The Challenges of SAP Relationship and User Recommendations
P.J. Jakovljevic - December 14, 2006

SAP–Friend, Foe, or Both?

In mid-2006, San Jose, California (US)-based Callidus Software announced that its TrueComp version 5.1.3 software application had achieved Certified for NetWeaver status from SAP—good news for the over 30 percent of the company's customers that run SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) systems. With the integration provided between TrueComp and the SAP NetWeaver platform, customers should benefit from a reduction in total cost of ownership (TCO) by being able to further leverage their existing investments in SAP and Callidus solutions via a common infrastructure. To achieve Certified for NetWeaver status from SAP, vendors must ensure their applications interface seamlessly with the SAP NetWeaver platform, and this integration is tested and certified by the SAP Integration & Certification Center. The SAP NetWeaver platform is the technology foundation that powers not only mySAP business applications and SAP xApps composite applications, but also Callidus's TrueComp solution and other partner solutions, as well as custom-built applications...