Tagged: cloud
12 posts
Why Customers Should Care Who Runs Their ERP In The Era Of SaaS Applications
In the rush to debate whether customers should move their ERP to the cloud or not, the industry has perhaps overlooked a significant consequence of this transition: the cloud means that ERP…
The Importance Of Proactive Cloud Strategy
As the old adage goes, there’s no time like the present. This rings especially true in our current age of innovation at a breakneck speed. And yet, IT leaders may still feel fear surrounding…
Cloud Turbulence Will Strengthen The Case For Hybrid IT
Are you rethinking your cloud strategy and tilting toward a hybrid model? Rising hosting costs have sparked boardroom debate about where technology stacks should reside. But each enterprise needs to…
Small is beautiful in uncertain times
We are entering a period of experimentation and innovation as the latest crop of cutting edge technologies mature and are adopted at scale. This moment could be a huge opportunity for smaller…
Is It Time To Reconsider Your PaaS Usage?
Platform as a service (PaaS) provides a complete cloud platform, including hardware, business software and infrastructure. It's a popular alternative to on-premises solutions that can save costs and…
Five Considerations For Reducing Your Carbon Footprint When Moving To The Cloud
Cloud computing can offer businesses fast deployment, scalability and reduced costs, but it can also be a surprising tool for reducing your carbon footprint. Today’s customers, stakeholders and…
What the on-demand economy means for the future of work
I’ve been the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Unit4 for around three years, but I joined as Chief Architect in our innovation labs closer to eight years ago. When I arrived, many of the questions my…
The architecture of future-proof ERP
Every ERP vendor will tell you their software is 'future-proof'. But what characteristics really make enterprise software a smart investment in an unpredictable future? I believe there are four main…
How To Move Enterprise Software To The Cloud — And Three Warning Signs To Watch Out For
It’s trendy to move as much software to the cloud as possible, and there appear to be great benefits. But is it automatically the case that you should move your precious enterprise software to the…
Hybrid Cloud Can Smooth the Digital Transformation Culture Shock
Digital transformation is a given across all industries in today's economy. If a business wants to succeed, it must focus on meeting customer demand through growing and evolving the customer…
How to avoid ERP lock-in and seize the service imperative
The future is XaaS – Everything-as-a-Service. While XaaS stems from cloud computing, it has quickly evolved to something that embraces anything that can be delivered via the Internet that used to be…
Thoughts on Rewrites (Estimation)
Estimating rewrites is hard, and frequently developers got a tendency to underestimate such a task – as, in their mind, they know exactly how the system should work, as they already built it once.…