Cloud: Best Practices and Learnings Related to Successful HANA Enterprise Cloud Planning and Delivery

Abstract: 

HANA Enterprise Cloud continues to be a primary bridge to transform customers into SAP cloud solutions leveraging HANA technology and innovation. Through this journey we have learned and documented many best practices related to HEC planning, integration and delivery. These learnings, based on empirical customer use cases, help mitigate risk and set up the deployment for success given many different types of customer scenarios and requirements. In this session we will discuss the top learnings using real world examples and customer situations. Looking not only at what it takes to ensure HEC success, but also where have we had challenges and how we have aligned best practices to ensure those challenges are not replicated for future HEC customers.    

Speaker:

Jay Foard, SAP  

Speaker Bio: 

Jay Foard is a Vice President in SAP’s HANA Enterprise Cloud Customer Success group where he leads a team focused on driving successful planning and execution of HANA Enterprise Cloud solutions. Jay has previously led sales and delivery for SAP, been responsible for the HANA Practice in APJ, spending 5 years in Asia, and also worked in the Product and Innovation organization.  

Jay is a long time veteran of SAP and has extensive experience focused on SAP Products and Solutions . He received an undergraduate degree in technology and has an MBA from the Duke University School of Business.