Software Giants Make Courting A Small Guy Their "Business One" Priority
P.J. Jakovljevic - June 6, 2003

Event Summary

On March 27, SAP AG (NYSE: SAP), the leading provider of enterprise applications, announced the launch of the US version of SAP Business One, a new solution that should promote the company’s capability to a new segment of the small and midsize business (SMB) market. At the same time, in a major pairing of two of the most trusted names in their respective technology and business services fields, SAP also announced that the Tax and Business Services (TBS) unit of American Express would distribute and provide support services for SAP Business One. Together, the two companies will also reportedly develop specialized vertical-industry editions of SAP Business One and establish a new distribution and support service model to meet the needs of small and midsize firms...