For Business Process & Applications Professionals (Length: 20 pages)

August 13, 2007

Competition Intensifies For The SMB ERP Customer

Users Benefit As Vendors Reduce Enterprise Complexity And Deliver Integration

by R "Ray" Wang

with Sharyn Leaver, Paul D. Hamerman, Meghan Donnelly


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Over the next three to five years, the most dynamic and innovative growth area in enterprise applications will be users in the small and midmarket. With unique requirements that demand full capabilities without complexity, small and medium-size business (SMB) customers seek practical solutions with quick return on investment (ROI). Vendors, incumbents, and challengers alike, have responded to these demands with significant product and channel investments. The result is improvement across the spectrum of industry-specific and last-mile capabilities, usability, rapid implementation, Microsoft Office integration, and mobile solution support. Forrester recommends that users select a vendor based on business requirements, architectural flexibility, and Total Economic Impact™ (TEI).

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemComplex Business Requirements Challenge SMBs

itemPragmatic Modernization Drives SMB ERP Optimism

itemHeightened Competition Delivers Benefits Without Enterprise Complexity

itemSolution Providers Differ In Approach To The SMB ERP Market

itemEstablished Vendors Adopt Common Middleware And Build Deeper Vertical Functionality

itemSoftware Giants Focus On Acquisitions And Ecosystems To Meet SMB Requirements

itemSaaS Providers Create A Game-Changing Environment

recommendations

itemBase Vendor Selection On Business Needs And Strength Of Ecosystems

What it means

itemLast-Mile Solutions Will Be Dynamic Business Applications

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester interviewed the following 25 vendor companies: Agresso, CDC Software, Cincom Systems, Consona, Deltek, Epicor Software, Everest Software, Exact Software, Glovia International, IFS, Infor, Intacct, Intuit, Lawson, Microsoft Business Solutions, NetSuite, Oracle, ProfitKey International, QAD, Research In Motion, SAP, SoftBrands, SYSPRO, The Sage Group, and Workday.

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