‘Soviet era software’ is a phrase that neatly sums up all that’s wrong with that generation of business systems, originally designed in the twilight years of the Cold War era, that still permeates the enterprise landscape today. Centrally controlled, oppressive for users, and inflexibly operated to a grand plan set out years in advance, they are the antithesis of what modern enterprises demand today. Chief amongst them is ERP, with its name – ‘enterprise resource planning’, that evokes the centrally planned ethos of that era. But while it’s commonplace to predict its downfall, it’s not so easy to say what comes next.
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