SAP amplía el mantenimiento de la SAP Business Suite

Parece que finalmente 2025 no es mañana, podéis respirar tranquilos… 😉

Vamos a ver, lo primero la noticia: SAP Extends Its Innovation Commitment for SAP S/4HANA, Provides Clarity and Choice on SAP Business Suite 7

Lo mejor es que la leáis, aunque os comento alguna de las cosas, por si no las entendéis bien.

“SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced a maintenance commitment for SAP S/4HANA until the end of 2040″

Se asegura el mantenimiento de S/4 hasta 2040, después imagino que vendrá T/5… si seguimos con la lógica: R/3, S/4, T5…

“At the same time, SAP will provide mainstream maintenance for core applications of SAP Business Suite 7 software* until the end of 2027 followed by optional extended maintenance until the end of 2030.”

Yo aquí leo que el mantenimiento lo extienden 2 años, hasta 2027; los clientes leen que lo alargan 5 años y muchos respiran pensando que para entonces ya estarán jubilados y que el marrón se lo comerá otro.

“Our customers show us that SAP S/4HANA is their future direction and that they expect a long-term commitment from SAP to this platform,” said Christian Klein, Co-CEO and Member of the Executive Board, SAP SE. “We know that our customers have deep business transformations underway using the unique capabilities of the solution. Our user groups confirm this. A recent survey from the Americas’ SAP Users’ Group did not show a single customer not planning to migrate to SAP S/4HANA. In addition, the German-Speaking User Group indicates in their lately published survey that customer investments in SAP S/4HANA are increasing significantly. In response to this and to our customers’ demand for choice, SAP will provide additional flexibility to fully embrace the groundbreaking opportunities of SAP S/4HANA that reflects the individual pace and complexity of our customers’ projects.

Thomas Saueressig, Member of the Executive Board, SAP Product Engineering, SAP SE, added: “SAP S/4HANA is the architecture and platform of the future for our customers. SAP is committed to our customers’ success and choice. Offering these maintenance periods is further delivering on transparency and trust. The significant growth in 2019 confirms our SAP S/4HANA strategy and demand.”

Aquí dice que todos los clientes están perfectamente preparados para ir a S/4HANA y que podrían hacer la migración mañana mismo, pero con otras palabras… 😉

“SAP gives final clarity on maintenance for SAP Business Suite 7. It will provide two more years of mainstream maintenance for core applications of SAP Business Suite 7. During this offboarding phase, SAP will continue to deliver the strong mainstream maintenance features that customers need. There will be no contractual change nor will any additional fees apply. Following this phase, SAP will offer customers a choice of how they would like to continue with the maintenance for core applications of SAP Business Suite 7 from 2028 onwards:

• Customers needing support for their applications in longer conversion phases to SAP S/4HANA can leverage the proven extended maintenance offering. This comes with a premium of two percentage points on the existing maintenance basis for core applications of SAP Business Suite 7 for all support offerings. It will be available for three additional years beginning at the start of 2028 and ending at the close of 2030.
• Customers who do not decide for the extended maintenance level of support by the end of 2027 but choose to carry on with their SAP Business Suite 7 software systems will automatically be transferred to the customer-specific maintenance model. This includes problem solving for known issues at unchanged fees.”

Se extiende el mantenimiento hasta 2027 y lo puedes extender 3 años más, pagando un 2% más de mantenimiento… no sé si durante los 3 años o un 2% más adicional cada uno de esos 3 años.

“At ASUG, we have maintained all along that if you’re an SAP customer who wants to grow and accelerate your business, remove inefficiencies, reduce technical debt and take advantage of the latest capabilities of SAP software, then you need to move to SAP S/4HANA. With today’s news, we still believe SAP customers should move forward as far in advance of any deadline as possible,” said Geoff Scott, CEO, Americas’ SAP Users’ Group (ASUG). “The decision about a company’s ‘ERP of the future’ should not just center on a technical upgrade to SAP S/4HANA. It should be about how best to prepare a company’s business for the future. This announcement is not a signal to slow down. This is now the time to commence plans and move forward so that SAP customers can harness business value from what is the most significant technology change in SAP’s recent history.”

Y aquí lo que dice es que este movimiento no es porque los productos no estén totalmente integrados ni porque el mercado no tenga profesionales suficientemente cualificados; es simplemente para poder hacer las cosas con más tiempo… aunque me temo que en España, principalmente, se harán con el mismo tiempo pero más tarde 😉

Dice más cosas, pero lo mejor es que lo leáis, no sea que yo no lo esté traduciendo bien… 😉

Básicamente, lo que pienso de esto es que puede ser muy mala noticia o muy buena;  depende de si la gente la interpreta como “tenemos 5 años más para tener que tomar decisiones” o como “tenemos 5  años más para PODER tomar BUENAS decisiones”.

Tú decides cómo te la vas a tomar y hasta qué punto puedes permitirte que tu negocio siga funcionando 5 años más como hace 20…