SAP Gives Enterprise IT Customers an Extension

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ERP giant SAP wants all its customers to migrate to its new platform S/4HANA, but its a time consuming and expensive process. IT enterprises have faced this disconnect over the years as software companies have urged them to upgrade, a process that may take considerable time and resources and result in just a newer version of what they already have. Meanwhile, their own internal budgets, operating constraints, and more pressing priorities have caused them to defer any kind of upgrades. Enterprise IT won the most recent round of this battle of wills with SAP as the ERP giant announced on February 4 that it would extend mainstream maintenance support for core applications of SAP Business Suite 7 software until the end of 2027, followed by optional extended maintenance until the end of 2030. A recent survey of ASUG members (Americas SAP Users Group) indicates that organizations are looking at potentially moving to the new flagship platform.

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