Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Report finds SAP winning war with Oracle
The new report from Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research Inc. found that SAP has stronger momentum than Oracle, due largely to its major head start in the business applications market. It also concludes that SAP has a better partnership strategy than Oracle and has done a better job of articulating the value of its technology to customers.
'[SAP] built those partnerships at the application level, and they also have the largest customer base,' said R. 'Ray' Wang, a Forrester business applications analyst and a co-author of the report. 'A head start, a partner ecosystem and a customer base are pretty much key ingredients for success.'
Alternatively, the report found that Oracle's strong middleware platform and better support of open standards make it the right choice for customers who rely heavily on custom development in conjunction with packaged applications. "
'[SAP] built those partnerships at the application level, and they also have the largest customer base,' said R. 'Ray' Wang, a Forrester business applications analyst and a co-author of the report. 'A head start, a partner ecosystem and a customer base are pretty much key ingredients for success.'
Alternatively, the report found that Oracle's strong middleware platform and better support of open standards make it the right choice for customers who rely heavily on custom development in conjunction with packaged applications. "
