SAP will step up its
defector programme for
Siebel customers with an
offer to support its rival's applications at a rate that undercuts
Oracle, according to
reports in The Wall Street Journal.
The support will be provided through SAP subsidiary
TomorrowNow which
specialises in supporting
JD
Edwards and
PeopleSoft
applications and was acquired by SAP in January 2005.
The company claims that its support fees are about 50 per cent below those
charged by Oracle.
JD Edwards, PeopleSoft and Siebel have all recently been acquired by Oracle,
and SAP has been attempting to poach users of applications from these firms ever
since the deals were sealed.
SAP's Safe Passage programme offers trade-in credits
for software that users replace as well as support of both applications during a
migration period.
Safe Passage aims to capitalise on uncertainty about Oracle's plans for its
enterprise software as the company prepares to launch its Fusion suite by 2008.
TomorrowNow markets its services primarily to PeopleSoft and JD Edwards
users, but also aims to tempt firms to switch to the SAP enterprise software
suite.
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