Executive Summary It was proposed that on our HANA analysis, we had an ax to grind. How accurately did our projections end up being, and how sharp was this ax? Introduction We received the claim that we had an ax to grind with SAP in the article SAP Layoffs and a Warning on HANA? This…
Executive Summary SAP took advantage of customers by restricting S/4HANA to HANA. How can SAP be pressured to open up S/4HANA to other databases? Introduction This is a perfect time for SAP user groups to pressure SAP to open S/4HANA to other databases. However, who can do this? Our References for This Article If you…
Executive Summary We covered how SAP fired several top people in the HANA hierarchy. So now, the question is, what happens to HANA projects that are in process. Introduction In the article SAP’s Layoffs and a Brightwork Warning on HANA, we covered what SAP’s layoffs meant for HANA. And it is not positive. However, it…
Executive Summary SAP paid Forbes to allow it to run an editorial as if it were an article. SAP finally found something it thinks is false: the Oracle autonomous database. Introduction SAP has an eight-year history of lying about HANA. And SAP resources take great offense to being called out as lying. In fact, many…
Executive Summary SAP, along with many entities, made projections about S/4HANA’s ability to be implemented. Four years into S/4HANA, who was right and who was wrong? Video Introduction: Who Was Right About S/4HANA’s Readiness? Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) This article was published on Feb 8th, 2019. S/4HANA just had its 4th…
Executive Summary A primary reason for hiring the major SAP consulting firms is for political insurance. If the project does poorly, the decision makers can say they went with a major brand. Video Introduction: Does Hiring Large SAP Consulting Firms Work as Political Insurance? Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) Giant SAP consulting…
Executive Summary How are we able to so consistently out predict and analyze vendors like SAP and Oracle versus the major IT analysts? How does one measure and prove being smarter? Focusing on the outcomes of the analysis. Introduction All of the sources of information on enterprise software consider themselves intelligent. Gartner and Forrester have…
Executive Summary IBM purchased Red Hat. However, how real will the benefits be for IBM customers? In this article, we separate the fluff from the reality of Open Shift and IBM. Introduction There is an extraordinary amount of coverage of the IBM purchase of Red Hat. However, there has been little critical analysis of the…
Executive Summary Oracle has made a significant commitment to appliances after its acquisition of Sun. Find out how much sense these appliances like Exadata make to use. Video Introduction: How to Understand Exadata and Exadata Cloud Services Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) Oracle makes exaggerated claims for its Exadata product. Exadata is…
Executive Summary Mainframes have cost advantages over on-premise servers. The reason for this is that an entity requires very significant numbers of servers to manage them effectively. Introduction There are many advantages of mainframes, one being costs versus most proprietary on-premises servers. What is undiscussed on the many consulting companies and vendors that have marketed how…