PeopleSoft Joins The Hunt For SMEs

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Over the last three years the market has seen a plethora of fixed-scope and fixed-price applications, pre-packaged vertical solutions, attractive support ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2001/02/news_analysis/NA_BA_PJ_02_01_01_1.asp - 14k - 2001-02-01 Summary: There has been significant hubbub in the mid-market, with all Tier 1 players delivering solutions tailored for small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs). PeopleSoft joins the fray with its recent announcements.

Cookie-cutter Solutions Won't Cut It with the Mid-Market Part One ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... over the last several years the market has seen a plethora of fixed-scope and fixed-price applications, pre-packaged vertical solutions, attractive support ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/04/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_04_18_04_1.asp - 19k - 2004-04-19 Summary: Small enterprises, like their bigger brethren, need some differentiation means in the market, and that will not be achieved by implementing a cut-and-dried business solution in a 'cookie cutter', 'me too' deployment approach

Navision Enhances Its e-Vision And Looks To Expand Vertically ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Further, there has been some level of rigorousness to the vertical solutions qualification procedure that Navision has imposed upon its resellers. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2001/12/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_12_03_01_1.asp - 19k - 2001-12-03 Summary: As the current market trend is towards vendors that can provide well-rounded but vertically focused solutions for medium-sized companies, Navision seems to have positioned itself to take a lead other vendors may find hard to emulate. The merger outline was sound, the common groundwork has been identified

Microsoft Lays Enforced-Concrete Foundation For Its Business ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... but also these teams will have been kept almost intact while the products' traits have even been leveraged in much needed upcoming vertical solutions. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/11/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_11_04_02_1.asp - 25k - 2002-11-04 Summary: Stampede 2002 has radiated moderate optimism within VARs and other attendees, in a sharp contrast with many other user or industry conferences where we have felt a generally somber, anxious, or at least subdued mood. Small wonder for this isolated ebullience, given that, despite the current soft market,

SAP Claims Big Gains In The Low-End Battleground

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... The company says that mySAP SMB solutions are supported by market-specific expertise garnered from vertical solutions in more than 20 industries, and from ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/12/research_notes/EN_BA_PJ_12_18_00_1.asp - 27k - 2000-12-18 Summary: SAP, traditionally regarded as too cumbersome and costly for small or midsize enterprises, has recently been announcing stellar increases in sales and acceptance of its Internet-based mySAP.com by smaller companies. We believe that the incumbent smaller vendors as well as other Tier 1 vendors should prep

Enterprise Resource Planning: Bridging the Gap between Product ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... While the vendor has been converging vertical solutions on one source code written in either Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) or Microsoft .NET environment ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/10/research_notes/TN_ER_PJ_10_13_05_1.asp - 18k - 2005-10-13 Summary: Why has Infor been successful at tacitly nurturing and growing acquired companies when many more noisy competitors have not?

Enterprise Application Players Keep Refining Value Propositions

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Along with its four hosted vertical solutions, SAP currently has twenty-nine channel partners that provide over forty-five mySAP All-in-One products in North ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2005/04/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_04_14_05_1.asp - 26k - 2005-04-14 Summary: Because cash-strapped medium companies are looking for better options to traditional application pricing models, SAP and HP have allied to deliver 'software as a service' and Oracle/PeopleSoft are also offering hosted solutions, suggesting that 'software as a service' are here to stay.

Fast-path Implementations - Are They Good or Bad?

by P.J. Jakovljevic & Olin Thompson ... Over the last few years the market has seen a plethora of fixed-scope and fixed-price applications, pre-packaged vertical solutions with industry templates ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2001/07/research_notes/TU_BA_XOT_07_20_01_1.asp - 20k - 2001-07-20 Summary: Over the last few years the market has seen a plethora of fixed-scope and fixed-price applications, pre-packaged vertical solutions with industry templates, limited education and training, implementation tools, attractive support programs and hosting services with catchy names, all aimed at making it fas

Fast-path Implementations - Are They Good or Bad?

by P.J. Jakovljevic & Olin Thompson ... Over the last few years the market has seen a plethora of fixed-scope and fixed-price applications, pre-packaged vertical solutions with industry templates ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2002/07/research_notes/TU_BA_XOT_07_05_02_1.asp - 20k - 2002-07-05 Summary: Over the last few years the market has seen a plethora of fixed-scope and fixed-price applications, pre-packaged vertical solutions with industry templates, limited education and training, implementation tools, attractive support programs and hosting services with catchy names, all aimed at making it fas

Navision Software a/s: Mid-market iNvasion

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Its distributors (NSCs) offer vertical solutions on an opportunity-by-opportunity basis only, which we believe is insufficient to satisfy the stringent ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/05/research_notes/VN_BA_PJ_05_11_00_1.asp - 19k - 2000-05-11 Summary: Navision Software has established strong branding and penetration within the Small-to-Medium Enterprises (SME) segment of the European and recently the U.S. ERP market. While Navision has done a respectable job establishing its U.S. network, it will face a fierce challenge from domestic competitors like