tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953012319328810713.post3480672677486068795..comments2023-08-10T09:32:48.842+01:00Comments on UKHotviews: SAP caught in the SaaS margin trapRichard Holwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00182392836051848979noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953012319328810713.post-86105829059602450292009-02-12T20:09:00.000+00:002009-02-12T20:09:00.000+00:00I couldn't resist commenting because I was a membe...I couldn't resist commenting because I was a member of the SAP BBD team in the US. The problem with this rollout is not the economy, it's the myopic management at SAP. I was, literally, told in Waldorf not to question the intuition of the program. I've seen it. I've implemented it. It sucks (I can talk because I've done Peoplesoft and SAP implementations for years now). SAP has sold itself to the SaaS devil and made the entire product SaaS. This was a mistake. SaaS is appropriate in SOME scenarios, but not all. Also, they host it on servers in Germany and lost all their customers in the US because they got tired of waiting for a response after clicking on a link. Plus, the implementation cost is still over $100k. SAP is all smoke-n-mirrors.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14271446124101496727noreply@blogger.com