Part 4 in the blog series: "What is ERP" brings us: "Current ERP Trends: What you need to know about the Cloud." Until recently the ERP industry was defined by two types of products. Those defined as general or ‘horizontal’ solutions versus those defined as ‘industry specific’. Typically a product would fall into one of [...]
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Cloud Enabled Microsoft Dynamics ERP Making Headway this Year
At Convergence 2012, Microsoft announced that the upcoming releases of Microsoft Dynamics® NAV 2013 and Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 will be cloud enabled through the Azure platform. That’s right. You will soon have the option to deploy your enterprise resource planning (ERP) software via the cloud, on-premises, hosted by your Microsoft partner, or with a [...]
continue reading...Cloud Concerns for the Manufacturing Enterprise Quickly Fading
According to Gartner Research, in the three years since it started measuring the Cloud Computing Services Model, the delivery model has moved from #14 to #1 on the Gartner's list of CIO priorities. A few years ago many manufacturers quickly overlooked transition to the cloud because of the obvious security concerns and “what if” scenarios of [...]
continue reading...Why Does Cloud ERP Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Matter To Your SMB?
When evaluating technology within your business, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is an important measurement of value. All too often, the technology vendor and buyer focus on one thing – the acquisition cost. This is primarily due to budgetary cycles that tend to be focused on the short- or near-term. Numerous studies, going back to [...]
continue reading...How Cloud ERP Can Help SMBs Leverage the ‘Managed Service Model’ to their Advantage
If you’re a small or medium business with initiatives in place to move to an ERP solution, you might want to consider Cloud ERP and the advantages of integrating an online ERP solution. In addition to improved operational efficiency across the entire business, you will be able to alter your financial model in a positive [...]
continue reading...Five Business Accounting and Reporting Software Tips that Improve Productivity
Business Accounting processes are among the most mission critical measures a business defines and executes against, and they serve as the backbone to core operational best practices across the entire company. Not only does a company need to align the right solution to predefined processes (those that will have the greatest impact on the bottom [...]
continue reading...Comparing Cloud Computing to your Electricity Bill: Access to ERP Software is that Easy
One of the better explanations going around about cloud computing today is that it’s similar to the delivery of electricity. Rather than having your software onsite at the office, you buy it from a provider who invests in the means to generate it online. This delivery model helps businesses continue “business as usual” without having [...]
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