With the financial crisis at hand the question is: what are businesses going to do about it? The response many businesses in the region have is to look inwards and improve internal business processes in order to hold down the fort until the onslaught subsides. The next and perhaps more important question is: how will regional businesses restructure their organizations? Despite the dismal undertone of the business news coming out of the region, there are a few encouraging signs. One sector that is doing surprisingly well as a result of the need for businesses to restructure and improve efficiency is the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) industry. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), ERP growth within the GCC will range between nine and 12 percent, an enormous figure considering many regional states will not grow at all this year. “We will probably have the best month we have ever had
