Executive Summary IaaS offers elastic databases in the cloud. Lock-in generalizes outside of databases. AWS offers a way around the on-premises software sales workflow, which focuses on getting the customer pregnant. Introduction AWS IaaS Options Enterprise software is slowly and haltingly moving towards an environment with more choice than has existed previously. As much as…
Executive Summary This is a warning of the potential extension of SAP indirect access to basis. Introduction Indirect access was first applied to SAP applications and then was extended to HANA. SAP has been very effective in using indirect access to coerce software sales out of customers. Therefore it is a natural question as to…
Executive Summary Oracle made many ridiculous claims about the autonomous or self-driving database. The reason for creating the autonomous database is because Oracle is losing business to the AWS RDS managed database service. Oracle makes it sound as if AI in Oracle’s Automated Database is ARIIA from EagleEye. Oracle upgrades are not free, and upgrades…
Executive Summary SAP has absorbed considerably negative pushback from customers since introducing indirect access. This lead SAP to engage in damage control by providing more deceptive information to customers. Video Introduction: SAP’s Recycled Indirect Access Damage Control for 2018 Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) SAP has just released new information regarding indirect…
Executive Summary Gaps in ERP functionality are a constant source of cost overruns on ERP projects. We cover why this is so common and its relationship to the ERP sales process. Introduction Recently we were asked why gaps are a problem with ERP projects and about gap analysis in ERP. This article will explain the…
Executive Summary TOM is a made up a term by SAP designed to confuse customers and make up a new term for what is nothing more than “infrastructure.” Introduction Recently I was told that S/4HANA lowered the TOM of the ERP system. Therefore it made sense to research this term that I had never heard…
Executive Summary SAP acquired Sybase in 2010, and Sybase has become almost invisible ever since. We review what SAP said and IT analysts’ coverage of the Sybase acquisition. Introduction In 2010, SAP acquired Sybase. This was before HANA had been introduced. Within a year, SAP promoted the idea that it had developed a massive innovation…
Executive Summary SAP has made several bizarre comments regarding transalytical databases. Media entities are being paid by SAP to support SAP’s messaging, Forrester being one example. Convergent IS also provides terrible quality and 100% promotional information on transalytical databases. Introduction to the Transalytical Database (???) SAP has made some amazing claims regarding a “new database…
Executive Summary SAP has made bizarre proposals regarding code pushdown (aka stored procedures) and Core Data Services. As with Oracle, SAP uses CDSs to restrict its customers’ options to better lock them into buying SAP. Video Introduction: How Truthful is SAP on Code Pushdown? Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) SAP has made…
Executive Summary The ERD diagram oversimplifies relational databases. Complexities in relational databases mean that they are often not fully leveraged by applications. SAP targets low information buyers and provides a steady stream of inaccurate information around databases. The graphic above explains SAP’s internal process of how SAP determines what is true and what technical viewpoints…