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Integration Cited as Key to ERP-CRM Harmony

A New Jersey manufacturer implements Scribe technology to tie an SAP ERP system to Microsoft Dynamics CRM, giving salespeople timely order information and helping execs plan production.. More

ERP Software Buyer Chooses IFS

After analyzing the offerings of various ERP applications providers, manufacturer Meggitt Inc. selects IFS Applications as its new system of record.. More

ERP Sales Boost SAP Q3

While new products such as its HANA in-memory offering and mobile applications helped goose SAP’s results, the core ERP software gave the enterprise applications leader a true boost in the third quarter.. More

ERP Selection Lands on Epicor

A U.K.-based printer and light manufacturer selects Epicor ERP after a software evaluation that included 10 packages. Longevity served as a key criterion in the selection.. More

Manufacturer’s ERP Selection Project Ends With IQMS

Lakeland Finishing, a supplier to the automotive industry, decided to replace its legacy ERP system, and chose IQMS to help manage raw materials and its manufacturing planning.. More

Microsoft Ships New Dynamics AX ERP System

The pioneer of office productivity software offers its latest ERP software package, touting employee self-service and cloud-based capabilities in Dynamics AX 2012.. More

ERP Release Touts Better Supply Chain Integration

Acumatica delivers a new version of its ERP software that better ties orders to inventory and allows users to update replenishment plans more quickly, with company-wide visibility.. More

SAP Boasts Strong Q2, Reasserts ERP Credentials

In the swirl of recent acquisitions and product rollouts, SAP has become more than an ERP provider, but company leaders used their second-quarter conference call to remind customers that ERP is still the core of SAP.. More

Solving the Technology Payback Riddle

New technologies and improved accounting methods allow quicker project startup and more accurate ROI forecasts.. More

Oracle Hardware Sales Sag; Overshadow Applications Growth

If Oracle is still an applications company, and a growing one, you might not have known it from the company’s fourth-quarter conference call Thursday evening.. More

ERP Provider NetSuite Adds Demand Planning to Arsenal

The maker of cloud-based ERP software rolls out a new module said to help manufacturers and others forecast demand and create inventory replenishment plans.. More

SAP Talks SaaS ERP, Analytics, Mobile Apps at Annual Gathering

At its Sapphire Now conference in Orlando, the leader in ERP provides more details on plans to lead in in-memory analytics and business intelligence, cloud applications, and mobile applications and commerce.. More

ERP Maker Lawson Agrees to Be Acquired by Infor

After an extended evaluation period during which Lawson searched for competing bids, the ERP maker agrees to a nearly $2 billion takeover over from acquisitive Infor.. More

Microsoft Ports ERP to the Cloud, Announces Dynamics AX 2012

Microsoft Dynamics, the company’s mid-market ERP suite, takes flight in a new cloud deployment, and Dynamics AX 2012 makes its debut, with built-in functionality for manufacturers.. More

ERP Provider Lawson Reports Q3 as Acquisition Rumors Swirl

The enterprise resource planning software maker Lawson weighs an acquisition offer from ERP serial acquirer Infor, even as industry watchers speculate that Oracle might throw its name into the hat.. More

The Only Way to Silence Oracle’s Larry Ellison: Jury Duty

ERP vendor and diversified IT provider Oracle announced strong applications sales in the third quarter, but CEO Larry Ellison was a no-show on a conference call to discuss the results, silenced by civic duty, the company said.. More

ERP Shakeup: Infor Bids $1.8B to Acquire Lawson

In yet another sign of the changing times in the ERP market, acquisitive software provider Infor offers to buy mid-market ERP vendor Lawson Software, though no deal has yet been reached.. More

New ERP Paradigm Challenges Old Assumptions

No longer are companies putting all of their resources into creating a single-instance enterprise resource planning system, an analyst group says. The new model favors two-tier ERP, and it is quickly gaining favor.. More

SAP to Contest $1.3 Billion Verdict in Oracle Copyright Lawsuit

Enterprise resource planning leader SAP will seek to reduce the jury award of $1.3 billion that it faces in the wake of a lawsuit brought by fellow ERP maker Oracle.. More

New ERP Release From Sage Features Built-in BI

Responding to what it says is a customer base intent on getting business intelligence out of ERP systems without fuss, Sage upgrades its Accpac ERP system with simple reporting capabilities as well as seamless CRM integration.. More

ERP Sales Regain Former Pace, SAP Q4 Indicates

The ERP software leader reports a blowout fourth quarter, with software sales up 35%, as the economic recovery brings life back to a recently moribund ERP market.. More

The Next Move for ERP Software

What do manufacturing companies need from their ERP systems in the changing global economy? The recent actions of software vendors may provide some clues.. More

ERP Sales Up for Oracle in Quarter

Customers are buying new software licenses and maintenance contracts for Oracle’s ERP and other enterprise applications at an increasing rate.. More

Customer Size Really Doesn’t Matter, Says SAP

ERP provider SAP will reshape its go-to-market strategy, letting the type of solution and the role of the buyer, rather than customer size, dictate the sales channel.. More

ERP Vendor Ross Ordered to Pay $61M in Fraud Lawsuit

CDC Software subsidiary Ross Inc. has been fined $61 million in a lawsuit brought against it by a customer of its ERP system, alleging that Ross did not deliver on its promises.. More

SAP Ordered to Pay Oracle $1.3 Billion

The jury’s $1.3 billion verdict in the copyright infringement case that featured ERP rivals Oracle and SAP is the largest-ever copyright award but does not end the question of damages, SAP says.. More

ERP Mid-Market Specialist CDC Software Reports Strong Q3

The maker of enterprise applications, including ERP, CRM, SCM, and HRM products, reports increasing license sales in the third quarter, as its sales of SaaS ERP applications pick up speed.. More

Is SaaS Sabotaging Enterprise Integration Efforts?

Software as a Service applications are an easy way to add new applications, but CIOs are quickly realizing that off-premise systems could disrupt enterprise integration efforts.. More

A New Strategy for Managing IT

The business IT management offering from alfabet provides future IT portfolio management by factoring in enterprise integration, business processes, and changing roles within the organization.. More

The Big Data Dilemma

As more unstructured data circulates through an organization, companies that figure out how to integrate it into the enterprise will have a competitive edge. . More