{"id":59800,"date":"2019-05-23T08:46:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T06:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e3mag.com\/?p=59800"},"modified":"2020-02-09T01:02:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T00:02:41","slug":"bridge-or-integration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/bridge-or-integration\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridge or integration?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He said that there are enough SAP software tools to build resilient bridges between S\/4 and Qualtrics. Even if Plattner solves the \"integration problem\" in his own way, existing SAP customers see the challenge differently.<\/p>\n<p>On the occasion of Sapphire, Marco Lenck, Chairman of the Board of the German-speaking SAP User Group (DSAG), gave an overview of SAP's corporate acquisitions:<\/p><div id=\"great-1491219478\" class=\"great-fullsize-content-en\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6yfv7eho3Gc\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Fullsize\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150.jpg\" alt=\"Fullsize\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-400x50.jpg 400w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-768x96.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-100x13.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-480x60.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-640x80.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-720x90.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-960x120.jpg 960w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-1168x146.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-18x2.jpg 18w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-600x75.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"150\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><em>\"Ariba, Hybris, Concur, Fieldglass, Callidus and most recently Qualtrics: SAP's acquisition policy in recent years has led to a massive need to bring systems and master data together. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We see that the solutions purchased from SAP still involve certain integration difficulties. We have already communicated to SAP that the integration of the individual components is not yet satisfactory. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>From our perspective, there are indications that SAP is already working on further integration and, as announced at Sapphire, is offering an initial solution in the area of customer management with the Customer Data Cloud.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SAP Executive Board member Christian Klein, who was chosen by Bill McDermott to solve the issue of \"integration\", was also only able to give visions and forecasts in Orlando as to how and when this will happen.<\/p>\n<p>End-to-end integration for all SAP cloud purchases therefore remains an unfulfilled dream. Perhaps Hasso Plattner is right once again with his idea of building bridges.<\/p>\n<p>Find out what else was important in Orlando last week at Sapphire in our three exclusive analyses:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/2019\/05\/13\/sapphire-low-cost-platform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Low Cost Platform<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/2019\/05\/13\/qualtrics-will-not-save-sap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Qualtrics will not save SAP<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"https:\/\/e-3.us14.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=8f865063fa35024957450a862&amp;id=3af3c995bb&amp;e=b3ea71d411\" href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/2019\/05\/13\/sapphire-from-sap-r-2-to-r-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">From SAP R\/2 to R\/3<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\"We may have taken a year or two too long with the integration,\" SAP board member Christian Klein told Handelsblatt. For Professor Plattner, the problem was not an issue at this year's Sapphire in Orlando.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27840],"tags":[162,21121,1404,7484,228,27907,353],"coauthors":[27825],"class_list":["post-59800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chefredakteur-blog","tag-ariba","tag-callidus","tag-concur","tag-fieldglass","tag-hybris","tag-qualtrics","tag-sapphire","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","image-100":"","image-480":"","image-640":"","image-720":"","image-960":"","image-1168":"","image-1440":"","image-1920":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","bricks_large_16x9":"","bricks_large":"","bricks_large_square":"","bricks_medium":"","bricks_medium_square":"","profile_24":"","profile_48":"","profile_96":"","profile_150":"","profile_300":""},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>\u201eWir haben uns mit der Integration vielleicht ein, zwei Jahre zu viel Zeit gelassen\u201c, sagte SAP-Vorstandsmitglied Christian Klein dem Handelsblatt. F\u00fcr Professor Plattner war das Problem auf der diesj\u00e4hrigen Sapphire in Orlando kein Problem.<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/editor-in-chief-blog\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Chefredakteur-Blog<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Peter M. 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