A very different road
The door you haven't opened with the biggest difference in steps from this one.
1. Get SAP's AI after moving to S/4HANA
Open door 1
Door 8Draft
Get third-party support, fund AI with the savings
What this road promises
“Keep ECC as it is, add AI and a new front end on top.”Source: Rimini Street
Ask yourself:
1Assess the riskAsk yourself:Can I defend leaving SAP support to auditors and the board?
Check what leaving SAP support means.
2Choose a provider and signAsk yourself:What does it cost to come back to SAP if we need to?
Compare providers and sign.
3Transition supportAsk yourself:Tax, legal and security updates now come from the provider, not SAP.
Move support to the new provider.
4Pick the AI approach on topAsk yourself:The savings are real, but I still need to choose an AI road.
Choose one of the AI doors.
5When we migrate laterAsk yourself:If we migrate anyway, did we save money or just delay?
Plan for a possible move to S/4HANA.
Where this road lands
- AI you get
- Depends on the AI road you add.
- Time to production
- Depends on the AI road you add.
- Cost
- Provider fee instead of SAP maintenance.
- Team load
- Low to switch. Then depends.
- New systems
- New support contract.
- Survives migration
- Coming back to SAP may cost.
- Security and licensing
- Updates from the provider, not SAP.
- Adoption risk
- Depends on the AI road.
Add this road to my plan
Open another door
Another road you haven't opened
One of the doors you haven't opened, picked at random.
2. Commit to RISE now, get Joule on ECC while moving
Open door 2