10 Key Points on SAP S/4 HANA

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With the announcement of SAP S/4HANA on the 3rd of February 2015 new questions about its impact on the future popped up among the SAP community.

John Appleby came up with a simple FAQ overview. Here are 10 key points from his blog about SAP S/4HANA.

1. SAP S/4HANA is a replacement to the SAP R/3 or Business Suite platforms.
2. SAP S/4HANA is a new product that has to be purchased separately by customers unless they are on SAP Business Suite for SAP HANA.
3. SAP S/4HANA will only run on a SAP HANA platform, including SAP HANA database.
4. SAP S/4HANA will continue to support existing systems in the long term by providing security and regulatory fixes. However the innovation will be focused on HANA.
5. SAP S/4HANA will use SAP Fiori as the User Interface across all the on-premise and cloud applications including Concure, Fieldglass, Successfactors and Cloud for Customers.
6. SAP S/4HANA will have three modes - a Public Cloud, Private Cloud and on-Premise.
7. In 2015 core finance (GL) and Logistics modules will be available with other selected modules to follow over the next 3 to 5 years.
8. SAP S/4HANA will still run on an ABAP platform while extensions for the Private Cloud will be possible via HANA Cloud Platform.
9. The upgrade path to SAPS/4HANA will go through the Business Suite on HANA with a database migration and moving to the latest enhancement package.
10. SAP S/4HANA will require skill sets such as web programming for extensions with HCP, ABAP programming and Business Consulting skills for configuration of S/4HANA systems for customers using the new guided procedures.

Here can you read the whole article by John Appleby -
http://www.bluefinsolutions.com/Blogs/John-Appleby/February-2015/The-SAP-Business-Suite-4-SAP-HANA-(SAP-S4-HANA)/