Migrating ERP Systems to the Cloud
Migrating Standardized ERP Systems to the Cloud
The compelling economics of cloud computing are leading enterprises to question their long-held assumptions that the annual maintenance fees they are paying for on-premise editions of their ERP are justified. In addition, these same economics of cloud computing are making it possible for entire divisions of an enterprise to be up and running within weeks instead of months or years, on cloud-based ERP platforms (Banerjea, 2011). The economics of cloud computing are also re-ordering the financial landscape of enterprise software, putting line-of-business leaders in a more direct and influential role relative to the purchase of enterprise software (Gill, 2011). All of these factors taken together form the catalyst of how migrating to standardized ERP systems delivered via cloud computing are changing how enterprises evaluate, implement and value software.
Migrating Standardized ERP Systems To A Cloud Computing Environment
At the most fundamental architectural level of migrating standardized ERP systems to a cloud computing environment are the evaluation, planning and implementation of process and system integration throughout a company. For a standardized ERP system to be effective in a cloud computing environment, there must be integration in place to legacy databases, potentially secondary ERP systems already implemented and in use, in addition to pricing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Supply Chain Management (SCM) systems as...
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