SAP Streamlines Cloud ERP Adoption at TechEd
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Key Takeaways
⇨ SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition, three-system landscape, parallel project line offers additional testing and configuration flexibility.
⇨ There will be a new reward program for customers maintaining a clean core in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition.
⇨ A new large project model will provide a foundation for generative-AI powered applications in SAP Signavio.
SAP’s goal is for all of their customers to eventually move to cloud ERP, ideally within a RISE with SAP construct. However, the move to SAP S/4HANA is not necessarily straightforward, even for customers planning a system conversion that leverages SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition. In an effort to streamline the move to cloud ERP, SAP announced a number of offerings at TechEd. This includes a parallel project line feature for SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition, three-system landscape, a reward program for cloud ERP clean core, streamlined cloud adoption using Accelerate for GROW with SAP, and a generative AI digital advisor for process optimization.
Most existing SAP customers moving to SAP S/4HANA Cloud are using the private cloud edition as it offers increased flexibility with deployment options and some customization capabilities. These are not possible in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition. However, SAP is pushing organizations to adopt a clean core strategy in order to make it easier for them to deploy new software versions and to move away from staying on old software releases as was the case with many SAP R/3 and SAP ECC deployments. The new capabilities that the parallel project line offers in SAP S/4HANA Cloud, public edition will make the adoption and testing in this environment easier.
SAP’s new clean core reward program represents a carrot to those that are not yet leveraging clean core in their SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition deployments. While the credits that are received will go towards the BTPEA, this could be of interest to many organizations although the details will be in just how much benefit it is possible to earn — even for those that are not actively considering clean core.
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