Executive Summary SAP makes continuous arguments against AWS and GCP. How valid is this argument against the cloud from SAP? Video Introduction: How to Respond to SAP’s Arguments Against AWS and GCP Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) SAP consulting partners usually will only know how to repeat the arguments that come…
Executive Summary AWS and Google Cloud offer the capabilities to speed implementations for both SAP and Oracle. Using external cloud services is far better for implementation speed versus methodologies. Video Introduction: How AWS and Google Cloud Speed the Implementation of SAP and Oracle Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) Both SAP and Oracle…
Executive Summary Data warehousing and data lakes are being re-platformed for the cloud. When re-platformed to the cloud, data warehousing and data lakes have additional capabilities. Introduction Cloud is causing major changes in the data warehouse and data lake spaces. Cloud is going to result in a significant reconfiguration of the data warehouse market. It…
Executive Summary AWS and Google Cloud provide an amazing number of database options to customers. What this means for on-premises environments with more restricted options. Options Galore with AWS and Google Cloud AWS does offer some internally developed products (the Aurora database being one), and Google Cloud offers both the Spanner database and the Go…
Executive Summary Most development has been performed following a monolithic approach. Cloud databases and microservices are changing this development paradigm towards being data-centric. The Application Versus Data Centric Models Both AWS and Google Cloud do perform development and are leaders in the software industry. However, in the traditional sense, they are not vendors as they…
Executive Summary SAP has an enormous investment in ABAP. But ABAP has severe restrictions for the cloud. SAP is trying to push customers to use ABAP in the cloud. SAP and ABAP and the Cloud To understand SAP and cloud, it is necessary to dive into the topic of SAP’s coding language. SAP uses an…
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 AWS and Google Cloud are distinct from SAP Cloud and Oracle Cloud in important ways. This article explains how the cloud innovators differ from SAP and Oracle in the cloud. Video Introduction: AWS and Google Cloud Versus SAP Cloud and Oracle Cloud Containers Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) SAP has…
Executive Summary AWS and Google Cloud have brought fantastic elasticity to their services. This article explains how this elastic functionality works. Introduction The emphasis of AWS and Google Cloud is “elastic.” This means that the services offered by AWS and Google Cloud can be easily scaled. AWS also has auto-scaling, which is covered in the…
Executive Summary SAP and Oracle have very different pricing than AWS and Google Cloud. This article covers how this pricing is so different and what it means. Video Introduction: How to Understand SAP and Oracle Versus AWS and Google Cloud Pricing Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) AWS and Google Cloud offer good…