SAP shares rose over 9% on Friday as stronger-than-expected third quarter results showed revenue up 13% and cloud revenue in particular jumping 37% – a positive announcement followed the next day with CEO Bill McDermott, 58, announcing he was not … Continue reading
SAP’s headline positive results statement (https://news.sap.com/2019/07/sap-announces-second-quarter-and-half-year-2019-results/) reveals double-digit growth across cloud, software revenues and total revenue, and cloud gross margin rising sharply. Cloud Revenue Up 40% Cloud Gross Margin Up 4 Percentage Points Cloud and Software Revenue and Total Revenue … Continue reading
Chatting to SAP’s new CTO Forbes shared a short but interesting transcript of theirconversation with new SAP CTO, Juergen Mueller, in which he describes howanalytics and machine learning feature in all SAP applications as part of theIntelligent Enterprise promise. In … Continue reading
This is a seriously big event – some 30,000 people had arrived in Orlando for SAP’s SAPPHIRE NOW event this year – it’s 30th anniversary (and that’s not to mention the projected 1 million virtual followers… amongst the 200m users … Continue reading
Brexit is somewhere around the corner, but rather than focus on the politics let’s look at the practical implications for logistics in businesses trading with E.U. countries. 1. Transport timings More checks and documentation could mean delays at ports and … Continue reading
“So, does SAP expect me to buy a new system every 10 years or so? If so, they need to think again” I have heard this sentiment expressed by senior executives in various forms over the years and many will … Continue reading
What can you really do now to be ready for Brexit, whenever and whatever happens? Business needs to focus on being ready, in terms of international trade – it will be crucial: anything done ahead of time will significantly reduce … Continue reading
You may well be clear on this but explaining it to other senior managers and the Board is always a bit of an art form. It needs to be in business terms – but we all know that there will … Continue reading
There is much focus in the business world currently in having a “purpose”. Purpose-led businesses perform better – perhaps as everyone involved gets it, sees the bigger picture, knows which way to head – so we don’t need endless job … Continue reading
Most organisations using SAP versions ECC6 (or earlier) will be considering whether or when to move to S/4 HANA and will probably be caught between SAP’s enthusiasm and the market’s wariness and warnings. My view is that now is the … Continue reading
Oh for some clarity. I’m sure ¾ of the discussions we’re having today mention Brexit and scenarios, expressed with growing impatience. Strategic plans to move to S4/HANA, improve business processes, add new functionality, move more to the cloud – they’re … Continue reading
SAP has acquired French automation business Contextor and intends to use this to help automate 50% of the business processes in the SAP software over the next three years. Contextor’s focus is to “relieve business software users from performing repetitive … Continue reading