SAP R/3 ERP Customers Have a Tough Decision to Make

From eWeek comes interesting news that many customers of SAP's R/3 4.6c are going to soon be stuck without maintenance support (by the end of 2006). Their choices seems to be paying a fortune for a new release that doesn't bring much in the way of functionality, moving to SAP's next generation platforms, or taking the opportunity to jump ship.

A leading alternate contender seems to be Oracle, whose waiting-in-the-wings Project Fusion suite (which combines the best of PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Siebel, and Oracle's E-Business) could make organizations want to wait and see.

I'd add that others will probably use the opportunity to revisit hosted solutions, which can decrease infrastructure complexity (even if cost benefits are minimal).

Here's the report below...

R/3 Orphans-to-Be Contemplating Jumping Ship