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Recently, I have been posting a series of blogs taking a deeper dive into some of the data presented in an infographic that I collaborated with SAP to produce. The infographic titled “So, What’s Stopping You From Using ERP?” (more…)

Recently, I have been posting a series of blogs taking a deeper dive into some of the data presented in an infographic that I collaborated with SAP to produce. The infographic titled “So, What’s Stopping You From Using ERP?” (more…)

Recently, I have been posting a series of blogs taking a deeper dive into some of the data presented in an infographic that I collaborated with SAP to produce. The infographic titled “So, What’s Stopping You From Using ERP?” (more…)

Recently I posted a blog that took a deeper dive into some of the data presented in an infographic that I collaborated with SAP to produce. The infographic titled “So, What’s Stopping You From Using ERP?” (more…)

In the world of SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions for small and medium businesses (SMBs), SAP Business One is sometimes overshadowed by SAP Business All-in-One (BAiO) (more…)

You would think with all the talk about SaaS and cloud today that by now we would all be talking about the same thing. But in spite of, or perhaps because of the huge volume of discussion around SaaS and cloud computing, there remains much confusion over the terminology. (more…)

On March 6, 2012 SAP announced that its ERP solution aimed at small businesses, SAP Business One, will now also be offered as a Software as a Service (SaaS) or cloud solution as SAP Business One OnDemand. (more…)

On March 6, 2012, SAP announced big changes in their SMB ERP strategy. The cloud/on-demand offerings from SAP have been so successful that SAP is now extending their cloud offering to Business One, which was previously only available on premise. SAP announced today that Business One will be offered both on premise and on demand. (more…)

Many have their heads in the cloud today. This goes for both individuals, as well as companies. The interest in Software as a Service (SaaS) has been steadily increasing over the past several years, led by enterprise applications such as Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and elements of Human Capital Management (HCM) such as recruitment, talent management and benefits administration. (more…)

This year’s SAP TechEd was the first to feature an SME (Small to Midsize Enterprise) track. As we wrap up Las Vegas (next stop Madrid), it is time to reflect on the real relevance to SME of the themes and messages presented at TechEd. Much of the event was an excellent presentation of technology, followed by some ideas and examples of how you might use that technology.  That is the way IT departments in large enterprises might approach their IT strategy and budget. And, after all the intended audience for the event was IT in general and developers in particular. But typically there aren’t any developers in small companies and most SMEs have very limited IT staffs. So really the SME audience at TechEd was the partners that service those SMEs. (more…)