Cross Products

Ambitious Plans and Promises: How Will the Market Respond to One ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Moreover, this might even be more about Infor Open SOA and Infor's need to cross sell products to these customers, since Infor's revenue model is based on ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2008/07/research_notes/NA_ER_PJ_07_07_08_1.asp - 14k Summary: The market should commend Infor’s attempt to combine business-specific solutions from a partner like IBM. If nothing else, the fact that Infor can provide integrated and best-in-class offerings poises the vendor to become serious competition for such giants as SAP and Oracle.

Microsoft to Add 'Encore' Functionality to MBS Great Plains 8.0 ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... and growth, and the biggest reason for this would be its prudent strategy of acquiring complementary products that lend themselves to cross-selling (including ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/07/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_07_09_04_1.asp - 16k Summary: Microsoft's Encore acquisition should bring the two former partners' complementary product offerings even closer together and should widen opportunities within the public and nonprofit sectors under the Microsoft umbrella. The products' technologies are quite compatible and so their integration will not

Hummingbird Smells Nectar In The Corporate Portal Market

by L. Talarico ... in Knowledge/Document Management, Business Intelligence/Analytics, and Data Integration there are plenty of opportunities to cross-sell existing products. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/eCommerce/2001/01/research_notes/VN_EC_LJT_01_22_01_1.asp - 22k Summary: Hummingbird Ltd. is moving into the Corporate Portal market. Like others, it sees corporate portals as a mechanism to cross-sell existing Business Intelligence products. TEC takes a look at Hummingbird’s portal strategy and compares it to other vendors in the corporate portal space.

Microsoft to Add 'Encore' Functionality to MBS Great Plains 8.0 ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... products, especially Microsoft Office and other desktop and productivity applications, and fostering better cross-integration amongst most MBS products. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/07/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_07_08_04_1.asp - 19k Summary: By adding nonprofit and public sector accounting capabilities to the forthcoming MBS Great Plains 8.0 release via acquiring a former independent software vendor (ISV) partner Encore Business Solutions, Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) may find a way to counteract its archrival Best Software's superiori

PeopleSoft Building Muscles To Overcome The Rough Patch Part 1

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... services; comprehensive account billing and management functionality; and loyalty and retention analysis for up-selling and cross-selling products and services ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/06/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_06_19_02_1.asp - 24k Summary: The year 2001, which was an exceptional year of financial performance for PeopleSoft, including record total revenue, record profit, and more than $500 million of generated cash, might have become its liability as well, as it might be quite difficult to repeat.

The Name and Ownership Change Roulette Wheel for Marcam Stops at ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... chinadotcom has also acquired the long-struggling but renowned SCM vendor IMI and CRM vendor Pivotal, which may bode well for products' cross-integration and ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/10/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_10_19_04_1.asp - 23k Summary: Like previous SSA Global's acquisitions, this merger too seems aimed at enlarging the existing customer base, market share, and, more importantly, the predictably recurring support revenue and consequently larger R&D pool.

Will Sage Group Cement Its SME Leadership with ACCPAC and Softline ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... and organic growth, and a great reason for this would be its prudent strategy of acquiring complementary products that lend themselves to cross-selling (eg ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/06/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_06_05_04_1.asp - 23k Summary: Given Sage's revenue level is quite higher than those of Geac, MBS, SSA Global, and Lawson Software, making it an ultimate juggernaut within the SME market per se, the time has long come for its mind share to become commensurate with its size.

Is Epicor Poised to Rule the Mid-Market Retail Sector? (Part III) ...

... One should also not neglect the additional opportunity to cross-sell multiple Epicor enterprise resource planning (ERP) products to retailers, while Epicor’s ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/.../04/02/is-epicor-poised-to-rule-the-mid-market-retail-sector-part-iii/ - 52k - 2008-04-02

Best Software Delivers More Insights To Its Partners (As Well As ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Best Software announced a broad spectrum of new products and product enhancements designed to provide additional upgrade and cross-selling opportunities for ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/07/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_07_25_03_1.asp - 19k Summary: During Insights 2003, Best Software announced several new industry-specific kits and a strategic acquisition in support of its vertical product strategy, which targets manufacturers, distributors, nonprofits and accountants. More than 40,000 accounting and bookkeeping firms currently use or recommend Bes

Has The BI Market Consolidation Been Crystal-Clearly Actuated?

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Cross-selling products between the respective companies' customer bases; and; Leveraging respective geographic strengths, in particular, Business Objects' well ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/2003/08/news_analysis/NA_DW_PJ_08_16_03_1.asp - 18k Summary: Although the recent spate of acquisitions in the business intelligence market, especially marked with Business Object’s acquisition of Crystal, Hyperion’s acquisition of Brio, and Actuate’s acquisition of Nimble, may bear resemblance to the raging consolidation in the ERP market, the underlying rea