SAP goes CloudPlans, strategies and investment plans of German companies

SAP Operation

45% in-house, by own IT

30% completely external, by outsourcing provider

16% combination of in-house operation and outsourcing

8% in-house, by a service provider

SAP Strategies

38% Cloud strategy for SAP application landscape

50% Outsourcing strategy for SAP environment

51% Cloud strategy for economic business processes

Companies that have currentlyimplemented, elaborated, developed or planned a strategy:

68% The systems and data integration topic is going to [...] massively gain in signifi cance. 32%

62% Many SAP customers are also going to use SAP SaaS solutions next to SAP software. 37%

49%The cloud operation of SAP on-premise solutions is going to become an essential part of companies‘ SAP strategies.

51%

31% Concerns about data security are no longer going to be an obstacle to cloud deployment. 68%

YESNO

67% Fast introduction of new software features

59% More fl exible cost structures

60% Reduction of operating costs

54% Better support of

mobile end devices

72% Effi cient management

of SAP solutions

54% Effi cient management of SAP solutions

SAP Cloud as Topic for the Future

Surplus Values of SAP Cloud

Approx. 80% are concerned about data and legal security

SAP SaaS SAP IaaS

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For the study we have interviewed 101 ICT/SAP managers in German companies with a minimum of 1,000 employees in a telephone survey from August through October 2014.