SAP raid deployment boasts 12 week implementation times

In the first wave – which covers processes around sales, marketing, procurement, customer service and call-centre operations – the solutions comprise fixed-price, predefined software. The announcement was made at the SAP World Tour event being held in Chicago, and early users include Altra Industrial Motion, Bildungswerk der Bayerischen Wirtschaft, FirstEnergy, VCNA Prairie, Springer SBM and VEKA. Robert Viehmann, senior vice president of solution assembly and packaging at SAP, says the new solutions are a ready-to-use combination of software, predefined services and pre-configured content at a predefined price. "With SAP Rapid Deployment solutions, we understand our customers' need to quickly turn their requirements into a portfolio of tangible offerings that drive continuous value," comments Viehmann. "Customers now have a tried-and-tested, low-cost way to quickly address their most pressing business demands without making compromises in terms of adding new features as needs evolve." Incidentally, they are available out of the box, as per the traditional hosting and subscription licensing models, via partners or from SAP.