Officeworks Leverages Rimini Connect™ for Browsers to Maintain Business-Critical Customer Support and Avoid Costly, Disruptive SAP Software Upgrade

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Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI) announced that Officeworks successfully utilized Rimini Connect™ for Browsers to adapt its SAP systems post the retirement of Microsoft IE11. This solution enabled Officeworks to maintain critical CRM and customer support functionalities without a costly system upgrade. The partnership allowed Officeworks to avoid disruptions and continue its IT roadmap while ensuring browser compatibility. Daniel Benad from Rimini Street emphasized the importance of avoiding technology-driven operational issues.

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• Officeworks avoided a costly upgrade to its SAP ERP system, maintaining core functionalities.
• The implementation of Rimini Connect for Browsers ensured uninterrupted customer support and CRM functions.
• Rimini Street's solution facilitated an almost invisible transition for Officeworks' system users.

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Following the retirement of the IE11 browser, Officeworks maintained smooth and continuous functionality of critical CRM and customer support systems which relied on the browser

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products, and a Salesforce partner, today announced that Officeworks has leveraged Rimini Connect™ for Browsers, part of the Rimini Connect™ suite of integration and interoperability solutions, to help the company maintain stability of its core functions in the wake of the retirement of Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 (IE11).

Through collaboration and partnership with Rimini Street, Officeworks has been able to extend the lifecycle and maximize returns on its core SAP solutions. (Photo: Business Wire)

As Australia’s leading retailer of office products, supplies, furniture, technology, and education resources, Officeworks is committed to “making bigger things happen for its customers.” It relies on its SAP CRM and ERP solutions for everything from customer support to online orders and more. Through collaboration and partnership with Rimini Street, Officeworks has been able to extend the lifecycle and maximize returns on its core SAP solutions.

Officeworks was able to avoid a costly, disruptive upgrade to its core SAP ERP system and could continue along its own, custom IT roadmap, ensuring a more versatile functionality than what was available to system users who relied on IE11 for business-critical customer support and CRM functionality.

“Many organizations in Australia and around the world face the same issue when critical functionality is affected by changes of various technologies or hardware,” said Daniel Benad, group vice president and regional general manager, Oceania, Rimini Street. “Officeworks worked closely with Rimini Street to ensure the business was not affected by the retirement of a technology that its key CRM and customer support teams required. In doing so, the company was able to stay on track with its strategic, innovative projects that benefit its customers while avoiding costly SAP upgrades.”

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In 2021, Microsoft announced that it would retire IE11. Officeworks’ SAP system was only certified to be accessed through IE11, which meant the retailer needed an alternative browser to effectively continue using its core CRM system, or risk the potential of having its Call Center and Online Customer Support unable to assist customers once IE11 retired.

Officeworks had to solve the problem of how to maintain stability, while simultaneously providing customer support center team members and others who relied on the SAP CRM, an almost invisible and uninterrupted transition of its system functionality. The company determined that a comprehensive upgrade was not an economically viable option to resolve the issue. It then engaged Rimini Street and made the decision to extend its software support and services solutions and implement Rimini Connect for Browsers. Following rigorous testing and bespoke adaptations to the solution that were necessary to meet the unique needs of Officeworks’ environment, the implementation was completed before IE11 was retired.

“With Rimini Street, Officeworks is protected against current and future browser compatibility challenges and able to achieve the same functionality it needed to experience, but through other browsers such as Chrome or Edge,” said Michael Howard, chief operating officer, Officeworks. “Now we can rest assured knowing our internal team members are no longer impacted in their ability to serve our valued customers due to browser related obstacles.”

Rimini Connect for Browsers is part of the Rimini Connect suite of proven and proactive integration and interoperability solutions that allows for easy resolution of continuously changing integration and interoperability requirements. Clients can modernize and innovate their technology environment and extend and increase the lifetime value of their enterprise software products by keeping applications and databases compatible and integrated—now and in the future—with each other, and with elements in the technology stack, from the operating systems to the browsers.

For more information, please visit Rimini Connect™ for Browsers.

About Rimini Street, Inc.

Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a Russell 2000® Company, is a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products and a Salesforce partner. The Company offers premium, ultra-responsive and integrated application management and support services that enable enterprise software licensees to save significant costs, free up resources for innovation and achieve better business outcomes. To date, over 4,900 Fortune 500, Fortune Global 100, midmarket, public sector, and other organizations from a broad range of industries have relied on Rimini Street as their trusted application enterprise software products and services provider. To learn more, please visit http://www.riministreet.com, and connect with Rimini Street on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. (IR-RMNI)

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FAQ

What is Rimini Street, Inc. (RMNI) doing in collaboration with Officeworks?

Rimini Street, Inc. is providing Officeworks with Rimini Connect™ for Browsers to maintain functionality of their SAP systems following the retirement of Microsoft IE11.

How did Rimini Street help Officeworks avoid disruptions after IE11 was retired?

Rimini Street's Rimini Connect solution allowed Officeworks to continue using their SAP CRM and customer support systems without a costly upgrade.

What benefits did Officeworks gain from using Rimini Connect for Browsers?

Officeworks was able to sustain critical operational functionalities while evading disruptive changes and costs associated with upgrading their SAP system.