Executive Summary The lies in an NTT Data article about HANA are so extreme that we created a new award called the Propaganda Award. Review one of the worst articles ever written about HANA. Introduction The Brightwork Research & Analysis Propaganda in It Award is awarded to articles that contain excessive degrees of false information about…
Executive Summary Hasso Plattner provides a summary of the benefits of S/4HANA’s new application architecture. We evaluate the accuracy of Hasso’s proposal. Introduction Hasso Plattner has written a great deal of promotional literature about S/4HANA. One of his proposals is that S/4HANA is a new application architecture. In this article, we will cover this topic…
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…
Executive Summary S/4HANA has very high customization or SAP enhancement adjustment overhead. Learn about the reality of the S/4HANA customization versus the SAP hype. Video Introduction: S/4HANA and Customization Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) S/4HANA has very high customization or SAP enhancement adjustment overhead. SAP has had a long term strategy of…
Executive Summary Snow Software explained how to trade in unused SAP licenses for S/4 HANA. Snow’s article makes unfounded assumptions regarding the readiness of S/4HANA while approaching the question from the perspective of only the licensing implications. Introduction In this article, we will evaluate a strategy that is proposed by Snow Software on their website….
Executive Summary Information has been coming from many SAP customers on strange indirect access charges. HANA is one area where SAP intends to pursue indirect access claims aggressively. Introduction to the SAP HANA Police HANA has been subject to one of the most expensive media campaigns in the history of any enterprise software vendor. More…
Executive Summary In this article, we cover how HANA has sizeable indirect access liabilities, and what the rules are regarding indirect access and HANA. Introduction In previous articles, I have outlined some areas where HANA is not what is presented by SAP. One of these areas was the exaggerations of performance made by SAP regarding…
Executive Summary SAP’s has made exaggerated claims regarding S/4HANA’s readiness. SAP continually pivots away from the topic of the completeness of each module. Introduction SAP had many changes that it needed to sugarcoat when companies were to move from SAP ECC to S4HANA. Therefore, SAP came up with some marketing spin on their changes document…
Executive Summary How accurate is the information communicated on S/4, ranging from real-time consolidation to Fiori to EWN and S/4, to PLM and EWM, data governance? Video Introduction: How Accurate was SAP and Sven Denecken on S/4HANA 1610? Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) We spent time analyzing the SAP document SAP S/4HANA…
Executive Summary SAP HANA costs are incredibly high, but there is a blackout on this topic, as so many entities are aligned with SAP. We honestly cover the total cost implications of HANA. Introduction SAP HANA costs are incredibly high, but there is a general media blackout on this topic. Many entities are aligned with…