Advance SAP Strategy with Third-Party Support
Research summary: SAP customers choose Rimini Street third-party support to maximize ERP ROI and fund innovation while evaluating their S/4HANA migration decision.
Deep-Dive on Third-Party Support for SAP – How it Works
According to Gartner1, “…an array of on-premises customers will move to third-party support as a safe haven while evaluating their long-term plans.”
Assessing an SAP-Rimini Street Strategy: A Valoir Report
SAP customers contemplating the transition to S/4HANA have a lot to consider. A move to S/4HANA is more than an upgrade; it’s a new implementation effort, a new platform, and a new database. With costs estimated to be 5 to 7 times current license costs and potential barriers to aligning scarce expertise to make the move with minimal disruption, many customers are searching for options.
The Valoir Research report, “Assessing an SAP-Rimini Street Strategy,” helps SAP customers understand the role of independent, third-party support from Rimini Street. In the report, you’ll learn:
The current state of SAP software support and licensing burdens
The value of stopping the clock on SAP’s planned deadlines to make the S/4HANA move when your business needs dictate – not SAP’s roadmap
Ways customers are using liberated resources and budget to help fund digital transformation and accelerate innovation initiatives
How Rimini Street independent, third-party support has helped customers reset their SAP relationships to better position themselves for an eventual move to S/4HANA
Rimini Street: What We Do
We don't make ERP or database software like Oracle and SAP. We support and manage that software. Over the past 15 years, we have helped over 3,000 clients save billions of dollars. It's because we are built for support. Built to help clients avoid costly fees and ERP upgrades, so they can innovate and fuel growth. Other companies do software. We do support.
Evaluating Third-Party Support for SAP – What You Need to Know
Saving at least 50% on SAP support costs to leverage the investment made in implementing an existing SAP system is an attractive proposition for most IT leaders, especially in today’s economic stress. Third-party support provides this option. In fact, Gartner calls “third-party support a safe haven.”
IDG Research Report: “Navigating the Future of ERP”
SAP customers are at a crossroads: innovate now or take a leap of faith on S/4HANA.
The end of mainstream maintenance for SAP’s ECC6 ERP suite is scheduled for 2027*. And while SAP is apparently trying to transition its entire client base to the new S/4HANA platform, many customers won’t be pressured to move just because SAP says it’s time.
A new IDG global survey reports that 85% of SAP customers surveyed plan to continue running existing SAP applications until 2025 or beyond, despite the impending cutoff date for mainstream maintenance support for ECC6. The survey also reports that although these SAP customers are happy with their current ERP environments, they are also concerned with stagnation, as few innovations and enhancements are being delivered for those systems by SAP.
So how can SAP customers innovate, compete, and avoid stagnation without migrating to S/4HANA right now? IDG’s new Market Pulse report, “Navigating the Future of ERP” analyzes this question and details its global survey findings.
*On February 4, 2020, SAP had announced mainstream support for SAP Business Suite 7 until 2027.
A Prudent Approach for SAP Leaders to Conserve Cash
In this webinar, Deepa Salem, Senior Product Marketing Director from Rimini Street, discuss some key insights from Gartner on how CIOs should respond to the mandatory IT budget cuts and how they can conserve cash while maintaining performance. This includes ideas on how to prioritize and roadmap major IT projects, as well as control IT operating expenses such as support and maintenance costs. We also hear from Eric Robinson, General Manager of SAP Services at Rimini Street and former CIO of Color Spot Nurseries, on his lessons learnt on responding to mandatory IT budget cuts.
How SAP Customers Are Responding to the Planned End of ECC6 Mainstream Maintenance Deadline
Many SAP customers are feeling pressure from SAP to migrate to the early-stage SAP S/4HANA platform due to the planned end of mainstream maintenance date for Business Suite 7 core application releases.* This looming deadline has created a decision point for CIOs as they determine their SAP roadmap and strategy for the next decade and beyond. SAP customers must decide if they will migrate to S/4HANA now, given the planned end-of-support deadline, or gain the flexibility and time to choose a roadmap and a next-generation system that best fits their needs.
Rimini Street recently conducted the 2019 SAP Application Survey to better understand how SAP customers are going to manage their application strategy, plans to migrate to S/4HANA and the impact of SAP’s deadline on their roadmap plans.
*On February 4, 2020, SAP had announced mainstream support for SAP Business Suite 7 until 2027.
How Customers Are Responding to the Planned End of ECC6 Mainstream Maintenance Deadline
Many SAP customers are feeling pressure from SAP to migrate to the early-stage SAP S/4HANA platform due to the planned end of mainstream maintenance date for Business Suite 7 core application releases*. This looming deadline has created a decision point for CIOs as they determine their SAP roadmap and strategy for the next decade and beyond. SAP customers must decide if they will migrate to S/4HANA now, given the planned end-of-support deadline, or gain the flexibility and time to choose a roadmap and a next-generation system that best fits their needs.
This infographic, based on the 2019 SAP Applications survey, examines both paths – and highlights 5 key trends that SAP customers have identified when it comes to and their IT roadmaps.
*On February 4, 2020, SAP had announced mainstream support for SAP Business Suite 7 until 2027.
