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General ERP Research
"Magic Quadrants and MarketScopes: How Gartner Evaluates Vendors Within a Market"
"How to Learn to Love Your ERP (Again)"
"How to Deliver a More User-Centric ERP Solution"
"Using the Hype Around iPads and Tablets to Make ERP More User-Centric"
"Agenda for ERP and Enterprise Suites: Strategies and Value Realization, 2012"
"Enterprise Application Suites and ERP Key Initiative Overview"
"Hype Cycle for ERP, 2011"
"Q&A: What ERP Is and What the Associated Terms Really Mean"
"Predicts 2012: The Business Application and ERP Markets Are Changing Rapidly"
"Predicts 2012: Emerging Suites and SaaS Are Driving New Capabilities in Administrative ERP"
"Defining the Five Phases of the ERP Life Cycle"
"Life Cycle Guide to ERP Research, Update 2011"
"Applying Pace Layering to ERP Strategy"
"Application Standardization: When It Works and When It Doesn't"
"Use a Pace-Layered Application Strategy to Clean Up ERP During Upgrades and Consolidation"
"What Can Gartner's Pace-Layered Application Strategy Do for an Enterprise's Business?"
"Accelerating Innovation by Adopting a Pace-Layered Application Strategy"
"What to Do When Your ERP Vendor Is Acquired"
"ERP Project Best Practice: Transitioning ERP Projects From the Architect Phase to the Select Phase"
"ERP Requirements-Gathering Considerations and Guidelines"
"How to Accelerate Your ERP Requirements Definition"
"Manage ERP Customizations, Don't Avoid Them"
"ERP Consolidation: Standardizing Processes and Evaluating Your Options"
"ERP Consolidation: Convincing Others Requires 'the Art of War'"
"To Upgrade or Not to Upgrade: That Is the Question"
"Coordination Is Key for Managing ERP Support, Maintenance and Ongoing Projects"
"Global ERP Template: Management and Maintenance"
"ERP/Business Applications and the Public Cloud: A Life Cycle Assessment Methodology and Key Focus Areas"
"CIO and ERP Leaders' Guide to Gartner's Cloud Computing Definitional Research"
"CFO Advisory: ERP Overview"
"CFO Advisory: ERP; Business Enablement"
"Use a Strategic ERP System Integrator Relationship to Drive User-Centric Thinking"
"Gartner Interviews Andrew McAfee on Why Investment in Enterprise Applications and ERP Matters"
"Avoid Misleading Cost-Estimating Rules of Thumb"
"Estimating the Costs of an ERP/Business Application Initiative"
"An ERP Business Case Tutorial"
"Ten Factors That Can Affect ERP Total Cost of Ownership"
"Toolkit: Business Case Model for Total Cost of Ownership Analysis of SaaS Versus Traditional Application Software and Services"
"Rapid Implementation Packages for ERP Deliver Results, but Handle Them With Care"
"ERP Program Manager's Guide to Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures: Overview"
"Toolkit: Job Description for ERP/Business Application Project Manager"
"How to Deal With the ERP Customization Needs That Result From Localization in the BRIC Countries"
Modernization of Business Applications
"Restructuring Your Application Portfolio"
"Business Managers Need to Care About SOA in ERP"
"IT Market Clock for ERP Platform Technology, 2011"
"IT Modernization: The Changing of the Guard"
"Model-Driven Packaged Applications: Using SOA and BPM to Modernize Packaged Applications"
"Applications Overhaul: How to Get Out of the Hole and Not Fall Back In"
"Best Practices in ERP Innovation: Toys for the Board, Essential Tools for the Disabled"
"Embedded Analytics Will Impact Business Application and BI Strategy"
"MDM for ERP Requires a Different Mind-set"
Market Overview
"Market Snapshot: ERP Software, Worldwide, 2012"
"Market Share Analysis: ERP Software, Worldwide, 2011"
"Market Trends: ERP, Asia/Pacific, 2011-2015"
"Forecast: Enterprise Software Markets, Worldwide, 2009-2014, 4Q10 Update"
"Competitive Landscape: Software Support Services for Enterprise Applications (CRM, ERP, SCM), Worldwide"
"Use a Vendor Evaluation Model to Select ERP Vendors and Software"
"How to Evaluate Your Vendor's ERP Strategy"
"SaaS ERP Only Reduces Part of the Effort Needed to Implement and Operate Your ERP"
"Toolkit: How to Determine the Appropriateness of SaaS"
Midmarket ERP-Related Research
"Midmarket Companies: Clarify Requirements for Process and Information Support to Enable User-Centric ERP"
"Midmarket Companies: Use These Criteria to Select an ERP System With Low Total Cost of Ownership"
"Managing Vendor Risk: It's Not the Software Vendor You Should Worry About, It's the Product"
"Will SaaS-Based ERP Succeed in India When It Hasn't Globally?"
"Competitive Landscape: Midmarket Manufacturing Focused ERP Software, North America, 2012"
"A Two-Tier ERP Suite Strategy: Is It Right for You?"
"Two-Tier ERP Suite Strategy: Considering Your Options"
"Localization Is the Way to Cope With Globalization Challenges"
"How Globalization Will Affect Technology Development and Use"
"Understanding Users Through Activities: A Critical Path for Simplification"
"What CIOs Need to Know About Application Simplicity"
"The Paradigm of Resource Constraint"
Vendor-Related Research
"Microsoft Convergence 2011 Previews Dynamics AX 2012 and Next Steps Into the Cloud"
"Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Moves to General Release With Revised Pricing and Promising Configuration Accelerator"
"Top Takeaways From Early Adopters of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012"
"Vendor Rating: Microsoft"
"Vendor Rating: Oracle"
"Weighing the Decision to Become an Early Adopter of Oracle Fusion Applications"
"Oracle EBS Release 12 Upgrades: 12.1 Is Ready for Wider Adoption, but Is Still a Major Upgrade"
"Oracle Fusion Applications: A Mystery Resolved"
"Oracle Fusion: Understand the Road Map and Estimate Transition Costs"
"Magic Quadrant for Oracle Applications Service Providers, Europe"
"Vendor Rating: SAP"
"Vendor Focus for SAP"
"Using Pace Layers to Boost the Business Value From Your SAP ERP Investment"
"Oracle, Salesforce.com and SAP Acquisitions Will Impact Your SaaS Strategy"
"Duet Enterprise by Microsoft and SAP Unlocks User-Centric ERP With SharePoint"
"SAP Tackles Innovation Without Disruption at SAP Influencer Summit"
"SAP Operations: Constraints for Single Global Instances"
"SAP Research Roundup Through 2Q11"
"Magic Quadrant for SAP Application Service Providers, Europe"
"Competitive Landscape: SAP Application Outsourcing, North America"
"Cool Vendors in the SAP Ecosystem, 2012"
"User Survey Analysis: SAP Application Maintenance Challenges, 2011"
"SAP Is Committed to the ERP Midmarket, but Customers Should Apply Due Diligence to Its Portfolio and Sales Channels"
"Lawson's CUE Announcements Indicate the Value It Carries Into the Acquisition by Golden Gate-Infor"
"Infor's Acquisition of Lawson Could Mean Strategy Change"
"Market Insight: Lawson's Wholesale Distribution Division May Be Key to Unlocking New Market Share"
"Infor ERP: How ION Impacts Consolidation Planning"
"Can Infor's Ion Integration Suite Deliver Easy Integration for Its Applications?"
"Infor Announces New Product Strategy and CEO"
"IFS Will Increase Field Service Market Penetration Through Metrix Buy"
"Customers Could See Mild Gains From Apax Purchase of Activant and Epicor"
"SWOT: NetSuite, Wholesale Distribution Industry"
"Observations and Analysis From NetSuite's 2011 Global Customer Conference"