Capgemini, Microsoft and Intel have combined forces to offer a joint solution to help clients achieve tangible business value.
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The ERP Challenge: Opportunities for Enhancement. A Joint Offering from Capgemini, Microsoft and Intel.
Download as PDFThis is achieved by efficiently upgrading to SAP® R/3® Enterprise and capitalizing on the increased maturity of the Microsoft platform utilizing Intel technology. This offering, called VALUEUpgrade for SAP R/3 Enterprise on the Microsoft platform, combines the best that each partner has to offer.
- Capgemini’s proven SAP R/3 upgrade implementation methodology.
- SAP NetWeaverT, SAP’s open integration and application platform.
- Microsoft’s cost-effective platform that is increasingly being used to power mission critical business applications.
- Intel’s powerful, scalable architecture.
Together, they enable companies to transform this “must-do” upgrade into a high value improvement opportunity.
Many of the SAP install base will be facing an upgrade decision in the immediate or near term. But the critical objective of an upgrade project goes beyond the issue of impending de-support of current software versions. Upgrading to SAP R/3 Enterprise represents an opportunity to reevaluate current systems as a strategic asset and to make targeted, business-value driven improvements to support current and future objectives.
After significant investment in their SAP solution implementations, users are now focusing on how to reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) and extract additional business value from their existing systems. With this in mind Capgemini has established a TCO Offer Framework for SAP solutions which includes; a TCO diagnostic, implementation best practices, key performance indicator tracking, global sourcing strategy and business value determination. Features include server consolidation, application re-platforming, NetWeaver integration, technical upgrades and security.
Capgemini has the technology and business skills to ensure clients achieve a lower TCO by upgrading SAP solutions. Research by Capgemini shows that gross savings on recurring costs can be as high as 50% compared with taking no action. Available data also suggests the benefits can be compounded by migrating UNIX-based databases to SQL Server. A study by NerveWire, a management consultant firm, found that SQL Server cost advantages versus competing products translate into a 47% cost savings over three years.
