Architecture
This is the latest version of SAP
What is S4
Customer places an order through an IBM Seller.
What is SQO?
SAP
What is Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing (in English)
Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte (in German)
This is a productised software which includes License, Subscription and Support.
What is Perpectual software.
Program, Commerce, S4 and DIA
What are the 4 groups of the DSW Subdomain?
This system collects all the transactional information from SAP to support various reporting and visualization tools such as Cognos reports.
What is ODS?
Customer places the order over the internet without any help from anyone.
What is Marketplace?
S&S
What is Subscription and Support?
Customer pays to use the service. Once customer stops paying, the service stops.
What is SaaS?
This Custom Code decides which order will be sent to S4 and which will stay in SAP ECC
What is Traffic Cop?
This SAP application is like a big calculator that handles overage calculations.
What is Convergent Charging?
Customer places an order through a Reseller, who places an order to IBM through a Distributor.
What is Tier 2 Channel orders?
SOM
What is Subscription Order Management (System)?
This is the charge incurred to the customer if they use more than what they subscribed to.
What is Overage?
This Volume Licensing program is aims to sell to large companies which have multiple sites and various countries.
What is Passport Advantage?
This application will handle all of the quoting functionality for both sellers and business partners.
What is CPQ?
Customer goes to Amazon Web Service to place an order for IBM Product.
What is Hyperscaler?
TCV
What is Total Contract Value or Total Committed Value
This is the functionality we create to make it easy for customers to renew by quoting them 10% higher than what they paid last year.
What is Last Price Paid?
This is the name of the strategic partnership with SAP.
What is Rise with SAP?
This is the trusted source for Customer Data
What is RDC?
This Business Partner is certified to sell certain IBM Products.
What is Value Added Partners?
FCT
What is Flexible Contract Type?
Customers can choose how frequently they receive their subscription invoices.
What is Billing Frequency.
This is the incentives to Business Partners when they sell certain IBM Products.
What is Rebates?