SaaS/Cloud Computing/Business By Design and SAP

Hi All,
The concept of SaaS is now not new as this is getting popular day by day. I remember three years back during the same time SAP has announced about its entering into SaaS market with its mySAP CRM as hosted solution.
Lots of Big giants were also coming with the idea of SaaS. SAP;s Business by Design was also based on hosted or rented solution i guess.
Now Similar situation is with Cloud Computing concept.
Looking at the current market scenario, what you all think about the SAP's Next move towards SaaS or Cloud Computing......
Thanks,
Raja

Valid point. However, I do appreciate Sapu2019s go-slow approach to the business model given all the attendant practical limitations - broadband bandwidth etc.
Nonetheless I believe technologically we are almost there (Netsuite), SaaS has definitely matured and SAP is right to have a foothold now.
Some thing to watch for the future!
Ransome

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Hello everyone,
I am new to using SAP Cloud Application Studio and am currently working on forms.
I have created some extension fields in the dunning letter form message type : FormDunning Notification.
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However i am unable to find the fields in the front end form under Form Template Maintenance.
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Kamakshi,
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My proposed PhD topic is all about understanding what elements of a business process design makes it more sustainable than an other design.
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(Aside: I find this lack of research a bit odd given that in a business network / value chain , it is the design of the overall end-to-end process, crossing multiple organizations, which ultimately determine how sustainably the process's output are being produced)
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SCOM 2007 R2: Move all the SCOM servers Including GW to Cloud Computing : Infrastucture as Service

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I just got a new computer. I need to install CS6 to my new computer but don't have my serial number and my old computer will not download and install crative cloud! HELP!!!!!!!

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If you don't want to go there, then you will have to call Customer Service by phone and hope they can fix this.
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