Dave's Adventures in Business Intelligence

SAP seems to be more interested in the “little guy” this year. Yesterday we got confirmation that EDGE 4.0 release is coming. Today we heard that they are licensing their pre-built analytic apps for the same customers. They’re even setting up their HANA systems in an “extra small” configuration so that technology can start to trickle down.

One comment that surprised me this morning was related to the analytic apps. The SAP guy said that they were surprised to find out that customers were already customizing their apps rather than using them out of the box. Of course they’re going to customize them! Everybody thinks their business is unique. What competitive advantage are they going to get from using the same system as everybody else?