Strategic Offer or Cash Cow: Is Your ERP System Headed Down A Dead End Street?

2016 will be the year in which the software-as-a-service model - simply put: the cloud - achieves its breakthrough for business software in Europe. But how will your software vendor respond to that? We've analysed the larger ERP vendors for you and also provide you with tips for your own investigation.

Analysts broadly agree that cloud computing is now well beyond the hype phase. The purchase of a cloud-based ERP system is considered as normal as buying a car with four wheels. But how has your software vendor responded to this shift in the marketplace? Do they have any cloud strategy at all? And if so, what does this strategy mean for the support of your current system, not just today, but in the future as well?

Conventional wisdom predicts a rosy future for cloud-based ERP solutions market. It is a future that appears so bright that no serious vendor can afford to ignore this trend. This means that solution providers must make strategic choices. And the impact of those choices can be huge for your organisation! That's why it's now more important than ever to pay attention to your vendor - even if you're not yet using any ERP software from the cloud - even if you're not even thinking actively about it yet! The burning question is: can you continue into the future without problems using your current system? Or should you be preparing for the transition to another system?

Comparison with Y2K

For vendors, the transition to the cloud is quite similar to the year 2000 issues. Remember that? Everyone doubted whether traditional systems could function technically ...