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…
Executive Summary SAP has many complications in migrating SAP to the Cloud, which is not widely known. This article covers some of the many complications of moving SAP to the Cloud. Video Introduction: How to Understand the Complications of Migrating SAP to the Cloud Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) SAP Cloud is…
Executive Summary AWS and Google Cloud can allow for both homogeneous and heterogeneous database migration Learn why cloud services are enabling databases. Introduction When the source and target database are the same, this is called a “homogeneous” conversion. When the databases are different, this is referred to as a “heterogeneous” migration. Homogeneous migrations are often…
Executive Summary AWS and Google Cloud are offering great opportunities to leverage multiple database types. Learn why multi-bases are taking over from the single-base approach. Introduction While SAP has proposed using a single database type (the one database type SAP wants customers to focus on, which is HANA) and finds its most willing customers in…
Executive Summary AWS and Google Cloud are offering great opportunities to leverage open source databases. We cover how to accomplish the migration. Introduction Oracle representatives like discussing Oracle’s market share in the database market. They love talking about the different things the Oracle database can do and its many advanced features. What they don’t like…
Executive Summary Both SAP and Oracle have uncompetitive cloud offerings, so to get their customers to use their cloud, they bully and intimidate customers into purchasing the cloud. The secret is to buy the license but never actually use the license. Video Introduction: How SAP and Oracle Coerce Customers into the Cloud Text Introduction (Skip…
Executive Summary AWS has specific advice as to how to perform a migration to AWS. This is essentially a phased approach that scales with the customer’s capabilities and understanding. Introduction AWS sees substantial growth, but SAP and Oracle will resist leveraging the AWS cloud as this reduces their control over the account. Secondly, neither AWS…
Executive Summary Two tiered ERP is a specific way of managing multiple ERP systems. This serves as an introduction to the concept. Introduction We begin with the word “tier,” which means a hierarchy. Interestingly if you type the word tier into an image search engine or stock photography site, the most commonly returned image is…
Executive Summary Why are SAP’s new acquisitions forecasted without analyzing how SAP’s previous acquisitions fared? Find out how well SAP tends to do with acquisitions. Introduction SAP makes a large number of acquisitions of software vendors. SAP acquisitions follow a very familiar path. We call this the “acquisition algorithm,” which usually means that software vendors…