Blog 3: How Clean Core can accelerate your business transformation - Background Interview
I interviewed my colleague Holger Seubert @hseubert from SAP to get some more background information.
Timothy Kaufmann: What is from your perspective the key benefit of Clean Core?
Holger Seubert: A significant advantage of the SAP Clean Core strategy is that it enables customers to maximize their investment in SAP standard solutions, such as SAP S/4HANA, unlocking access to the forefront of product innovations. Moreover, it affords the flexibility to customize SAP solutions to meet specific business requirements. The main strength of the SAP Clean Core strategy lies in its capacity to simplify complexity, enhance adaptability, and fully leverage cutting-edge technologies from SAP and its partners. This approach fosters a robust, agile, and innovation-centric IT ecosystem, crucial for sustained organizational achievement.
Timothy Kaufmann: How can Clean Core speed up new developments?
Holger Seubert: Utilizing standard solutions or engaging with the partner ecosystem can significantly accelerate backlog implementation, allowing resources to be redirected towards fulfilling unique business requirements. Furthermore, adopting the latest releases of SAP standard solutions can streamline maintenance tasks for custom developments within the software development lifecycle. This approach not only optimizes resource allocation but also enhances the efficiency of maintaining solutions, thereby facilitating a more innovative and focused development strategy.
Timothy Kaufmann: Which role does the BTP play here? Holger Seubert: The SAP Business Technology Platform is pivotal to the Clean Core strategy, acting as a flexible, cloud-native environment that supports detached extensions, by also enhancing developer productivity and enabling rapid implementation cycles. Essentially, SAP BTP adds a supplementary layer around the core systems, accommodating for scaling of additional workloads and development at varying speeds without disrupting core processes. This allows customers to differentiate themselves in the market by extending SAP's standard solutions to meet their unique needs. Additionally, for managing integrations—whether leveraging SAP's standard offerings or crafting custom solutions—the SAP BTP Integration Suite is the go-to solution.
Timothy Kaufmann: Where do you see the specific strength of BTP here?
Holger Seubert: Firstly, a major advantage is the seamless integration and the ease of combining SAP BTP with SAP's standard solutions. Particularly for public cloud solutions like SAP S/4HANA Cloud or SAP SuccessFactors, linking BTP with these standard solutions is as straightforward as connecting a Bluetooth device. The connection to private cloud or on-premise solutions also stands out, offering not just simplicity in setup but also ensuring secure connections. Thanks to the BTP Connectivity Service and its destination concept, reusing a secure setup across different platform services is straightforward and also a key concept to support LCNC development approaches, for example. Another highlight is BTP's broad developer community appeal. It unites development teams with expertise in ABAP, Java, or front-end development on a single platform to enhance SAP's standard solutions. Additionally, the availability of business content within various services is noteworthy. Whether for integrating different IT systems, automating processes, or deriving insights from data, BTP provides a wealth of pre-defined content. This content, being provided by SAP and it’s partners, serves as a valuable starting point for custom projects, offering users a significant head start. Lastly, the openness of SAP BTP and it’s strong partner ecosystem is a key asset, allowing for the integration of its services into the existing IT landscapes of customers while also adopting established best practices in areas such as DevOps.
Timothy Kaufmann: What do you like so much about Clean Core?
Holger Seubert: Although all five dimensions are crucial, I particularly highlight the importance of extensibility, as its implementation often brings the greatest benefits and impact for customers. It's vital for organizations to not only adopt the latest SAP product innovations but also to customize these standard solutions with their specific needs. Achieving both objectives is possible through a clean core extensibility approach.
Timothy Kaufmann: What do you tell your customers who are unsure to use Clean Core?
Holger Seubert: Answering that question broadly is challenging. I'd be keen to delve into the specific uncertainties and emphasize that this journey can be uniquely tailored for each customer, allowing them to proceed at their own pace. For Brownfield implementations, it presents an excellent chance to configure the SAP landscape to be future-proof. Meanwhile, for Greenfield projects, adopting a clean core strategy is instrumental in maintaining readiness for future developments. This approach ensures that regardless of the project type, organizations can establish a foundation that's adaptable and prepared for upcoming technological advancements.
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