Executive Summary What percentage of Oracle database customers are on which version of their database? We cover the implications of these percentages for Oracle customers. Introduction Oracle has been introducing increasingly sophisticated versions of its flagship database products in the past few years. Garnering little attention in the technology press, unfortunately, is the resistance of…
Executive Summary ASUG produced a poll called the 2019 State of the SAP Community, which covered S/4HANA topics. How accurate was this poll? Introduction The first thing to note about the ASUG poll is that ASUG provided no numbers about who took the survey. Nothing. No numbers about how many participants there were, industry the…
Executive Summary SAP is telling customers that they can use data tiering in HANA to use innovation in database design. How accurate is SAP data tiering being new? Video Introduction: Is SAP’s Warm Data Tiering for HANA New? Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) SAP has communicated a new item for SAP HANA….
Executive Summary SAP has told customers that they must use BW as a BI solution for HANA. How accurate is SAP on this topic? Introduction SAP has been communicating to customers that they should buy BW4HANA for BI because SAP is not designed to integrate well with 3rd party solutions. Our References for This Article…
Executive Summary NoSQL was created as a term to describe non-relational databases. We cover the problems with this term. Introduction NoSQL has become the common term to describe non-relational databases. The Problem However, NoSQL does not mean NoSQL, but “Not Just SQL.” Well, those guys who thought that “NoSQL” was a good representation of the…
A Expanding Section: Curiosities Regarding the Case Studies Posted by Shaun Snapp on May 30, 2019 The Number of Case Studies SAP has really very few S/4HANA case studies as a percentage of all of the S/4HANA licenses that are in the hands of customers. ECC is one of the most widely implemented ERP systems,…
A Expanding Section: The Importance of Drawing a Distinction Between S/4HANA Research from Marketing Information Posted on May 30, 2019 Entities that release information about SAP projects are generally not interested in research or interested in releasing accurate information or following the scientific method. They are profit-seeking entities who are not bound by research rules….
A Expanding Section: Fit to Industry Posted on May 30, 2019 ERP systems and S/4HANA, in particular, have a fit to industry. The less a company manufactures or distributes a physical product, the less the overlap between the application and the industry requirements. Over 1/2 of the case studies have a low fit to the…
A Expanding Section: The Missing Details Posted on May 29, 2019 In addition to the public case studies above, there are also case studies published on SAP’s website. The issue is that when SAP publishes a case study they either provide a video, which contains a lot of praise of the solution, but very few…
A Expanding Section: The Discrepancy Between the Public S/4HANA Case Studies and the Private S/4HANA Case Studies Posted on May 29, 2019 There is a very considerable discrepancy between the public case studies and the private case studies. The first obvious difference is the implementation duration, with the public case studies not only being significantly…