A ‘legacy system’ is outdated software, generally 10 years old or older. Legacy systems are being replaced but are still widespread in the small to medium enterprise (SME) market space. Companies rely on legacy systems for many reasons: dislike/fear of change, sunken cost, a desire to avoid downtime, and more. This reliance is ill-founded.

Most businesses know the importance of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and cloud computing. Now, business owners are doing more, including deploying the best ERP system – SAP Business One – on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

There’s a significant distinction in the small to midsized enterprise (SME) market space between legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and modern ERP systems like SAP Business One. Admittedly, transitioning ERPs presents a hurdle for most customers, so they can be resistant to change. To exploit this, some organizations (acquirers) purchase SME ERP legacy software companies.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and widely adopted cloud platform, offering over 175 services for businesses of all sizes. Millions of customers use AWS to lower costs, improve agility, innovate faster, scale, and grow. They do so via AWS services that enable them to run applications, ecommerce, and their infrastructure in the cloud.

Why are businesses increasingly turning to cloud computing, even for ERP?

Before March 2020, many (if not most) organizations required employees to spend their days in offices. Then COVID-19 hit, forcing businesses to quickly shift to remote work to stay afloat through stay-at-home and social distancing orders.

Press Release August 5, 2020

Acuity Consulting Group LLC is proud to announce it has signed a partner agreement with Lemongrass Consulting. Acuity is a long-term partner of SAP Business One. Lemongrass Consulting is a leading provider of solutions for SAP on Amazon Web Services (AWS). By partnering with Lemongrass and bringing together SAP B1 and AWS, Acuity offers an unparalleled ERP solution to the SME market.

The global enterprise resource planning (ERP) software market is worth $41.69 billion, and anyone who uses an ERP understands why – because ERP systems handle all your business’s diverse functions, including:

You’ve decided to implement an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. This is a significant project, and its success requires cooperation from every user in your business. For example, you won’t get a budget without your company owner, and the software won’t “stick” if your employees fight it.