Firms seeking to consolidate or replace enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems often look to SAP or Oracle, but two somewhat lesser known ERP vendors -- Infor Global Solutions and QAD Inc. -- are threatening to take a bigger slice of the ERP pie, a new survey by Boston, Mass.-based analyst firm Aberdeen Group finds.

1000 companies of all sizes were part of the study and it was found that 71% of companies have more than one ERP system in place intend to consolidate to one vendor in the near future.

which vendor they will consolidate to, SAP, Oracle, Infor Global Solutions and QAD were the top four answers.

Large companies - those with more than $1 billion in annual revenue - about 80% have more than one ERP system in place, while about 42% of mid-market companies have multiple ERP installations. They survey also found that about 9% of companies currently have no ERP in place at all.

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Prashanth Rai