Applications, Cloud And Software Roundup

Dec 312013

Last Updated on 31/12/2013

I thought I would share several stimulating and thought-provoking, as well as a couple of factual pieces on the marketplace. Each is a good and succinct read.

Here San Francisco’s Sandhill Group has compiled status updates and predictions of several industry figures regarding where we are at and what 2014 will bring enterprise software:

http://sandhill.com/article/top-predictions-about-software-companies-in-2014/

In the following link two particular lines resonate painfully. First is, “For an ERP vendor to sell CX (customer experience) software and then mistreat their own customers so badly is more than ironic (or moronic).” The second is, ” If your ERP solution predominately tracks internal transactions, facilitates reporting of same and helps your firm achieve a modicum of efficiency, congratulations – you are, at best, mediocre.” Here is the article on Zdnet:

http://www.zdnet.com/troubling-challenging-2014-erp-predictions-7000024439/

Over at Forbes contributor Louis Columbus advocates manufacturers drop their entreprise-grade ERPs for something newer and cloudier (except he never says such a thing):

http://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2013/12/27/the-days-of-brute-force-erp-are-over/

He does, however, explicitly expose top and bottom performers of the stock market:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2013/12/22/best-and-worst-performing-cloud-computing-stocks-dec-16-to-dec-20-and-year-to-date/

and addresses Mobile Strategy:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2013/12/02/roundup-of-enterprise-smartphone-and-tablet-market-forecasts-2013/

Do not forget Analytics:

http://www.wired.com/insights/2013/12/analytics-eats-world-2014/

Looking for an ERP marketshare list? It downright surprises me that after ten sustained years of acquisitions Oracle is still where it was back before Charles Phillips’ strategy began.

http://dartongroup.com/worldwide-erp-market-share/