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	November 10, 2005 The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Applications Software Licensing, Q4 2005 Evaluation Of Top Enterprise Application Software Vendors Across 65 Criteria by R "Ray" Wang with John Ragsdale, Ian Schuler

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Executive Summary

Enterprise application vendors face pressure to deliver simplified licensing metrics while modeling the complexity of business around usage. In addition, vendors are striving to enforce consistency in licensing policies while accommodating flexibility throughout the software life cycle. However, enterprises seek two paradigms: simple licensing metrics with flexible licensing policies and sophisticated licensing metrics with flexible licensing policies. To assess the state of the enterprise applications software licensing market and see how the vendors stack up against each other, Forrester evaluated the strengths and weaknesses of top ERP vendors across 65 criteria that examine how these vendors address simplicity versus complexity and consistency versus flexibility. The results: Vendors like Epicor Software, Oracle, and QAD scored higher in accommodating complex license metrics and flexible licensing policies, while vendors like Epicor, Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS), and SAP scored higher in delivering simplified license metrics and flexible licensing policies.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Enterprises Seek To Optimize Software Licensing Strategies
• Enterprise Applications Software Licensing Evaluation Overview
• Epicor Software, Oracle, and QAD Address Complexity And Flexibility
• Epicor Software, Microsoft, And SAP Deliver Simplicity With Flexibility
• Vendor Profiles
• Supplemental Material
• Related Research Documents

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