The Real Cost of Staying vs. Moving: Evaluating Your SAP Options Before 2027
Webinar
SAP's 2027 maintenance deadline is creating real urgency across enterprise organizations running Business Suite 7 core applications. Yet many IT and business leaders are still weighing competing priorities, uncertain migration costs, complex customizations, and pressure to commit before a complete business case exists to migrate to RISE.
In this webinar, Spinnaker Support's VP of SAP Global Support Services, Shawn du Plessis, will cut through the vendor noise and examine the real costs, risks, and tradeoffs associated with the primary paths available to SAP on-premises customers. We'll explore what it means to migrate to RISE, remain on vendor support, leverage third-party support as a strategic bridge, or pursue a phased modernization approach.
Whether you're actively evaluating your next move or simply trying to understand what the deadline means for your organization, this session will provide the framework, financial clarity, and practical guidance needed to evaluate your options, understand the true cost of staying versus moving, and make a decision that aligns with your business priorities, budget, and timeline, not your vendor's.
Key Takeaways / Why Attend:
- Understand what the SAP 2027 deadline actually means for your organization. Learn what changes after mainstream maintenance ends, what options remain available, and why a looming deadline doesn't automatically dictate your next move.
- Evaluate the four paths available to SAP on-premises customers. We'll compare RISE migration, extended maintenance, customer-specific maintenance, and third-party support to help clarify the financial, operational, and compliance considerations of each approach.
- Understand the real cost of staying vs. moving. Go beyond licensing and maintenance fees to evaluate migration costs, custom code remediation, internal resource demands, systems integrators, and the opportunity cost of competing priorities such as AI, cybersecurity, and data modernization.
- Leave with a practical decision framework and next steps. Walk away with the questions, evaluation criteria, and actionable steps needed to build a business case and make a confident ERP strategy decision aligned to your organization's priorities.
Speakers
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Scott Bekker Webinar Moderator Future B2B
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Shawn du Plessis Vice President, SAP Global Support Services Spinnaker support, llc
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