Boggs indicated that this will likely change as over half of small firms plan to add enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM) and other advanced software while looking at cloud-delivered solutions: “Not everyone will move to the cloud, of course, but interest is clearly growing even among the smallest firms.” “Small and midsize companies continue to be a relatively untapped market for SaaS / hosted solutions, especially small firms,” said Ray Boggs, vice president, IDC. As a comprehensive partner-hosted cloud environment targeting smaller companies, SAP Business One OnDemand is intended to complement the currently available SAP® Business ByDesign(TM) solution for midmarket customers. Initially, the solution is planned for availability in 18 countries, including Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The recommended concept to partners is a monthly subscription fee per user. SAP intends to provide SAP Business One OnDemand through qualified partners as well as further extendibility and industry offerings as required. It will target smaller companies seeking a single offering with deep business functionality, as well as support for sales, purchasing, inventory and finance business processes. To be offered by trusted partners, including Hungarian Telecom, itelligence, Seidor, Singtel, Versino and Virtustream, the on-demand solution is planned to be comprehensive, easy to consume and available with transparent, predictable costs. The announcement was made at CeBIT 2012, being held March 6-10 in Hanover, Germany. HANOVER, Germany, Ma/PRNewswire via COMTEX/ - SAP AG today announced the SAP® Business One OnDemand solution, a new offering that aims to build upon the broad market success of the SAP Business One application, addressing small enterprise preferences for minimal up-front cost and lower IT operations.

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