Today's News: Increased service offerings bad news for consultants?

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SearchSAP.com: Today's News
November 08, 2007
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EXPANDED SAP SERVICES A CHALLENGE FOR SAP CONSULTANTS
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Jon Franke, News Editor

Many large service providers are ramping up their SAP offerings. This
is good news for SAP customers, analysts say, but it puts the squeeze
on independent SAP consultants.

Choice is always good for those looking to buy services, and large
companies are moving to fill growing demand in the market for SAP
services, according to John Madden, research director for
Boston-based Ovum Summit.

"Services firms, outsourcers and global systems integrators are
quickly moving to mobilize and market their SAP services and
capabilities," Madden said. "[This] choice definitely puts
customers in a more leveraged position when it comes to working with
the right services firm."

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