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Outsourcing and the Cloud
Until now, most of the discussion about the benefits of cloud computing and its variants such as software as a service (SaaS) have centered on the time and money manufacturers and other businesses can...
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Pulling Channel Partners into the Cloud
Many providers of cloud-based enterprise applications are finally able to answer the perpetual criticism that the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model does not support robust customization. Cloud-based...
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SaaS in the Real World
What is the real business case for software-as-a-service? Is it all about enabling manufacturers to share data center costs with other online users while gaining the flexibility of...
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Apple Backs into Manufacturing via Supply Chain Execution
It’s a good bet that Steve Jobs and the folks at Apple haven’t yet cataloged all the ways in which their new iPad device is being used in the enterprise. It’s also a good bet that a lot of...
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Free Social Networking
Over the past week we wrote about two interesting events that point to the same trend: the marriage of enterprise applications and Web 2.0-style social networking. One was Salesforce.com’s relaunch of...
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SAP’s Business ByDesign: Still a Long Way to Go
No doubt about it, SAP’s release early this week of a new Business ByDesign service pack was a long-awaited bit of positive news for the company’s nascent SaaS ERP package and, indeed, for the SaaS...
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The Democratization of BI
One of the major arguments in favor of SaaS-based business intelligence (BI) applications and other forms of BI that promote a self-service model is that they will lead to a democratization of BI....
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2011: The Year of SaaS ERP?
Will 2011 finally be the year of enterprise resource planning (ERP) in the cloud? While adoption of other forms of SaaS-based enterprise applications—CRM, HCM, expense management—has continued to...
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Product Development and Buying Behavior in the Age of Facebook, Twitter, and...
Manufacturers have fought price wars. They have fought quality wars. Over the next generation, they will fight a new war. They will face a customer whose loyalty can shift as quickly as the latest bit...
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Cloud Computing in 2011: Not Cheaper, Just Different
As we dip our toes into 2011, cloud computing continues to be a topic of great hype and no little uncertainty. My prediction: Don’t expect the din to die down this year. We’re in the midst of a...
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