Best Practice Report

SAP Customers Have Four Paths To The Cloud

The Time Is Now To Plan Your SAP Cloud Strategy In The Name Of Business Innovation And Customer Experience

January 1st, 2018
Liz Herbert, VP, Principal Analyst
Liz Herbert VP, Principal Analyst
Bill Martorelli, Principal Analyst
Bill Martorelli Principal Analyst
With contributors:
Glenn O'Donnell , Michael Caputo , Andrew Reese

Summary

Customers of all types are anxious to take advantage of cloud’s promise of speed, agility, and financial flexibility due to its inherent consumption-based pricing model. Yet SAP buyers still have significant concerns about moving core SAP workloads to the cloud. As a result, movement has been slow. But after its initial halting steps, the outline of SAP’s cloud strategy has become clear, and four distinct paths for SAP customers to the cloud have emerged. The ideal path for any application development and delivery (AD&D) professional will depend on your goals and time frame for realization of benefits.

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