Linda Ivy-Rosser,

Linda Ivy-Rosser

VP, Research Director

Linda serves technology executives, line-of-business leaders, and architecture professionals. She leads a team of analysts who provide clients with market research around strategic planning, delivery, and business operations for enterprise software solutions and IT service providers. Her team focuses on thought leadership for the enterprise software market; guidance for the right software investments that delivery value; digital transformation; tech portfolio rationalization and optimization; SaaS management and application governance; sourcing and vendor management strategies; and market evaluations of enterprise business applications, IT services, and implementation partners. Her enterprise software portfolio includes digital experience platforms (DXPs); customer relationship management (CRM); enterprise resource planning (ERP); financial planning and analysis (FP&A); supply chain management (SCM); product lifecycle management (PLM); human capital management (HCM); supplier value management (SVM) and procurement; and B2B and B2C enterprise-level content management systems (CMSes).

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September 3rd, 2025 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Peer Discussions

Navigating SAP ECC To S/4HANA Migrations — Let’s Compare Notes

With the impending end-of-support deadline for SAP ECC in 2027, many existing SAP customers find themselves urgently needing to move to SAP S/4HANA cloud. Whether it’s private edition or public edition, many questions loom large that must be addressed to navigate your best path forward.Join Akshara Naik Lopez for this interactive discussion with fellow technology leaders currently using SAP on their migration plans and experiences. Leave the conversation with new ideas for how to tackle challenges on your journey to SAP Cloud ERP. Conversely, if you are a customer who recently completed the migration, your industry peers would appreciate hearing your insights. Questions for discussion:With the upcoming 2027 end-of-support SAP ECC deadline, what are your options? What is specifically changing with RISE with SAP post-June 2025? Do the SAP RISE SLAs meet your needs? How should you assess the value of implementation system integrators (SIs) in your S/4HANA migration journey? Peer discussions are available exclusively to Forrester Decisions VIP Leaders and Leader license holders for their own participation.
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