SAP announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022. Highlights from SAP included the increase of Cloud revenue by 38% to approximately 3.3 billion euros, SAP S/4HANA's current cloud backlog up by 108%, and IFRS cloud gross profit up by 44%. IFS continues its 2022 momentum with strong financial results for Q3 year-to-date ending September 30, 2022. IFS’s annual recurring revenue increased by 38% year-over-year, with Cloud revenue growing at 104% versus 2021 Q3 year-to-date. Finally, Planful announced its accelerating growth in the 3rd quarter of 2022. This growth was characterized by a 70% year-over-year increase in customer expansion bookings and a record number of new customers. Aptean announced its acquisition of Merlin Business Software Ltd., a provider of enterprise business solutions tailored to wholesalers and distributors, including those serving the industrial supply, building supply, and food and beverage industries. The acquisition will assist Aptean in supporting these industries in the United Kingdom. Unit4 announced a strategic relationship with BDO USA LLP to help nonprofit, professional services, higher education, and State and local government sectors increase agility and efficiency. This relationship will combine Unit4’s purpose-built technology solutions and BDO’s deep industry experience and solution capabilities around organizational strategy, enterprise transformation, and technology enablement.
Hi and welcome to episode 62 of The ERP Minute. I am your host, Rebekah McCabe.
This week, many vendors announced third-quarter financial results marking significant growth in the ERP space. SAP announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022. Highlights from SAP included the increase of Cloud revenue by 38% to approximately 3.3 billion euros, SAP S/4HANA's current cloud backlog up by 108%, and IFRS cloud gross profit up by 44%. IFS continues its 2022 momentum with strong financial results for Q3 year-to-date ending September 30, 2022. IFS’s annual recurring revenue increased by 38% year-over-year, with Cloud revenue growing at 104% versus 2021 Q3 year-to-date. Finally, Planful announced its accelerating growth in the 3rd quarter of 2022. This growth was characterized by a 70% year-over-year increase in customer expansion bookings and a record number of new customers.
These results are all major indicators of the ever-expanding ERP market. Strong third-quarter vendor results show a need in the market for ERP solutions, with continued success highly predicted as vendors build upon their current solutions.
In other news, Aptean announced its acquisition of Merlin Business Software Ltd., a provider of enterprise business solutions tailored to wholesalers and distributors, including those serving the industrial supply, building supply, and food and beverage industries. The acquisition will assist Aptean in supporting these industries in the United Kingdom.
The theme continues to be growth, as vendors expand their efforts through innovations, acquisitions, and more. Aptean is pursuing the delivery of value to customers through this acquisition to provide end-to-end business process functionality to its users in the United Kingdom. Leveraging Merlin’s established hold in the UK is a great strategic move for Aptean.
Finally, Unit4 announced a strategic relationship with BDO USA LLP to help nonprofit, professional services, higher education, and State and local government sectors increase agility and efficiency. This relationship will combine Unit4’s purpose-built technology solutions and BDO’s deep industry experience and solution capabilities around organizational strategy, enterprise transformation, and technology enablement.
Unit4 continues to expand its relationships to bring value to its customers. It is great to see Unit4 not only expand its offerings but also the support it is able to provide to customers in order to ensure that its product delivers on its potential.
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