Podcast Episode 52: ‘SAP has changed everything. Again.’
In this Podcast, I speak with Patrick Dickinson of Aspera (Bronze sponsors of our upcoming UK Conference) to pick his brains on what’s changed in the world of SAP since our last podcast back in July 2016.
Podcast Topics
What is Aspera up to?
What is the market like at the moment?
Separation of SAP sales and audit teams
NetWeaver Foundation for TPAs License
Changes to SAP Named User Licensing...
Making sense of SAP’s new Indirect Access license
One of the biggest ITAM stories right now has been SAP’s lawsuits against two of its customers – the drinks manufacturer Diageo and the Belgian brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev. Both lawsuits have centred around, or at least paid close attention to, indirect access – particularly accessing SAP via multiple levels of 3rd party software such as SalesForce.
Many of SAP’s customers have been left angry...
SAP rumour mill: Diageo win appeal against indirect ruling, new audit tactic for user measurement
Telma Rafael, SAP SME, Snow Software “SAP is rumoured to be changing their audit approach on how to classify users”
I attended an interesting session at the BCS SAM networking group last night.
The main topic of conversation was SAP, led by Snow’s subject matter expert Telma Rafael.
Notable discussion points:
New Audit Threat on User Permissions
SAP is rumoured to be changing their audit...
SAP License Management Certification: Snow Optimizer for SAP Software v2.0
Executive Summary
The ITAM Review, an independent community for worldwide ITAM, SAM and Software Licensing professionals, has certified Snow Optimizer for SAP Software v2.0 as suitable for SAP License Management.
ITAM Review’s SAP License Management Certification is designed to help worldwide ITAM Review readers identify tools suitable for managing SAP Licensing and provide tool providers with an...
SAP License Management Standard V1.0
Update: This standard has been superseded by V2.0 available here.
The criteria published below are an open standard for SAP License Management. i.e. If I want to invest in tooling to manage the risk and cost of SAP licensing in my environment – what should I be looking for?
We are publishing this standard so that others may add or critique it – please provide your feedback via the comments...
SAP customers want clarity, not a conversation
SAP customers want clarity not a conversation – 76% in straw poll have concerns or fear the consequences of raising indirect access concerns with SAP
Since the multi-million dollars exposures at Diageo and AB InBev hit the headlines in 2017, SAP Indirect Access risk has, to quote one SAP customer, ‘spread like wildfire’ around senior management teams.
For too long companies have done everything...
SAP user and indirect access reconciliation process
This article suggests a four-step process for managing SAP users and indirect access. It is a mixture of feedback from our SIG calls on SAP Indirect Access and ITAM Best Practice using the ITAM Review’s 12 Box Methodology.
The article is designed to accompany our webinar on the 27th July – Webinar: Eradicate SAP Indirect Access Anxiety: 4 Practical Steps. If you can’t attend on the 27th or...
Jaguar Land Rover save £30m optimising SAP
Jaguar F-Type (Jaguar Land Rover is Britain’s biggest car manufacturer, shipping cars like the Range Rover and Jaguar F-Type around the world. )
The iconic British car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover saved a whopping £30m by optimising their SAP licensing position prior to negotiation. The savings, along with other benefits of SAM including stronger commercial awareness, audit readiness and reclaiming...
New compliance target in SAP crosshairs, ABInBev face $600m fine
ABInBev brands include Budweiser, Corona, Stella Artois and Becks
The £60m potential fine mentioned in the recent Diageo case with SAP over indirect access looks like small beer, excuse the pun, compared to the $600m settlement mentioned for SAP licensing violations for the multi-national drinks group Anheuser-Busch InBev.
This is further evidence that SAP are clearly desperate for revenue at any...
Checklist for identifying SAP indirect access
A recent ITAM Review webinar on SAP indirect access found that 75% of ITAM Review readers felt that the topic of indirect access would be relevant soon. Conversations with ITAM Review readers suggests that the recent SAP vs. Diageo will be used as additional ammunition by SAP account managers and auditors.
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See also:
Drinks Company Diageo lose battle with SAP, indirect access continues to wreak...