Is SAP HANA a Luxury? TAKE NOTE(Insights into SAP solutions and EmergingTechnology) For SAP, it may be a billion-dollar question: is HANA a luxury like a Porsche or a Dior Dress? Or is it simply a better approach that could and should be appropriate for all SAP’s customers? Today, as SAP customer Steve Rumsby puts it: “The problem seems to be…
SAP Customers Scratching Their Heads over HANA TAKE NOTE (Insights into SAP solutions and Emerging Technology) Despite years of hype, some SAP customers remain puzzled over how the vendor’s Hana in-memory computing platform can fit into their IT strategies, a newly released survey from the Americas’ SAP Users’ Group has found. Fifty-five percent of 377 survey respondents asked whether their company has…
Predictions – The Future Of The Networked Economy TAKE NOTE(Insights into SAP solutions and EmergingTechnology) The networked economy is developing – we are already connected to just about anyone with Internet access using a simple keystroke. We have devices, social networks and business networks, and we leverage the idea of sharing to collaborate and use more, but make less. Our…
SAP’s Bill McDermott: We Can’t Let Complexity Win! TAKE NOTE(Insights into SAP solutions and EmergingTechnology) At SAP’s SAPPHIRE NOW event in Orlando, Florida, SAP CEO Bill McDermott introduced a bold, new SAP to more than 25,000 in-person and 250,000 virtual attendees during his opening keynote. With a new mantra of “Run Simple,” SAP now has its sights set on eliminating “complexity sprawl” that…
Is your SAP project – ‘livin on a prayer’? TAKE NOTE(Insights into SAP solutions and EmergingTechnology) It’s a time of transition at SAP—with the recent turnover in the executive ranks and the cloud taking center stage—and that will be on display at Sapphire Now in Orlando, which is co-located with ASUG’s Annual Conference. The event formally kicks off on June…