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SMB Research’s Watch List for Oracle OpenWorld 2011

October 3, 2011 by Robert Eastman · 1 Comment

SMB Research is monitoring developments from Oracle OpenWorld 2011 with great interest. Are you a Mid-market or SMB headed to Oracle OpenWorld? Are you evaluating Oracle for the first time, or further integrating an Oracle solution or technology into your enterprise? Let us know what you think of Oracle’s strategy and technology and what questions/concerns you have. Here below are a few of the things we are watching, with plans to refresh our assessment of Oracle for you in the near future.

How Serious is Oracle about the Mid-Market and SMB?

Oracle’s Application strategy, and Fusion Apps

Oracle Accelerate, and Oracle Business Accelerators

Oracle channel chief Judson Althoff’s channel strategy

Oracle Database Appliance

Oracle’s Cloud strategy and Cloud Lifecycle management

Oracle Exalytics Business Intelligence Machine

If you are at Oracle OpenWorld, these are things that we would recommend you pay some attention to. What else is on your To Do list? We are ready to take it on with you.

SMB Research – Taking Stock: Interprise Solutions, LogicBay, Partner Relationship Management, Kiva, Jobscope

July 12, 2011 by Robert Eastman · Leave a Comment

Interprise Solutions has announced its 2011 Event for August 23-26 at the Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas. This promises to be, we would think, one of the more exciting Interprise events in recent history with release of its 6.0. (We’re working on an overdue review of this solution which Gary Harrison has kindly taken the covers off for us.)

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Filed Under: Events , Social media , Software , Supply Chain · Tagged With: Emerging technologies , ERP , M&A , midmarket , Small-to-Medium Business (SMB / SME) , software

SMB Research – Taking Stock: NetSuite, Internet Retailer Conference (IRCE), Enterprise 2.0

June 10, 2011 by smbblog admin · Leave a Comment

SMB Research provides another wrap-up of news big and small – or simply epiphanies for us - that we think you may want to know about. On deck this week are: Events, events, and more events. – oh, and also NetSuite , Waterloo Manufacturing , Plex Systems , and Tribute, Inc .

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Filed Under: Social media , Software , Supply Chain , Technology · Tagged With: ERP , midmarket , Small-to-Medium Business (SMB / SME) , software , supply chain , Taking Stock

Everest Software and Versata – Software Vendors or Portfolio Companies?

June 8, 2011 by Miles Prescott and Bob Eastman · 5 Comments

SMB Research has been hearing some interesting things from the Everest Software end-user community. So we decided it was time to take a closer look. What we find is a software company that seems to like to do things its own way – and perhaps a bit differently than some of the software and technology companies you are more familiar with. Everest Software has been around for quite a long time, and continues to make an impression on customers – either quite positive or very negative.

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Filed Under: Small-to-Medium Business (SMB / SME) , Software · Tagged With: CIO , ERP , M&A , midmarket , Small-to-Medium Business (SMB / SME) , software

SMB Research – Taking Stock: Microsoft SharePoint, Plex Systems, Salesorder.com

June 3, 2011 by Robert Eastman · Leave a Comment

SMB Research attended SPTechCon Boston 2011 this week, and the highlight (as you might infer if you are keeping up the SMB Research Blog) were the exhibitors. We diligently trolled the booths looking for SMB and midmarket stories, and vendors and service providers servicing same.

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Filed Under: Events , Small-to-Medium Business (SMB / SME) , Software · Tagged With: Cloud , CRM , Emerging technologies , ERP , Small-to-Medium Business (SMB / SME) , software , Taking Stock

Living it up at SPTechCon Boston 2011

June 2, 2011 by Robert Eastman · 3 Comments

[This post has been updated June 5, 2011 to correct some errors that an alert reader has pointed out to me.]

OK, granted, it was my own fault for coming to this, a mistake I am not likely to repeat. You go to enough conferences, and sooner or later you make the mistake of thinking that everyone knows how to put on an event that isn’t lame.

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Filed Under: Events , Information Technology , Software · Tagged With: Business intelligence , CIO , CRM , software , SPTechCon

SMB Research – Taking Stock: SYSPRO, Lawson Software, Interprise Solutions

May 27, 2011 by Robert Eastman · 1 Comment

SYSPRO , the long-time private ERP vendor will be presenting on June 8, 2011 in New York City at the Atlantic Design and Manufacturing Show . SYSPRO has been around for more than 30 years, and continually showing up on the evaluation lists of midsize companies, particularly in the food, medical devices, electronics, machinery/equipment and distribution industries, looking for a cost-effective full-featured system. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events , Small-to-Medium Business (SMB / SME) , Software · Tagged With: CIO , ERP , Information Technology , supply chain , Taking Stock

Infor Global Solutions Acquires Lawson Software

April 30, 2011 by Robert Eastman · 1 Comment

Lawson Software ‘s signing, in the past few days, of the definitive agreement to be acquired by Golden Gate Capital and Infor Global Solutions promises to vault the combined entity to the #3 slot of ERP vendors. This is a notable achievement for Infor. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Small-to-Medium Business (SMB / SME) , Software · Tagged With: ERP , M&A , midmarket , software

SMB Research – Taking Stock – April 20, 2011

April 21, 2011 by Robert Eastman · Leave a Comment

It was great to get an update this week from Lawson Software (there’s a lot to be said for a briefing after a conference, btw). More to come!…. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Small-to-Medium Business (SMB / SME) , Software · Tagged With: CIO , ERP , midmarket , Small-to-Medium Business (SMB / SME) , Taking Stock , trends

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