SAP Solution: S/4 Hana

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Commerz Real is the first German asset manager to successively convert all key business processes to S/4. And it is doing so in combination with the integration and development platform SAP Business Technology Platform.

Migration to S/4 remains a strategic issue for SAP's existing customers in the DACH region. A good fifth have already completed the migration process and are working productively with S/4.

The switch to SAP S/4 is fraught with challenges. Optimal preparation in terms of architecture, transition, operating model and security is the crux of the matter.

In the current cloud discussion, it is important to distinguish precisely between cloud infrastructure and cloud functionality. Why? Because SAP and partner HPE also offer the best of both worlds, as an E-3 discussion showed.

German managers have a problem: They demand the impossible from their IT teams when it comes to data. This endangers the future of companies, as the example of the switch to S/4 Hana shows.

The injection of young cell components into an older organism is supposed to have a revitalizing effect. What anti-aging disciples call a fresh cell cure is also suitable as a description of the necessary upheavals in the SAP landscape.

From DSAG's point of view, SAP will not push the S/4 release change for existing customers on its own. SAP needs help from the user association if S/4 is still to be a success.

If you want innovation, you can't get around S/4 Hana. SAP wants to make the switch as easy as possible for companies with Rise with SAP. But the migration package may be missing elements that are crucial for the competitiveness of many companies.

For dissonance to become harmony, trust must develop between development and operations teams. This requires support from management as well as a firm foundation.