Industry-First Enhancement Package Model Drives Massive Adoption of SAP(R)
ERP 6.0; Leading Analyst Firm Ranks SAP the Worldwide ERP Market Share
Leader
WALLDORF, Germany, July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SAP AG (NYSE: SAP)
today announced a historic landmark in its product release strategy: The
latest release of its market-leading enterprise resource planning (ERP)
application, SAP(R) ERP, has been selected or installed by more than 10,000
customers, including Bank of America, Brazilian petrochemical company
Braskem, and Kraft Foods. In addition, independent analyst firm Gartner
Inc. recently ranked SAP as the 2007 Market Share leader in the ERP
category with a market share of 27.5 percent, surpassing the second-ranked
vendor who was ranked at 13.9 percent.(1)
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As SAP ERP continues to gain industry-wide momentum, it has also become
the No. 1 topic of interest for the Americas' SAP Users' Group (ASUG),
according to Chris Crone, director of Business Technology, Pentair
Corporation and member of the ASUG Board of Directors.
"To keep pace with this demand, we created the ASUG SAP ERP Upgrades
Program in 2007," said Crone. "Robust attendance at our face-to-face
symposiums and Webcasts, in addition to the high volume of traffic on our
online Upgrades Information Center, is proof that SAP ERP 6.0 is the IT
enabler of choice for companies seeking to gain a competitive edge."
Available since June 2006, SAP ERP 6.0 is the fastest adopted ERP
release in SAP history and is the first step in enabling customers to take
full advantage of the entire SAP(R) Business Suite family of business
applications. The 10,000-customer milestone comes in the wake of general
availability of the software's third enhancement package (see February 25,
2008 press release, titled "SAP Continues 'Innovation Without Disruption'
with Release of Third ERP Enhancement Package"), a unique model in the
software sector that enables customers to continuously add on new software
features at no additional charge and without having to undergo complete
upgrades.
"SAP has made a considerable investment in simplifying the upgrade
process," wrote Ray Wang, principal analyst, Forrester Research, in the May
2008 report titled "Enhancement Packages Improve SAP Upgrade Value." "New
functionality, progression to service-oriented architecture and enhancement
packages provide significant incentives to upgrade to SAP ERP 6.0."
Now available to SAP ERP 6.0 customers, the third enhancement package
delivers 150 new business functions that include 400 new capabilities, 183
industry enhancements, 45 enterprise service bundles and 556 individual
enterprise services-the essential building blocks of software applications
that can be reused and combined to compose new business processes. Key
business functions include new capabilities in the areas of general ledger,
hedge management support, recruiting and unit maintenance for defense.
Since the release of SAP ERP in 2006, SAP has delivered more than 600
new capabilities and 97 enterprise service bundles to customers. Built upon
the SAP NetWeaver(R) technology platform, SAP ERP enables customers to take
advantage of an enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA)
strategy. SAP NetWeaver coupled with leading end-to-end business processes
from SAP provide a consolidated IT landscape, outfitted with the best tools
to enable innovation and ultimately lead to differentiation and a
competitive edge for businesses.
"The industry-at-large continues to express their appreciation for the
flexibility that SAP ERP 6.0 offers and the simplicity of enhancement
packages," said Jim Hagemann Snabe, member of the Executive Board, SAP AG.
"By providing an innovative business process platform and flexible product
release strategy, we continue to empower our customers to evolve in the
face of challenging market conditions, modernize their operations and
business models, and drive top- and bottom-line growth."
About SAP
SAP is the world's leading provider of business software(*), offering
applications and services that enable companies of all sizes and in more
than 25 industries to become best-run businesses. With more than 47,800
customers (excludes customers from the acquisition of Business Objects) in
over 120 countries, the company is listed on several exchanges, including
the Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE, under the symbol "SAP." (For more
information, visit http://www.sap.com)
About SAP(R) ERP and SAP(R) Enhancement Packages for SAP ERP
Adoption of SAP ERP 6.0, together with enterprise SOA and the SAP
NetWeaver(R) technology platform, provides a stable business process
platform while delivering continuous innovation to customers through
enhancement packages. Approximately 10,000 customers have already installed
SAP ERP 6.0. More than 6,300 live customers in diverse industries around
the world are currently gaining significant business value by leveraging
SAP ERP to increase their business agility and gain faster access to new
functionality. Comprehensive services, tools and content from SAP help
customers to understand the benefits of an upgrade and facilitate a
low-risk, smooth and rapid transition.
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(*) SAP defines business software as comprising enterprise resource
planning and related applications.
(1) Source: Gartner Inc., "Market Share: ERP Software, Worldwide,
2007;" Chris Pang, Chad Eschinger, Yanna Dharmasthira and Koji Motoyoshi;
June 2008.
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