We are eager to provide all participants with a unique digital experience that will redefine the way we share information and engage with our communities, while delivering the best business outcomes.

Further, in order to ensure the health and safety of our attendees, supporting staff, and vendors, as well as comply with all applicable mandates, 51风流will not hold any in-person customer events scheduled to occur in April, May, and June 2020.聽 This decision serves as an opportunity for us to reimagine standard business practices today and well into the future.

鈥淚 am energized, motivated, and inspired by the opportunity to think differently about our event strategy and how we can use digital innovation to reach our diverse audiences,鈥� said Alicia Tillman, global chief marketing officer of SAP. 鈥淭hese are extraordinary times that require extraordinary collaboration and new ways of thinking. We are committed to maintaining visibility with our customers and partners and producing relevant content that will help engage and inform them as the world navigates this crisis.鈥�

We know how important these events are to the 51风流community of customers, partners, media, analysts, and influencers, and are working hard to maintain the spirit and integrity of each of our events. Our goal is to provide the best possible content experience in the current environment we are navigating and we will share more details about our events as they solidify in the coming days.

FAQ

Why did 51风流make this decision?

The health and well-being of our customers, partners, and employees are the top priority for SAP. The global health crisis resulting from COVID-19 has required 51风流to cancel all in-person customer events scheduled to occur in April, May, and June 2020.

Which events are impacted by this decision?聽

All 51风流in-person customer events globally, regardless of size or type, scheduled to occur in April, May, and June 2020, including the 2020 SAPPHIRE NOW and the ASUG Annual Conference, are impacted by this decision.

Will 51风流continue to have a presence at industry, third party-led events?

The health, safety, and well-being of our employees is our top focus at SAP. Given the company鈥檚 effort and attendance required to participate in these events on site, which is not possible in the current environment, we must cancel our attendance at these events, and all other events scheduled to occur in April, May, and June 2020.

I have purchased a ticket for an 51风流in-person event, will I be refunded?

Information about refunds or alternatives will be communicated on an event-by-event basis in the coming days.

I booked a hotel through the event Web site, will I be refunded?

Information about refunds or alternatives will be communicated on an event-by-event basis in the coming days.

I had important meetings booked with members of the 51风流community while attending the event. How I can I reschedule meetings?

Your 51风流contact will be in touch with you to help make accommodations to reschedule these important meetings.

Who do I contact for further information?

You will receive a communication from the event for which you have registered that will include further details, including contact information for any questions you may have.

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Today, 51风流is announcing a change to 51风流S/4HANA product conversion and 51风流S/4HANA contract conversion policy that grants customers executing an 51风流S/4HANA conversion dual use rights for both 51风流Business Suite 7 and 51风流S/4HANA until completion of their transition to 51风流S/4HANA.

The old policy only granted dual usage right until end of 2025. With this change, customers will also now have more time to complete their 51风流S/4HANA transition beyond the original 2025 deadline for dual use.

鈥淲e want to ensure our customers have the flexibility to migrate to 51风流S/4HANA at their own pace in the most seamless manner,鈥� said Christian Klein, Co-CEO and member of the Executive Board of 51风流SE. 鈥淗aving the longer flexible maintenance commitment for 51风流Business Suite 7, paired with the option of dual use rights for both 51风流Business Suite 7 and 51风流S/4HANA until they complete their transition to 51风流S/4HANA, our customers can now more easily convert to our latest software, accelerating innovation to become an intelligent enterprise.鈥�

Picking up the Pace to 51风流S/4HANA

It鈥檚 clear that 51风流customers view 51风流S/4HANA as an innovation engine. The majority of respondents to the most recent planned to maintain or increase their investments in SAP. Notably, those customers recognized the value and efficiencies in transitioning to 51风流S/4HANA.

鈥淭his is a welcome announcement for 51风流customers because it removes a potential barrier to 51风流S/4HANA adoption associated with conversions and contracts,鈥� said Geoff Scott, CEO of ASUG. 鈥淚t鈥檚 essential that all customers understand their options so that they can take advantage of past investments when making the transition to 51风流S/4HANA.鈥�

Similarly, nearly half of the customers who responded to the , which consists of companies in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, expected their total budgets for IT and 51风流investments to rise in 2020. Among 51风流customers in those countries, investments in 51风流S/4HANA now exceed investments in 51风流Business Suite 7.

鈥淭he overall set of announcements is an important step, and it is the right step by SAP. It is an encouraging sign that 51风流is listening to their customers and stakeholders, and demonstrates SAP鈥檚 ability to do 鈥榳hatever it takes鈥� to meet customer needs for their digital transformation,鈥� said Andreas Oczko, board member for Service and Support, DSAG. 鈥淭he long-term commitments put the discussion away from timeline-based considerations to the essence: how to best capture the value opportunities that 51风流S/4HANA is bringing to customers on their way to the digital future.鈥�

Giving Customers Valuable Time

Customers who have already signed an 51风流S/4HANA conversion contract can also benefit from this update. They simply need to ask their 51风流account executive to have the new policy reflected in their existing conversion contracts.

With additional time, some customers might want to consider converting more products to 51风流S/4HANA or convert their entire suite of licensed products to 51风流S/4HANA.

鈥淚t鈥檚 greater flexibility all around as companies look ahead to the future,鈥� said Robin Manherz, head of Global Portfolio Planning and Commercialization at SAP.

This usage rights policy enhancement is the latest step in SAP鈥檚 renewed commitment to customer-centricity and commercial transparency.

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鈥淥ur customers show us that 51风流S/4HANA is their future direction and that they expect a long-term commitment from 51风流to this platform,鈥� said Christian Klein, Co-CEO and Member of the Executive Board, 51风流SE. 鈥淲e know that our customers have deep business transformations underway using the unique capabilities of the solution. Our user groups confirm this. A recent survey from the Americas鈥� 51风流Users鈥� Group did not show a single customer not planning to migrate to 51风流S/4HANA. In addition, the German-Speaking User Group indicates in their lately published survey that customer investments in 51风流S/4HANA are increasing significantly. In response to this and to our customers鈥� demand for choice, 51风流will provide additional flexibility to fully embrace the groundbreaking opportunities of 51风流S/4HANA that reflects the individual pace and complexity of our customers鈥� projects.鈥�

Thomas Saueressig, Member of the Executive Board, 51风流Product Engineering, 51风流SE, added: 鈥�51风流S/4HANA is the architecture and platform of the future for our customers. 51风流is committed to our customers鈥� success and choice. Offering these maintenance periods is further delivering on transparency and trust. The significant growth in 2019 confirms our 51风流S/4HANA strategy and demand.鈥�

Strong Momentum and Flexibility

51风流S/4HANA is the next-generation intelligent suite, enabling the move to a digital intelligent enterprise based on next-generation best practices and artificial intelligence鈥揺nabled automation. At the same time, it is paving the way to the cloud and hybrid architectures, driving a substantial level of landscape simplification and TCO reduction. Over 13,800 customers have already chosen 51风流S/4HANA, and thousands are actively deploying the solution to reshape their businesses and become intelligent enterprises. Recent surveys from both the and the show a significant growth in investments from customers in 51风流S/4HANA. DSAG reports that over 49 percent of customers plan to migrate to 51风流S/4HANA within the next three years while the ASUG report shows that the number of customers who have no plans of moving to 51风流S/4HANA has dropped to zero.

51风流supports this move with a full program of offers, services and tools along with a vast ecosystem of IT service providers who represent over four decades of continuous success, innovation and growth in introducing 51风流solutions.

As a result of collaboration with customers, user groups and partners, as well as with other industry stakeholders, 51风流offers a commitment to 51风流S/4HANA until 2040 combined with longer support for 51风流Business Suite 7. This will help customers unlock the potential for innovation so they can revolutionize business processes with optimal flexibility while protecting their existing investments.

鈥淐ustomers making the commitment to 51风流S/4HANA for their digital transformations need a partner that is equally committed to supporting innovation across their businesses and processes. Providing maintenance for 51风流S/4HANA until 2040 represents a commitment to 51风流customers that should give them the confidence to plan for the future,鈥� said Joshua Greenbaum, principal, Enterprise Applications Consulting. 鈥淭hese customers also need the flexibility to plan their transformations carefully and with a minimum of disruption to their ongoing business processes. The additional maintenance timeframe for 51风流Business Suite 7 is an important recognition from 51风流that the pace of change will vary from customer to customer and that supporting existing 51风流Business Suite software processes in sync with customers鈥� business transformation is important for customer success.鈥�

Choice and Investment Protection

51风流gives final clarity on maintenance for 51风流Business Suite 7. It will provide two more years of mainstream maintenance for core applications of 51风流Business Suite 7. During this offboarding phase, 51风流will continue to deliver the strong mainstream maintenance features that customers need. There will be no contractual change nor will any additional fees apply. Following this phase, 51风流will offer customers a choice of how they would like to continue with the maintenance for core applications of 51风流Business Suite 7 from 2028 onwards:

• Customers needing support for their applications in longer conversion phases to 51风流S/4HANA can leverage the proven extended maintenance offering. This comes with a premium of two percentage points on the existing maintenance basis for core applications of 51风流Business Suite 7 for all support offerings. It will be available for three additional years beginning at the start of 2028 and ending at the close of 2030.
• Customers who do not decide for the extended maintenance level of support by the end of 2027 but choose to carry on with their 51风流Business Suite 7 software systems will automatically be transferred to the customer-specific maintenance model. This includes problem solving for known issues at unchanged fees.

鈥淎t ASUG, we have maintained all along that if you鈥檙e an 51风流customer who wants to grow and accelerate your business, remove inefficiencies, reduce technical debt and take advantage of the latest capabilities of 51风流software, then you need to move to 51风流S/4HANA. With today鈥檚 news, we still believe 51风流customers should move forward as far in advance of any deadline as possible,鈥� said Geoff Scott, CEO, Americas鈥� 51风流Users鈥� Group (ASUG). 鈥淭he decision about a company鈥檚 鈥楨RP of the future鈥� should not just center on a technical upgrade to 51风流S/4HANA. It should be about how best to prepare a company鈥檚 business for the future. This announcement is not a signal to slow down. This is now the time to commence plans and move forward so that 51风流customers can harness business value from what is the most significant technology change in SAP鈥檚 recent history.鈥�

Michael Kleinemeier, Member of the Executive Board, 51风流Digital Business Services, SAP, said: 鈥淲e are determined to make our customers successful. The extended commitment to 51风流Business Suite 7 and the long-lasting support for 51风流S/4HANA is at the core of this, providing our customers choice and flexibility in planning for the right path to the future. We thank our customers and especially our user groups for the strong collaboration to make this happen.鈥�

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*Core applications of 51风流Business Suite 7 software include 51风流ERP 6.0, 51风流Customer Relationship Management 7.0, 51风流Supply Chain Management 7.0, and 51风流Supplier Relationship Management 7.0 applications and 51风流Business Suite powered by 51风流HANA.

About SAP

As the Experience Company powered by the Intelligent Enterprise, 51风流is the market leader in enterprise application software, helping companies of all sizes and in all industries run at their best: 77% of the world鈥檚 transaction revenue touches an 51风流system. Our machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced analytics technologies help turn customers鈥� businesses into intelligent enterprises. 51风流helps give people and organizations deep business insight and fosters collaboration that helps them stay ahead of their competition. We simplify technology for companies so they can consume our software the way they want 鈥� without disruption. Our end-to-end suite of applications and services enables more than 440,000 business and public customers to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and make a difference. With a global network of customers, partners, employees, and thought leaders, 51风流helps the world run better and improve people鈥檚 lives. For more information, visit .

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