SAP solution: hybrid

The current shifts in the German SAP hosting market are changing the situation for customers and providers. For the 4 most burning questions, Johannes Reichel, Managing Director of ISO Professional Services GmbH, a long-time and certified SAP hosting partner, answers them.

Two fundamental changes will occupy SAP users in the next few years: a) Migrating from existing applications to S/4HANA and from existing databases to HANA by 2027 at the latest, b) The introduction of non-ABAP SAP cloud products (e.g. SuccessFactors, etc.).

Only nine percent of knowledge workers worldwide will work entirely from home or another location. In the U.S., 51 percent of knowledge workers will work hybrid.

The development of the data center landscape in Germany in 2023 will be shaped by five key trends: Sustainability, symbiosis concepts, hybrid models, decentralization and further growth of hyperscalers.

According to an ISG study, people-related aspects of office design are now becoming increasingly important alongside digital ones. Companies are looking for ways to combine the advantages of the home office with the benefits of the office as a social anchor point.

Cloud solutions are an integral part of operational processes and business models in more and more companies. Nevertheless, it can be observed that in some places there is still great skepticism about implementing hybrid or even full cloud models.

Only fourteen percent of SAP users are in the cloud - the slow pace of migration to S/4 is worrying. The hesitation of SAP decision-makers suggests that the benefits of migration are not clear - this is where application modernization must provide the added value.

Hybrid and remote working are shifting roles and responsibilities in corporate IT. This is shown by the current study "IT in the changing world of work" by Nexthink.

The year 2023 will be successful, but only for those who make an effort, remain agile and hybrid. Radical concepts have had their day. "Only" and "First" belong to the past. The future remains hybrid because we will still experience a generational and paradigm shift until 2030.

At a time when IT was primarily hardware, a book was published called "The Soul of a New Machine." It was about the development of a new minicomputer and whether Data General or Digital Equipment Corporation, DEC, would win the race. Over time, the soul of IT became the software, and then the data...

What is to become of the megatrend cloud computing? One insight from the DSAG annual congress in Leipzig and the E-3 videostream on the topic of cloud computing: the discussion must become more objective and do without polemics!

Don't worry: SAP is not going vegan! It is just as unclear which IT philosophy SAP will follow in the future. The year began with a bang.