Is your ERP system dead or alive?
[Johannesburg, 20 September 2011] -
Back in the late 1990s, client-server was the standard in computing. ERP applications running on desktop PCs stored their transactions on database servers running in the background.The fast-fading alternative was a costly Unix box hooked up to terminals or PCs (using terminal emulation software). ERP transaction processing took place on the server, with the data usually being stored on the same machine.The greatest drawbacks of these ERP systems were their cost, lack of customisation, and absence of integration. For extra functionality, you either waited for the software vendor to decide it was a profitable feature, or you hired a specialist developer to embark on a long and costly process to build it for you. Connecting to other systems – like remote branches – wasn't easy or cheap.
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