How GE Software is transforming itself for the digital age This article is sponsored by:

Inteva finds value in cloud manufacturing ERP This article is sponsored by:

Inteva switched from SAP to Plex. Learn what happened and about the benefits derived

SAP and Salesforce to duke it out in vertical markets? This article is sponsored by:

Salesforce is going after vertical markets. Enough to overtake SAP?  I doubt it will happen anytime soon.

Stanley Black & Decker: cloud collaboration, one step at a time This article is sponsored by:

With 5TB of content and 40,000 employees, the tools manufacturer cannot help but move slowly as it begins to push collaboration to the cloud

A fresh approach to SaaS pricing - Plex Systems This article is sponsored by:

Plex Systems is coming at the SaaS pricing model from an unexpected angle by using a percentage of revenue. It carries some risk but customers like it.

Stop thief! FinancialForce to the rescue This article is sponsored by:

A physical theft of the network could have spelled disaster for Chambers Gasket. It was the tipping point for them switching to a cloud financial solution.

Innovation and the unrecorded enterprise conversation This article is sponsored by:

While the enterprise media fusses on vendor minutia, vital conversations go unrecorded - or so Vinnie Mirchandani contends.

Building cloud verticals - Acumatica video review This article is sponsored by:

For cloud ERP vendors targeting the midmarket, vertical solutions are a key. Here's the video story of one Acumatica partner.

hybris hubris and the war in heaven This article is sponsored by:

SAP wants to "unleash" its will on the CRM market (and Salesforce.com) - like Russell Crowe unleashing hell in Gladiator perhaps? - through its hybris acquisition.  But clearly there are the implications for the ecommerce market and the likes of rivals such as NetSuite. The war in heaven is hotting up again.

Qualcomm mulls shift to cloud ERP This article is sponsored by:

At wireless technology giant Qualcomm, insiders are said to refer to NetSuite's cloud ERP system as 'the rapid platform', in contrast to the 'legacy platform' from Oracle that runs its core systems. Already deployed in peripheral business units, a larger role for NetSuite may now be on the cards.

NetSuite SuiteWorld : Day 1 in review This article is sponsored by:

Well - I got that wrong. Contrary to what I thought, the NetSuite SuiteWorld opening keynote and surrounding executive presentations did not center on retail. Instead, the company chose to walk us through the four big elements of the company's focus: the suite, customizations, omni-commerce and suite for industries.