NOVEL APPROACH TO COMPARE OF AN ESTABLISHED OPEN-SOURCE ERP AND A NEXT GENERATION CLOUD COMPUTING ERP
Keywords:
ERP, cloud computing, website comparison, open source softwareAbstract
The purpose of this paper is to compare two ERP softwares – one traditional open source involving IT infrastructure (servers, technicians, PC) at users end (A) and the other cloud-computing which needs only PC and internet connection at the users end (B). It seeks to find their relative strengths and weaknesses. It uses and analyses data from user – traffic websites to achieve this end. Results indicate that ‘A’ is more well – established and popular than ‘B’ but, ‘B’ with a growing user – base is catching up very fast. But, both types of software should hold their ground in the market in the future. There are pros and cons with both the software.
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