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IDC eXchange » Blog Archive » SAP Shifts from Evolution to Revolution for the SMB Long Tail: "Needless to say, I think Henning would agree that the assessment he gave me in 2005 has become obsolete. Will SAP’s attempt at revolution be revolutionary enough?SAP’s journey down the SMB Long Tail is based - as it must be - on a revolutionary, not an evolutionary, game plan. But given whom SAP is likely to meet on that journey - including not only a goodly number of very cost-conscious, technophobic SMB prospects, but also very disruptive competitors like Google, Yahoo and eBay (never mind the relatively more conventional competitors salesforce.com, SugarCRM, Intuit, and maybe even a radicalized Microsoft, once it decides what to do about SaaS) - it’s going to be interesting to assess whether SAP’s attempt at revolution is revolutionary enough, as it tries to concurrently manage its traditional business, as it must, on an evolutionary path. "