After a frantic 2007 and early 2008, will the ERP market see more consolidation over the coming year? Does the steady incorporation of features into the major platforms mean the definition of ERP should change? What does vendor consolidation mean for local offices and their partners? And how will the smaller integrators cope with the new landscape

Present to give their opinions and experience on these and other talking points were Steven Cohen, MD of Softline Pastel; Deon Kruger, head of business solutions and ERP systems at XON; Marc Gower, GM of AccTech Alliance; Gary McHugh, director at Pebbletree Consulting; Meryl Malcomess, marketing director at Syspro; Dave Macdonald, pre-sales and marketing manager at Mincom; John Olsson, sales and marketing director at Ability Solutions; Warren O`Reilly, director at Immix Solutions; Carlo Gunter, COO of e.com Institute; Liezl van Staden, business development manager at i5 Group; and Alvin Paules, chief technology architect at SAP SA.