{"id":61767,"date":"2015-09-02T12:59:41","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T10:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e3mag.com\/?p=61767"},"modified":"2019-07-31T13:38:02","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T11:38:02","slug":"s-4-who-invented-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/s-4-wer-hats-erfunden\/","title":{"rendered":"S\/4: Who invented it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wilken wrote a letter to the SAP Executive Board in June 2015. According to a press release from Wilken, a representative of the SAP Executive Board said that the brands could simply be used side by side.<\/p>\n<p>This is despite the fact that both ERP companies associate very similar benefits with it, such as integration into the cloud or the ability<em> \"to significantly simplify business processes and change them as required in order to achieve efficiency gains\".<\/em><\/p><div id=\"great-2218404825\" class=\"great-fullsize-content-en great-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6Ja0zaCg0ss\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"banner_bdc_2026_1200x150\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_bdc_2026_1200x150.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_bdc_2026_1200x150.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_bdc_2026_1200x150-400x50.jpg 400w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_bdc_2026_1200x150-768x96.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_bdc_2026_1200x150-100x13.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_bdc_2026_1200x150-480x60.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_bdc_2026_1200x150-640x80.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_bdc_2026_1200x150-720x90.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_bdc_2026_1200x150-960x120.jpg 960w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_bdc_2026_1200x150-1168x146.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_bdc_2026_1200x150-18x2.jpg 18w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_bdc_2026_1200x150-600x75.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"150\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>SAP and Wilken already had an intensive exchange on the topic of S\/4 (by Wilken) in 2012. There had been several top-secret meetings and workshops to check whether Wilken's S\/4 Ener:gy could be integrated into SAP software solutions with the help of SAP's Business ByDesign.<\/p>\n<p>The Wilken delegation in Walldorf is said to have been discreetly directed to a side entrance. Ultimately, there was no collaboration. SAP has since launched its S\/4.<\/p>\n<p>The extent to which meetings with Wilken were inspiring is difficult to ascertain. Wilken does not want to accept the parallel use of the name and is considering legal action.<\/p>\n<p>SAP does not understand the accusations: SAP Business Suite 4 SAP Hana, or SAP S\/4 Hana for short, refers to SAP's next-generation business suite, which is based entirely on Hana.<\/p>\n<p>The term \"S\/4 by SAP\" in Wilken's press release is therefore incorrect, as are the claims made for the name. S\/4 is not protected by Wilken.<\/p>\n<p>SAP confirms that there have been partnership talks in the past to connect an industry solution from Wilken to Business ByDesign.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coincidence? ERP manufacturer Wilken has been using S\/4 as the name for its development platform since 2011. Three years after that, SAP presented its new application suite SAP Business Suite 4 SAP Hana, S\/4.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":61274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1571],"tags":[309,73,517,236,5959],"coauthors":[19920],"class_list":["post-61767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sap-nachrichten","category-1571","tag-business-bydesign","tag-erp","tag-s4","tag-sap","tag-sap-s4-hana","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",1000,387,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",400,155,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015-768x297.jpg",768,297,true],"large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",1000,387,false],"image-100":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015-100x39.jpg",100,39,true],"image-480":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015-480x186.jpg",480,186,true],"image-640":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015-640x248.jpg",640,248,true],"image-720":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015-720x279.jpg",720,279,true],"image-960":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015-960x372.jpg",960,372,true],"image-1168":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",1000,387,false],"image-1440":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",1000,387,false],"image-1920":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",1000,387,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",1000,387,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",1000,387,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",18,7,false],"bricks_large_16x9":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",1000,387,false],"bricks_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",1000,387,false],"bricks_large_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",1000,387,false],"bricks_medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",600,232,false],"bricks_medium_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015.jpg",600,232,false],"profile_24":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2015-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Zufall? Seit 2011 benutzt ERP-Hersteller Wilken S\/4 als Name f\u00fcr seine Entwicklungsplattform. Drei Jahre danach pr\u00e4sentierte SAP ihre neue Anwendungssuite SAP Business Suite 4 SAP Hana, S\/4.<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/sap-nachrichten\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Community Nachrichten<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/1509\/\" rel=\"category tag\">MAG 15-09<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"E-3 Magazine","url":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/author\/e-3-magazin\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61767","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\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61767"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=61767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}