Tag: ERP

  • Microsoft Partners Question Microsoft’s Vertical Push

    Microsoft Partners Question Microsoft’s Vertical Push

    Channel Insider Staff

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    MINNEAPOLIS—The easiest question that Microsoft senior VP Doug Burgum fielded during an open Q&A session with channel partners on Thursday: What is the difference between a bison and a buffalo? After that one—which North Dakota native Burgum handled with ease—the questions got a lot tougher, as MBS (Microsoft Business Solutions) partners at the worldwide partner… Read more

  • Off-Brand ERP Vendors Seek VARs

    John Moore

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    Emerging software players seeking to penetrate the midmarket enterprise resource planning space are inking deals with resellers to make an initial dent. 3i Infotech Ltd., a maker of ERP software, last week announced a VAR deal with Infonetics Corp., a move that marks the software company’s channel push in the North American market. 3i Infotech… Read more

  • Open-Source ERP Makes Headway in U.S. Market

    Open-Source ERP Makes Headway in U.S. Market

    John Moore

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    An open-source business-application vendor is ramping up its U.S. partner push as it seeks small to midsized customers. In February, Perot Systems launched a Clinical Solutions Center to centralize its clinical resources and project management methodologies in one organization. In the following months, Perot Systems appointed Dr. Kevin Fickenscher to the newly created post of… Read more

  • Ariba Eyes ‘On Demand’ Procurement Model

    Ariba Eyes ‘On Demand’ Procurement Model

    Jacqueline Emigh

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    Nearly nine months after merging with FreeMarkets, Ariba Inc. is now developing a more integrated procurement lineup, with the ultimate goal of giving users an on demand model for “spend management” software and services. In a presentation at Lehman Brothers’ 2005 Global Software, IT Services and Internet Conference, Ariba Chief Financial Officer Jim Frankola likened… Read more

  • SAP to Offer VARs New SMB Incentives, Double SMB Resellers

    SAP to Offer VARs New SMB Incentives, Double SMB Resellers

    Kevin Fogarty

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    SAP America plans to expand its latest, largely successful push into the small and midsized business market by recruiting twice the number of VARs this year as it did last year. It will do that with a tiered framework of benefits, support programs and financial incentives that it will roll out formally in September. The… Read more

  • Microsoft Acquires ERP Tool Set for Axapta

    Microsoft Acquires ERP Tool Set for Axapta

    Michael Myser

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    Microsoft on Tuesday announced the purchase of ERP Complete, an implementation tool designed to cut time and costs of deploying Axapta, Microsoft’s enterprise resource planning suite aimed at the manufacturing, distribution, retail and services industries. The tool was acquired for an undisclosed amount from En’tegrate Software LLC of Rolling Meadows, Ill., a software and consulting… Read more