SAP adds subscription pricing for Hana cloud services
March 5, 2014
Grazed from InfoWorld. Author: Chris Kanaracus.
SAP is introducing a set of new subscription pricing options for its Hana in-memory cloud computing platform, in a move that falls in step with the pay-as-you-go model common in the cloud computing industry. Customers were already able to bring their existing on-premises Hana in-memory database licenses to SAP’s infrastructure service.
Now it’s possible to buy Hana software via subscription there as well, SAP said Wednesday. A third cloud subscription option adds a series of development tools and services to the infrastructure and Hana software components. Cloud computing has dramatically changed the way enterprise software can be obtained, SAP executive board member and technology chief Vishal Sikka said Wednesday during a press conference, which was webcast…
"We’ve gone from a high-touch sales process where a bus full of people shows up and sells you something, to where you buy things everywhere," he said. He demonstrated how a prospective customer can easily click through SAP’s cloud marketplace to price and size a Hana instance…
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