So at least from the BlackIron perspective, we didn’t have the greatest experience with the Financial Force product.  Lots of reasons I think – some of it us – some of it them, but I have to say that I’m optimistic about this new cash infusion.  $50M buys you ALOT of R&D – and I think that maybe this is the turning point for ERP on SFDC.  To date, no one has really nailed ERP on the SF Platform, but in my last role at JDA, they built an entire ERP – and a pretty good one – turned out to be the largest most used system in all of retail for awhile – for less than $50M.  So here’s to hoping….

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/financialforcecom-receives-50-million-in-funding-from-advent-international-2014-04-24