E-3 Rubrik: Lizenz-Kolumne

Since SAP presented S/4 in New York in 2015, around 20 percent of SAP customers have completed the conversion to the new ERP generation. Most of them have made an investment within the seven- or eight-figure range.

Are you in the process of converting to S/4 Hana? Then you are probably familiar with the licensing difficulties that accompany such a change. Software Asset Management (SAM) can help lead the project to success.

I read more and more often - even from former companions - that cloud computing makes a software asset management (SAM) tool unnecessary. But how can a cloud function without management?

"Rock-solid engineering. Bold creativity." That's how SAP advertises Fioneer on its own homepage, but will customers now have to pay for Fioneer's expensive deal between SAP and third parties? There's a lot of anger.

Are you about to decide which path to use to migrate to S/4 Hana? Contract Conversion, Product Conversion or Rise with SAP? Take a look at the PKL Q2/2023.

Even if S/4 is not a tragedy like Shakespeare's Hamlet, the question for the existing SAP customer is whether he can live with the S/4 provisions in the PKL. If not, then this must be included in the contract negotiation.

Business Case Rise with SAP, right? With Rise, SAP offers an all-round worry-free solution in the cloud based on a (naturally) positive customer-specific business case calculation.

50 years of SAP - actually a reason to celebrate. Not so for SAP user companies: Problems with licenses and contracts are clouding the mood, demanding a lot of attention and money - and tying up capacities.

SAP wants to introduce an annual price increase for cloud products. But any partner selling a go-to-market solution must also pay a revenue share, regardless of whether SAP enabled the transaction.

Cloud first - this is now the strategy in many companies. There is certainly a lot to be said for it. From a licensing perspective, however, many risks arise, especially with SAP software, and these must be evaluated.

SAP licensing options and costs change regularly. It's no wonder that those responsible lose track of the situation and incur additional costs. Currently, Rise, DAAP and licensing by entitlement are hotly debated.

If you want to keep costs under control during an S/4 Hana switch, it is absolutely crucial whether you succumb to the lure of a contract conversion or switch with your entire license portfolio.