No big ERP updates 'til 2010

There'll be no more big updates for SAP's ERP software until 2010, as SAP entices customers and developers to adopt new products and initiatives for its NetWeaver SOA strategy.

Is the core of SAP's software and that this core would not be updated for another five years. SAP will instead introduce changes to the core - such as new functions and composite applications in vertical sectors - through Enhancement Packages released once every one or two quarters.

mySAP ERP 2005 is considered the first full implementation of SAP's NetWeaver strategy, which uses web services to turn SAP's traditionally monolithic and proprietary stack into a modular and open architecture that can be customized by business managers and extended by developers who'd otherwise not bother with SAP.