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Enterprises around the world would be wise to heed 50 Cent’s mantra ”Get Rich or Die Tryin’” when considering the implications of not “getting” to the public cloud. We at Cocolevio, an implementation partner of Mooor Insights & Strategy, estimate that over 50% of IT spend will be going to public cloud vendors such as Amazon Web Services or SaaS vendors like Salesforce.com Inc. by 2019. This means there is around a $140B opportunity in this space. The cost savings, reduction in capital spending, speed to market, flexibility and global access derived from public cloud mean those enterprises that effectively use the public cloud are better positioned to “Get Rich” than their competitors who have higher cost structures and less nimble IT platforms. This trend is only set to continue as the business case for moving to public cloud only becomes more compelling, with the traditional arguments against public cloud around security and lack of control diminishing. Vendor lock-in will continue to be a concern but we see many companies willing to sacrifice a bit of lock-in for the many, many benefits of public cloud.

The aluminum company is “a global leader in lightweight metals technology, manufacturing and engineering” and “pioneered the aluminum industry over 125 years ago, and today, 59,000 people in 30 countries deliver value-add products made of titanium, nickel and aluminum and produce best-in-class bauxite, alumina and primary aluminum products.” (Alcoa) Since 2001, Alcoa has been able to maintain a successful ERP system with modules including human resources management, OTC, financial management, business process management, and RTP. Alcoa understood that a company this large, would have a complex ERP implementation, thus why they chose to take on different regions in stages. “Their first 50 branches in Europe of the implementation of financial and demand-payment process module, the module currently including Europe, North America, Australia, Asia and South America, the branches of the widely used. HR module has been completed in Australia branch, and Europe and Latin America, is expected to end at the end of the year. OTC module in the aluminum company is all the global offices ta least 60% complete.” (Modern Enterprise Management) For such an implementation to succeed, the company must have flexibility, adaptation, correct scheduling, and streamlining, which Alcoa managed successfully with the correct planning before installation to the ERP system.

Kroger uses a number of ERP systems. The first major ERP system Kroger uses is the self-checkout systems. Kroger hired Fujitsu Transaction Solutions to be the sole strategic partner for these systems which are now implemented in most Kroger stores. The next ERP company is PurchasingNet-SQL who Kroger hired in 2000 to streamline its purchasing processes of new store equipment and store refurbishing projects. In few words PurchasingNet-SQL implements an eProcurement system. This system automates approvals and budgeting processes, sends e-mail updates, separates stock requisitions, tracks inventory levels in warehouses, and matches invoices to purchase orders and requisitions to ensure accurate accounting. This system is especially critical because of the numerous retail outlets that all need to be in contact with the single purchasing department. A third company that offers its services to Kroger is the Sterling Information Broker. Kroger is using Sterling to help become more cost-effective and efficient with its trading partners. Kroger with Sterling can exchange electronic documents with essential trading partners including customers, suppliers, freight carriers and financial institutions.

Currently, Cisco uses a combination of ERP systems that are based on Oracle 11i platform. The ERP systems are used to manage a host of features that range from invoicing, purchase, human resource, technical aspects, supply, training, and customer relations among others. An important element to note is that Cisco’s management had to make vital decisions before adopting and implementing the ERP systems. Various challenges motivated this that the company was facing a few years after the inception.

Muscatello, Small, and Chen (2003) state that ERP systems, when they are implemented effectively, can bring impressive strategic, operational and information-related benefits to those firms that adopt them. However, in such situations, a failure in implementation might bring about the financial collapse of the firm. They further state that in the modern world, most of the information about the failures and successes are based on reports that are made concerning ERP implementation in big manufacturing and service organizations. However, it is stated that those who sell ERP systems are now steadily turning their marketing sights on small and medium-sized manufacturers. It is because of this that Muscatello et al state that researchers have been given the opportunity to gather, analyze and disseminate information that will help these firms to

Midsouth Chamber of Commerce (MSCC) faced many challenges that needed to be overcome before the business can effectively run. First, MSCC needs a reliable ERP system in place that will meet the needs of the business (Brown, DeHayes, Hoffer, Martin & Perkins, 2012). An ERP system can include multiple functional areas, and be catered to business needs. ERP would take all MSCC’s applications and software and convert them into one program that would be identical in every department. Further, an integrated ERP system can improve Supply Chain Management, data accessibility, and it can standardize business processes, to name a few. Furthermore, the system can provide a competitive advantage, and can be utilized to manage and process information from every department within the company. In addition, the system can store all the information into one database, allowing the business an eagle eye view of how their systems are operating (Aladwani,

Enterprise systems, also known as ERP systems, are referred to as a category of information systems that integrate internal business processes, and which improve external collaboration with external business partners (Turban, Volonino, & Wood, 2013). This allows integration and collaboration to enable data sharing to keep workers informed and able to make better decisions, which all integrates the functional systems, such as finance, marketing, accounting, and

The internet has seen the world more connected than ever before. According to a 2015 report by We Are Social, out of the current human population of 7.21 billion, 3.01 billion are connected to the internet. Another key point is that the current active social media accounts have a penetration of 29 percent, with, notably, 1.685 billion active mobile social accounts (Kemp, 2015). Nearly more than a half a decade ago, it was the first time the number of items connected to the internet outmatched the human population. Statistics revealed that in 2015, 25 billion devices will be connected to the internet, a number expected to rise to 50 billion by 2020 (FTC Staff Report, 2015). Surprisingly, in 2020, the U.S. is expecting to have 26 billion connected devices (Truste, 2014), encompassing more than a half the global users. The trend of this technology is not heading to a halt any time soon and has, under these circumstances, been associated with numerous health benefits and challenges for users. While people with internet devices can now better monitor their health through mobile apps that track everything from their medical history to their food intake, there is still cause for concern that internet devices possess the potential to cause mental health problems such as increasing stress levels and negative effects on emotions as well as effects on physical health such as increasing threats to the immune system and chronic pain.

Though as of today most of the enterprise softwares are still sold traditionally where CIO/CXO and business relations play crucial roles, but the market shift, workforce sentiment/satisfactions can 't be ignored for long. As a result, established players and leaders in the segment are changing and pulling up their sleeves to deliver modern and competitive products. Contrary to what Paul Graham said in 2007, today enterprise software companies are also trying to be technology companies.

Ericsson is the world's leading provider of 2G, 3G, and 4G mobile technologies and services that provide for over two billion subscribers (Amazon, 2012). They were one of the first companies to take advantage of Amazon Web Services (AWS) to drive cost reduction measures, automate software updates, provide remote access, and also provide on-demand availability. Working with RightScale, a cloud consulting firm, Ericsson was able to overcome security concerns as well as benefit from the scalability of the platform. This paper analyzes a few of the factors that lead Ericsson to successfully build a reliable cloud platform.

Whiles SAP the biggest vendor in ERP system, there are a few others vendors is competing along the ways. For example, Oracle share 13 percent of the market place the second below SAP, Epicor and Infor have 6 percent place the third and the fourth, then come Microsoft dynamics share 5 percent of the market. (p. 521)

Google it. E-mail it to me. It 's on the Wiki page. All phrases our generations youth find synonymous with looking up or sending information. The ability to retrieve quick facts and brief tutorials have displaced the need to research a subject or practice a skill. Any need to spend a night reading an instruction manual has been replaced by a short 5 minute tutorial on youtube. Buying or Renting books for research has been replaced by a quick google or wikipedia search of the subject. This convenience makes the internet and all it 's utilities an amazing and seemingly omnipotent thing. Utilities like e-mail that allow a user to send a message to anyone with access of the internet. Website advertisements that give anyone with sufficient resources the ability to market globally. And websites like e-Bay or Amazon, that allow two people any where on earth to barter quickly and easily. But, With all the power and convenience, our generation and potentially future ones have become dependent on the internet.

The objective of my research is to study the use of Information Technology and particularly ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system for small and mid-size organizations. There was a time when IT and large Information Systems were used only by large organizations. That was the time when the cost of technology was high and the mid-size and large organizations were not able to afford the high cost of ERP systems (Vieru, 2015). With time, the cost of computing has come down. Today, ERP systems are also used as a service. With the penetration of Internet and cloud computing, small size and mid size firms have also started to use ERP system to manage their business processes. It is interesting to study the business

Today, 57% of Fortune 500 companies are using Microsoft Azure. Well recognized companies, like AccuWeather, Mazda, Xerox, Lufthansa and many others are enjoying the benefits of virtual and scalable servers (People are doing amazing things with Azure). Platform as a service (PaaS) and Infrastucture as a Service (IaaS) quarterly revenue reached the $3 billion milestone, with full-year 2013 revenues falling just short of $10 billion. (Synergy Research Group, 2014)

In this paper I am specifically looking at the Oracle E-Business Suite, which is the most complete suite of integrated, global business applications that enables the company to make better decisions, reduce cost, and increase performance. The Oracle E-Business helps customers manage the complexity