Timing Your Move to S/4HANA April 19, 2018 John Belden Reading Time: 4 minutes According to SAP, Cloud revenue will eclipse license fee revenue in 2018 and will become the largest base of their… Read More Categories: Cloud, ERP Program Management, SAP
How to Efficiently Migrate to SAP’s S/4HANA Digital Core April 17, 2018 UpperEdge Reading Time: 3 minutes During SAP’s recent Capital Market’s Day, it outlined its vision for the intelligent S/4HANA enterprise comprised of the digital core,… Read More Categories: Contract Negotiations, SAP
Recap of SAP’s 2018 Capital Markets Day March 8, 2018 Len Riley Reading Time: 2 minutes SAP’s Capital Market Day was held at their Hudson Yards office in New York City earlier this week. Among the… Read More Categories: SAP
The Effective CIO’s Approach to Migrating SAP ECC to S/4HANA March 6, 2018 Len Riley Reading Time: 3 minutes Migrating to S/4HANA is a huge endeavor that requires the participation of both internal stakeholders and external advisors to enable… Read More Categories: Application Management Services, Cloud, ERP Program Management, SAP, System Integrators
The Role of the CIO: A Playbook for Managing an SAP Relationship December 11, 2017 Len Riley Reading Time: 5 minutes Before Boston’s Big Dig, one of the largest public works projects in the U.S., was the Boston Harbor clean-up. My… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management, SAP
SAP and Indirect Use: Is SAP Taking Advantage of its Customers? November 16, 2017 Dave Blake Reading Time: 5 minutes SAP announced an outcome-based pricing model for Indirect Access since the time this post was published. To learn about this… Read More Categories: SAP
SAP Prescribes a Good Night’s Sleep: Q3 2017 Earnings Analysis October 25, 2017 Chip Hanna Reading Time: 3 minutes Based on SAP’s Q3 2017 earnings announcement on October 19th, its CEO Bill McDermott purports to be resting easy. But… Read More Categories: Cloud, Contract Negotiations, ERP Program Management, IT Sourcing, SAP
A CIO’s Checklist to Ensure You Are Leveraging SAP’s Year-End October 24, 2017 UpperEdge Reading Time: 3 minutes As SAP’s year-end approaches, companies are leveraging the opportunity to negotiate strategic commitments like HANA or resolve their audit exposure.… Read More Categories: Contract Negotiations, SAP
The Underlying Implications of SAP’s New Indirect Access Order Licensing Policy October 17, 2017 UpperEdge Reading Time: 3 minutes Earlier this year, SAP’s announcement that external Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and Order-to-Cash (O2C) Indirect Use scenarios will be addressed via order… Read More Categories: SAP
Defeating the SAP Project Optimism Death Star September 13, 2017 John Belden Reading Time: 3 minutes We have all seen the stories of SAP projects that spin hopelessly out of control. The tales of these failed… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management, HCL, IBM, SAP