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“THAT’S SAP’S WHOLE GOAL:
IMPROVING PEOPLE’S LIVES.”
- Steve Shute
LEADERSHIP
Sponsored Content
“There’s an ecosystem building
on top of the SAP HANA cloud
platform. You’re no longer
just relying on SAP’s R&D
spend, but taking advantage
of an unlimited amount of
resources from hundreds of
different places.”
And SAP’s R&D spend isn’t
chump change: nearly
14 percent of its
annual revenue is
geared towards
research and
development. Shute and the
rest of the team know it’s
necessary for the level of
continuous improvement and
evolution expected of SAP.
Ernst and Young’s extension
to its SAP HANA platform
is just one example of how
third parties are able to
extend success factors of
their digital cores.
Many companies hire military
veterans. In doing so, they
receive credits from the
U.S. government. But it’s a
laborious process to fill out
the paperwork. EY created
an application through
SAP HANA that automated