Hosted SAP for SMEs – Beyond Business ByDesign

While media may be fixated on SAP’s slow road to market with Business ByDesign, SAP channel partners are making significant headway in the SME on-demand space, providing hosted offerings of SAP Business All-in-One.

In May of this year, SAP channel partner Optimal Solutions was among the very first to offer SMEs a subscription-based model for buying, implementing, supporting and hosting SAP All-in-One and SAP BusinessObjects solutions.

Read Optimal Solutions press release: Optimal Solutions Announces Subscription-Based Model for Buying, Implementing and Supporting SAP Solutions

Read eWeek article: Optimal Solutions Integration Unveils Subscription SAP Business All-In-One Solution

SAP recently announced traction of on-demand All-in-One among its global SME customers.

Read SAP press release: More Customers Adopting Hosted SAP® Business All-in-One Solutions from Certified SAP Partners

Some 78 percent of SAP's 89,000 worldwide customers fall into the small to medium-size (SME) business category. SAP has more than 68,000 small and midsize customers using its SME solutions. Of these, approximately 46,500 customers are from channel partners.

SAP Business One solution is for small companies only (less than 100 employees).

SAP’s on-demand Business ByDesign offering is for companies with 100 to 500 employees and is presently in use by only 90 customers.

For companies with up to 2,500 employees, SAP offers the SAP Business All-in-One solution.

Clearly, SAP Business All-in-One has the greatest penetration of all of SAP’s SME solutions.

So which SAP SME solution will play the greatest role in SAP’s SME on-demand strategy?

Do the math.
 

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