E3 Category: Satire: The last one

Right from the start, SAP pushed its existing customers into new technologies and products. Even if many things were and still are immature, the pressure to act is increasing.

Shortly before the editorial deadline, I rewrote my monthly column: An employee sent me a photo from Leipzig. At the SAP DSAG stand, it should of course say "Together", but "Gem" was covered by another sign.

CIOs, CTOs and, above all, Chief Technology Officers encounter many challenges in their roles at SAP. The turnover is high, and the rewards are few. What is the root cause of this issue?

The Chinese Cultural Revolution resulted in both significant achievements and the irreparable loss of numerous resources. SAP’s work culture is now undergoing a similar period of reform.

Professor Hasso Plattner is regarded as the inventor of the SAP Hana database, which can accelerate an ERP system if all the prerequisites are met.

In 1968, when the year 2001 was still in the distant future, Stanley Kubrick made "A Space Odyssey". The film was a revolution and a sensation in many ways, and SAP learned from it.

The departure of Professor Hasso Plattner as Chairman of the Supervisory Board marks the end of an era. SAP loses the thorn in its side. Who will now shake SAP awake?

SAP Executive Board member Thomas Saueressig is co-author of a book on the Business Technology Platform. The graphic below is offered as supplementary material.

In May 2024, Professor Hasso Plattner will step down as Chairman of the SAP Supervisory Board. A successor was elected last year with 99 percent of shareholder votes.

Even in the dawning age of AI, programming is still a popular activity. From RAP (RESTful Application Programming), to CAP (Cloud Application Programming), there should be something for every SAP customer out there. But it won't come cheap.

SAP loves dual leadership. What one can't manage, the other can. Cloud computing, however, is a regional conflict; things are different in the U.S.!

SAP CEO Christian Klein's motto is "cloud only". With this, he is provoking controversy because the world cannot be divided into black and white.