SAP Analytics Cloud Aims To Solve Enterprise Decision Support Puzzle
At a recent SAP event in Vancouver, Canada, Stephanie Turner, manager and senior system engineer of Honda R&D Americas, demonstrates the use of SAP...
SuiteWorld Spotlights Oracle NetSuite’s Vertical Ambitions
Oracle NetSuite is doubling down on its vertical strategy after solidifying its presence in the midmarket ERP space. The accelerated push comes after its $9.3-billion...
Kyriba Keeps TRM Humming With New Funding, FiREapps Acquisition
The rise of Kyriba validates the upside potential of the Cloud applications market, especially for nimble players that can outrun their competition. In 2018, Kyriba...
Under One Roof, MBX Deconstructs Myths, Realities, Customer Data of Oracle Cloud Apps
At last month’s Modern Business Experience event, Oracle shed light on its latest Cloud applications strategy, while dispelling some myths and providing more context...
Oracle OpenWorld Goes Global As Feisty Ellison Rebuilds His Business In Bid To Double...
At an Oracle OpenWorld reception last month, I mentioned to an Oracle executive that it was no longer business as usual at the 41-year-old...
SAP SuccessFactors Puts Intelligent Apps To Work In HR Transformation
SAP SuccessFactors is unveiling a number of new products that play to the strengths of its parent. At its recent SuccessConnect annual conference, SAP SuccessFactors...
Apps Top 500 Expands With SAP Leading The Pack Amid Digital Transformation
As customers are moving swiftly to embrace new technologies and transform themselves digitally, enterprise applications vendors are wasting no time to meet their needs. This...
Pairing FinancialForce With Salesforce To Serve Up Perfect ERP Bundles
Behind the massive, showy and glitzy Dreamforce event that attracted over 100,000 attendees in San Francisco stood FinancialForce, a $124 million developer that delivers...
Oracle OpenWorld Highlights Autonomous Database, OCI In New Format
Oracle OpenWorld, the annual customer conference of the leading database vendor, took on a different format with a more disciplined approach this year. Keynotes were...
Oracle HCM World Highlights HR Executives Embarking On Digital Journeys Without Hesitation
Extending its Human Capital Management market reach, Oracle is jumping onto the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning bandwagon but with a twist that underscores...
Oracle Among Cloud Top 500 Software Vendors
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...
Oracle Banks Its Future On 18c, New Cloud Apps, But Key Questions Linger
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 HCM Cloud Stages A Strong Comeback
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...
Concur Catches A Ride With SAP Business Networks
In April 2013 Concur CEO Steve Singh took his mountain bike out for a spin that ended with a wreck leaving him badly injured...
Salesforce Relishes Second Act
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...
Apps Vendors Aim Healthcare Fixes
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...
SAP Spins Up Financial Transformation, EPM Innovation
SAP is spinning up its financial and ERP applications strategy in order to become more entrenched with its biggest customers, a move that could...
UnBoxing The New World Of Content Management
In an era where every bit of information is stored, retrieved and analyzed, Box is aiming to redefine how content should be managed. With the...
Euro Software Sings The Blues
Amid a possible economic meltdown in Greece, the European software market is bracing for a host of challenges that could derail a fragile recovery. Interviews...
Unit4 Buys Education ERP Applications Vendor, Picks Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform
Unit4 intensified its vertical strategy with an acquisition of a higher-education ERP application vendor, while cozying up with Microsoft to better leverage its Azure...
Anaplan Ups Ante With Planning Apps For The Enterprise
In the new world of Cloud-based enterprise planning software, Anaplan has assembled considerable fire power to challenge a host of competitors from EPM incumbents...
Sage, Salesforce Join Forces To Go Live With Sage Life
In one of the most remarkable partnerships in the Cloud applications market, Sage and Salesforce.com are joining forces to build next-generation ERP applications for...
NetSuite Partners With Microsoft, Signs Amex GBT
The Cloud can make for strange bedfellows, and that was the case at SuiteWorld, NetSuite’s annual user conference, when CEO Zach Nelson announced a...
SAP Extends Brand Value On Multiple Fronts
The big SAPPHIRENOW conference ended on a high note with Jennifer Lopez as headline entertainment and a fitting tribute to the new chapter of...
SAP Has Zero Interest In Buying Salesforce.com
SAP is not interested in acquiring Salesforce.com, according to company CEO Bill McDermott who responded flatly to a question raised by Apps Run The...
SAP Solidifies Industry Cloud Strategy
SAP solidified its industry cloud strategy with growing adoptions of its next-generation ERP suite of applications, while capitalizing on near-term opportunities with an array...
SAP Steps Up Run Simple Message With A Twist
The second day of the giant SAPPHIRENOW conference took the Run Simple message one notch higher with SAP executives and customers providing more examples...
SAP Takes Simplicity Message To Heart
SAP kicked off its biggest annual customer conference with a bang, or simply the unmistakable message of Run Simple. For a software company that has...
In Search Of The New SAP Cloud for Industries
On the eve of its biggest annual customer conference, SAP announced the Industry Cloud strategy with the goal of sustaining its momentum in the...
Sage Is Back In The Driver’s Seat
After years of expanding via acquisitions and strategy shifts, Sage appears to have finally found the right engine to power its growth. Sage, the world’s...