The SAP Business Suite and HANA
Most folks using procurement technology would rather not get into the underlying bits and bytes of technology architecture, let alone the nuances of database technology. For the most part this makes sense, though we’d argue that for systems integration, a lot of incremental business value in the P2P and services procurement areas can be derived [...]
Is SAP HANA Right For You (Now)?
As mentioned in my previous post, SAP HANA has been the focus of much of SAP’s technical and marketing communications of late, and has been of great interest to the influencer community (see these excellent posts by John Appleby (@applebyj) and Vijay Vijayasankar (@vijayasankarv) for example). Many SAP customers with whom I spoke recently are [...]
Cloud impact: SAP changes upgrade and maintenance policies
SAP released a short, but significant, press release describing changes to the upgrade policies on the company’s flagship Business Suite product. The policy changes will benefit customers and appear to be an SAP reaction to market expectations shaped by cloud computing and software as a service (SaaS) vendors. From the SAP press release: SAP plans to [...]
Why is in-memory database important to #SAP ?
Very busy these days, but wanted to share some thoughts about in-memory database and why it is so important to SAP – and the industry. All of this is just my opinion, and based only on my experience. SAP is really a collection of business processes implemented in software. No shock there. In some cases, [...]
SAP Influencer Summit, Dispatch 1: On-Demand Differentiation and Vision
After a 1:30 AM landing (thank you, United), I made it to my hotel room
early Tuesday morning so that I could attend the
SAP Influencer Summit later in the day. The main reason for my
attendance, a Wednesday session specifically devoted to s…
