SAP Solution: Instaclustr

Timely replacement of legacy systems ensures future viability, because many companies still use legacy solutions as enterprise software that were once developed in-house and have been steadily maintained over the years.

The E-3 interview with Ralph Völter, Manager District Sales EMEA at Instaclustr, is about the importance of open source in the context of SAP and databases. Open source has become a dominant topic in the SAP community.

The management of highly complex IT data infrastructures overwhelms many companies. On the one hand, the costs are enormous, on the other hand, manual management ties up valuable employee resources. Instaclustr's Managed Platform offers a lucrative, simple and open source-based alternative.

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.

Using proprietary software is not the ultimate. Migrating to open source software brings more flexibility.

What role will open source play in the future? Successful and healthy open source projects are about more than just code. A strong community is an engine that can drive bolder innovation.

Open Core sounds like a good idea: open source technologies enriched with individual proprietary features. But the model gives pause for thought, because the interests of the vendors may differ from those of the community.

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.