That. Also the financial aspect of any transaction is important. Just this week I had a chat concerning point-of-sales systems with an accountant in Germany. Tax authorities require that any record has to be impossible to alter afterwards. Same goes for ERP systems, every transaction has to be able to be backtracked, every change has to the books has to be recorded.

Any system, e.g. SAP, that has a proofen track record in that, that is SOX compliant, is a huge benefit in that regard. Also for the company itself, IMHO, as the company is forced to work in compliant ways that just make life a lot easier.