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Video: How Does Functionality Mapping Analysis Answer the Question “Should We Upgrade Our ERP?”
Cost of Maintenance, ERP, Functionality mapping 2 min read
Video: How Does Functionality Mapping Analysis Answer the Question “Should We Upgrade Our ERP?”
Frank Reneke
2 min read

Rimini Street’s Functionality Mapping tool was developed to enable clients to make data-driven decisions when it comes to value in an ERP upgrade. In a visual and quantitative way, we have evaluated changes that the major ERP Suites (SAP, Oracle and PeopleSoft) have undergone over the past 10 years. Our Functionality Mapping approach breaks down […]

What Can Oracle And SAP Customers Be Doing Instead Of Upgrading?
Cloud, ERP, Innovation 2 min read
What Can Oracle And SAP Customers Be Doing Instead Of Upgrading?
Frank Reneke
2 min read

Are you facing a decision to upgrade your ERP? When meeting with businesses across the globe, the most common question I receive is “Is there value in upgrading my ERP application?” And my answer is this: 20 years ago, upgrades were important because new features and functionality were being introduced all the time based on […]

How To Fix Desktop Java Version Glitches With Enterprise Applications
ATS, ERP, Java 3 min read
How To Fix Desktop Java Version Glitches With Enterprise Applications
Rimini Street Staff
3 min read

ERP systems and other enterprise applications sometimes break when the software was written to work with a specific release of Java that is not the one user desktops are configured to use by default. What are you supposed to do when that happens? Make users revert to a version of Java that may be obsolete […]

Is Cloud ERP a Viable Alternative to The ERPs We Support Today?
Business Driven Roadmap, Cloud, ERP 4 min read
Is Cloud ERP a Viable Alternative to The ERPs We Support Today?
Frank Reneke
4 min read

There’s incredible buzz around cloud ERP, in part due to the hard push from vendors to get customers to move to their cloud ERPs. However, for many of our clients who have taken the first steps on their cloud journey, the overwhelming response is that cloud ERP is not a viable alternative. If you are […]

Decoding SAP’s Cloud Strategy: Cloud-Washing
Cloud, ERP, HANA database 4 min read
Decoding SAP’s Cloud Strategy: Cloud-Washing
Frank Reneke
4 min read

There’s a buzzword floating around for how some enterprise software vendors are hyping their cloud capabilities to customers, IT analysts and Wall Street. “Cloud washing” is when you reposition an existing software product as cloud software without transitioning it to native cloud architectures and business models. This practice often takes the form of rebranding older […]

Moving to Third-Party Support Need Not Mean Your ERP Is “Frozen”
Business Driven Roadmap, ERP, Innovation 2 min read
Moving to Third-Party Support Need Not Mean Your ERP Is “Frozen”
Pat Phelan
Pat Phelan
VP, Market Research
2 min read

Rimini Street clients continue to grow and evolve their ERP portfolios, including modernization of their technology stacks and investment in innovations such as cloud-based applications and tools. We can help make similar evolutionary steps possible in your enterprise. Canceling vendor maintenance does not freeze your ERP solution. In fact, the opposite happens. Enterprises become more […]

Video: Draw Your Own Roadmap to Avoid the Risks of SAP’s Fast Road to S/4HANA
Business Driven Roadmap, Cloud, ERP 5 min read
Video: Draw Your Own Roadmap to Avoid the Risks of SAP’s Fast Road to S/4HANA
Pat Phelan
Pat Phelan
VP, Market Research
5 min read

Over many years, SAP has built a reputation as a safe bet among enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. Today, however, following SAP’s roadmap may be riskier than many business and technology leaders appreciate. The potential risks apply to SAP S/4HANA in the data center or in the cloud – and even to organizations that delay […]

How the World of Enterprise IT Is Changing
CEO, CIO Strategies, Cloud 2 min read
How the World of Enterprise IT Is Changing
Pat Phelan
Pat Phelan
VP, Market Research
2 min read

CIOs and other information technology leaders are feeling the pressure to move systems to the cloud, including not only pressure from vendors who see the future of their products in the cloud but from the CEO and the board. The cloud is capturing the imagination, and increasingly the budget, of not only technology organizations but […]

How Welch’s Squeezed More Value From IT With Rimini Street
Business Driven Roadmap, CIO Strategies, Client story 3 min read
How Welch’s Squeezed More Value From IT With Rimini Street
Rimini Street Staff
3 min read

Because my ultimate bosses are family farmers, I do not get a lot of credit for spending money on technology for technology’s sake. Farming is a tough business, and they are right to have high expectations of the technology investments we make. Welch’s is such a well-known brand many people probably assume we’re a subsidiary […]