Analysts question pace of SAP users moving to S/4HANA CEO claims 60 percent of deployments are new buyers. It may all depend on how you define deployment Software22 Jul 2022 | 2
SAP unlikely to see most customers move from ECC before support ends But those who show willing in S/4HANA upgrade might see existing ERP support extended, says Gartner Databases08 Jul 2022 |
Infor to stop developing CM3 on-prem software for IBM iSeries Updated ERP vendor had promised containerized options, but looks set to focus on the cloud Databases29 Jun 2022 |
You can keep your old ERP system, but you'll still need ServiceNow, CEO tells The Reg Interview Bill McDermott thinks companies need workflow on top of enterprise apps, whether they replace them or not SaaS16 May 2022 | 18
IFS bags Japanese airline and printermaker software deals Konica Minolta maintenance system to be installed across 10 national support companies Applications30 Mar 2022 | 2
SAP wins competition to replace own ageing system at UK council £7m Gloucestershire County Council deal the first for RISE with SAP in the UK public sector Databases22 Mar 2022 | 7
Northwest England councils in £31m SaaS HR system tender Procurement comes as Manchester City Council looks for SAP next steps Databases18 Mar 2022 | 5
A €1.5bn day in European software mergers German veteran Software AG buys StreamSets while private equity firm takes over ERP slinger Forterro Software01 Mar 2022 |
Desperately seeking SaaS: English council to replace Oracle R12 Big Red product to become more unstable, unreliable, and less secure after 20 years' use Databases01 Mar 2022 | 9
Scottish universities launch £42m ERP tender Framework deal to cut across software, services and systems integration Databases23 Feb 2022 | 8
London university on hunt for £17m SAP ERP replacement Institution also relies on German vendor for data warehouse software PaaS + IaaS18 Feb 2022 | 19
English county council blasted for 'inept project management' in delayed SAP replacement Questions remain over whether Surrey's £3.2m budget increase will avoid further delay Databases10 Feb 2022 | 25
Team behind delayed ERP project was aware of problems but didn't inform Surrey County Council for months Move from SAP to Unit4 held up by comms 'issues' between supplier and authority Databases24 Jan 2022 | 25
And relax: No repeat car crash financials for SAP in 2021 as cloud services come good Let's not mention on-premise licences.... Databases15 Jan 2022 | 2
Games Workshop has chucked another £500k at entrenched ERP project with no end to epic battle in sight Plans for new online shop get seal of approval despite Microsoft Dynamics delays Databases13 Jan 2022 | 62
Another day, another ERP project behind schedule: This time it's Norfolk County Council and an Oracle system Cost of over-run was unknown, but won't be as bad as delays at other authorities, council document claims Databases11 Jan 2022 | 21
When ERP projects go awry: Surrey County Council incurs £3.2m additional costs in delayed Unit4 project Select committee set to examine causes of the setbacks Databases10 Jan 2022 | 17
Oracle finance application customers more likely to leave for another vendor than SAP's – analyst Forrester research sheds new light on dynamic Larry Ellison says is going in Big Red's favour Databases14 Dec 2021 | 5
Not only was the UK Financial Ombudsman Service's Workday system months late, 38 IT workers' jobs are at risk Questions remain over data warehouse dependencies and redundancies SaaS03 Dec 2021 | 11
Unit4 releases connector mesh as it sinks deeper into Microsoft's 'grizzly bear' hug Vertical differentiation helps users see the wood from the trees Databases17 Nov 2021 | 2
Oracle-owned ERP outfit NetSuite fitted with banking and data warehouse features to keep accountants sane It's about helping steer the business without so many spreadsheets, says analyst Databases19 Oct 2021 | 1
And finally... Oracle bags £25m ERP deal to replace East Sussex County Council's SAP R/3 system Award delayed nine months due to pandemic Databases13 Oct 2021 | 5
Surrey County Council faces £700k additional SAP support fees as £30m Unit4 ERP set to miss go-live target Which doesn't help when there's a £47.1m hole in the budget SaaS07 Oct 2021 | 14
Brit builders merchant Travis Perkins opts for Oracle after ERP disaster with Infor 'Technology has been a source of pain,' CIO admits to investors SaaS06 Oct 2021 | 32
UK Cabinet Office calls off its search for a 'partner' in Whitehall SaaS ERP migration 'This is not the outcome you were hoping for,' bidders told Databases16 Sep 2021 | 3
When ERP migrations go bad: Games Workshop says project issues are delaying refresh of 'dated' online store Commissar Yarrick's bale eye focuses on company's web retail presence as 'long and complex' saga continues Databases14 Sep 2021 | 16
Leeds City Council swallows the Gartner glossary and orders up 'post-modern' ERP in £44m SAP replacement When do we get avant-garde ERP? Databases03 Aug 2021 | 9
NHS England's £200m ERP replacement misses another deadline as procurement runs 2 years behind schedule Delivery of project to manage £110bn spending 'appears to be unachievable' says UK government's own watchdog Databases02 Aug 2021 | 19
Infor ERP kicked out at closing time for Fuller's brewery biz while Microsoft Dynamics is invited to stay for lock-in Pandemic offers chance to change focus just four years after £10m deal Databases28 Jul 2021 | 1
SAP's RISE 'yet to prove its worth in practice...' Key German user group offers giant a progress 'reality check' Sapphire Now Analysts say S/4HANA upgrades remain sluggish, and users want to see things RISE shine before committing Applications04 Jun 2021 | 7
Unit4 handed police ERP deal after 'significant deficiency' found in Oracle Fusion system Big Red product only went live in 2019, but commissioner is ready to ditch it Databases18 May 2021 | 12
Stuck in R/3verse: East Sussex County Council struggles to move forward with £25m SAP replacement Hardware supporting ageing system is mired in performance issues Databases04 May 2021 | 14
India seeks locally developed open source CRM and ERP for government users #FOSS4GOV challenge will fund and mentor devs and startups to create govtech code Software23 Apr 2021 | 4
MoJ cancels £100m ERP procurement to get in line with UK government shared service strategy Hmmm. Shared services... that always works out really well, right? Databases29 Mar 2021 | 8
Dutch enterprise software outfit Unit4 acquired for $2bn in private equity takeover Existing leadership to continue while majority shareholder exits stake Databases22 Mar 2021 |
Low-risk AND rapid? Brit vaccine centre seeks ERP to meet accelerated schedule, and needs it yesterday Org was originally supposed to launch in 2022 – then a pandemic happened Databases15 Mar 2021 | 4
ServiceNow bakes more ML, low code into Quebec release to push itself as all-encompassing workflow layer But questions remain over its enterprise app credentials AI + ML11 Mar 2021 | 7
SAP: Come to the cloud with us, we promise there's total accountability and lower TCO with lift-and-shift ERP package SaaS pick 'n' mix might appeal more than standard processes for S/4HANA upgrade, though SaaS28 Jan 2021 | 10
East London council breaks off 20-year Oracle relationship to shack up with cloud ERP nobodies by year's end From one of the world's largest software suppliers to... who? SaaS26 Jan 2021 | 18
UK government's cloud ERP strategy seems to be in stasis following top civil servant's move to COVID-19 task force Updated Or maybe it's that no one wants to touch this complex SaaS migration SaaS25 Jan 2021 | 5
Games Workshop finds that in the grim darkness of the 3rd millennium, there is only ERP 'Long and complex' saga shifts into next phase as new heroes enter battlefield Software15 Jan 2021 | 15
Two English councils sign up to Azure for six years in £35m reseller deal as ERP project faces delays, ballooning costs Local authorities' shared Unit4 system is late, overbudget, and only works on Microsoft's cloud PaaS + IaaS07 Jan 2021 | 12
Scottish council awards Unit4 £4.75m support and hosting contract as it seemingly runs out of options Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Software06 Jan 2021 | 4
SAP's strength is the basics: Not RPA or AI, but 'consistent' data models that make sense for actual business processes Comment However, this same nitty-gritty ERP stuff is not cloud-ready, and that's the big vendor's weakness SaaS08 Dec 2020 | 7
Amid pandemic and economic uncertainty, enterprises find they've lost the will to migrate to SAP's S4/HANA Third of customers stalling upgrades, says UK and Ireland user group data Software05 Nov 2020 | 10
City of Edinburgh Council selects services-slinger CGI for £102m contract despite abandoned Unit4 ERP project Oh never mind, the project was 'reset' Software03 Nov 2020 | 7
UK's Cheshire Police tenders for whole new ERP system after Oracle Fusion went live with 'significant deficiency' Updated Did we say £11m? Contract value now ranges from £19m to, er, £190m! Software14 Oct 2020 | 44
Yorkshire authority seeks £3m 'modern, cloud-based, future-proof ERP solution' in as few products as possible No pressure SaaS06 Oct 2020 | 16
Consultant leading Surrey County Council's £30m jump to new ERP system will bag £177,000 as £83m cuts bite local citizens Go-live date of 1 December 2021 or authority incurs the full cost of SAP support and maintenance for 2022 Software06 Oct 2020 | 16
HubSpot must prove core sales features to be taken seriously in enterprise CRM market To compete against Salesforce, Oracle and co, software slinger needs to do more, says analyst Software25 Sep 2020 | 2
Tech industry might have weathered the storm so far, but challenges will be felt from next year, Unit4 boss warns Interview ERP outfit picks its battles in darkening enterprise software cloud Software02 Sep 2020 | 1
East Sussex County Council dodges SAP S/4HANA upgrade bullet, sets aside £25m for a 10-year SaaS ERP deal The provider of that cloud to be chosen by December Software27 Aug 2020 | 8
UK's Ministry of Justice puts out feelers for SaaS ERP with up to £100m on the table Can't go worse than that time it bought 2.3 million Oracle licences. Right? On-Prem16 Jul 2020 | 3
Spaghetti Junction! Brum hospitals on hunt for new ERP and finance supplier to untangle current systems And there's £6m British pounds for the biz that can do it Software22 Jun 2020 | 11
Come for the cloud apps, stay for the ERP? SAP drills into Industry Cloud platform, its latest expansion play We can't say 'You have to upgrade or nothing' because people will say: 'Well in that case it is nothing' SaaS17 Jun 2020 | 1
Automotive? Energy? Retail? There's a SAP for that: Biz software giant to tailor ERP platform for specific industries 'Significant brainpower' has gone into playing catch-up with rival Infor Software16 Jun 2020 |
UK council dodges £100k hosting bill, opts for £6.5 million ERP migration You must be Barking and Dagenham, the east London borough Software08 Jun 2020 | 12
'Direct from the software vendor': UK.gov goes window-shopping for standard ERP in £400m spree Don't bother picking that tie for the Zoom session, resellers Software05 Jun 2020 | 7
Back of the net! Norfolk County Council kicks off £18m Oracle cloud ERP deal Knowing me Big Red, knowing you, Norwich authorities: Aha? Software11 May 2020 | 9
Process miner Celonis pushes out application tools to tighten up how they're used in anger Better look into how users don't use software the way biz thinks they do Software30 Apr 2020 | 4
Cheshire Police celebrates three-year migration to Oracle Fusion by lobbing out tender for system to replace it... one year later Updated Fighting crimes in between upgrading databases Software30 Apr 2020 | 26
QAD goals: ERP minnow waggles upgrades in bid to keep pace with bigger players $310.8m revenue? That's adorable Software07 Apr 2020 |