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Perhaps Hana's time is already over - only SAP hasn't noticed yet.
Category - Scene
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Cloud watching is encouraged, but don’t forget to stay grounded. Their own datacenters still seem to be SAP customers’ favorite place to be.
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In every interview in our SAP Startup Spotlight series, we ask startups how the involvement of SAP.iO has impacted their journey. But what is SAP.iO, exactly?
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The irony of most integration discussions: All solutions SAP offers can be used for ERP consolidation as well as for switching to alternatives.
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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.
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What SAP customers need right now is some flexibility from their vendor. Unfortunately, SAP has gone in the opposite direction.
