NetSuite, a vendor of cloud computing business management software suites, has announced the NetSuite Crossroads Initiative. The new program is designed to help 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.
The new product releases follow SAP’s announcement that maintenance for R/3 V4.6 will end as of March 2010. In addition, maintenance for SAP R/3 4.7 will be extended, but at a higher cost. These changes will affect approximately 70 percent of SAP users who now face the difficult decision of whether to pay increased costs for maintenance, or upgrade to SAP ERP 6.0, according to a recent study by Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research.
