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SAP needs more than Linux<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Most existing SAP customers are now aware that open source is much more than Linux. IBM acquired Red Hat many years ago not to have another operating system on offer, but because numerous open source tools enable a new organization and architecture for enterprise IT. SAP's existing customer Henkel is working with Red Hat to build a new IT infrastructure that will bring greater flexibility and resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On-premises vs. cloud<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

From the perspective of an open source community, the discussion \"on-premises vs. cloud computing\" seems very academic and artificial. After all, container virtualization of S\/4 would put an end to this discourse: Whether Docker and Kubernetes and other components are available in one's own data center at a hoster or hyperscaler could be irrelevant for the S\/4 containers in the first approach.<\/p>

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Docker and Kubernetes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A roundtable discussion at Red Hat shows that users and existing SAP customers are sometimes further along than some providers. Existing SAP customer Henkel is working with Red Hat to build an IT infrastructure with cloud functionality and will run its own applications as containers. Through this container virtualization based on Kubernetes, Henkel wants to achieve the greatest possible independence, flexibility and resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virtualization<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For many years, VMware dominated the SAP community with its virtualization technology. Almost every CIO followed the call: consolidate, harmonize and virtualize. SAP itself worked intensively with VMware because the technology brought unprecedented flexibility to the ERP world. Virtualization was replaced by SAP's cloud computing, and apparently no one recognized the synergy of these techniques. The open source community has shown with the container concept that it can be done differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S\/4 Container<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Has SAP missed an opportunity of the century by ignoring container technology? The first step with Hana on Linux and the cooperation with Suse and Red Hat were good and right. This was followed by the use and evaluation of further components from the open source portfolio. A fundamental conversion of the ERP architecture to container virtualization was obviously never considered. From today's perspective, an S\/4 packaged in numerous containers could possibly have prevented the tiresome discussion about cloud first, cloud only, private, public and hybrid cloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps it's not a technical discourse, but a generational question and mental attitude. When I studied computer science, there were only mainframes with punch cards at the university, but no Linux yet. Thus, I am an open source apprentice and hope for more knowledge and insight at SAP.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is no longer possible to imagine B2B software without open source. SAP's existing customers are looking at solutions from this area, and not just because of the Linux\/Hana combination. But is SAP itself making sufficient use of the open source potential?<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27840],"tags":[39128,39926,7050,73,67,30574,8855,517,236],"coauthors":[27825],"class_list":["post-121283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chefredakteur-blog","tag-chefredakteur","tag-chefredakteurblog","tag-docker","tag-erp","tag-linux","tag-on-premises","tag-peter-faerbinger","tag-s4","tag-sap","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin.jpg",1000,450,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin.jpg",400,180,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin-768x346.jpg",768,346,true],"large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin.jpg",1000,450,false],"image-100":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin-100x45.jpg",100,45,true],"image-480":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin-480x216.jpg",480,216,true],"image-640":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin-640x288.jpg",640,288,true],"image-720":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin-720x324.jpg",720,324,true],"image-960":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin-960x432.jpg",960,432,true],"image-1168":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin.jpg",1000,450,false],"image-1440":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin.jpg",1000,450,false],"image-1920":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin.jpg",1000,450,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin.jpg",1000,450,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin.jpg",1000,450,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin.jpg",18,8,false],"bricks_large_16x9":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin.jpg",1000,450,false],"bricks_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin.jpg",1000,450,false],"bricks_large_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin.jpg",1000,450,false],"bricks_medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin.jpg",600,270,false],"bricks_medium_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin.jpg",600,270,false],"profile_24":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChefredakteurFin-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"

Open Source ist auch aus der B2B-Software nicht mehr wegzudenken. SAP-Bestandskunden besch\u00e4ftigen sich nicht nur aufgrund der Linux\/Hana-Kombination mit L\u00f6sungen aus dem Bereich. Aber nutzt SAP selbst ausreichend das Open-Source-Potenzial?<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"Chefredakteur-Blog<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Peter M. F\u00e4rbinger, E3 Magazine","url":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/author\/peter-m-faerbinger-e-3-magazin\/"},"comments_num_v2":"4 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121283"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=121283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}