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SAP Customers Demand Value for Enterprise Support

By: Steve Robins

This is an update to the earlier post, Oracle, SAP and the Value of Maintenance & Support Contracts:

VALUE is a core element of the SIVA solution marketing model.  Not surprisingly, the most important element in pricing a solution is the solution’s VALUE as perceived by customers.  That lesson proved embarrassing for SAP this week as they were forced to slow down a planed support price increase until they could demonstrate its value.      Continue reading

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Fixing the Mix

A New Marketing Mix for Solutions

Software solution marketing may be similar to software product marketing – but the two are not the same because solution marketing requires a more customer-centric strategy. Continue reading

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