ERP goes social: This was the year when ERP embraced social collaboration software, evidenced by Microsoft's purchase of Yammer, Oracle's multiple social software acquisitions and SAP's recent rollout of its Jam platform, according to Forrester's Martens. "It seems like every ERP vendor has some sort of 'Facebook for the enterprise' story and is now trying to move beyond that in a bid to differentiate its own take on social collaboration," she said via email.
Chris Kanaracus covers enterprise software and general technology breaking news for The IDG News Service. Chris' email address is Chris_Kanaracus@idg.com
