SAP-Solution: Open-Source

AI is driving digital transformation, but the step from prototype to production often fails due to a lack of hybrid infrastructure, which is necessary for end-to-end use in multi-cloud, on-prem, and edge environments.

Open source and GitHub/GitLab are closely linked. Three years ago, GitHub created a monetization option for open source developers and companies with the sponsorship button.

The SAP deadline of 2027 applies to most applications and existing customers. They are actively driving the necessary migrations. However, innovation is often neglected during the transformation. But this does not have to be the case.

Hosting software will bury what "cloud doctor" Lars Dalgaard, SuccessFactors founder and ex-SAP executive, and Jim Hagemann Snabe, ex-Co-CEO of SAP, already suspected in 2012.

The E-3 interview with Ralph Völter, Manager District Sales EMEA at Instaclustr, is about the importance of open source in the context of SAP and databases. Open source has become a dominant topic in the SAP community.

More and more companies are using cloud infrastructures, but they are not the only ones. The sophistication of attacks on the software supply chain has increased.