Posted by Sreekumar Sreedharan, AVP - Practice Manager, Infosys
New technologies and ever-demanding customers are driving change and forcing organizations to rethink their existing business models. For information technology (IT) to remain responsive to business changes, organizations should invest in upgrading their IT applications and infrastructure.
In view of this, enterprises that run their businesses on older versions of Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) must focus on implementing the latest upgrades. These upgrades are necessary to ensure continued product support from Oracle as well as enable the newer functionalities of Oracle EBS R12. The upgrade journey is a challenging one that can be disruptive to business if improperly planned and managed.
New technologies and ever-demanding customers are driving change and forcing organizations to rethink their existing business models. For information technology (IT) to remain responsive to business changes, organizations should invest in upgrading their IT applications and infrastructure.
In view of this, enterprises that run their businesses on older versions of Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) must focus on implementing the latest upgrades. These upgrades are necessary to ensure continued product support from Oracle as well as enable the newer functionalities of Oracle EBS R12. The upgrade journey is a challenging one that can be disruptive to business if improperly planned and managed.
- Before embarking on an upgrade journey, enterprises should evaluate considerations such as:
- How do we assess the complexities of the upgrade?
- What is the time and effort required to upgrade?
- Which of the many existing extensions, interfaces and reports will break?
- How can the company maximize return on investment?
- Will the upgrade improve business processes while lowering total cost of ownership (TCO)?