtail ERP implementation costs, in an effort to provide customers some value during the economic downturn. The program is based on shared benefits, with the press release detailing it as such: “Upon project completion, if the project is under budget, the savings are shared 50/50.

November 12, 2009, 11:05 am | 0 Comment(s)

Are Social Media And ERP A Match? NetSuite Thinks So

“Enterprise 2.0” has been a buzzword this year, as ERP and CRM product managers try to calculate the inclusion of social media streams, and now NetSuite is jumping on the Web 2.0 bandwagon. This week, the progressive ERP giant announced a partnership with InsideView that will provide a social intelligence application built on NetSuite’s SuiteCloud platform.

November 9, 2009, 7:18 pm | 0 Comment(s)

CAS AG Capitalizes on ERP's Need for An Overhaul, Announces CAS 8

This week, CAS AG, a provider of CRM and mobile solutions for the consumer products (CP) industry, launched the latest version of their integrated suite, CAS 8. Targeting large enterprises, this new edition allows users global mobility and the advanced trade promotion management capabilities needed to leverage existing ERP systems to drive growth and profitability.

November 6, 2009, 11:05 am | 0 Comment(s)

SAP ERP Loses Another Customer to NetSuite

Gartner estimates that SAP has about 27% of the ERP market, but there is no doubt the company is losing customers due to increased maintenance and licensing fees. To keep their users, SAP is offering free analytics and drumming up excitement for their SaaS service, Business ByDesign. Still, they might need to work harder—NetSuite recently poached one of SAP’s clients, and is proudly trumpeting this defeat in the press.