by Gene Hammons | Nov 19, 2012 | ERP, Software Selection, Uncategorized
Cloud computing – the IT press would have you believe it’s not just the next BIG thing, there’s only Cloud, Cloud and more Cloud on the horizon. And it’s raining down SaaS (Software as a Service) subscription fees. Yet back in the real...
by Gene Hammons | Jun 6, 2012 | ERP, Implementation, Software Selection
Sorting through the email… Panorama Consulting’s latest newsletter reviews how they did on their 2009 predictions for the ERP market – and as usual, Eric Kimberling seems pretty well on the mark One thing caught my eye in Prediction 2 –...
by Gene Hammons | Jun 1, 2012 | ERP, Profitization, Software Selection
2020 Editors Note: Early summer, 2012, Facebook went through an IPO (Initial Public Stock Offering) and the stock failed to sell for the target price. At the time, Facebook hadn’t really hit upon a way to create regular ‘revenue’ and was mostly cat...
by Gene Hammons | Apr 14, 2012 | ERP, Food & Beverage, Software Selection
Don’t know if it’s time to strike up the band and belt out Happy Days are Here again at CDC Software – but the last few week’s news can only be positive. Back in August of last year I’d written some observations under the headline...
by Gene Hammons | Aug 22, 2011 | ERP, Implementation, Software Selection
Editor’s note: The following post was published in 2011 – an upcoming book manuscript was in the editing process but had to be scrapped in early 2012, since the book basically said ‘financial information in the cloud will never catch on’ and...
by Gene Hammons | Dec 6, 2007 | ERP, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Software Selection, Uncategorized
“We can’t afford to save 36 jobs and an $8m Company!” They didn’t use those words, but that’s what they said. The Partners Snoburst Bottling is the story of two partners, Jim* the Entrepreneur and Stuart* the Accountant. Jim’s...
