SAP has expanded its program to lure former PeopleSoft customers away from Oracle, as the two enterprise software giants duke it out for dominance in the United States.
Under its Safe Passage Program, SAP said it is reducing maintenance costs for any Oracle customer in the United States using J.D. Edwards and PeopleSoft applications. Previously, the program was aimed only at PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards customers that were also using SAP software.
"PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards customers are facing the planned obsolescence of their software investment, and this is a major point of concern for companies that have already been forced to weather the takeover storm by Oracle," Bill McDermott, chief executive of SAP America, said in a statement.
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