We had all the systems running on-premise. However, when the SAP Cloud Platform was introduced, then we started using the native solutions and native applications provided by SAP. You have the possibility to connect the backend systems which are running on-premise using SAP cloud connector. This is the kind of usage, that we started with when using the SAP Cloud Platform for the first time and we have been pretty happy.

Some of the older tools are now reaching the end of their lifecycle and becoming obsolete. We also had challenges related to stability and maintenance.

I did not previously use a different solution.

The team was also familiar with Oracle Cloud Platform.

I have experience with SAP Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure.

As many of our applications require SAP data and integration, we went for the SAP Cloud Platform, though we also have a separate AWS solution.

I have previously used NetSuite. I find SAP Cloud Platform better than NetSuite. SAP Cloud Platform has all the business processes well defined and well mapped, ready to deploy solutions, whereas NetSuite does not have that. NetSuite has its limitations when it comes to scaling. You can scale with SAP Cloud Platform.

As your business grows, you can start with the public cloud and then move into the private cloud. You can start with B1 and then go to Business ByDesign. Later, you can go to the public cloud and move from public to private. If you have NetSuite and you're growing your business, there's no option but to switch to ERP.

We have previously used different solutions. We've used Microsoft products where they create more capabilities more frequently, and we've used Google's platform. Google is similar to SAP in that it's more scalable and easy to consume. We've also used Oracle, which is very similar.

I used XI/PI, XI/PA, and CPI which are middleware. CPI was an upgrade for XI/PI. 

We previously only used solutions that were deployed in-house. In terms of corporate solutions, I’ve only mainly dealt with SAP.

I was a consultant working with encryption. My part in that consulting team was working with SAP and since the beginning, I was working with S/4HANA. Right from early 2016, I have been working on mobile applications. I was working on mobile earlier on, but it is not the same these days.  

We used BODS as we moved to SAP IBP we were forced to move to CPI/DS.

We used and continue to use this and other products in this category. Before this Cloud Platform, there was another Cloud from Dell called Boomi. I worked with that product for a while — long enough to gain experience. Over the past two years, while waiting for the SAP product to be released, I worked mostly with HANA Cloud Integration which had a lot of the necessary features available already. Later I saw Cloud Platform Integration from SAP would become available. Because I have been working with SAP products for many years, I expected that this would be a better product for me and that I would really like it just because it is from SAP.  

Because the Cloud Platform Integration product has enough of the necessary business features available, I hope now that it will be used more widely and that it will really start growing in the market in the very near future. If it will do more functionally and sell to more users, the company will have more interest to develop it further and focus on it.  

SAP has its own internal ecosystem, so tools from SAP were likely the preferred choice.

Prior to using the cloud platform, I had used the on-premise SAP integration solution for almost five years. I have also used other solutions to integrate with SuccessFactors.

Previously, we were using Microsoft iOS. When using 3D, Microsoft is an easier tool to use. iOS is a complex tool to understand. Also, Microsoft support is better.