Episode 1: SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud: A Catalyst for IT Transformation

A recent IDC survey found 30% of an application portfolio is managed by an external provider. Operating your next enterprise resource environment requires a different approach and strategy. An enterprise digital core — based on SAP HANA — will enable you to improve customer interactions, provide a foundation for your next IT skills revolution, coalesce all your data across every line of business (LoB) and finally implement real-time business insights. And the cloud is accelerating that movement. It empowers all of us to become pioneers of how new innovations are adopted. This transformation will also have a positive impact on IT productivity; the outcome being more focus on technology projects that center on business growth and new revenue streams.

Join us on a discussion with Henry Morris of IDC and learn how the cloud drives innovation by providing a single platform to support ambitious growth plans, simplify processes, and deepen insights to enable faster decision making.

This podcast explores:

Managing the transition to SAP HANA; a multi-layer challenge

New IT architectures require multi-cloud accelerators and managing big skills gaps with Private cloud managed services

SLA scope and capabilities that will dictate managed service relationship with client

Automating operations for IT to deliver a strategic business engagement; programs that deliver new business value

Speakers:

Henry Morris, IDC Fellow, Big Data, Analytics, and Cognitive Software Research, IDC

Dr. Arndt-Alexander Böhnert, Global Head SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud Enhanced Managed Services at SAP

Ted Basile, Senior Director, Global Marketing for SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud (HEC).