cloud erp

Cloud ERP: Deployment Models, Costs, and Contract Traps

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ERP Compass cover: cloud ERP deployment spectrum from on-premises to multi-tenant SaaS

“Cloud ERP” has become one of those phrases that means whatever the salesperson needs it to mean. A multi-tenant SaaS product is cloud. A 20-year-old on-premises system running on a rented server in a data center is also, technically, in the cloud. The difference matters, because the two arrangements carry very different costs, upgrade paths, … Read more

NetSuite ERP System: Architecture, Editions, and Real Costs

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ERP Compass cover: NetSuite ERP system hub-and-spoke diagram of modules on one data model

The NetSuite ERP system is the product most US mid-market companies end up comparing against, whether or not they start there. It was cloud ERP before cloud ERP was the default, it runs one codebase for every customer, and it covers finance, inventory, order management, CRM, and e-commerce in a single data model. That combination … Read more