Executive Summary SAP has been trying to move HANA to the cloud. We will explain the implications of this movement. Video Introduction: HANA Cloud Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) There is a lot of information of questionable accuracy given out on the HANA topic that is provided to the market by SAP,…
Executive Summary Companies generally don’t know what their production scheduling systems should be able to do. We explain how to grade your production scheduling system against essential criteria. Introduction Production scheduling software will never be considered the sexy category of enterprise software. That may be hard for people who work in this area to read;…
Executive Summary This article by Gartner makes several fallacious statements about forecasting and Big Data. We analyze the problems in Gartner’s understanding of forecasting. *Note, the article mentioned here was a reprint of Gartner’s content by a company called BlueRidge. The article was republished, making it challenging to determine if the material was created by…
Executive Summary Steve Lucas is one of the most quoteworthy of the SAP executives. In an article, he proposed many false items around HANA under the concept of “setting the record straight.” Steve Lucas discusses topics ranging from performance to pricing. In this article, we review Steve Lucas’s level of accuracy. Introduction Steve Lucas wrote…
Executive Summary SAP has introduced a lot of terminology around S/4HANA, much of it confusing to SAP customers. We analyst this terminology in this article. Video Introduction: How to Get Clear on S/4 HANA Terminology Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) The first introduction of S/4 HANA by SAP was quite confusing, and…
Executive Summary Brightwork Research & Analysis covers multiple categories of enterprise software. Before reading each vendor or application area, start by reviewing our analysis of the software category. Introduction Each category analysis provides an overview of the basic features of the software category. This includes: The problem that the software is designed to address. How…
Executive Summary What are the Risks Measurements at Brightwork Research and Analysis? Our Enterprise Risk Management Framework and IT Risk Assessment Template Implementation Success Ratio Our Work in Technology Risk Management and Implementation Risk Measurement Introduction to the MUFI Ratings and Risk Calculation Our MUFI Rating and Risk calculation is an estimate of implementation risk…
Executive Summary The Brightwork Honest Software Vendor Ratings are an unbiased explanation of vendors. The logic for the ratings being is that software buyers can’t only review the application without also observing the software vendor. What Are the Honest Vendor Ratings? These are reviews of vendors performed without any financial bias as Brightwork receives no…
Executive Summary SAP proposes that HANA has advantages in performance versus all other databases with a database that runs 100,000 times faster than any other. We cover if HANA is really faster than Oracle. Introduction HANA is a constant source of discussion on SAP projects. The claims by SAP are enormous, but how many are…
Executive Summary Hasso Plattner makes an enormous number of inaccurate statements about S/4HANA. How much of what Hasso Plattner said about S/4HANA was true? Video Introduction: How Accurate Was Hasso Plattner on Customers Being Too Risk Adverse for SAP S/4 HANA? Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) On November 30, 2015, Hasso Plattner…