Monday, May 15, 2006
More than 500 Customers Have Selected Oracle over SAP over the Past 9 Months
More than 500 Customers Have Selected Oracle over SAP over the Past 9 Months: "Oracle's market share gains are documented in SEC filings. According to Oracle's latest SEC filing, Oracle posted license growth of 82% (year over year) in the most recent quarter and 31% (year over year) excluding acquisitions (see page 39 of Oracle Form 10-Q). In contrast, SAP reported 14% license growth (year over year) in its latest filing with the SEC (see page 1 of SAP form 6-K). All figures are in constant currency.*
Additionally, 2000 SAP R/3 customers have registered in the 'OFF SAP' program, or Oracle Fusion for SAP. Under the 'OFF SAP' program, customers receive a 100% license credit for the SAP licenses as they migrate to Oracle Applications. The majority of SAP customers are running older releases that will be de-supported in December 2007. As SAP charges for upgrades, many customers are looking for alternatives, as the strong response to 'OFF SAP' indicates.
'The facts speak for themselves - Oracle is growing faster than SAP. We've reached an inflection point. The era of proprietary applications is closing and Oracle is prepared and investing for the inevitable shift to open standards. The critical list of open standards for the software industry includes Web Services, Java, Linux and XML. ABAP and NetWeaver don't make the list. After all these years, SAP is the only software company shipping applications written in ABAP or running on NetWeaver,' said Oracle President Charles Phillips. "
Additionally, 2000 SAP R/3 customers have registered in the 'OFF SAP' program, or Oracle Fusion for SAP. Under the 'OFF SAP' program, customers receive a 100% license credit for the SAP licenses as they migrate to Oracle Applications. The majority of SAP customers are running older releases that will be de-supported in December 2007. As SAP charges for upgrades, many customers are looking for alternatives, as the strong response to 'OFF SAP' indicates.
'The facts speak for themselves - Oracle is growing faster than SAP. We've reached an inflection point. The era of proprietary applications is closing and Oracle is prepared and investing for the inevitable shift to open standards. The critical list of open standards for the software industry includes Web Services, Java, Linux and XML. ABAP and NetWeaver don't make the list. After all these years, SAP is the only software company shipping applications written in ABAP or running on NetWeaver,' said Oracle President Charles Phillips. "
