Archive for June 2010

The motivation for SAP consolidation projects from SAP R/2 to SAP R/3 is to reduce costs for SAP operations. Unfortunately, we have seen that SAP has scarcely learned from experience. Already after going live with the first corporate subsidiary, the company is facing a dilemma of whether to go live with additional corporate subsidiaries and operate the first live launch as a competitor.

This competitive situation for SAP projects can only be brought under control with SAP Application Lifecycle Management (SAP ALM).

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SAP Technology is based on a 20-year-old concept. Can the associated system environment handle the demands of modern cloud computing? Cloud computing-supported virtualization and scalability as well as data management for transactional processing of business data based on individual settings is probably not feasible with a reasonable amount of complexity. Is SAP really in a position – beyond marketing messages – to deliver such a product at an affordable price?

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