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To: JAPG who wrote (1087)	5/12/1999 5:26:00 PM
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To: JAPG who wrote (1087)	5/18/1999 12:42:00 PM
From: corporal spewchunks	Respond to of 2018

Do you think that Fidelity and it's clone were aware of this potential when they sold ASPT at the lows? SAP will try to keep its lead with its EnjoySAP initiative, which puts a new interface on its flagship R/3 ERP platform. The company also promises a new customer relationship management (CRM) module. These moves are intended to make the platform less formidable and more friendly to sales and support staff. "Germany is now into fun," said Chief Executive Hasso Plattner at the recent launch of EnjoySAP at the company's lab facilities in Palo Alto, Calif. Fun notwithstanding, analysts say SAP has its work cut out for it. The CRM is late and may not arrive until 2000. "They certainly have the resources to move into CRM," Hagerty said. "It's just a question of when they can accomplish everything they need to." Oracle, Redwood Shores, Calif., the No. 2 vendor with $2.1 billion in ERP sales, hopes to capitalize on its now-available CRM application. "From a functionality standpoint, our CRM can integrate with SAP or Oracle ERP," said Jeff Caldwell, vice president of applications marketing for Oracle. Moving into the front office and onto the desktop is where ERP is headed in the future. "New products from the ERP vendors are for the fight to control the desktop," Hagerty said. "From there, they can have higher penetration into the enterprise.