Nearly 70% of SAP R/3 Users Face Painful, Forced Migration. NetSuite and Key Integration Partners Offer Cloud Computing Alternative for Thousands of SAP R/3 Customers Facing Forced Upgrade.

SAN MATEO, Calif. — September 17, 2009 — NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), a leading vendor of cloud computing business management software suites, today announced the NetSuite Crossroads Initiative. The new program is designed to help SAP (NYSE: SAP) customers facing end-of-life scenarios with SAP R/3 software reduce their SAP footprint by migrating to the industry’s leading cloud computing business suite. The NetSuite Crossroads Initiative, supported by integration partners CastIron, Pervasive and Boomi, includes NetSuite products, partner services and a special sales promotion to enable mid-size companies and divisions of larger companies to transition from aging SAP software to NetSuite OneWorld for SAP, NetSuite’s cloud-based business management suite designed for SAP customers.

SAP has announced that maintenance for R/3 V4.6 will end as of March 2010; and maintenance for SAP R/3 4.7 will be extended, but at a higher cost. According to Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research, these changes will affect approximately 70 percent of SAP users who now face difficult decisions: whether to pay increased costs for maintenance or upgrade to SAP ERP 6.0.
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