Compiere Cloud Edition: The Next Disruptive Breakthrough for ERP?

March 13, 2009 from AMR Research – “…Mr. Klaiss briefed us on a new product he was planning to launch in early March, Compiere Cloud Edition. His plan was to be the first vendor to offer an ERP and CRM suite running on Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)…

What I found most appealing about the Compiere-Amazon pairing is how the two are completely changing the cost structure of deploying ERP. You can subscribe to Compiere Cloud Edition for $795 per month and “rent” Amazon capacity for as little as $2,000 per year. That translates into about $10,000 for 10 users and $80,000 for 100 users. For cost-conscious CIOs, this is worth considering. Some of these cost advantages are because Compiere is built with open source technology, allowing companies to own the source code, eliminating the dependence on a vendor, if needed…”

180 View – Disruptive technology is a good thing as it leads to better prices and/or improved products/services. However most organizations are risk adverse when it comes to ERP systems. Potential disruption (not the intended meaning in the article) to business is the last thing they want.