FinancialForce CEO Tod Nielsen trumpets speed as the new currency for the services economy, rewarding those that are willing to take risks, innovate and...
Sapphire 2018

In April 2018, SAP acquired CallidusCloud, which is the No. 1 vendor for Sales Performance Management, continuing its expansion across different functional areas of...
Oracle has quadrupled in size over a 15-year period aided by a number of key acquisitions in apps, infrastructure and the Cloud.

Ending its fiscal 2018 this May with record-breaking revenues of nearly $40 billion, Oracle is opening up a new chapter by positioning the 41-year-old...
Infor executives (l to r) Massimo Capoccia, Ziad Nejmeldeen, and Mayumi Hiramatsu talk up Infor innovation campaign

Infor, the $3-billion software vendor better known for its large collection of acquired ERP assets, is quickly capitalizing on the new fear factor that...
Panel discussion at Oracle HCM World features Tony Kender of Oracle and customers YRC, Northwell Health, Direct TV, and Emerson.

Extending its Human Capital Management market reach, Oracle is jumping onto the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning bandwagon but with a twist that underscores...
President Thomas Kurian reveals what it takes for Oracle Cloud to succeed

Assembling all the pieces needed to win in the Cloud, Oracle is in it for the long haul. That’s the conclusion of a full-day analyst...
Koch Industries CFO Steve Feilmeier(left) and Infor CEO Charles Phillips at Inforum 2017

Koch Industries CFO Steve Feilmeier (left) and Infor CEO Charles Phillips at Inforum 2017. Infor’s transformation is fast and furious as the ERP vendor embraces...

This year’s Cloud Top 500 report highlights another salient fact in the applications marketplace – change is the name of the game. With the market...
Larry Ellison of Oracle introduces 18c Autonomous Database at Open World 2017

The Oracle Open World conference was a showcase of the vendor’s latest database technologies and Cloud applications innovations with few surprises, but a number...
Oracle CEO Mark Hurd lays out benefits of its Cloud, onpremise products

As Oracle makes its way to transform itself into a Cloud-first vendor, the database kingpin provides proof points that it can win across the...
Cloud-Based Enterprise IT Market 2021 and Beyond

Thirteen Cloud Computing vendors chalked up more than $1 billion in annual recurring revenues each in 2016, widening their lead over rivals in Enterprise...
Cloud Apps Market Grew More In 2016, $B

The Cloud applications market in 2016 grew more rapidly than previously expected, suggesting that the gap between revenue bookings and revenues being recognized might...
Finance Pivots To The Cloud

As digital transformation pressures are redrawing the map of the business world, finance executives are embracing the latest Cloud technologies to help make these...
Chris Leone oversees Oracle HCM Cloud

Oracle, never one to cede ground to any of its software rivals, is making a strong comeback for its evolving HCM Cloud strategy. At a...
Aging workforce, paradigm shifts & political changes shape HCM strategies

A confluence of technological, people and macro factors are expected to put the Human Capital Management applications market on a roller-coaster ride in 2017. Optimism...
From hire to retire, HCM continuum extends across 22 markets, 21 verticals

After conducting extensive research on the Human Capital Management applications market, we are pleased to announce the results of HCM Top 500 Market Report, which...
CEO Safra Catz extends Oracle’s influence to Washington

Buoyed by its recent acquisition of NetSuite, Oracle posted robust sales of Cloud products in its latest quarter on the strengths of signing new...
Performance Machine gains IT edge with SYSPRO ERP

ERP applications vendors are kick-starting a new generation of operational advantages for manufacturers and distributors who are increasingly drawn to the latest technologies to...
As Workday expands, its growth decelerates - Customer Count

Workday continued its winning streak in the Cloud HCM applications market, posting a 38% jump in Cloud subscription revenues in its latest quarter. However...
Oracle CEO Mark Hurd and NetSuite GBU Head James McGeever

Following the acquisition of NetSuite, Oracle unveiled a number of strategies to spur its Cloud ERP growth across different verticals, market segments and geographies. At...
Oracle OpenWorld 2016

A combination of organic growth and recent acquisitions has propelled Oracle into the top echelon of the Cloud applications market. This week CTO Larry Ellison...
Larry Ellison has been a true believer of NetSuite

Oracle’s decision to acquire NetSuite underscores the growing importance of Cloud applications to its future, or the legacy of its 71-year-old co-founder for that...
Top Five of Cloud Top 500 control over 28% of Cloud apps market

In 2015, the worldwide Cloud applications market reached $47.3 billion in Cloud subscription revenues, a 20% jump from 2014, while the top 25 vendors...
Top 100 Enterprise Applications Vendors Control 64% of the $193B Market

Today we are releasing Apps Top 500 Market Report, which ranks the combined on-premise and Cloud revenues of the biggest enterprise applications vendors in...
Allstate, GE and HPE Help Reshape Enterprise Applications Market

The worldwide enterprise applications market topped $193 billion in 2015 and it is projected to only edge up 1.5% to reach $208 billion by...
Synergy between Microsoft and LinkedIn could touch many users

Launching its largest acquisition in history, Microsoft is set to reshape the Cloud applications market with the proposed purchase of LinkedIn for $26.2 billion. The...
Steve Singh heads SAP Business Networks, while Elena Donio runs Concur.

In April 2013 Concur CEO Steve Singh took his mountain bike out for a spin that ended with a wreck leaving him badly injured...
Fueled by robust maintenance revenues, CSI’s market cap has soared to $8B

The book of the Toronto-based ERP apps vendor Constellation Software Inc.(CSI)  tells a simple story – it makes good money as shown in its...

Accelerating its push to become the first $10-billion Cloud applications vendor, Salesforce launched new products that buttress its core offerings, while hiking prices and...
SAP, Salesforce, IBM eye analytics as the panacea for containing soaring healthcare costs

The healthcare applications market is attracting a new class of players vying for a slice of the multi-trillion-dollar opportunity. In recent months, enterprise applications vendors...