SAP's dystopia

SAP treasurer CFO Luka Mucic has enough change to buy his boss McDermott another toy: Qualtrics! But behind the scenes, there are disputes and layoffs: Chaos days in Walldorf.

Existing SAP customers and partners should think twice before committing to the new cloud offerings such as SuccessFactors, Ariba, Hybris, Fieldglass, Concur, Callidus and Qualtrics.

New? SuccessFactors is really no longer new in the SAP universe, but integration in perfect ERP/ECC 6.0 style (E2E processes) has not yet been achieved.

"We're working on it and we know exactly what our deficits are."

an SAP board member confirmed to E-3 Magazine in a confidential conversation.

The integration deficit of all purchased cloud solutions is the biggest construction site at SAP, and one of the youngest members of the Executive Board is almost alone in solving it - while the rest of the Executive Board is committed to the mantra of "sales, sales, sales".

But hardly any existing customers or partners perceive this dystopia, because Hana and S/4 obscure the view of the future. The insightful SAP board member alone will not be able to save SAP. Professor Hasso Plattner, in his role as head of the Supervisory Board, is still closing his eyes to the gloomy developments.

Meanwhile, Bill McDermott stuns his critics with yet another dividend increase. With the current team, however, SAP's dystopia is inevitable: Is there already a successor for CEO McDermott?