"The reason for this is that it provides business continuity and ensures a smooth transition for users," de Matos said. "With the consumerization of IT our users now expect the solutions they use for business at work to be as intuitive, attractive and easy to use as their favorite applications at home, and our driver is to constantly be reimagining the link between innovation and ERP." He said the cloud product will be a separate product line but will not require separate licensing and will utilize concurrent licensing as does the current on-premise version.