Ch. 10: SAP Wants More Software Guinea Pigs{0}
According to BusinessWeek, SAP’s first significant foray into software provided over the internet and its performance is likely to influence the future of the company’s cloud strategy. However, senior VP of Business ByDesign, Rainer Zinow, announced that the company won’t make it available to all customers until the company has enough “referencing accounts” which is going to be used as part of SAP’s early adopter programme.
According to this article this technology is currently being used by approximately 90 businesses in countries such as China, France, Germany, India, UK, and the United States; although, SAP expects to bring more business in the future.
However, before SAP decides to launch its technology on a wider scale, the company wants more businesses in different countries to using its technology enough times before adopting it to use as case studies.
According to BusinessWeek, SAP launched Business ByDesign’s Feature Pack 2.0 in July. SAP announced that the next Feature Pack will be available in 2010. However, SAP anticipates to cut the total cost of ownership of the tech as well as to make it more available to the public.
Nevertheless, SAP sees the SaaS ERP tech as the significant part of its long term strategy.
Ferguson, Tim. (Sept. 10, 2009). SAP wants more software guinea pigs. BusinessWeek. Retrieved on November 18, 2009 from http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/sep2009/gb20090910_030101.htm?campaign_id=yhoo