Oracle and SAP start increasing investment in cloud computing business

SAP was planning to sell business one as a on-demand version of CRM software in March this year, but it took too long to relocate it. As a result, customers ' confusion and doubts are likely to ensue. So, what about Business bydesign?

&http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/37954.html ">nbsp; To be sure, SAP is accelerating the expansion of its "cloud" portfolio. After acquiring SuccessFactors, SAP will sell its software as a human resources management tool. SAP already has a prepaid human resources management Kit. Now that business one ondemand is ready, it will force business ByDesign to take a backseat-a growth-oriented business. But in fact business ByDesign is unlikely to be used by smaller companies with less than 50 people.

SAP will position business one OnDemand in a cloud ERP system designed for small businesses that will be communicated to users through their partners. Business one OnDemand intends to complement the current Business ByDesign solution in the midsize enterprise market.

In other words, Business ByDesign does not provide a business boost for small businesses. Therefore, for the current situation of business bydesign, only the upstream market to develop this path.

Basically, SAP still can't erase customers ' doubts. To this end, Business one OnDemand shifted the topic focus to multi-tenant technology. However, multi-tenant technology is not the best choice for business ByDesign. SAP cannot give a clear answer as to how the two can coordinate development.

At the very least, SAP is not alone. Oracle's cloud computing software products are also trapped together, including Taleo,oracle Hrm,rightnow and recently released fusion applications.

In fact, Oracle's customers are as confused as their competitors SAP customers. Optimistically, these "cloud" results will eventually become coordinated. Currently, this series of endpoint applications has been delivered to customers in the form of demand. There are, of course, some official ideas from SAP and Oracle about one-stop cloud stores, but we should see what they do. Fortunately, cloud applications should be more easily integrated than traditional applications.

Clearly, the right approach is both for Oracle and SAP: What customers want, what they offer. If customers need cloud software, give them cloud software. They want traditional software, they give them traditional software. It's enough to meet the needs of our customers. This is actually about the customer relationship and the accompanying circular income problem.

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