Users slam SAP's public cloud and S/4HANA migration strategy
demanding the same features for the on-prem version of the latest S/4HANA in-memory ERP platform that SAP releases in the cloud – so users could secure returns on the investments they have already made in customizing on-prem systems.To get one thing clear, many large customers do not have a move to the public cloud in their plans at all, he told us.
"If you listen to Christian Klein, and many official announcements from the SAP management, it's always public cloud. I know that's the project they would like to see because we all know what big software companies are planning to do when they have the majority of the customers on a public cloud platform, especially in terms of licences and pricing," he said.
S/4HANA integration with Microsoft Teams and OpenAI were two examples of innovations set to be offered only in the public cloud, Westphal said, with no equivalent announcement for on-premises or private cloud versions. Although SAP had introduced a solution for the public cloud, users were struggling to see how it would work across hybrid public-private cloud or public cloud-to-on-prem implementations, he said.
The remainder of 2023 is set to be critical for SAP's relationship with its customers. October is set to see the last release of S/4HANA that users migrating from ECC will be able to adopt before mainstream support runs out – allowing a two-year implementation window. Users will be keen to see the features available in the core product and what customization they might have to recreate in the new product.
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