“Back in 2007, I noted that Gartner had retired its mid-market ERP Magic Quadrant (MQ). As my source said at the time, the reason was that as a result of consolidation there were not enough vendors left in midmarket ERP to populate the quadrant.
Well, apparently Gartner found some more vendors and has now brought the mid-market ERP MQ back from retirement.”
He raises some very valid questions on the findings.
My two questions about the MQ
- Where are SaaS vendors like NetSuite and Intacct? Indeed Gartner in its intro says “Although some see this market as large and mature, Gartner sees this market as undergoing a "changing of the guard," with older, established systems with deep functionality being displaced by more modern and agile systems.” Modern and agile = SaaS, does it not? And for the lower end of this market increasingly the easiest choice.
- Also, in Europe I can see a case for Axapta as the only product in the leader quadrant, but on a global basis?
I can hazard a guess.
The document title is already a mouthful “The Magic Quadrant for Midmarket and Tier 2-Oriented ERP for Product-Centric Companies”
So the editors cut out “Old Technology” and “Old World” from the title…
