In the year 1999, the entire world was gripped by the Y2K fear.
These two firms are also the trendsetters, with others invariably following them on what they do.
Coming back to the announcement, SAP made the world aware of its “2025 Deadline” some time back.
The Y2K bug had threatened to disrupt the global IT infrastructure with shutdowns.
As a result, many businesses had to go through massive upgrades and system replacements, thinking the world could literally come to an end on January 1, 2000.
These third-party “Big Maintenance” providers, in particular, have claimed that businesses are being compelled to give up their existing ERP system and moving on to another so that the Big ERP vendors can satisfy their selfish profit motives, and that it should be the customer’s choice whether to move to the new system or not.
