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… of approximately 35 percent, and three years after becoming generally available (GA). The time it takes a new version to reach peak adoption is approximately 18-24 months after GA. In addition, we can see that EHP 7 (the latest version, and the required version to support Business Suite on HANA as well as Fiori), has a steeper adoption rate and has the potential to become the most adopted version. Unlike Android or mobile applications, the expected upswing in ERP adoption is measured in years, not months.”
Support Conundrum and Support as a Surcharge
If the support is nearly all …

… SAP upgraded as a good thing. However, the research goes in the opposite direction. Constant SAP upgrades not only lead to higher costs; they are disruptive to the customer. They also sap both energy and funding from investing in applications outside of SAP ERP that have a higher ROI.
At this time, we still recommend against buying or implementing S/4HANA or HANA. Companies that purchase either of these products will end up with a negative ROI in the vast majority of cases.
Important Findings of SAP Support
Rimini Street has made important contributions to understanding third-party support …

… assurances that SAP will continue to support SAP HCM further out than 2025 which could have easily been provided by getting agreement to move the entire Business Suite out to 2030. Instead, SAP has decided to introduce a new licensed offering called SAP HCM On-Premise for SAP S/4 HANA that will be built by 2023 and will be based on SAP HCM so they are counting on customers trusting SAP will deliver something five years from now, being willing to do an upgrade (always painful in SAP), signing up for a new license and all of this to …