Executive Summary Upgrades for cloud ERP applications are not very straightforward. Not all vendors are equal in the Cloud. *Disclaimer. This article makes statements that apply to SAP S/4HANA Cloud and Oracle Cloud ERP. It does not generalize to NetSuite (an acquired cloud ERP by Oracle) or SAP’s acquired cloud applications. Brightwork Research & Analysis…
Executive Summary IaaS offers elastic databases in the cloud. Lock-in generalizes outside of databases. AWS offers a way around the on-premises software sales workflow, which focuses on getting the customer pregnant. Introduction AWS IaaS Options Enterprise software is slowly and haltingly moving towards an environment with more choice than has existed previously. As much as…
Executive Summary Gaps in ERP functionality are a constant source of cost overruns on ERP projects. We cover why this is so common and its relationship to the ERP sales process. Introduction Recently we were asked why gaps are a problem with ERP projects and about gap analysis in ERP. This article will explain the…
Executive Summary We cover a quotation from Panorama on ERP failure, which places most of the blame on business process reengineering. This caused us to analyze the history of business process reengineering. Introduction We were recently reading the report by Panorama on ERP Software Report. While we overall liked the report, we came across a…
Executive Summary For years SAP has stated that ERP would be the last system a customer would have to purchase. In this article, we review the accuracy of this claim. Video Introduction: What SAP Said About SAP ERP Being the Last System a Customer Would Purchase Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) What…
Executive Summary For years SAP has proposed that Fiori is the best UI in enterprise software. In this article, we review the accuracy of this claim. Fiori Being the Best UI in Enterprise Software SAP has made some exaggerated claims about Fiori. However, one of note was the following by Jim Hagemann. See our references for…
Executive Summary For years SAP has said that HANA was an excellent fit for ERP. In this article, we review the accuracy of this claim. Video Introduction: What SAP Said About HANA Being an Excellent Fit for ERP Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) SAP proposed HANA as being equally suitable for either…
Executive Summary SAP reversed its position on the Cloud with its 2017 position on partnering with Microsoft’s Azure. We make sense of SAP’s puffery. Video Introduction: How to Interpret SAP and Microsoft’s 2017 Cloud Partnership Announcement Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) Recently we were asked about SAP and Microsoft’s cloud partnership announcement…
Executive Summary The enterprise software market is far less efficient than generally assumed. We cover the basics of market efficiency and how they do not apply to enterprise software. Introduction to the Software Market Any selection of enterprise software happens within the context of the enterprise software market. Most people who write about the enterprise…
References Aloini, Davide. Dulmin, Riccardo. Valeria, Mininno. Risk Assessment in ERP Projects, University of Pisa, 2009 Avdoshin, Sergey M. Pesotskaya, Elena Y. Software Risk Management. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. April 20 2012 Zhang, Zhe. Lee, Matthew K. O. Zhang, Liang. Huang, Xiaoyuan, Huang. A Framework of ERP Systems Implementation Success in China: An…