{"id":5650,"date":"2013-02-01T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cloudcomputing-news.net\/blog-hub\/2013\/feb\/01\/roundup-of-cloud-computing-enterprise-software-forecasts-2013\/"},"modified":"2013-02-01T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T10:30:00","slug":"roundup-of-cloud-computing-and-enterprise-software-forecasts-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/roundup-of-cloud-computing-and-enterprise-software-forecasts-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundup of cloud computing and enterprise software forecasts 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the CEO of a rust-belt manufacturer speaks of cloud computing as critical to his company&rsquo;s business strategies for competing globally, it&rsquo;s clear a fundamental shift is underway.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly every manufacturing company&nbsp;I&rsquo;ve&nbsp;spoken with in the last 90 days has a mobility roadmap and is also challenged to integrate existing ERP, pricing and fulfillment systems into next-generation selling platforms.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most driven CEOs&nbsp;I&rsquo;ve&nbsp;met in manufacturing implemented a cloud-based channel management, pricing, quoting and CRM system to manage direct sales and a large distributor network across several countries.&nbsp; Manufacturers are bringing an entirely new level of pragmatism to cloud computing, quickly deflating its hype by pushing for results on the shop floor.<\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s also been an entirely new series of enterprise software and cloud computing forecasts and market estimates published. I&rsquo;ve&nbsp;summarised the key take-aways below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Enterprise&nbsp;sales of ERP &#8230;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the CEO of a rust-belt manufacturer speaks of cloud computing as critical to his company&rsquo;s business strategies for competing globally, it&rsquo;s clear a fundamental shift is underway.<br \/>\nNearly every manufacturing company&nbsp;I&rsquo;ve&nbsp;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}