ERP Application Upgrades: When And Why?

Air Date: Friday, August 20, 2010

Cost: $250

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Who should attend: Business Process professionals

Description:

Business owners of on-premise enterprise application packages face an ongoing dilemma: whether or not to invest in upgrades of the current release. While most business and IT execs put off upgrades as long as possible to avoid costs and minimize business disruption, some choose to move forward by staying current with the release path. When done infrequently, upgrades represent a major ownership cost spike that usually requires — but also defies — rigorous internal justification. This teleconference reviews upgrade trends and patterns, analyzes upgrade considerations, and examines the effect of cloud deployment models in ERP.

Agenda:

• Upgrades represent the wild card in the cost of ownership of applications.
• Trends in upgrade adoption and vendor release strategies
• Upgrade decision models and scenarios
• The effect of cloud deployment models on the upgrade dilemma

Vendors mentioned: Oracle, SAP

Related Research:

Application Upgrades: How To Make Upgrade Decisions When Business Value Proves Elusive

by Paul D. Hamerman, June 25, 2010

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