Sun Microsystems SA and EPI-USE, a SAP specialist consulting organisation, are offering free SAP Enterprise Portal 6.0 proof of concept demonstration in conjunction with Saphila 2003, the annual SAP user group conference taking place at Sun City from 28 September to 1 October.
Alan Smit, ERP solution architect at Sun Microsystems SA, says: "We are offering the market a proof-of-concept environment to test the portal technology in an integrated solution delivered by Sun, SAP and EPI-USE."
The SAP Enterprise Portal unifies heterogeneous IT environments by integrating SAP and non-SAP applications, data warehouses, desktop documents, and Web content and Web services.
"The Enterprise Portal also enables an organisation to offer services like employee and manager self-service, knowledge management and collaboration, and enhances the business to employee relationship," explains Wouter du Preez, solutions architect for the SAP Applied Technology department at EPI-USE SA.
By leveraging an Enterprise Portal, organisations can increase the value of existing information by building bridges between 'information islands' in the business.
The proof of concept will allow prospective customers to apply the technology within their organisations to shed some light on the nagging questions of value, and will also prove the real business benefits of an Enterprise Portal solution.
In an environment where CIOs are required to demonstrate business value for every technology purchase, this offer can't be ignored, says Smit. "Highly aggressive markets mean businesses cannot afford to miss out on technologies that may deliver the competitive-edge. With this no obligation evaluation period, business users will be in a position to assess whether or not portal technology delivers this edge without having to commit to a purchasing decision."
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