IT leaders are listing SAP's ERP among software they may replace, CIO reported. Gartner says most won't make the switch for years.
CIO's report on 10 November puts SAP's ERP suites on those lists beside VMware and Oracle's Java.
Licence costs and the end of vendor support drive it, and the promise of AI-written alternatives adds to it. Representatives of the three companies did not respond to CIO's requests for comment.
About 22% of IT leaders are actively reconsidering core systems such as ERP and CRM, according to Gartner research. Its chief of research said IT leaders "aren't planning wholesale replacements of core systems yet". Institutional trust and data lock-in keep most CIOs from major replacements in the next three to six years, the analyst told CIO.
SAP ends mainstream maintenance for ECC, its older ERP, in 2027. A finance-systems director at Herc Rentals told CIO: "On every ERP and enterprise performance management migration I've run, the license was the smallest line item."
In Gartner's view the list and the move sit years apart. Before a switch, the director says, companies need to map data, redesign controls and keep their staff.
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