Digital Transformation Insights

By Srinivas Balasubramanian, Co-founder and CEO, Photon

Interviewed in July after SAP’s annual user event SAPPHIRE, SAP Europe President Franck Cohen stated the obvious: “I think there is a trend for digital.” More tellingly, Franck acknowledged that SAP’s large system integrator partners need new skills and that “it is much easier for them to continue to sell consulting hours on SAP Financials”

Over the last twenty years, ERP systems from SAP and Oracle have dominated the budget and architecture of IT in large corporations. As a result, we see the following outcomes: