Business ByDesign

SAP Business ByDesign: a developer take

October 26, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS
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If you are a potential SAP customer, partner or developer then this post should be of interest. It is a tad technical but I will try and avoid too much jargon in order to make the points clear. That shouldn’t be overly difficult because while I can write code, I would not class myself as [...]

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Is SAP Business ByDesign affordable and would you choose it anyway?

May 24, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

SAP has a reputation for being expensive. Even at $149/user/month for a minimum of 25 users Business ByDesign still weighs in at $44,700 per annum or £30,900 (give or take) at today’s exchange rate. That still sounds like a lot until you hear that SAP is prepared to go down to 10 users. At this [...]

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What should SAP do about Business ByDesign?

May 20, 2010 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Now that Business ByDesign is available for general purchase readers will be hearing a lot more from me about this SME solution. It is an extremely important addition to the applications landscape and should be of interest to any practitioner with clients considering an upgrade from existing on-premise applications, clients that are expanding and/or need [...]

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How advanced is Pearl?

December 12, 2009 General

Courtesy of a Twitter notification I see that Pearl has uploaded a new ‘what is’ video covering the use of a simple client portal to manage a quote to cash transaction. I am constantly amazed how small development shops like Pearl come up with great ideas that can respectably sit alongside much large (and more [...]

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SAP's a'changin'

May 8, 2008 General

Apologies for the near radio silence this week. I’ve been buried under the mountain that is SAP‘s 10,000+ user conference SAPPHIRE in Orlando. When not hanging around in airports or going to Eric Clapton gigs. Hard life I know. Anyhoo – I spent much of my time analyzing the marketing delay in bringing Business ByDesign [...]

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SAP Business ByDesign delayed

April 29, 2008 Cloud Computing/SaaS

Just as I am preparing to head off for meetings with SAP at their annual customer conference in Orlando and with representatives at a gathering of Business for Social Responsibility, news has come in that general availability of SAP Business ByDesign is almost certainly going to be delayed through 2009. Details as to why the [...]

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