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When you have disaster like this, what do you rely on?


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 Inmarsat IsatPhone Pro Satellite Phone  - Includes 100 Units 
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Globalstar 1700 Satellite Phone - Includes Annual Emergency Plan with 120 Minutes
 
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2013 ERP Market Share Update: SAP Solidifies Market Leadership

During 2012 the worldwideEnterprise Resource Planning (ERP) market experienced sluggish growth of just 2.2%, yet Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), financial management and Human CapitalManagement (HCM) applications showed potential for breakout growth.

Through the challenging times of the previous year however, SAP still retained worldwide market share leadership.  These and other insights were recently published in the recent report, Market Share Analysis: ERP Software Worldwide, 2012 authored by Chris Pang, Yanna Dharmasthira, Chad Eschinger, Koji Motoyoshi and Kenneth F. Brant.

Key Take-Aways

• Overall market growth of just 2.2% and the top ten vendors owning 64% of the worldwide ERP market is leading Gartner to predict further consolidation of the industry.
• SAP had just over $6B in total ERP software revenue in 2012, leading the worldwide market with 24.6% market share.  Oracle ORCL +0.94% had $3.12B and Sage, $1.5B in software revenues for 2012.  Oracle’s market share was 12.8%, and Sage, 6.3%. The following graphic shows worldwide ERP market share for 2012.

• Infor achieved 49.5% revenue growth in 2012, increasing their 2011 sales from $1B in 2011 to $1.5B in 2012.  Their market share increased from 4.2% in 2011 to 6.2% in 2012.
• Microsoft MSFT +0.94% achieved 4.2% revenue growth  in 2012, increasing revenue from $1B in 2011 to $1.1B in 2012.  The majority of these sales are for the Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP system.
• The fastest growing ERP vendors  in 2012 include Workday, Cornerstone OnDemand, WorkForce Software, Ventyx and NetSuite.
• Workday grew 114.7% in 2012, increasing revenue from $88.6M in 2011 to $190.3M in 2012.
• Cornerstone OnDemand grew 61.5% in 2012, increasing revenue from $58.4M in 2011 to $94.3 in 2012.
• WorkForce Software grew 39.8% in 2012, increasing revenue from $11.8M in 2011 to $16.5M in 2012.
• NetSuite grew 34% in 2012, increasing revenue from $139.7M in 2011 to $187.1M in 2012.
• SaaS-based ERP revenues are projected to grow from 12% worldwide in 2013 to 17% in 2017.  The following graphic from the report Gartner’s Market Trends: SaaS’s Varied Levels of Cannibalization to On-Premises Applications published: 29 October 2012 shows this progression.  You can find a research roundup at the previous post SaaS Adoption Accelerates, Goes Global in the Enterprise, which provides additional insights into which factors are driving SaaS adoption.

Bottom line:  SAP’s continued market dominance depends on how well the company orchestrates it core ERP strategy with the following areas: BusinessObjects 4.0, its highly regarded analytics suite; social application adoption (SAP Jam); the many Cloud-based initiatives they have including SuccessFactors and BusinessbyDesign; mobility platform wins;  and major wins with their SAP Sybase DBMS and HANA architectures.

Cisco Surges 8% On U.S. Strength And A Steadily Improving Global Economy

Cisco posted third quarter earningsafter the bell on Wednesday, beating estimates and delivering a ninth consecutive quarter of “record” revenues.  Shares in the large networking and communications firm surged more than 8% in post-market trading.

Non-GAAP net income rose 4.7% to $2.7 billion in the third quarter for Cisco, which earned 51 cents per share; Wall Street was expecting an EPS of 49 cents.

Cisco’s revenue grew 5.4% to $12.2 billion, in line with consensus expectations.  John Chambers, Cisco’s CEO noted the company managed to execute “in a slow, but steady economic environment.”  Chambers added, “we are starting to see some good signs in the US and other parts of the world which are encouraging.”

Gross margin, a widely followed figure, remained relatively steady at 61.4%, just 20 basis points below its levels in the year-ago quarter.  Cash from operations came in at $3.1 billion, while Cisco’s cash and cash equivalents stood at a massive $47.4 billion.  Cisco, along with several major tech competitors including Apple AAPL -3.38%, Google GOOG +3.26%, and Microsoft MSFT +0.94%, are among the global companies with the largest cash reserves in the world.

Cisco’s stock performance this year has been poor, with shares rallying less than 5% compared to a nearly 12% gain for the Nasdaq, which closed at its highest levels in more than a decade on Wednesday.  Investors appeared pleased with Cisco’s third quarter financial performance, though, as the stock was up 8.1% to $22.93 by 5:02 PM in New York.