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SAP Business One is helping over 10,000 small businesses successfully unify their operations under one powerful system. Read what the press and industry experts alike are saying about what the SAP Business One application has helped companies like yours to achieve.

While an uncertain economy is likely to impede the overall growth of Canadian small businesses over the next 12 - 18 months, firms that adapt quickly and creatively to market changes will survive – and even thrive – through these tough times, a Canadian expert says. "It's a time when the weaker businesses will dissolve, while strong [firms] could become even stronger," said Ricky Mak, an IDC Canada analyst who covers the small and midsize enterprise (SME) market.

Artisan Hardwood Floors, a 37-employee company in Central Texas, doesn't look like a typical SAP buyer. But its decision to purchase SAP, and its experience so far, illustrates the promise and peril for SAP and rivals Oracle and Microsoft as they go after the small business ERP market in a big way. Artisan Hardwood Floors' purchase of SAP Business One in late 2007 is a telling story that starts with a "de facto" CIO and no IT staff, disparate systems, and almost no customer knowledge of SAP's ERP expertise.

The 20,000th customer for SAP Business One proves the rapid market adoption rate of the application, for which SAP has been able to double its customer base in less than two years. Super Sailmakers, a one-stop shop for all sail needs founded in 1973 and based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, selected SAP Business One to support all core areas of its fast-growing and increasingly international business. It took only one product demonstration from SAP partner Netsirk to convince the company to replace its legacy system, and only 30 days to turn the decision into business value.

EvanCarmichael.com, the Internet's leader in small business motivation and strategies, provides thoughtful insight for small business owners about business management software. Learn what highly successful entrepreneurs and growing businesses already know about how business management software can help you grow your business by streamlining business processes, gaining competitive advantages by maximizing cash flow, and putting business controls in place to help cut costs.

SAP Americas, a subsidiary of SAP AG, named the winners of its 2006 U.S. small and midsize enterprises Business Partner Awards, recognizing the top-performing partners within the SAP PartnerEdge program, a global framework that makes it easier for channel partners to do business with SAP.

Small businesses that take the plunge into business management software tend to go live with their software projects faster than midsize and large companies. Speed is often a virtue, but businesses that focus on it as a measure of success tend to overlook the true potential that business management software has for transforming their operations.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV (formerly Navision) is positioned against SAP Business One in many small and midsize market sales situations. This article details the strengths that SAP Business One brings to companies in the discrete manufacturing, distribution, and retail industries. Companies more often choose SAP because of our software's longevity in the market.

O'Brien tackles the myths that SAP is too big, too expensive, too robust, and too unwieldy to implement. This article highlights several SAP customers and the business benefits they are reaping – customers like Tumi, Soy Basics, and Wellborn Cabinet. O'Brien compares SAP's business software to the likes of Computer Methods International and Microsoft. The SAP Business One application for companies with fewer than 250 employees now boasts 10,800 customers, which SAP says represents 54% growth over last year.

Carter evaluates SAP Business One and discusses the differences between small, midsize, and large enterprise business software requirements. SAP Business One is affordable for smaller companies yet is also an integrated suite – more than simply accounting and financials. It closely integrates with Microsoft Office and is very customizable.

This CRN article discusses the various players marketing to small and midsize companies. Industry observers say, of all the small and midsize accounting wannabes, SAP has seen the most traction with our SAP Business One effort.

Ron Jon Surf Shop is not the only Orlando business to have implemented SAP Business one. Other local businesses also have found solace in the software giant's offering. Orange County Public Schools and Walt Disney are among the Florida enterprises that run SAP.

Westervelt details the successful implementation of SAP Business One at Triangle, Inc. The nonprofit agency needed integrated business software. The SAP implementation took four months and has been live since August 2005. Employees now feel empowered to do their jobs well with the right tools at hand.

SAP Business One's wide acceptance in the small and midsize market made it the winner in the Computerworld Singapore enterprise resource planning (ERP) category of the Computerworld Awards. This popularity is due to SAP Business One's integration, quick implementation, affordability, and ease-of-use.

Business enablement software is helping small businesses compete in global markets against companies with more resources and larger operating budgets. YakPak, an SAP Business One customer, is among the several small businesses featured in this article that – with support from affordable, comprehensive business management solutions – now enjoy the operational efficiency and finesse previously thought possible only for large enterprises.