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SAP hits on-demand button

SAP, in a spectacular U-turn, has leapt on board the software-as-a-service bandwagon - the company confirmed its new selling strategy yesterday. The German software giant, which was speaking at an On-Demand conference in Amsterdam on Wednesday, said it will launch SaaS functionality add-ons for its existing Business Suite ERP …

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Anonymous Coward
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New Old Stuff

SAP has had all sorts of add-ons to provide this kind of service. But then so has Oracle. They must be re-pitching it now to counter Microsoft's "agile business" campaign???

WinHatter
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Huge leap indeed

from ball and chain software to software as a service. But will they deliver.

SAP are draining their customers' sap and it does not even taste good on pancakes.

SAP's customers are the real saps

SAP are sapping their customers foundations

and SAP will sass you up ... or is it SaaS.

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