Most expensive business platforms

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TheFaQQer replied

2 September 2013, 09:55
Originally posted by DS23 View Post

SAP on Oracle that used to be Oracle on Oracle.

I think I know that project.

Of maybe the one I'm thinking of was Oracle on Oracle that used to be SAP on Oracle. (And I think that one might be going back to being SAP on Oracle again)
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TheFaQQer replied

2 September 2013, 09:54
Originally posted by DS23 View Post

SAP on Oracle that used to be Oracle on Oracle.

Clients that flip and flop between systems

Currently doing Oracle (Oracle) on Oracle which is becoming Oracle (Peoplesoft) on Oracle with a path to Oracle (Fusion) on Oracle.

None of that is going to be cheap
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DS23 replied

2 September 2013, 09:51
Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post

SAP on Oracle.

SAP on Oracle that used to be Oracle on Oracle.
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TheFaQQer replied

2 September 2013, 08:54
Originally posted by eek View Post

Which expensive business platform is so expensive a company won't object to hiring /notice an expensive resource for a lot of money for a long period of time?

That's how I read it - almost "what is the most expensive system that I should get into, to get paid lots?"

Originally posted by eek View Post

I would probably answer oracle based on past experience. As unless you can show you have appropriate qualified resource in house they won't support you when it goes wrong.

Even if you have the in-house staff, it's a nightmare to deal with Oracle support. After a while, you learn the tricks that they will employ, and you can predict what they will ask in advance.
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NotAllThere replied

2 September 2013, 07:36
Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post

Oracle

SAP on Oracle.
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eek replied

2 September 2013, 07:32
Isn't the question a more clearcut one.

Which expensive business platform is so expensive a company won't object to hiring /notice an expensive resource for a lot of money for a long period of time?

I would probably answer oracle based on past experience. As unless you can show you have appropriate qualified resource in house they won't support you when it goes wrong.
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Bacchus replied

2 September 2013, 05:11
Originally posted by zerointeractive View Post

Oracle suite is huge. Can you be more specific ?

The opening question is hardly specific.

Are you talking about initial purchase, ongoing licence, product development, costs in terms of man-hours, support costs, hardware requirements, cost per head, absolute costs... You might as well ask "how much does a car cost?"

Is there any reason behind the question which might help the more benevolent members of this forum to provide you with a better targeted answer?
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Vandalay replied

2 September 2013, 02:39
Avaloq costs a fortune, that much I know.
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darmstadt replied

1 September 2013, 14:35
A bit difficult to answer, for example a GDPS on z12EC with zBX running z/OS, IMS, DB2 and CICS could be costing you over a million per month in licensing. Thats pretty expensive and what most financial companies use...
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portseven replied

31 August 2013, 07:53
Wipro
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zerointeractive replied

30 August 2013, 09:44
Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post

Oracle

Oracle suite is huge. Can you be more specific ?
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DaveB replied

30 August 2013, 09:28
Originally posted by zerointeractive View Post

Hi Fellows,

What is the most expensive business platform you ever worked with (i.e. SAP, Murex MX, Oracle Middleware, Tibco) ?
I am looking to get an idea of what is the most expensive business platform to work with.

Cheers

The bespoke system an ex-client co built for themselves that cost twice what it would have done had they gone with any of the above, which they did anyway after two years when they couldn't get the home brew solution to work properly.
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petergriffin replied

30 August 2013, 09:24
The Internet.
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TheFaQQer replied

30 August 2013, 09:14
Oracle
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zerointeractive started a topic Most expensive business platforms

30 August 2013, 08:59
Most expensive business platforms

Hi Fellows,

What is the most expensive business platform you ever worked with (i.e. SAP, Murex MX, Oracle Middleware, Tibco) ?
I am looking to get an idea of what is the most expensive business platform to work with.

Cheers
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