This document discusses the growing trend of companies moving their ERP systems to cloud-based models. It provides an overview of the different types of cloud models (infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, software as a service) and highlights the key benefits driving companies' decisions to adopt cloud ERP, including lower costs, faster deployment, flexibility and scalability. Market analysis is presented on the projected growth of cloud-based software and infrastructure spending. The document also briefly discusses open source ERP solutions and the increasing popularity of the software as a service model for ERP.