Executive Summary Due to the large numbers of IT decision makers who struggle to question the picture painted by ERP vendors to obtain objective knowledge, this article is designed to make them feel better. The image above is not a real book, not an attempt to say that the publisher would publish it. It is…
Executive Summary Due to a lack of financial support, Brightwork is changing its publishing approach. We explain the changes that will happen as of August 2020. Introduction We are changing our publishing approach. This is due to the revenue issues we have been experiencing, which is due to the following: See our references for this…
Executive Summary Oracle and SAP have built virtually nothing in their cloud services. We cover why Oracle and SAP appear incapable of creating competitive clouds. Introduction While currently, both vendors cannot talk enough about the cloud, both vendors fought against the cloud for many years (and we have the evidence in this book). These vendors…
Executive Summary SAP presents fictitious cloud revenues that are blindly accepted by Wall Steet. Wall Street shows close to zero interest in understanding SAP’s cloud revenues. Introduction SAP released the following explanation for a recent layoff. See our references for this article and related articles at this link. “Yet key indicators showed signs of weakness…
Executive Summary AWS created a presentation to show the relationship with SAP. How much of the information provided around the co-interests of SAP and AWS are true? Introduction One of the most interesting developments in the public cloud is how the public cloud service providers like AWS or GCP or Azure will work with the…
Executive Summary This is a study that compares SAP IoT, IBM IoT, and AWS IoT. This will compare how these offering function and result in a rating. Introduction This study was commissioned by a prospect during their vendor selection journey. The customer is a regional luxury hotel chain based in Dubai, UAE. The requirements were…
Executive Summary SAP has structured its SAP Cloud to provide a massive upcharge on providers like AWS and GCP. In this article, we cover how the Upcharge by SAP works. Introduction We analyzed SAP Cloud, trying to figure out how it adds any value. And we think that SAP may have created a new cloud…
Executive Summary The IT industry lacks functioning research entities. Much of this has to do with how little money there is in performing actual research. Introduction Something occurred to us recently after we published the first independent TCO study on HANA. This is what we stated. “And apparently, IT lacks functioning research bodies that focus…
Executive Summary HANA is stated to benefit customers, but while the benefits are small, it is designed to block out other vendors. We analyze how SAP does this. Introduction SAP has put tremendous marketing muscle behind HANA. What is nearly uncovered in the IT media is how SAP has used HANA to block out other…
Executive Summary Motley Fool’s published an article on how SAP would overtake SAP in the cloud. Motley Fool’s analysis of Larry Ellison, internal growth, and HANA being related to the cloud are entirely illogical. Introduction On Mar 1, 2015, the article Oracle Corporation Falls Victim to Hubris as SAP Overtakes Its Cloud Business was published….