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Almost ten years ago, the main players in the ERP market (Oracle,JD Edwards and SAP) found themselves under attack from a number young and dynamic companies that have introduced a new wave applications like online procurement, online market places and believe it or not customer relationship management, areas where traditional ERP vendors were not particularly strong.

With streamlined processes, friendly user interfaces and energetic sales tactics, companies like Ariba, CommerceOne, i2 and Siebel did capture the imagination of business and IT professionals alike. Many CIOs were forced by their business users (or just felt it was cool) to adopt a best-of-breed business applications strategy (or let us just call it approach). It was not so uncommon during the dot com era to hear CIOs talking about