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SAP Tries Another, Bifurcated Tack At A Small Guy

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... mainly via multiple indirect channels, as SAP's Smart Business Solutions initiative will supposedly bring together the national SAP SMB partner programs into a ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2002/04/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_04_08_02_1.asp - 19k - 2002-04-08 Summary: As the battle for the mid-market intensifies and each Tier 1 vendor is exhibiting its bag of tricks for small-to-medium enterprises, SAP is trying a twofold strategy of promulgating its mySAP.com offering for the higher-end of the mid-market, while offering a recently acquired product to appeal to comple

SAP Claims Big Gains In The Low-End Battleground

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... to small and medium-sized businesses (mySAP SMB) have doubled in North America this year, reflecting a nearly 40% increase in the SAP SMB customer base year ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/12/research_notes/EN_BA_PJ_12_18_00_1.asp - 27k - 2000-12-18 Summary: SAP, traditionally regarded as too cumbersome and costly for small or midsize enterprises, has recently been announcing stellar increases in sales and acceptance of its Internet-based mySAP.com by smaller companies. We believe that the incumbent smaller vendors as well as other Tier 1 vendors should prep

To Gain Market Share in the Mid-Market, SAP Leaves No Stone ...

by Kevin Ramesan ... and medium size enterprises using SAP ERP back office applications that have solid SCM and CRM product needs should react positively to the SAP SMB offering. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Crm/2003/06/research_notes/VN_CR_KR_06_30_03_1.asp - 15k - 2003-06-30 Summary: The star above small and medium businesses (SMB) has never been so bright. CRM solution vendors are courting this market segment extensively. This is the second of a series of articles that look at strategies deployed by major enterprise solution vendors to attract the SMB decision makers and whether t

SAP Farms More Business Out Amid Its Staff Reductions

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Interested US companies with less than $500 million in revenue and in particular industries of SAP's focus should certainly consider SAP's SMB offering and ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2001/12/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_12_18_01_1.asp - 17k - 2001-12-18 Summary: As the battle for the mid-market intensifies and each vendor is exhibiting a pertinent sabre rattling display of power, SAP is turning to help from the alliance in order to partly counteract the needed cost-cutting exercise in its US operations

SoftBrands to Institute Fourth Shift for SAP Business One ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Still, the ride to SAP's SMB success will not go that smoothly, given that managing three different product lines may go outside of the vendor's forte so far. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/05/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_05_12_04_1.asp - 22k - 2004-05-12 Summary: Make sure that what you select now will keep abreast of the technology changes in the future. It may sometimes be more beneficial to implement the right solution slowly than to rush the wrong one into place.

Accounting (ERP for SMB):SAP Business One

... Accounting (ERP for SMB):SAP Business One. Founded in 1972 and headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, SAP is the world's leading provider ... http://vs.technologyevaluation.com/software/174-13213/Accounting-ERP-for-SMB/SAP-Business-One.html - 3k - 2008-08-21

SoftBrands to Institute Fourth Shift for SAP Business One ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... SAP's predictions of a healthy revenue streams from all the sectors including SAP's sweet spot of large corporations, we tend to believe that SAP SMB drive is ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/05/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_05_10_04_1.asp - 22k - 2004-05-10 Summary: SAP seems to have grasped that the key to success in the SMB market is brand awareness and an apt product, since SMBs are looking for support from incumbent vendors, with intimate knowledge of their vertical and business processes, ample local resources, and the commitment to support them both off- and o

Cookie-cutter Solutions Won't Cut It with the Mid-Market Part One ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Thus, the part of the mySAP All-in-One (formerly SAP SMB) initiative's initial tardiness can also be written off to SAP's painstaking approach of certifying ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/04/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_04_18_04_1.asp - 19k - 2004-04-19 Summary: Small enterprises, like their bigger brethren, need some differentiation means in the market, and that will not be achieved by implementing a cut-and-dried business solution in a 'cookie cutter', 'me too' deployment approach

Enterprise Application Players Keep Refining Value Propositions

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... followed by one with EDS. At the same time, SAP also introduced its SAP SMB vertical solutions. Developed by SAP Certified Business ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2005/04/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_04_14_05_1.asp - 26k - 2005-04-14 Summary: Because cash-strapped medium companies are looking for better options to traditional application pricing models, SAP and HP have allied to deliver 'software as a service' and Oracle/PeopleSoft are also offering hosted solutions, suggesting that 'software as a service' are here to stay.

SoftBrands to Institute Fourth Shift for SAP Business One ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... which is touted as one of the most advanced development environments available in the SMB space that will allow SAP partners to facilitate SMB requests such as ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/05/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_05_07_04_1.asp - 19k - 2004-05-07 Summary: As the contest for the lower-end of the market intensifies, SAP is further honing a twofold strategy of promulgating its mySAP All-in-One vertical offerings for the higher-end of the mid-market, while offering the SAP Business One product to appeal to smaller enterprises with less complex processes. Soft