At a time when IT was primarily hardware, a book was published called "The Soul of a New Machine." It was about the development of a new minicomputer and whether Data General or Digital Equipment Corporation, DEC, would win the race. Over time, the soul of IT became the software, and then the data...

Support for SAP ERP/ECC 6.0 will end as early as 2027. Therefore, existing SAP customers should take care of the necessary migration to the successor S/4 at an early stage. It could also be a replacement for their own on-prem solutions.

SAP applications are just one small part of an expansive digital landscape that is constantly evolving and growing in complexity. With more dependencies, more data, more clouds, and more vendors, the risk for blind spots increases.

Automation is one of the central IT topics, also in the SAP world. Companies can only overcome challenges in a time of digital transformation with consistent end-to-end automation of the entire process landscape.

NetApp has built a strong position in the global SAP community over the past few years. Through clever partner management, SAP users can find NetApp applications on-prem and in the cloud.