Discussions with SAP experts within the Compaq Services organization allayed his fears. Extensive Implementation Resources Monsanto evaluated several service providers that could potentially assist with the SAP implementation. But none could match Compaq for focused, hands-on experience with the SAP software. Compaq consulting services are grounded in an extensive internal SAP implementation, demonstrated by the Compaq SAP Competency Center. This convinced Diehl that Monsanto's own SAP implementation would be completed effectively.
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Compaq pulled out all the stops to ensure our success. The Monsanto SAP project team has additional implementation plans for 1999. Ultimately, the completed project will automate operations for Monsanto's pharmaceutical, agricultural and nutrition divisions, with SAP software deployed on AlphaServers in each business unit. Monsanto is also establishing a remote testing and disaster recovery site, a configuration that is modeled after Compaq's own SAP implementation. New Information Architecture Monsanto's SAP software is deployed on two AlphaServer 8400s, an AlphaServer 4100 and five additional AlphaServer systems, and- all running Tru64 UNIX and the Oracle7 database .