SAP Cloud Computing +saas model easy to solve the big problems

China's small and medium-sized enterprises are very large, by the end of 2007, in China's nearly 10 million industrial enterprises and production units, the proportion of small and medium-sized enterprises as high as 96.89%. However, such a large information potential market is such an embarrassing situation: large enterprises hold huge sums of money to enjoy the advanced enterprise information Services, in the competition more advantages, and SMEs because of the inability to bear the high cost of information, increasingly at a competitive disadvantage.

"Cloud computing +saas", so that small and medium-sized enterprises to apply information on demand

Many small and medium-sized enterprises because of their small size, lack of funds, the cost of information highly sensitive and helpless. Because of the traditional information transformation, the upfront need to buy expensive information equipment, and later to configure a special staff to the system maintenance upgrades, so they are eager for a simple and effective information mode. "We certainly want information, but costs have always been the biggest problem for us," he said. This is the voice of many SMEs. In the context of this strong market demand, nearly two or three years of SaaS this software is the service mode of operation of the emergence of the wind, and with the help of nearly a year with super large-scale, strong computing capacity, the SaaS on the basis of further upgrading of the cloud computing boom, but also to the SME information such as the encounter bosom friend, doubled.

At present, the global information industry manufacturers began to look to small and medium-sized enterprises to seek new opportunities, SAP, IBM, Microsoft and other international giants have also launched in China for SME information solutions. For a time, the domestic small and medium-sized enterprises information market surging, business opportunities emerge, but also to help SMEs high-speed development. In particular, "cloud computing +saas" as the service model of SAP Business BYDESIGNG is in many IT application services vendors stand out, become the best partner of SME information construction.

As we all know, SaaS is the abbreviation of English Software as a service, the most important advantage of this application mode is that the SME users only pay a certain rent, the Enterprise user's PC through the Internet Access SaaS platform, From the professional Saaas operators to obtain the right to use the relevant management software system, you can enjoy the server, network, system administrators and OA, CRM, ERP, financial management, such as a set of information convenience. This can save a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises for the purchase of expensive hardware and software, the construction of IT network environment, the recruitment of IT staff and cumbersome system upgrades, such as the cost of investment, will be able to solve the current small and medium-sized enterprises in the construction of information problems encountered.

SAP, the technology leader in global enterprise management software and solutions, has been involved in the early days of the 2006 cloud concept. Now SAP through its cloud computing services Center to the various management software functions through the way of Web services to customers, customers only need to pay for their own functions, such as the use of tap water, on-demand application of information, without having to invest in hardware, software and maintenance, very convenient, So that small and medium-sized enterprises can also use information to improve their market rapid response ability and strengthen their own strength. At present, SAP cloud mainly includes three layer structure: SaaS (software as Service), IaaS (facility as Service), PaaS (Platform as service).

And the rapid rise of cloud computing makes High-performance computing and "super" storage can keep up with the development of large-scale small and medium-sized enterprise information construction, that is to say, the future enterprises in all walks of life need to turn to world-class manufacturers like SAP to provide comprehensive services for enterprise IT construction and system upgrades. At present, more than tens of thousands of computers worldwide are working for SAP, and SAP relies on this powerful cloud computing environment to do product development, testing, deployment and some hosting applications, and its products ' stability and super strength will be undoubted.

This year, faced with the appreciation of the renminbi, export tax rebate policy adjustment, raw material costs rising, inflation pressure continues to increase, and many other adverse situation, the domestic entry into a high cost management era, savings and consumption, open source income generation has become a strong survival chart of the law, and SAP Business BYDESIGNG's "Cloud computing +saas" service model has become the best way of SME information construction, small and medium-sized information construction can be as "with tap water, want to use on the twist open, do not, turn off" so easy and simple economy, on demand.

SAP Business Bydesigng Several major characteristics, easy to solve the problems of enterprise informatization

It is not to be denied that, although all software may be suitable for the SaaS model, however, many of the saas+ cloud computing models provided by it vendors are mostly in the initial stage, the product maturity, stability is not strong, and too rigorous blunt, facing thousands of small and medium-sized services personalized, The requirements of diversification are somewhat powerless, difficult to adapt to the characteristics of enterprises, personalized needs, but the emphasis on personalized but increase the cost of enterprise development, resulting in asymmetric supply and demand, which gives small and medium enterprises it construction put forward new requirements and new challenges.

But these problems and challenges, for SAP Business BYDESIGNG, are like pediatrics and can be easily solved.

First of all, the SAP Business BYDESIGNG platform integrates the domestic small and medium-sized enterprise information needs more than 95% of the management software function, can let the small and medium-sized enterprises choose freely, need. SAP currently has more than 16,500 customers in more than 120 countries and regions worldwide, offering products based on the "Five pillars" strategy, namely MySAP SCM (supply chain Management), MySAP PLM (Product lifecycle Management), MySAP CRM (Customer Relationship Management), SAP Portals's enterprise Portals (Enterprise Portal) and Sapmarkets exchanges (trading fairs). In addition, there are OA, HR and other small and medium-sized enterprises most commonly used management software.

Secondly, SAP Business Bydesigng will be the enterprise of various management software to make "fool machine", not only the degree of product to be high, but also very easy to operate and understand. In the "Cloud +saas" mode, management software cannot be compliant with SaaS mode if it cannot be "fool-like". Especially for small and medium-sized enterprises, software maturity and ease of use is more critical, more favored. The head of SAP marketing department said that according to the software quality national standard GB-T8566--2001G, the software quality is one of the main features is ease of use, it contains easy to understand, easy to learn habits and operability. The Easy-to-use online management software platform should allow the user unit administrator to complete the installation of the system within 3 days initial settings, user input and authority assignment; After a simple training, the vast majority of users can be proficient in the use of common functions in a day, a week skilled use of 70% of the function, that is, a week to allow the system to run smoothly. At present, SAP Business BYDESIGNG has adopted a large number of optimized and unique design in ease of use.

At present, although the management software features more and more powerful, but the requirements of functional operation is more and more simple, more and more "fool." For SaaS, the online management software application platform, the highest level is to do "0 manual", that is, without manual help, can be used directly. SAP Business BYDESIGNG provides a variety of management software to enable users to directly according to the interface prompts use, without too much reference to the use of instructions and training, the function of the process design is also very direct, can be a window to complete a set of operations. SAP Business BYDESIGNG can also assign more space to employees and managers, improve enterprise agility and agility, easily tailor software to support processes developed to meet specific business needs, and when businesses change operations, such as starting a new business, SAP Business BYDESIGNG can automatically assist you at any time. As long as an enterprise simply answers a series of business-related questions, the software automatically implements the required changes for the enterprise and ensures that the new functionality is stable. This can make companies stand out from rivals.

SAP Business Bydesigng also provides enterprises with more industry, professional information Service platform, in order to more suitable for the application. Nowadays, on the one hand, software vendors always complain about the demand of small and medium-sized enterprises, the product is not good to sell, on the other hand, small and medium-sized enterprises complain that there is no suitable products and solutions. Therefore, only based on a certain industry or professional, to provide SMEs with the most value-added professional services and consultants. At present, the industry is exploring some new ways to implement a new system platform, from the present situation, SAP Business ByDesign and other domestic IT service providers have realized this, and gradually to specialization and industry of the direction of fine differentiation. SaaS Services for a specific industry are becoming a trend, and at present, SAP Business ByDesign has provided relevant office systems, invoicing, and other industries in the manufacturing, textile, foundry, pharmaceutical, financial and telecommunication industries. Industry and professional services in the area of customer relationship management.

SAP Business Bydesigng also showed a high degree of integration of software systems, integration, so that small and medium-sized enterprises to decorate it more at ease, arbitrary. SAP will be its own OA, BI, SCM, ERP and other software deployed in the "cloud computing +saas" service platform, enterprises can easily and conveniently through registration to enjoy the "cloud" services, not only simplifies the use of software, but also improve the software scalability and easy maintenance. At the same time, the platform can integrate other SaaS software, so that customers in the same ecosystem can develop cloud-based applications on this platform. For companies that have deployed traditional management software, SAP has also launched a dedicated tool to "move" enterprise management software to the cloud platform, so that companies do not have to abandon deployed management software, allowing various software to integrate effectively and enjoy the value of cloud computing.

In short, SAP Business BYDESIGNG is the world's most complete, adaptable, personalized and optimal on-demand configuration business solutions, can easily support the diversity and complexity of small and medium-sized enterprises and new strategies and new plans to adapt to the rapid development of enterprises help.

(Responsible editor: Lu Guang)