Data Lab Dialogues

In a conversation with Alina Yukhymenko from SAP, we learn the intricate details of building a business case to take your SAP workload to the cloud. In addition to the basics of hardware and migration cost, looking at opportunity costs and business value is also important, but indeed very hard numbers to calculate.

Alina Yukhymenko

Alina’s main role at SAP is Value Advisory. In this role Alina support customers all around Europe and across all industries. Alina is passionate about her job and absolutely loves to educate customers about the new SAP Cloud offering and its benefits. In her free time, she is passionate about investments and everything related to numbers.

Thomas Madsen, Technology explorer, SAP Denmark

Business Technology Platform Expert.

Karl Bergström, Enterprise Architect, SAP Denmark

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In a conversation with Jacob Lund from NTTData, we explore the topic of composability. What is a composable IT architecture? Why should you aim for composable applications and how does SAP fit in? What can partners do to help clients make the best of their SAP applications and to build the right enterprise architecture.

Jacob Lund

Jacob Orup Lund has worked within the SAP space since 1997, initially within Finance (FI/CO), but for the past 20 years the focus has been on Data & Analytics. As a Senior Director with NTT Data Business Solutions, Jacob advises clients within all areas of Data & Analytics, but has a special focus on Data Fabric/Data Platform and on designing architectures and governance models for hybrid SAP and Non-SAP Data & Analytics environments.

Thomas Madsen, Technology explorer, SAP Denmark

Business Technology Platform Expert.

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In a conversation with Simon Townson we explore the topic of composability. What is a composable IT architecture? Why should you aim for composable applications and how does SAP fit in?

Simon Townson

Simon is a Chief Enterprise Architect working with SAP products for close to 25 years.  Simon joined SAP in 2006 after several years for a major European systems integrator, working across many technologies including SAP, and specializing in asset management and Geographic Information Systems.

He was part of the original team that created the SAP Enterprise Architecture Framework and has been part of the evolution and growth of Enterprise Architecture for over 15 years.

His knowledge is backed up by many implementations including SAP ECC, Suite on HANA, S/4HANA and most recently cloud products, such as Business Technology Platform.

Simon has worked extensively across many industries including Consumer Goods, Retail, Travel and Transport, Utilities, and Public Sector. 

Simon holds many industry wide architecture relevant certifications including TOGAF 9, Cloud Architect, and mostly recently Cloud Certified Security Professional ; in addition to SAP specific certifications such as SAP LEAD Architect, SAP A200 Architect, and Certified SAP ERP Architect.

Thomas Madsen, Technology explorer, SAP Denmark

Business Technology Platform Expert.

Karl Bergström, Enterprise Architect, SAP Denmark

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In a conversation with Fredrik Borlie we explore the topic of composability. What is a composable IT architecture? Why should you aim for composable applications and how does SAP fit in?

Fredrik Borlie

Fredrik was certified as Basis Admin in December 1998. And he has since then always worked with SAP technical areas.

Fredrik loves troubleshooting, and not just look for the symptom. He believe the best question is ”Why?”

Thomas Madsen, Technology explorer, SAP Denmark

Business Technology Platform Expert.

Karl Bergström, Enterprise Architect, SAP Denmark

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In a conversation with Paul Wood and Robert Reuben we explore the ins and outs of archiving. Why does it matter, what’s the catch, how do you get started. As the amount of data increases and as workloads are moving to the cloud, archiving becomes ever more important. By ensuring that you only work on relevant data compute and storage costs can be reduced significantly. As SAP clients starts planning the upgrade from ECC to S/4HANA, reducing the data footprint can generate big savings. Up to 60% of the data volume can be archived prior to upgrade, making the upgrade simpler and the target landscape less expensive.

Paul Wood – Nordic Regional Lead with Proceed Group

With over two decades of experience in the Oracle and SAP marketplace, Paul’s professional journey has been marked by a steadfast commitment to delivering top-tier consultancy, guiding enterprises through the complexities of data management and optimisation. Paul’s expertise lies in creating tailored solutions that drive efficiency, innovation, and growth, ensuring that his clients are not just keeping pace, but setting the benchmarks within their industries.

Robert Reuben – Managing Director of Proceed Group

Robert is the Managing Director of Proceed Group, a leading SAP Consultancy in the UK renowned for its expertise in SAP data and document management, including areas like SAP archiving, GDPR compliance, and legacy data management for SAP and non-SAP systems. With a career spanning over 30 years in B2B IT, Robert brings a wealth of experience from both sales and technical leadership roles in SAP and IBM. He assumed his current position in February 2023, after initially joining Proceed as the Director of legacy data management, where he spearheaded the launch and promotion of the Proceed Cella solution.

Thomas Madsen, Technology explorer, SAP Denmark

Business Technology Platform Expert.

Karl Bergström, Enterprise Architect, SAP Denmark

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In a conversation with Fredrik Borlie we learn how Polestar managed to make full use of the offerings of SAP RISE by re-defining SAP ERP upgrade governance. At Polestar it is no longer a negotiation between IT and business when and how often their IT landscape is upgraded. Changing the entire organization to adopt a true cloud mindset has allowed Polestar to achieve shorter and more frequent upgrades. Thus realizing benefits of new innovations more frequently and much earlier than through traditional upgrade schemes.

Merete Langseth

With over 6 years of experience in leading IT strategy and governance for major global corporations, Merete is passionate about enabling business growth and transformation through technology. As Head of the Office of the CIO at Topsoe, a world leader in catalysis and surface science, Merete is responsible for IT project portfolio management, budget management, C-suite reporting, and IT governance.
Merete also facilitate cross-functional initiatives
related to process optimization, simplification,
alignment, and external funding.

Hanne Wehnert

Hanne has more than 17 years proven experience in IT professional oriented Leadership, IT Partner, Change Management, SAP Program and Agile Project Management, Sourcing Supplier transformation in India, Process optimisation.

Thomas Madsen, Technology explorer, SAP Denmark

Business Technology Platform Expert.

Karl Bergström, Enterprise Architect, SAP Denmark

Enterprise Architect in the presale area. Focusing on S/4 HANA and The intelligent Enterprise.

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In a conversation with Fredrik Borlie we learn how Polestar managed to make full use of the offerings of SAP RISE by re-defining SAP ERP upgrade governance. At Polestar it is no longer a negotiation between IT and business when and how often their IT landscape is upgraded. Changing the entire organization to adopt a true cloud mindset has allowed Polestar to achieve shorter and more frequent upgrades. Thus realizing benefits of new innovations more frequently and much earlier than through traditional upgrade schemes.

Fredrik Borlie

Fredrik was certified as Basis Admin in December 1998

And has since then always worked with SAP technical areas.

Fredrik loves troubleshooting, and not just look for the symptom. He believe the best question is ”Why?”

Thomas Madsen, Technology explorer, SAP Denmark

Business Technology Platform Expert.

Karl Bergström, Enterprise Architect, SAP Denmark

Enterprise Architect in the presale area. Focusing on S/4 HANA and The intelligent Enterprise.

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In a conversation with Rahul Karnawat and Shabarish Nair from Tarento Group we discuss the ins and outs of cloud transformation from the perspective of integration. We discuss the key integration challenges facing businesses embarking on the cloud journey and learn how Tarentos tool set and methodology can help businesses simplify their integration landscape.

Rahul Karnawat, Founding Partner at Tarento Group

Rahul is the co-founder of Tarento and the CEO of Tarento Nordics. He is passionate about co-creating a better tomorrow for enterprises leveraging the best of what technology has to offer.

Shabarish Nair, Vice President, Growth Leader at Tarento Group

Shabarish manages the growth function in Tarento and is responsible for the GTM strategy including partnerships. He has been working with technology for over 20 years with SAP at the core.

Thomas Madsen, Enterprise Architect, SAP Denmark

Business Technology Platform Expert.

Karl Bergström, Enterprise Architect, SAP Denmark

Enterprise Architect in the presale area. Focusing on S/4 HANA and The intelligent Enterprise.

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In a conversation with Jacob Roed from Grundfos we hear how Grundfos organize themselves around SAP application and integration development. We hear about S/4HANA upgrades, introduction of FIORI and other SAP BTP Services.

Jacob shares his leadership philosophy and explains how Grundfos is attracting new talent to the SAP ecosystem.

Jakob Roed Jonstrup, IT manager and responsible for SAP & Integration Development at Grundfos. 

Jacob’s journey encompasses a master’s degree in Engineering Industrial Management, coupled with a 24-year voyage with Grundfos. 

Jacob is ignited by a relentless passion to create meaningful impacts –  i.e. “Make a difference” 

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Thomas Madsen, Enterprise Architect, SAP Denmark

Business Technology Platform Expert.

Karl Bergström, Enterprise Architect, SAP Denmark

Enterprise Architect in the presale area. Focusing on S/4 HANA and The intelligent Enterprise.

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In this episode we meet Ingo Pfeiffer who, after employments at SAP customers and SAP itself, nowadays is acting as independent consultant in the field of SAP Application Lifecycle Management. Besides discussing Ingos experiences related to S/4HANA projects and making use of SAP Solution Manager and Focused Build, the conversation scope broadens out to touch upon Enterprise Architecture, the awareness of ALM at the point of SAP-related investment decisions and of course SAP Cloud ALM as “new kid on the block” in SAP’s ALM portfolio. 

Ingo Pfeiffer

Ingo is an external consultant engaged at his customers in roles as Focused Build Coach and SAP ALM architect. His responsibilities usually circle around the efficient use of SAP Solution Manager and SAP Cloud ALM and to increase the customer organizations ALM maturity by understanding and adopting SAP Activate and various SAP Best Practices, Standards and Guidelines applicable to the “Business of IT”.

Links:

Thomas Madsen, Enterprise Architect, SAP Denmark

Business Technology Platform Expert.

Karl Bergström, Enterprise Architect, SAP Denmark

Enterprise Architect in the presale area. Focusing on S/4 HANA and The intelligent Enterprise.

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