Executive Summary SAP provides advice for remediating code for S/4HANA. We review the quality of this advice (as well as the organization of SAP content) to help the client rather than help SAP. Introduction SAP has published its perspective on remediating code for S/4HANA. Both SAP and its consulting partners have consistently underrepresented the complexity…
Executive Summary Forrester created another TCO/ROI study that was paid for by SAP. We review the accuracy of this Forrester SAP S4HANA study. Introduction Forrester has a history of taking money from SAP and producing precisely the outcome results that SAP would have wanted. Forrester will do this for any vendor and frequently does, as…
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 For years SAP proposed that applications on HANA would remove the need for a data warehouse. Now the message is changing, and BW4HANA is back in the mix. Introduction The original presentation of S/4HANA was that the reporting schemas would no longer be necessary because of HANA. Eliminating the data warehouse would be…
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 KPS published a page about how great it was that Lidl selected HANA for Retail. After Lidl terminated this implementation, KPS still had the web page up about what a good idea the selection was. Introduction to Continual Lying at KPS We have frequently covered the inaccurate information on SAP consulting company websites….
Executive Summary HANA takes enormous levels of memory compared to competing databases. HANA has continual timeout issues that are in part due to HANA’s problem managing memory. Video Introduction: HANA’s Problems with Managing Memory Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) SAP’s database competitors like Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft, have internal groups that focus…
Executive Summary HANA has high CPU consumption due to HANA’s design. The CPU consumption is explained by SAP, but we review whether the explanation makes sense. Introduction We have covered the issues with SAP HANA that SAP, SAP consulting firms, and IT media censor. As a result of this information being censored, many SAP customers…
Executive Summary Bluefin Solutions published a bizarre article on C/4HANA that focused more on methodology than on what C/4HANA is. The proposal by Bluefin Solutions is that C/4HANA will speed implementations. Video Introduction: How Accurate Was Bluefin Solutions on C/4HANA? Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) Bluefin Solutions has been the source…
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…