An industry update on the enterprise resource planning software space with links to Managing Automation's online product directory.
One of the biggest stories in the mid-market enterprise applications space during 2006
was Infor's acquisition of SSA Global, the
latest in a string of acquisitions that has taken the enterprise applications vendor to
revenues in excess of $2 billion in just four years, according to a recent
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by AMR Research analyst Jim Shepherd
(subscription required). This particular piece of news is consistent with an overall trend in
the ERP space -- vendors are operating in a saturated and mature market and are