Mendix, Ruum, Signavio and AppGyver

Under ex-SAP CEO Bill McDermott, numerous cloud solution providers were bought up indiscriminately and very emotionally. Now the three SAP musketeers, Christian Klein, Jürgen Müller and Thomas Saueressig, are making exactly the same mistakes on a smaller scale.

Randomly and without concept, SAP's existing customers are presented with one no-code/low-code application after another. A few years ago, SAP reached an agreement with Siemens subsidiary Mendix, a leading no-code/low-code provider at the time. Last year, SAP Chief Technology Officer Jürgen Müller presented Ruum as SAP's own low-code offering, including its own website (ruumapp.com).

A few weeks ago, SAP CEO Christian Klein explained to SAP's surprised existing customers the acquisition of Berlin-based startup Signavio for its planned focus on process mining, but also including a no-code application. Last week, SAP announced the acquisition of no-code developer AppGyver. Mendix was already on the SAP price list (PKL).

As a result, four no-code/low-code vendors should appear on the PKL (price and conditions list) in the next quarter - existing SAP customers will be spoiled for choice. Whether this plethora of innovations will accelerate or confuse S/4 conversion and necessitate yet another consolidation of the S/4 Hana roadmap remains to be seen. SAP itself says: "With the acquisition of AppGyver, existing customers and partners can be better supported in efficiently adapting IT systems to their own specific needs and optimizing the usability of their applications.

AppGyver's solutions will become part of the Business Technology Platform, which also applies to Signavio and Ruum. AppGyver is expected to expand the Business Process Intelligence offering and complement SAP's low-code offering, which is still provided by partner Mendix. AppGyver was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Helsinki. Currently, the company employs 18 people.