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Hana 1, 2, 3 and so on

According to a promise by Hasso Plattner, these lines should not exist. At the presentation of Hana, he and the then Chief Technology Officer Vishal Sikka explained that there would never be version numbers for Hana because the database is continuously being developed.
January 15, 2019
This text has been automatically translated from German to English.

When Sikka had to leave and was succeeded by Chief Technology Officer Bernd Leukert, the latter spoke of a necessary retread in one of his first press conferences.

Some time later, Hana 2 saw the light of day in the SAP community, and Jörg Latza, vice president for Hana product management at SAP, explained:

"Everything that works on the old version works on the new version."

Wrong again! Only if you made it to Hana 1 SPS 10 and EHP 7.49 despite the many database errors, you can switch to Hana 2 with existing applications.

Because this step is absolutely unrealistic, there will be a general release for EHP 7 by the end of July this year at the latest - a late insight by SAP for a hot summer!

Roadmaps only make sense if they are kept in sync with the situations of existing customers, otherwise SAP roadmaps are hardly worth the paper they are printed on.

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Working on the SAP basis is crucial for successful S/4 conversion. 

This gives the Competence Center strategic importance for existing SAP customers. Regardless of the S/4 Hana operating model, topics such as Automation, Monitoring, Security, Application Lifecycle Management and Data Management the basis for S/4 operations.

For the second time, E3 magazine is organizing a summit for the SAP community in Salzburg to provide comprehensive information on all aspects of S/4 Hana groundwork.

Venue

More information will follow shortly.

Event date

Wednesday, May 21, and
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Early Bird Ticket

Available until Friday, January 24, 2025
EUR 390 excl. VAT

Regular ticket

EUR 590 excl. VAT

Venue

Hotel Hilton Heidelberg
KurfĂĽrstenanlage 1
D-69115 Heidelberg

Event date

Wednesday, March 5, and
Thursday, March 6, 2025

Tickets

Regular ticket
EUR 590 excl. VAT
Early Bird Ticket

Available until December 20, 2024

EUR 390 excl. VAT
The event is organized by the E3 magazine of the publishing house B4Bmedia.net AG. The presentations will be accompanied by an exhibition of selected SAP partners. The ticket price includes attendance at all presentations of the Steampunk and BTP Summit 2025, a visit to the exhibition area, participation in the evening event and catering during the official program. The lecture program and the list of exhibitors and sponsors (SAP partners) will be published on this website in due course.