Executive Summary Hasso Plattner is frequently introduced as Dr. Hasso Plattner. Is Hasso Plattner’s degree anything but honorary? Video Introduction: Does SAP’s Hasso Plattner Have a Real PhD? Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) Previously we questioned whether Hasso Plattner of SAP behaved as a Ph.D. The reason we questioned Hasso Plattner’s P.h.D….
Executive Summary SAP has created a hierarchy, which those in the SAP ecosystem are compelled to follow. This ensures that the information provided by SAP is unquestioned. Introduction The unrelenting hierarchy of hierarchy is exceptionally well explored in the following quotation in a recently rediscovered book. “Social ladders exist precisely to keep you where you…
Executive Summary Gartner produced a database magic quadrant that places all manner of entities in strange comparisons. Gartner’s DMSA and ODMS MQs make no sense without $$$. Introduction Gartner produces highly unusual Magic Quadrants. One is called the Data Management System and Analytics (DMSA), and the other is the Operational Data Management System Magic Quadrant…
Executive Summary SAP and Oracle have engaged in a concerted effort to strip out value from the base support level. This means that the actual support cost for SAP and Oracle have dramatically increased. Video Introduction: How SAP and Oracle Stripped the Value from 22% Support Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) When…
Executive Summary SAP has been proposing that all companies should use a single database type and buy HANA. AWS’s CTO explains the benefits of the multi-base approach. Video Introduction: Multibase Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) What is often left out of the analysis of database advice from commercial software vendors is how biased and…
Executive Summary SAP filed a motion to dismiss Teradata’s complaint. How accurate are the statements proposed in the motion to dismiss? Introduction to the SAP vs. Teradata Lawsuit Teradata filed a complaint against SAP in June of 2018, asserting many things that Brightwork Research & Analysis has been saying for several years. (although our research…
Executive Summary Digital transformation is ramping up the bridge and has caused its digital transformations to require a whole new set of super open-minded terminology. Introduction to the New Digital Transformation Terms The term digital transformation has been with us for a few years, with digital transformations appearing left and right. However, special conditions have…
Executive Summary SAP support is rarely discussed, but the reality of SAP support is far different from what is promised by SAP and their consulting partners. What are the massive hidden costs imposed by using SAP support? Paying 22%+ for SAP support, and do you still have employees feeling like this? Video Introduction: How to…
Executive Summary CIO magazine proposes something that is never stated, that SAP’s support costs should be declining, not increasing. How accurate is this CIO article? Introduction In the article Why SAP’s ERP Maintenance Prices Should Be Going Down — Not Up in CIO, some interesting points were brought up about the cost of SAP’s support….
Executive Summary SAP has a specific strategy for flip-flopping on support. This strategy is to move customers down the desired pathway. Introduction This article will expose one of the primary ways that SAP pushes its customers to move to new products. Our References for This Article If you want to see our references for this…