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Insider view into SAP pricing

25-May-2006

Tags: Enterprise Search, Portals and Content Integration, Building Business Case, Marketplace at Large, NetWeaver Enterprise Search

Among the many products of German software giant SAP we cover 2: SAP Enterprise Portal and TREX, their search engine. For both of these, SAP has traditionally remained secretive about pricing and typically only sells them in bundles as parts of larger deals. A recent blog post on pricing scenarios by longtime SAP-watcher Vinnie Mirchandani sheds some interesting light on SAP pricing and other economics. This quote says much about today's SAP: "While it is focused on value from its software, it seems less sensitive to the reduced cost of competitive software." In my experience those enterprises who automatically turned to SAP for portal or enterprise search services simply based on other existing SAP applications have been faced with comparatively complex and expensive projects. As the Enterprise Search Report points out, integrating 3rd-party search engines into SAP infrastructure is not trivial. Nevertheless, you should evaluate your options carefully.

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