{"id":406,"date":"2007-10-08T07:00:46","date_gmt":"2007-10-08T15:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=406"},"modified":"2007-10-08T07:00:46","modified_gmt":"2007-10-08T15:00:46","slug":"saas-analysts-slam-saps-on-demand-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/saas-analysts-slam-saps-on-demand-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"SaaS: Analysts Slam SAP's On-Demand Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAP CEO Henning Kagermann called it “the most important announcement I’ve made in my career.” Henning called it a “complete solution” designed for “end to end, flexible, adaptable, business processes within the company and beyond the boundaries of a company.”<\/span><\/p>\n

SAP is hoping that the new platform will be adopted by more than 10,000 companies by 2010 — right now about 20 companies are using it.<\/p>\n

But analysts were quick to criticize SAP’s on-demand strategy. The new platform is called “Business by Design” and is SAP’s first attempt at the SaaS market. Comments included:<\/p>\n

Forrester<\/a>: “Key features like easy access to reporting, quick portal construction, and easy integration to Office remain missing.”<\/p>\n

Information Week<\/a>: “SAP will struggle because many employees will fear that on-demand software will cannibalize sales of conventional software licenses.”<\/p>\n

Internetnews.com<\/a>: “SAP got immediate and what can only be called less-than-enthusiastic feedback from the very people it most hoped to please.”<\/p>\n

Cohen and Company<\/a>: Business by Design is “too horizontal to sell into the mid-market, particularly the low end of the mid-market which demands a high degree of vertical expertise.”<\/p>\n

Microsoft<\/a>: “While we certainly recognize other vendors as formidable competitors, at the end of the day the SMB spot is our sweet spot. We’ve been servicing this space for years.”<\/p>\n

IDC<\/a>: \u0093They need to have some kind of focus on what type of [small business] they are targeting… You wonder where all these [customers] are going to come from.\u0094<\/p>\n

BusinessWeek<\/a>: “If mishandled, SAP’s approach could present opportunities for competitors, including Oracle… Smaller rivals are also sniffing the same ground.”<\/p>\n

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SAP CEO Henning Kagermann called it “the most important announcement I’ve made in my career.” Henning called it a “complete solution” designed for “end to end, flexible, adaptable, business processes within the company and beyond the boundaries of a company.”…<\/span><\/p>\n

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