Executive Summary SAP reversed its position on the Cloud with its 2017 position on partnering with Microsoft’s Azure. We make sense of SAP’s puffery. Video Introduction: How to Interpret SAP and Microsoft’s 2017 Cloud Partnership Announcement Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) Recently we were asked about SAP and Microsoft’s cloud partnership announcement…
Executive Summary Understanding the SAP partnership system is necessary to how SAP controls both partners and their customers. This story of the partnership is hidden from view in media. Introduction to How SAP Controls its Partner Network At Brightwork, we have written quite a few articles on SAP implementation of Type 2 indirect access. In…
Executive Summary Corevist pointed out issues with SAP indirect access. However, as context Corevist creates a mythological idea of a glorious SAP ecosystem. In this parallel universe, SAP is new to monopolist behavior, is new to stifling competition, new to anti-trust law violations. What Corevist does not mention is that Corevist is restricted due to…
Executive Summary The IT industry lacks functioning research entities. Much of this has to do with how little money there is in performing actual research. Introduction Something occurred to us recently after we published the first independent TCO study on HANA. This is what we stated. “And apparently, IT lacks functioning research bodies that focus…
Executive Summary SAP consultants like to talk about a “Golden Age” of SAP, where SAP added a great deal of value to customers. We show how this is a myth and how this myth is used. Introduction In this article, we will cover a common assumption promoted by SAP proponents. This is the proposal that…
Executive Summary SAP produces negative innovation and focuses far more on marketing innovation than actually creating innovation. Examples of fake or negative innovations are HANA and S/4HANA, among many others. Video Introduction: How to Best Understand SAP’s Negative Innovation Text Introduction (Skip if You Watched the Video) Many companies exaggerate the amount of innovation they…
Executive Summary Those who are incapable of debating the Brightwork Research & Analysis arguments often use the hominem of an “ax to grind” against Brightwork and Shaun Snapp. The proponents of the hypothesis of the ax to grind fail to provide evidence of the ax. Introduction to the Ax to Grind Hypothesis This article addresses…
Executive Summary SAP Press functions to overpublish books in the SAP space, even for products with little following. This is illustrated very well in the books for Fiori. Introduction SAP Press has published 16 books at the time of this article’s publication on the topic of S/4HANA. However, there is an interesting backstory to these…
Executive Summary The upgradeability of SAP products is declining, and this fact is being hidden from SAP customers by both SAP and SAP consulting companies. We will answer why this is happening. Introduction In this article, we will provide a non-SAP biased perspective on these changes. This information is distinct from anything provided by the…
Executive Summary The techniques used by SAP for abusing its power, including the use of attorneys, NDAs, and control over media and PR, are surprisingly similar to those used by the recent abuses proven to have been used by Weinstein, Cosby, Ailes, and O’Reilly. As with SAP, people’s unwillingness to speak up perpetuates the cycle…