| Traditionally we were considering functionally rich | | | | the industry and time to revise hardware pricing |
| systems, such as SAP, Oracle Financials, PeopleSoft, | | | | strategy - it should definitely drop.o Elite DB Platforms |
| JDEdwards as the fit for large publicly traded | | | | Time is Over. Yes, it might be surprise, but Microsoft, |
| corporation. There might be multiple opinions for the | | | | which in the 1990th was targeting small business and |
| future corporate ERP/MRP systems. We would like | | | | developers community is now out there on the |
| to give you our prognosis: high-end systems will be | | | | marketplace with Microsoft SQL Server, which is |
| losing market to generic granulated standard | | | | similar in its power and is a way more simple to |
| functionality systems. Customization will be in high | | | | support, than Oracle, DB2, Sybase, Progress, Ingress, |
| demand - but it will be appropriate to go for light of | | | | SAP database and other "elite" platforms. Midsize |
| medium customization versus purchasing high-end | | | | companies switched to MS SQL Server and do their |
| functionality system. It is not a secret, that | | | | reporting, analysis and datawarehousing/OLAP on the |
| nowadays multiple companies from Fortune 500 list | | | | Microsoft platformo Custom Logic versus |
| use midmarket solution, such as Microsoft Great | | | | Functionally-Rich Module. The trends in the ERP |
| Plains as their corporate ERP. In this small article we'll | | | | Accounting applications software industry ended up |
| try to defend our position and give you highlights on | | | | with required annual maintenance/enhancement |
| deploying Microsoft Great Plains for large | | | | program fee, which is usually close to 20% of the |
| corporation.o Computer Hardware Technology | | | | software list price. If you purchase expensive module |
| Breakthrough. Imagine you are back in old-good | | | | and use 10% or its functionality, because the whole |
| 1990th - high tech boom. If somebody would tell you | | | | bundle has what you need among other features, |
| that you can go to the store and purchase of the | | | | then you are in trap of paying 20% annually for the |
| shelf 400GB IDE hard drive for $300 - you would | | | | logic you don't need and don't use. If you hire |
| probably laugh. We were used to 20GB hard drives | | | | consultant to customize generic platform - you pay |
| those days and believed that such a high capacity | | | | one timeo ERP Granules Standardizing. This should |
| devices attributable to mainframes. Another example | | | | happen. We believe in this - seeing signs of maturing |
| - 1GB RAM memory stick for $100. Intel Xenon and | | | | ERP software industry. |
| AMD Optron based Servers are direct successors of | | | | Good luck and you can always seek our help in |
| IBM PC platform, designed in the 1980th as personal | | | | customization, implementation, integration and |
| computer (PC). These are signs of the maturity in | | | | support. |