Executive Summary UpperEdge wrote an article about SAP’s indirect access announcement. We evaluate the accuracy of this UpperEdge article. Introduction This is an analysis of UpperEdge’s article on the announcement on the part of SAP on indirect access titled Bill McDermott is the Best Salesperson in the world. Our References for This Article If you want…
Executive Summary SAP announced the “multicloud,” which is a massive change in strategy for SAP. SAP makes several claims in the announcement that are either false or can be classified as “word salad.” Video Introduction: How to Best Understand SAP’s Multicloud Announcement Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) This article covers the announcement…
Executive Summary SAP announced a new policy on indirect access, which was announced at SAPPHIRE 2017. We analyze this new policy and how different it is from how IT media covered this policy. Introduction There has been a lot of Twitter activity, and people emailing each other on the SAPPHIRE announced a change of policy…
Executive Summary Indirect access is often presented as if it is a legitimate way to charge a customer. This is partly because SAP has so many compliant entities and will repeat whatever they say. We cover IA from a multidimensional perspective in this article. Introduction This article is directed towards clients of mine regarding how…
Executive Summary The judgment of the UK court for SAP vs. Diageo made little sense upon reading the summary. Problematic areas included how the judge interpreted how systems work and the reality of integration. Introduction I recently found an interesting article on indirect access from UpperEdge. I consider UpperEdge to produce some of the best articles…
Executive Summary The way that SAP uses indirect access against companies is abusive. Indirect access means engaging in high-pressure tactics to extract undeserved monies from customers. Introduction I recently found an interesting article from UpperEdge on the topic of indirect access. Like me, UpperEdge can tell the truth about indirect access in the way that…
Executive Summary SAP provided a large amount of false information on their Q1 2017 earnings call, while none of the Wall Street analysts seemed to notice. Introduction On April 24, 2017, SAP held its Q1 call with analysts. This article is an analysis of some of the information provided by SAP in this call. Much…
Executive Summary A conference monkey is an SAP customer who provides false information at conferences in return for SAP compensation. We describe how the conference monkey system works. Introduction It is customary to think that consulting companies and software vendors will tell lies to increase their sales in many conferences. But what is surprising to…
Executive Summary JNC Consulting published an article on indirect access. We analyze the JNC Consulting article for accuracy. Introduction As I have researched the area of SAP indirect access, I have made a focus on understanding the advice being offered by companies on this topic. I recently found an article by a consultancy called JNC, so…
Executive Summary Indirect access is frequently covered without distinguishing type 1 and type 2 indirect access. No coverage of SAP’s indirect access is complete without this distinction as it differentiates legitimate indirect access from SAP’s indirect access. Introduction Often in discussions around indirect access, I have the person I am discussing the topic with bringing…