2009 Upgrade Survey

Despite the Economy, SAP Customers Are Moving Ahead with Upgrade Plans
Survey Conducted by Panaya Reveals Most SAP Upgrades Remain on Schedule for 2009

A new survey suggests that most SAP customers are moving ahead with their current plans for upgrading their SAP systems to SAP ERP 6.0, despite the economic downturn. 152 European and North American SAP customers and system integrators participated in the survey, which was conducted by Panaya, Inc.

According to the survey, nearly three out of every four projects remain on schedule, and only 11% are delayed beyond 2009. At the same time, 28% of the companies that are not delaying the upgrade are looking to complete the project with a lower budget.

The most cited reason for upgrading was the "end of maintenance" for the current version used by the organization.

According to survey respondents, the greatest challenges are in the planning phase of the project. The top challenge cited is estimating the upgrade project cost/effort (cited by 40% of the respondents), followed by justifying the project budget (36%) and assessing the impact on existing solutions (31%).

The survey was conducted to help companies address some of these challenges by providing metrics they can use to validate their planning assumptions. Some of the metrics provided include:

• The average overall project duration for an organization with less than 100 users is 26 weeks, while the average duration for an organization with over 10,000 users is 63 weeks.

• The average project effort for organizations with less than 100 users is 395 person days, while the average for organizations with over 10,000 users is 13,516 days.

• 88% of the SAP customers surveyed use the help of a third party partner in the upgrade project. More than half of the companies (56%) outsource at least half of the project work.

A free copy of the complete survey results is available for download at the Panaya website
http://www.panayainc.com/sap-upgrade-survey.html

Survey charts and images can be downloaded at http://www.flickr.com/photos/panayainc 

About Panaya
Panaya provides a Software as a Service (SaaS) for companies that use SAP. Using Panaya's patented supercomputer technology, SAP professionals can negotiate version upgrades with minimal risk and cost. Panaya's simulation shows which custom SAP programs will break as a result of an upgrade, explains how to fix them, derives the most efficient test plan, and calculates the required budget the resources for the project. Panaya was founded in 2006 and serves SAP customers around the world. For more information, please visit http://www.panayainc.com

 
Panaya's Social Presences on Twitter, LinkedIn and Xing
In order to open more channels of discussion between Panaya and SAP industry experts we’ve opened several web presences including our LinkedIn Group, Xing Group and Twitter profile. These direct channels will allow you to engage and discuss information freely with other individuals within the SAP industry, as well as share with us your SAP upgrade, support, and development challenges. Visit our social groups today and join the conversation.
 
Panaya – A Red Herring Global 2008 Finalist

We’re proud to announce that Panaya has been selected as a Red Herring Global 2008 finalist.

Through the year, Red Herring meticulously analyzed the top companies from Europe, North America, and Asia. Out of this pool, 200 finalists have been selected to proceed into the next round where the Global Top 100 will announce to the world at a premiere event.

The judging selection was based on elaborate due diligence by a panel of judges. The final phase will consist of a 12 minute presentation during which we will deliver Panaya’s unique SAP Upgrade proposition.

We’re honored by this nomination and look forward to presenting in San Diego this coming January.

Red Herring Global Finalist 200
 
Panaya’s Solution for SAP Upgrade Wins Again at SAP TechEd Berlin
We are very proud to announce that Panaya’s SAP Upgrade solution won again in the prestigious SAP TechEd Demo Jam in Berlin with ABAP Ninja .

Winning for the first time in Las Vegas was tough. Winning for the second time in Europe was much harder: all of the finalists had great demos. We got terrific feedback and numerous people approached us after the demo and wanted to know “how does it work?”, “what’s the secret?”

So, a huge thank you to the European SAP users for the votes, and to the SAP team for inviting us and for their superb support and hospitality.
 
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