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Three key forces are reshaping the enterprise resource planning (ERP) market: the growing demands of global businesses; the increasing need for industry-specific functionality; and the expanding use...

Conventional wisdom suggests buying before building software. However, as an increasing proportion of product and service value is digital — think of a naval vessel's operation system (Windows...
From: Forrsights Software Survey, Q4 2010; Enterprise and SMB Software Survey, North America and Europe, Q4 2009
From: Forrsights Software Survey, Q4 2010; Enterprise And SMB Networks And Telecommunications Survey, North America And Europe, Q1 2010; Enterprise And SMB Software Survey, North America and Europe,...
Enterprise applications for running your business (i.e., ERP) are evolving rapidly to enable more flexibility, better user experiences, and new deployment options offering more predictable long-term...
As enterprise firms restructure through mergers and acquisitions and expand their global presence, they face huge IT and master data synchronization costs in supporting multiple legacy and disparate...
Business Data Survey Results Show That Activity Persists, Despite Recession
Business process and applications professionals can use our survey-based enterprise applications investment planning data and adoption patterns to help rationalize their 2010/2011 investment...
ERP Software Enters A New Wave Of Innovation
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions are the core of most companies' IT applications. Over the past three decades, ERP went through several innovation cycles and today is considered to be a...
This set of data charts will leverage the findings from the August 2009 Global Master Data Management/Data Quality Online Survey.
Results from Forrester's Enterprise And SMB Software Survey, North America And Europe, Q4 2008 reveal three major trends shaping contract negotiations strategy: 1) declines in software spending; 2)...
While the brutal enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor consolidation frenzy has not completely run its course, innovation has begun to re-emerge. Customers are demanding better usability, easier...