01. Tom RobertsSAPvisits #theCUBE!. (00:15) 02. What 3rd Party Solutions at SAP Does. (00:45) 03. Using a Solutions Approach to Rapidly Grab Customers. (01:47) 04. Non-Traditional Software Companies and the IOT. (04:00) 05. SAP and the Rapid Adoption of Cloud. (06:43) 06. The Extension Program: Focus on the Cloud First. (08:38) 07. Envisioning the Future with SAP and Its Partners. (10:47) Track List created with http://www.vinjavideo.com. --- --- The pendulum swing: From suite to cloud and back again | #SAPPHIRENOW by R. Danes | May 242016 Years agoit was predicted that the industry would move rapidly to the cloud — and move it did at a pace that exceeded everyone’s expectations. With customers now used to the cloud-based worldthey increasingly expect seamless solutions. That seamlessnessaccording to Tom Robertsglobal VP of 3rd-Party Solutions at SAP SErelies on integration. Roberts said customers basically swing the pendulum to whichever model requires the fewest buttons to be pushed. He explained to Peter Burris (@plburris)cohost of theCUBEfrom the SiliconANGLE Media team“Best of breed became the suiteand then we had the era of the cloud. Andif you noticedwhen the cloud companies were launchedthey were best-of-breed companies.” “And now” Roberts concluded“we’re in that period where people want things to move back to the suitebecause they want integration.” He said 3rd-Party Solutions is about having stopgaps and remedies at the ready so customers don’t have to wander outside their environments. IoT: Internet of Time Roberts said if there is any area of IT where time is of the essenceit’s Internet of Thingsand he added that seamlessnessagainis the crucial element. He spoke about companies with employees out in the field using IoT tools and instruments to make snap decisions — sometimes saving lives. “HANA is made for real time” he stated. “And if you’re going to do IoTthat’s the only platform you can really go with. It’s not the old batch and then analyse later. You need that information happening in real time.” #sapphirenow #theCUBE