Very interesting website that evaluates hosted ERP Solutions. Great insight on who is who and what the process is to choose the right Enterprise Resource Planning application is for your organization. Enjoy!

ERP System Evaluation Criteria
Our ERP system evaluation and analysis procedure consists of a six step review process.

• In step one, we verify the hosted ERP systems are truly software as a service (SaaS) solutions. To meet this criteria, the ERP application should be a thin-client system operated entirely through a web browser, delivered remotely from a data center over the Internet, and procured with a subscription pricing model.
• In step two, we verify the full ERP software application scope. To meet the complete definition of an Enterprise Resource Planning application, the software should offer the following integrated modules:
  • Accounting or financial system
  • Distribution or supply chain management (SCM) system
  • Manufacturing or MRP (Material Requirement Planning) system
  • Human resource and payroll systems
  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system
• In step three, we validate the application delivers a positive user experience and acceptable user performance. A few of the more technology advanced hosted solutions now leverage both a zero footprint client and AJAX browser-based technology …click in the link below to read the full article.

via ERPSoftware360.com

I found this great video from ZDNet where Vince Cesarez, VP of Product Management at Oracle explains simply and clearly some of the tools that create what we call Enterprise 2.0 and what pains these technologies address for the business. Great short video. Enjoy!

Enterprise portals are today key pieces of IT infrastructure that deliver systems integration reducing the level of complexity for end users. However, deploying and ongoing maintenance of these portals requires not only technology skills but also business process and quality continuous improvement processes to ensure ROI.

Here is a link to an article we got published at IBM.com/Developerworks website in May 2007:

Creating a new portal: Part 6. Administering and maintaining the portal

Portals require care and feeding at least as much as other applications do

Summary: This last part in the series Creating a new portal describes the ongoing support and administration of a portal, including the need for specific team members and their roles. It discusses the skills and training that should be developed before your portal goes live, how to harden the performance of your portal, and issues you might face with the deployment and governance of your production system.