Cloud ERP systems come in various shapes and sizes. Some are born in the cloud, while others are simply pretending to be the cloud. Some are as bad as with the only changes in their financial model. The challenge with the cloud concept is that it has many different layers and hence confusion around the cloud. The first one is the financial layer, which is perhaps the easiest for the executives to understand. The financial layer allows you to convert your CapEx expenses to your OpEx model. The other layer is the IT layer, which is also relatively easier to understand. With this layer, the support, the infrastructure, the patches, etc., are the responsibilities of the vendor.
The hardest to deliver and master is the technology and user experience layer. And only experts understand the difference between a legacy vs. a cloud-native architecture. To understand this, you need to go back to the fundamentals of software architecture. In general, with any software architecture, there will be three layers, the front end, the service, and the back end. The front end is the easiest to change and has the highest ROI, as that is the only thing the customers are likely to see in a demo. The service layer might also be relatively easier to change. The hardest always is the database layer. Some systems that were designed with legacy data models and technology may still use legacy technologies such as RPG in the backend, causing the whole experience to be inferior.
We have analyzed the top 10 cloud ERP systems based on several criteria, including their market share in the cloud, the alignment of acquisition strategy for the cloud-native offerings, the strength of their communities with cloud users, the depth of the cloud-nativeness of the solution, and much more.
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