| | July 20156CIOReviewCopyright © 2015 CIOReview, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.CIOReviewJULY - 09 - 2015Mailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.402.1463, F:510-894-8405 JULY - 09 - 2015, Vol 04 SE 52 Published by CIOReview To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com Editor-in-Chief Pradeep ShankarEditorial StaffSalesT:510. 565. 7627VisualizersSukirti AgnihotriStephen ThomasERP SpecialCIOReviewThe rise of consumerism, mobility, and more importantly cloud has made enterprises rethink their ERP strategies. The rigid nature of volume-driven, enterprise wide ERP solution challenges the flexibility demand of today's enterprises. The cloud presents a more than viable solution, however the existing investments on ERPs and the security issues surrounding cloud is making enterprises apprehensive toward cloud based ERPs. Meanwhile, PwC is predicting that by 2016, investments in SaaS ERP solutions will more than double to $78 billion, while investment in traditional ERP systems will decline over 30 percent to less than $15 billion. In this regard, hybrid ERP solutions emerge as a promising option for businesses looking to revamp their ERP systems. The hybrid solutions coalesces cloud based tools with existing ERP solutions, ensuring budgetary considerations. Additionally, hybrid solutions allow organizations to scale their IT strategies to align with current and future customer-driven business models, and to cater to the mobility demands of consumers and employees. Adding to the enhanced collaboration, the advent of subscription based cloud solutions enable organizations, including SMBs, to overcome the recurrent expenses of installing and maintaining an in-house server based ERP application. However, making the choice from the elephantine amount of cloud-ERP purveyors is still a tedious task for organizations. On that note, we present to you this special edition on ERP. We are featuring 20 Most Promising ERP Solutions Providers. The chosen 20 are ones that help their customers to optimize their technology investments and deploy new capabilities. Let us know your thoughts on how you are planning to leverage cloud based and hybrid ERPs in your business. Jeevan George Managing Editoreditor@cioreview.comEditorialERP: The Hybrid Approach Aaron PierceAnkit Tripathi Debbie MorrisJoshua ParkerJoe MartinMelissa SamuelsSarah Fernandes Sonia SacharJohn Adamjohn@cioreview.comRichard Watsonrichard @cioreivew.comSteve Millersteve@cioreivew.comJessica Stanleyjessica@cioreview.com Managing EditorJeevan George
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