Another day of SuiteWorld in the bank. More excitement as the day's sessions played out. What better way to recap the event, then to hear it from the people themselves. This social story covers everything from break out sessions to the evenings parties, with of course appearances by Suite Stanley. Check it out!

Epicor announced today the launch of Epicor Cash Collect, an accounts receivable module for Epicor's ERP solution.  Epicor provides software solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail and services organizations.

MuleSoft, integration platform provider, announced today a collaboration effort with Avalara, sales tax automation solutions provider, to create Avalara iApp4Tax, to integrate ERP and ecommerce accounting applications with Avalara's AvaTax tax compliance solution.  Avalara iApp4Tax is a packaged integration application offered by MuleSoft on its Mule iON integration platform.  The Mule iON platform addresses cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-premise integrations.

Fedena Pro is a complete School Information System (SIS) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution.  The Fedena solution is built using Ruby on Rails and is an open source application, with Fedena Pro offering comprehensive plug-ins.  Fedena Pro is a product of Foradian, an Indian company started by five co-founders comprised of four engineers and one business man.  The company started in 2009, providing brand, website and application development and is now focusing completely on its Fedena product.

IDC, one of the leading industry analyst firms, just unveiled their new report "Worldwide Software as a Service 2010-2014 Forecast: Software Will Never Be the Same"

I recently caught up with Zach Nelson, CEO of NetSuite, a cloud computing company that offers CRM to mid-sized companies. The company is enjoying a surge in business thanks to the downturn and a growing realization among companies about the many benefits of cloud based IT.