Executive Summary ASUG is a puppet of SAP that masquerades as a user group. ASUG’s information provided on indirect access is a perfect example of SAP’s control over ASUG. Introduction For some time, I have questioned ASUG’s independence from SAP. And this questioning was reinforced through checking with several others who routinely go to ASUG…
Executive Summary Indirect access is illegal, as represented by a legal explanation called “per se.” To understand why it is necessary to understand the history of indirect access. Introduction At Brightwork, we have spent considerable effort analyzing the connection between indirect access and tying agreements, which are illegal under US law. Indirect access is used…
Executive Summary It is increasingly evident that SAP has a very high maintenance overhead and that the new products from SAP are worse than SAP’s ERP system. The new concept for getting value from SAP is to use non-SAP applications with non-SAP infrastructures like AWS and Google Cloud. Introduction to SAP as Legacy In a…
Executive Summary SAP charges customers indirect access for connecting to their systems. If SAP can charge customer’s indirect access, can SAP be charged indirect access to connect to the customer’s legacy? Introduction Indirect access is when a software vendor charges to access the data that is stored in their system. The concept is still relatively…
Executive Summary Indirect access is a claim brought by SAP that they can charge customers for any system connected to any SAP system. Indirect access contradicts US antitrust law, and in this article, we will explain why this is the case. Introduction There has been quite a lot of discussion about indirect access due to…
Executive Summary There are facts of the Diageo vs. SAP case that bring up important questions regarding SAP’s logic and what a poor job Diageo did in this case. To understand indirect access as enforced by SAP, it is necessary to connect the topic to CRM and SAP’s concern with Salesforce. Introduction In this article, I…
Executive Summary The pricing of SAP or the price of SAP applications is kept secret, making pricing estimates challenging to obtain. SAP also has complex discounts, which make it impossible to know the price of SAP software accurately. Introduction SAP pricing is a mysterious topic hidden from public view, making purchasing from SAP a convoluted…
Executive Summary Information has been coming from many SAP customers on strange indirect access charges. HANA is one area where SAP intends to pursue indirect access claims aggressively. Introduction to the SAP HANA Police HANA has been subject to one of the most expensive media campaigns in the history of any enterprise software vendor. More…
Executive Summary Steve Lucas is one of the most quoteworthy of the SAP executives. In an article, he proposed many false items around HANA under the concept of “setting the record straight.” Steve Lucas discusses topics ranging from performance to pricing. In this article, we review Steve Lucas’s level of accuracy. Introduction Steve Lucas wrote…