SAP goes after PeopleSoft, JDE
p2pnet.net News:- Having acquired TomorrowNow Inc, which supplies software maintenance and support services for PeopleSoft and JDE applications, SAP AG has now announced a “comprehensive offering” for SAP customers running applications from the two firms.
“The offering provides companies a safe passage away from the uncertainties arising out of the acquisition of those software brands by Oracle Corporation and a clear road map to assist these companies in evolving to the next generation of business software,” it states.
The announcement followed another, this time from Oracle which said it plans to integrate PeopleSoft’s programs with Oracle apps.
SAP says there are some 2,000 companies with SAP product which also have headquarters, plant facilities, subsidiaries and satellite operations running PeopleSoft and JDE applicationss.
The new offer would be, “particularly attractive to existing SAP clients who are now forced to deal with the challenges of figuring out what to do about the PeopleSoft and JDE solutions running somewhere in their extended enterprise,” says SAP, continuing that its “safe passage program” is a considerably better opportunity for customers than other third-party offerings because:
- SAP assumes the maintenance, service and support issues across the customer’s SAP and PeopleSoft/JDE environment;
- Customers gain immediate integration benefits from SAP NetWeaver, which will allow them to extend the life of their existing investments in PeopleSoft and JDE;
- SAP has defined a clear road map for migration to best-in-class business software, as well a services-oriented platform to drive business innovation via next-generation applications like SAP xApps™ packaged composite applications.
Terms of the TomorrowNow deal weren’t disclosed.
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