The New ERP Software Haves/Have Nots

February 23, 2011

The New ERP Software Haves/Have Nots

An analysis of recent financial performance reveals a new divide between the enterprise software vendors that are logging post-recession growth – and those that are struggling.

By Don Fornes, Software Advice

A handful of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software companies have exited the great recession, regained their footing and posted respectable growth. Much like the macro economy, however, there is a growing divide between the “haves” and the “have-nots.”

In the ERP industry, the haves include old-money titans Oracle and SAP, who both put up solid fourth quarter earnings. The “middle class,” meanwhile, presented a mixed bag of results as mid-cap players produced fairly tepid growth, and in one case, a decline in revenue. Finally, NetSuite represents the nueveau riche, aspiring to capitalize on the secular trend toward hosted enterprise apps – and succeeding.

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