SAP-Solution: HP

Those familiar with the Hana scene know what is meant by this: a scandal and political failure on the part of SAP. While Suse Linux is storming ahead, Red Hat remains in agony. The losers are primarily SAP's existing customers outside Europe.

No monthly SAP news should be disregarded. The Short Facts are dedicated to smaller news items as well as seemingly more or less important statements from the community. This is the place for SAP-specific press releases that otherwise tend to be overlooked.

Our planning and budget discussions are complete. Time to prepare for 2016. It's time to take stock and classify the digital transformation process, because we are threatened by the DEC virus. The dying of the dinosaurs is starting again - also due to OpenStack and Cloud Foundry.

Europe's enterprises have finally started to implement digital testing strategies. Previous budgets for testing are moving towards testing new solutions and away from "legacy" projects.

Previous security solutions are not enough to stop attacks. Instead, the task now is to minimize the consequential damage. This is confirmed by a recent study by the market analysis and consulting company PAC.

The SAP testing market has grown into a multi-billion dollar market in recent years. According to PAC estimates, companies spent more than EUR 3.3 billion on SAP-related testing services worldwide in 2013, which is equivalent to almost ten percent of the global market for testing services. And the trend is still rising.

Enterprise computing without open source is like a fish without water. In SAP deployment, Linux has established itself as the operating system platform. And as a cloud platform, Openstack is considered mainstream. But what is Openstack all about? Why is Suse pushing the spread of Openstack for enterprise computing? And: How does Openstack relate to SAP?

HP and SAP have enjoyed a partnership that spans more than 20 years. During this time, HP has implemented over 77,000 SAP applications worldwide. Almost half of all SAP applications run on our infrastructure. At HP, we also provide services for 1.7 million SAP users in over 50 countries.