Sunday, March 12, 2006
SAP's Agassi wants more integration with Office - Computerworld
SAP's Agassi wants more integration with Office - Computerworld: "SAP has already rewritten its flagship R/3 ERP product once, switching from dedicated client software to a Web interface with the introduction of its MySAP portal.
That switch did not appeal to everyone, though, Agassi said Wednesday at the International CeBIT Forum, a one-day conference running alongside the CeBIT trade show in Hanover, Germany.
'We thought people would use our portal, but now we realize they want to use SAP in their own interface,' he said. 'People will prefer to retain their current user experience.'
For the foreseeable future, that user experience will be defined by Microsoft Office, he said.
'The one application that is always open is Office, and in five years' time I don't think that is going to change,' he said. 'This is important because there are four times as many people who use Office as use SAP.' "
That switch did not appeal to everyone, though, Agassi said Wednesday at the International CeBIT Forum, a one-day conference running alongside the CeBIT trade show in Hanover, Germany.
'We thought people would use our portal, but now we realize they want to use SAP in their own interface,' he said. 'People will prefer to retain their current user experience.'
For the foreseeable future, that user experience will be defined by Microsoft Office, he said.
'The one application that is always open is Office, and in five years' time I don't think that is going to change,' he said. 'This is important because there are four times as many people who use Office as use SAP.' "
