Haha 😂 great article Thomas … I first wrote an ABAP in 1989 so have lived through it too …. Think you are spot on …SAP is an incredible company and I’m ex employee besides previously being a customer at GE and post employee as a partner … SAP did one thing which no one can take away … it build a European software powerhouse albeit lost its way a few times due to more often appointing leaders from acquisitions who did not really understand the culture but fighting all the sometimes balony and hot air that has come out of US software companies is something to be proud … no one’s perfect but as you say they are still a work in progress and crack the Cloud ☁️ and AI topics with smart moves and off to the races again … the user groups are great sounding boards …. But I agree sometimes DSAG kind of acts too local given it’s birthplace … but those companies are also the bedrock for SAPs future …. So always tricky to navigate
This sums it up best. Multiple products, multiple clouds, multiple contracts. "What SAP failed to do was to bring technologies, methodologies and other learning from those businesses into the heart of SAP. Rather than bending and changing ERP to learn from its native SaaS acquisitions, it forced them to adapt to the ERP hegemony."
Haha 😂 great article Thomas … I first wrote an ABAP in 1989 so have lived through it too …. Think you are spot on …SAP is an incredible company and I’m ex employee besides previously being a customer at GE and post employee as a partner … SAP did one thing which no one can take away … it build a European software powerhouse albeit lost its way a few times due to more often appointing leaders from acquisitions who did not really understand the culture but fighting all the sometimes balony and hot air that has come out of US software companies is something to be proud … no one’s perfect but as you say they are still a work in progress and crack the Cloud ☁️ and AI topics with smart moves and off to the races again … the user groups are great sounding boards …. But I agree sometimes DSAG kind of acts too local given it’s birthplace … but those companies are also the bedrock for SAPs future …. So always tricky to navigate
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Thanks for summarizing this Thomas. Also reference ASUG's view on SAP's strategic moves.
https://www.asug.com/insights/asug-ceo-we-will-clarify-and-communicate-saps-cloud-strategy-for-our-community?utm_term=s4-1&utm_campaign=FFN_23&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=269100567&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8dHka601a0euHWLj-z-oXD2E2V-P4aXvT4NFj1dG-E_9t2LxgXPi0TkAPVlaYEIkObctE5MvKeezQF-6WaiH4XssN2wQ&utm_content=ffn-23_8-7&utm_source=email
Thanks Geoff, seems the more I look at this, the more inclined I am to see this as contract shenanigans rather than a genuine innovation plan
This sums it up best. Multiple products, multiple clouds, multiple contracts. "What SAP failed to do was to bring technologies, methodologies and other learning from those businesses into the heart of SAP. Rather than bending and changing ERP to learn from its native SaaS acquisitions, it forced them to adapt to the ERP hegemony."