SAP BTP: 'HA' OR 'NA.' (YES/ NO) - BUT ARE THERE OPTIONS?
As an avid mountaineer and traveller, I always pay caution to what I am packing. Useless equipment is a dead weight, but you'll always need the vital essentials providing you sustenance, speed and agility. The mountaineering essentials have undergone a sea change since I started. They are now way lighter, sturdier and multipurpose. But addicted to our old faithful tools, we view new tools with suspicion. However good these tools may be or the additional potential they might offer, we take our own sweet time in purchasing these tools, getting trained (sometimes unwilling) and adopting them.?
REALITY CHECK: ?Will SAP BTP turn out to be a deadweight or a multipurpose, agile, essential equipment?
Digital Core SAP S/4HANA is the comparable gear for businesses providing the agility and resilience; leaders need to get to the top. Digital Core S/4HANA is also the most practical instrument for sustainable end-to-end business transformations and interconnecting all aspects of the value chain.??
In 2015, SAP revealed its plans to end the mainstream maintenance support for the SAP Business Suite. SAP kept extending the dates, but the businesses knew that migration to S/4HANA was inevitable. Despite this, businesses did not rush to undertake the S/4HANA migration journey. Understandably so. The current SAP systems have served most businesses well for years. They are still performing critical functions and running the business smoothly. Contrary to this, S/4HANA implementation will ooze complexity and require building up a team of internal business experts and techno-functional experts from the systems integrators. It would be a significant challenge for even the most experienced leaders.??
Fast Forward- from 2015 to 2021, SAP shifted its focus to 'Rise with SAP' and 'SAP BTP' and moved the goalposts, yet again.
SAP BTP is a unified, business-centric platform comprising four pillars- database and data management (SAP HANA and SAP HANA Cloud), analytics (SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP BusinessObjects BI), application development and integration (SAP Extension Suite and SAP Platform Integration Suite), and intelligent technologies (SAP Intelligent Robotic Process?Automation and SAP Internet of Things). Each of those pillars has its own set of technologies and solutions that can turn data into business value, compose and optimize end-to-end business processes, build and extend SAP applications and create an engaging digital experience.?
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Are there any options?
Do the maths; a typical migration to SAP S/4HANA costs the average SAP customer millions. SAP is nudging customers to replace your existing SAP ECC, so why not take the opportunity to explore if BTP is a better technology option to run your business and meet the demands of your customers and stakeholders? Can BTP drive agility during these times when most businesses feel that time is slipping out of the window and options are slipping out of hand? Has SAP unwittingly presented you with a beautiful opportunity to do so??
Given the critical role that SAP systems play in running business processes, why not pursue a business-driven path for enterprise applications with the viable and low-risk alternatives of SAP BTP with SAP S/4HANA??
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5 天前Switching from old tools to new ones feels like trading your favorite worn-out sneakers for a shiny new pair. At first, you’re not sure if they’ll be comfy, but then, once you take a few steps, you realize they help you run faster and further. SAP BTP might feel like that new pair of shoes – a bit unfamiliar, maybe even a little daunting – but it has the potential to help businesses move more swiftly in today’s fast-paced world. It’s not about replacing what works; it’s about making sure your tools evolve with the times. So, the real question isn’t if we should change, but how soon we’ll embrace the new possibilities waiting for us. What are your thoughts? Let’s talk about it!
VP & India Client Leader, Capgemini PACE Client
1 年https://www.dhirubhai.net/posts/bhartimaan_business-sap-btp-activity-7051875951919443968-74nw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
VP & India Client Leader, Capgemini PACE Client
1 年There is a poll that I opened to understand the platform preference. Take it now https://www.dhirubhai.net/posts/bhartimaan_business-sap-btp-activity-7051875951919443968-74nw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
VP & India Client Leader, Capgemini PACE Client
1 年Priyanka Tanna
Technology Consulting | Digital Transformation | SAP | Cloud | AI-ML
1 年While SaaS is hot and being 'cloud company' is among top discussion topics in board room, there is a long way to go for ERP players. Although I can see one major benifit of BTP is that we can think of AI, ML RPA and integration capabilities as native offerings. Cloud aspiration is still needs to be validated.