By R "Ray" Wang on August 22, 2012
The Real Deadline To Consider Third Party SAP Maintenance Is September 30th In conversations with hundreds of SAP customers, many have not realized that they must act in the next 30 to 45 days if they want to move off of SAP customer specific maintenance from extended maintenance. Despite the support window ending in March [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on January 4, 2011
Organizations Seek Measurable Results In Disruptive Tech, Next Gen Business, And Legacy Optimization Projects For 2011 Credits: Hugh MacLeod Enterprise leaders seek pragmatic, creative, and disruptive solutions that achieve both profitability and market differentiation. Cutting through the hype and buzz of the latest consumer tech innovations and disruptive technologies, Constellation Research expects business value to [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on January 6, 2010
High Cost Of Ownership And Changing Requirements Drive SAP Users To Seek Optimization Solutions As users await SAP to regain its mojo (see Dennis Howlett’s post) and implement it’s “Voice of the Customer” strategy in 2010, users must continue to reduce their cost of ownership and complexity (see Figure 1). In addition, rapidly changing business [...]
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