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ERP Vendor Rankings: Despite Cloud Hype, Same Old Story

Posted by: Thomas Wailgum    Tags:      Posted date:  June 17, 2011  |  No comment

When it comes to enterprise ERP vendors, SAP is without many peers. Oracle, certainly, has built a beachhead in the business applications market during the past 15 or so years.

But in looking at Forrester Research’s rankings of the top ERP vendors—by revenue—it’s obvious that there’s a two-horse race going on, as the State of ERP in 2011 report notes: SAP out in front (with more than $16 billion in annual revenues) and Oracle following behind (with approximately $8 billion in ERP revenues).

After that? Well, just have a loosky at Forrester’s list, and it’s clear to see how the rest of the pack is (to continue the horse-race analogy) chasing SAP’s and Oracle’s behinds.

Even with such a stranglehold on the enterprise market, SAP and Oracle do have some vulnerabilities, Forrester analysts Paul Hamerman and China Martens write in the report. These include: cloud-based ERP vendors, those targeting small- and midsize businesses, and providers selling highly specialized products into vertical markets.
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