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SAP is aware of its "license debt" and is timidly attempting to repair their prior behavior without losing face. But SAP boss Bill McDermott has too many construction sites for quick answers. The next escalation around a possible "Native Hana Developer" might already be looming.

In the Wild West, "Clark Stanley's Snake Oil Liniment" promised to be a medication for many diseases - and turned out to be completely ineffective. Since then, snake oil has stood for expensive, useless products - just like today's antivirus and malware solutions?

In early 2017, SAP Press published its first book on SAP Integrated Business Planning, and the response was so positive that the publisher began production on additional resources covering the supply chain solution: A second edition, a handful of electronic short-format books, and the most recent release, a look at S&OP.

SAP Data Hub focuses on data management, data integration, and data orchestration. The solution is supported on the infrastructure side by Linux, but also makes use of the latest container technology.

S/4 Hana places an emphasis on simplicity. The data model has been made easier, the technical architecture is more straight-forward and business processes have been consolidated to support this reduced complexity. Whilst this simplification promotes increased performance and greater business value, it also dictates that migrating your existing SAP estate to S/4 Hana is not just an upgrade.

Initially, getting out of AWS, MS Azure and Google Cloud Platform was just one of many options for existing SAP customers. However, the US Cloud Act in combination with GDPR is an attack on the freedom of choice of European SAP users.

SAP Partner all4cloud will demonstrate their new Industrial IoT (IIoT) solution live for the first time at Sensor + Test trade fair later this month - from the malfunction to the feedback of a technician, based on the SAP Business Design Cloud ERP solution and the specialized add-on eam4cloud.

SAP announced findings from industry analysts reporting that enterprises are rapidly adopting business intelligence (BI) and analytics tools in the cloud.

As many companies around the globe are struggling with how to meet the new GDPR requirement, we are all receiving a flurry of opt-in emails asking for permission (consent) to continue to process Personal Data.

SAP Ariba and SAP recently announced the launch of their Manufacturing Network to allow companies to work together on design through procurement execution. The solution aims at cutting cost and make room for innovation and new operating models.