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Beyond SAP's horizons

This week, SAP CEO Christian Klein explained his strategic plan for the coming years: a combination of "back to the source" and integration beyond the box. That's a very smart plan!
Peter M. Färbinger, E3 Magazine
October 8, 2020
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SAP's strength came from the idea of integration, from the single point of truth, from a central database where every document could be found. These databases were surrounded by application modules, later by clients (the database was the server), and today by numerous cloud and on-prem apps based around Hana.

What was smart and usable, SAP integrated into the "black box" R/3. Now Christian Klein has announced that he wants to go and think even further on this comprehensive integration path: In the future, non-SAP products and the acquisitions will also be integrated into SAP's ERP, so that the user will find an end-to-end relationship in every case.

This idea is fascinating, and for all the technical challenges - yes, SAP could master this roadmap, with the Hana platform and cloud technology. SAP's existing customers will have to be patient, but it could be worth the wait - at least Christian Klein has finally come up with a viable vision again after SAP's golden age of "Professor Kagermann". Bravo!

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Peter M. Färbinger, E3 Magazine

Peter M. Färbinger, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief E3 Magazine DE, US and ES (e3mag.com), B4Bmedia.net AG, Freilassing (DE), E-Mail: pmf@b4bmedia.net and Tel. +49(0)8654/77130-21


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