Editor's Note: How to Succeed at ERP in the Cloud

CLOUD LEADER News and Analysis to Guide Your Strategy Editor's Note: How to Succeed at ERP in the Cloud If you're considering moving all or part of your ERP systems to the cloud, here are some considerations that I heard while listening to the finance and tech pros at the recent Modern Finance Experience and Oracle OpenWorld conferences: Hybrid clouds will be the norm. For at least the next decade, most companies are looking at a mix of on-premises and cloud systems. The good news is that your business processes can be more streamlined even with a hybrid model, but only if you design your hybrid cloud wisely. Change management is critical. Early on, bring in the users who work with the ERP systems so they can understand how and why business processes will change. Mind the data. Make sure you have a solid data governance policy—it's especially critical as you knock down data silos. The fact is, CFOs can't keep up in today's competitive economy by looking at reports focused on how things used to work. As Oracle Vice President for Applications Development Rondy Ng noted, you shouldn't have to wait for the month-end—or always involve IT—to see what's going on in your business. —By Margaret Harrist More Cloud News Construction Giant Skanska Is Using Cloud as the Foundation for Growth  Will the Cloud Make JC Penney a Turnaround Success Story?  Government Agencies Seek Modernization in the Cloud  Cloud Innovator Real Estate Group Uses Cloud Software to Unleash New Business Opportunities As a midsize real estate company, Rancon Group was ready to expand into two new business areas, but its QuickBooks-plus-spreadsheets approach wasn't up to the task. Here's how it moved to Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning Cloud. Rancon's Cloud Story  Sign Up for an Oracle ERP Cloud Trial  Best Practice Guide for ERP Migration to the Cloud  Migrate to the Cloud with Oracle's Customer 2 Cloud Program  Build Your Best Business These questions are on everybody's mind: Why should we do this now? How will cloud computing and other new technologies drive my business forward? Oracle Modern Best Practice provides a free, online framework to help you embrace best practices that leverage technologies like cloud computing, mobile, social, and more. Ventana Research White Paper: Modernizing Business with Digital Technologies  Video: Oracle Modern Best Practice (3:03)  See Best Practices for More Than 100 Business Areas and Industries  Quote of the Week "As the company grows, we need to think about where we provide the greatest value for our customers. It's not in maintaining infrastructure and scaling our systems. That's where we see the cloud playing a big role, scaling and managing infrastructure for us." Kohl's Executive Vice President of Digital Technology Ratnakar Lavu  Take an Oracle Service Cloud Tour  Events Oracle Cloud Day: Transforming Your Tomorrow November–December 2015 | Worldwide Discover how Oracle Cloud can help you cut costs and complexity, accelerate innovation, boost agility, speed time to market, and simplify management. Register Today  Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning Webcast Series Through June 2016 | Online Events These weekly 60-minute webcasts present real-world examples of solutions in action, offer information about hot topics, and include demonstrations of Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning Cloud. Register Today  Stay connected Visit the Oracle Account page to subscribe to this newsletter and other Oracle publications.