Executive Summary SAP offers trials of its products that can be brought up on AWS, GCP, and Azure. However, there can be issues with bringing these trials up and working. Video Introduction: The Problem with the S/4HANA Trial on AWS Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) A while ago, in the article How to…
Executive Summary SAP has a very deliberate way of confusing people about S/4HANA (cloud or on-premises) they are speaking of. This is illustrated in this Reuters article. Video Introduction: SAP’s Hat Trick: Confusing Cloud and On-Premises S/4HANA Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) Reuters published the article “SAP Vows to Ease Cloud Transition;…
Executive Summary Upgrades for cloud ERP applications are not very straightforward. Not all vendors are equal in the Cloud. *Disclaimer. This article makes statements that apply to SAP S/4HANA Cloud and Oracle Cloud ERP. It does not generalize to NetSuite (an acquired cloud ERP by Oracle) or SAP’s acquired cloud applications. Brightwork Research & Analysis…
Executive Summary There is a poor fit between S/4HANA and the cloud, hidden because SAP commingles S/4HANA Cloud with S/4HANA on premises. For this article, we needed to cover ASP (Application Service Provider) versus “single =tenant” versus “private cloud.” Introduction While researching the history of S/4HANA implementations, something that came to the surface was how…
Executive Summary Hasso provides several assertions regarding the benefits of S/4HANA for the cloud. We review the accuracy of these benefits. Video Introduction: Is S/4HANA Actually Designed for the Cloud? Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) One of the common areas of confusion is the S4HANA cloud. That is the deployment of S/4HANA…