OK, I wrote this beauty a couple of years ago. And then I thought about what has happened in the past few years now that SAP has laid down the law about migration away from ECC. 2025/2027 are the ‘new norms’ for SAP customers. So, here is my revision of what I wrote several years…
DetailsI wanted to follow up on my last posting regarding migration from SAP ECC to S4/HANA with a looming timeline of either 2025 or 2027 for end of support from SAP. In my last blog, I spoke about utilizing WestTrax, a super awesome app that ‘discovers’ things you never knew about your SAP ECC instance.…
DetailsSAP ECC – End of Life and What to Do You know, I was sitting down today and pondering just how I am going to get the message out to everyone that’s interested. Interested in what? Well, how about starting with those folks running SAP ECC and are facing a timeline to upgrade or migrate…
DetailsS4/HANA: Get Ready! 2025. That’s 5 years from now. That’s when SAP is ending support for SAP ECC. In approximately 50 days from this writing, the current decade will end and the start of the next decade begins. If you thought that 2010 – 2020 was fast moving from a technology perspective, the next decade…
DetailsSAP S/4HANA Yes, we’ve all heard about SAP S/4HANA. And many of the CIO’s reading this blog will be trying to understand just how they get to S/4HANA. How do they take those myriad of SAP instances that are running SAP’s ECC version, and move the entire company up to a completely new level that…
DetailsSAP system migration management When was the last time someone jumped up and offered to be a data steward? Can’t remember? Neither can I! It is one of the most needed positions in a company and in a systems implementation, yet it seems to be the forgotten function. Why? Data is the driver As everyone…
DetailsAuditors: A CIO’s New Best Friend Anyone remember waiting with a big smile for a meeting with internal auditors? No? Well, let’s take a look at how the age-old fear of internal auditors (and external auditors, too!) can actually be a win for CIO/CTO’s. Applications History shows us that auditors usually find ‘things’ that are…
DetailsBrownfield or Greenfield In the course of conversation about migration to SAP S/4HANA, there are lots of discussions about what strategy to take. Many SAP customers are currently running 4.6, 4.7 or ECC and are in the process of contemplating next steps to S/4HANA. Do we migrate what we’ve got, do we start over (ouch!),…
DetailsNot too long ago, I was in an executive meeting, at a pretty large company. The head of strategic planning along with other senior execs were there. The IT team charged with coming up with an IT strategy for this specific business unit was also there. Nice mix. Great conversations ensued. Lots of presentations (aka…
DetailsUsing the latest technology to upgrade technology Remember the last time you went through a major technology upgrade of say, SAP or Oracle? Either a technology upgrade or a functional upgrade, or perhaps both. And it took strong stomachs, mountains of time, commitment of the IT team, scores of users, a pile of cash, probably…
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