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Name-dropping to make yourself look better is nothing new – in SAP's case, it’s just confusing.
Author - Peter M. Färbinger, Editor-in-Chief
Peter M. Färbinger is Editor-in-Chief and Publisher at E-3 Magazine, B4Bmedia.net AG, Munich, Germany. He can be reached at pmf@b4bmedia.net
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After Run Simple and Conversion, RISE With SAP is the newest offer promising to facilitate the switch to S/4 Hana and cloud. But what exactly is RISE?
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SAP has once again delivered a surprising performance about how the S/4 and Hana transformation is supposed to succeed. Most customers might have already...
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SAP is trying to square the circle. As much as it pains me to say, it will fail. The transition from Bill McDermott to Christian Klein should have been planned...
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Perhaps Hana's time is already over - only SAP hasn't noticed yet.
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Articles like this one are supposed to bring light into the darkness. A comparison to Plato’s Allegory of the cave isn’t too far-fetched.
