Executive Summary Watch Steve Lucas of SAP confuse the meaning of “magnanimous” and call out other vendors for greed. Steve Lucas also states that SAP is all about hosting its applications and even has the broadest cloud portfolio offering. Introduction In this article, we will review both an article by Diginomica and comments made by…
Executive Summary SAP has proposed that HANA is a perfect fit for ERP. However, the evidence is that there is no advantage of HANA for ERP systems, but there are many disadvantages. In this article, we discuss where our data comes from related to HANA’s mismatch. Video Introduction: S/4HANA’s Mismatch with ERP Systems Text Introduction (Skip…
Executive Summary Clarkston Consulting makes proposals about S/4HANA’s “Platform” and related S/4HANA topics. We review Clarkson for accuracy. Video Introduction: Did Clarkston Just Parrot SAP on S/4HANA? Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) The falsehoods published on the websites of SAP consulting firms never cease to amaze us. Clarkston Consulting is one…
Executive Summary SAP Press is a publisher that poses as independent of SAP when it is just another controlled and censored marketing outlet for SAP. SAP Press has published a large number of S/4HANA books even though the application is immature. The SAP Press books are written by consultants that give a deliberately misleading impression…
Executive Summary SAP created a concept of an SAP HANA sidecar designed to get customers to implement uncompetitive or immature solutions. The benefit of the free SAP HANA sidecar is one example of this. Introduction The SAP HANA sidecar was presented as an essential step to using HANA very aggressively in 2013 and less so…
Executive Summary Under Armour communicated the problems it has had with S/4HANA. However, the explanation by Under Armour in their earnings call was a “whitewash.” Bill McDermott, SAP’s CEO, somehow sits on the board of directors of Under Armour. How SAP consultants surface to defend waste at Under Armour. Introduction: The Problems with the Under…
Executive Summary SAP is proposing that HANA should replace Oracle and IBM, and one argument is that HANA has a lower TCO than Oracle and IBM. SAP paid Forrester and other media entities to promote the idea of HANA’s lower TCO. We created an independent TCO. Introduction to HANA’s TCO This is the first study…
Executive Summary Our HANA TCO study is a complete accounting of TCO without being funded by SAP. We provide a TCO estimate based upon actual real HANA case studies. *The introduction is in the free portion of the research and will not be repeated here. Video Introduction: A Study into SAP HANA’s TCO (Complete) (2017)…
Executive Summary This is the research case study of Airbus DP Optronics. We evaluate this case study for accuracy. Introduction Airbus DS Optronics is a supplier to defense contractors. Our References for This Article If you want to see our references for this article and other related Brightwork articles, see this link. Here are some…
Executive Summary This is the Snow Peak S/4HANA, which is part of our research study. We evaluate the accuracy of this case study. Introduction Snow Peak is a Japanese company that sells outdoor gear. The implementation was not only for S/4HANA (for which they claimed Enterprise Management or the overall suite) and for SAP Hybris…