Executive Summary AWS and Google Cloud can allow for both homogeneous and heterogeneous database migration Learn why cloud services are enabling databases. Introduction When the source and target database are the same, this is called a “homogeneous” conversion. When the databases are different, this is referred to as a “heterogeneous” migration. Homogeneous migrations are often…
Executive Summary AWS and Google Cloud are offering great opportunities to leverage multiple database types. Learn why multi-bases are taking over from the single-base approach. Introduction While SAP has proposed using a single database type (the one database type SAP wants customers to focus on, which is HANA) and finds its most willing customers in…
Executive Summary AWS and Google Cloud are offering great opportunities to leverage open source databases. We cover how to accomplish the migration. Introduction Oracle representatives like discussing Oracle’s market share in the database market. They love talking about the different things the Oracle database can do and its many advanced features. What they don’t like…
Executive Summary Both SAP and Oracle have uncompetitive cloud offerings, so to get their customers to use their cloud, they bully and intimidate customers into purchasing the cloud. The secret is to buy the license but never actually use the license. Video Introduction: How SAP and Oracle Coerce Customers into the Cloud Text Introduction (Skip…
Executive Summary AWS has specific advice as to how to perform a migration to AWS. This is essentially a phased approach that scales with the customer’s capabilities and understanding. Introduction AWS sees substantial growth, but SAP and Oracle will resist leveraging the AWS cloud as this reduces their control over the account. Secondly, neither AWS…
Executive Summary Two tiered ERP is a specific way of managing multiple ERP systems. This serves as an introduction to the concept. Introduction We begin with the word “tier,” which means a hierarchy. Interestingly if you type the word tier into an image search engine or stock photography site, the most commonly returned image is…
Executive Summary Why are SAP’s new acquisitions forecasted without analyzing how SAP’s previous acquisitions fared? Find out how well SAP tends to do with acquisitions. Introduction SAP makes a large number of acquisitions of software vendors. SAP acquisitions follow a very familiar path. We call this the “acquisition algorithm,” which usually means that software vendors…
Executive Summary SAP acquired the vendor called Qualtrics, a vendor that most people in SAP have never heard of. Learn the likelihood that Qualtrics will be a successful acquisition for SAP. Video Introduction: Does SAP’s Acquisition of Qualtrics Make Any Sense? Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) Is survey software critical to…
Executive Summary The history of ERP systems is normally misrepresented by those with software to services to sell. Find out the real story around ERP history. Introduction I find it amazing that there is so little information about the history of ERP, other than a few short articles on the Internet and the paper ERP:…
Executive Summary Forrester was paid by SAP to produce a report that showed SuccessFactors had a high ROI. Numerous errors in the report demonstrate that the study was rigged to provide SAP’s intended outcome. Video Introduction: How Accurate Was Forrester’s Study on the ROI of SuccessFactors? Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) Forrester…