The Case for R/3 on Windows NT

August 1997 / International Features / R/3 Soars on Windows NT / The Case for R/3 on Windows NT

About 40 percent of all R/3 installations in 1996 were on Windows NT. Here are some reasons why organizations chose to go with NT.
Price/performance ratio: There is a significant cost advantage of NT hardwa re and system tools over Unix systems.
Human resources: It's often easier to find people to administrate an NT network, as opposed to a Unix one.
Homogeneous environment: If the OS for R/3, network, database, and front end is the same one, implem entation and administration are simpler.

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