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Peter Rattey

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Peter Rattey is the founder of VOQUZ Labs. He invented samQ and is still intensively involved in samQ's further development. Peter is one of our most experienced advisors.

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Peter Rattey

RISE with SAP: SAP's enticing offer for the cloud

RISE with SAP is central to SAP S/4HANA transformation due to discounts, offering companies substantial savings potential.
RISEwithSAP
SAP Licensing

RISE with SAP: Can you move to the cloud without worries?

The question that needs to be asked is: What motivates companies to toy with the idea of transforming their ERP to the cloud?
RISEwithSAP
SAP Licensing

S/4HANA: The path to an optimized license landscape

Mainstream support ends in 2027, originally 2025. Companies must prepare for the move to S/4HANA to avoid legacy issues.
SAP Compliance
SAPS/4HANA

Bodyguards for the journey to the cloud?

Companies have been talking about the cloud for years. More companies want to use this alternative or consider transferring.
SAP Compliance
SAPS/4HANA

The STAR analysis can help, but - if used incorrectly - it can also burn money

I warn our customers not to use any analysis without due care. STAR can be of great benefit, but it can also cost a lot of money.
SAP Compliance

The cost explosion in SAP is worrying!

The cost explosion in SAP is worrying! Let us summarize the developments of the last few weeks in a nutshell.
SAPS/4HANA
RISEwithSAP

SAP: The chargeable maintenance base is dropping rapidly!

SAP has just announced that only 80% of the old maintenance base can be returned during contract conversion to S/4HANA transformation.
SAPS/4HANA
RISEwithSAP

Increase efficiency with SAP

Regardless of the size or industry of a company using SAP, they are facing the enormous technological transition to S/4HANA.
SAPS/4HANA
SAP Licensing
RISEwithSAP

Goodbye product conversion...

Quietly & unnoticed, product SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management for ERP customers (#7018538) is disappearing from the price list of Q2/2023.
SAPS/4HANA
SAP Licensing
RISEwithSAP

"RISE with SAP" - a revolutionary licensing model?

This article takes a closer look at SAP's new product, RISE with SAP, which was introduced at the beginning of 2021. We take a look at the features.
RISEwithSAP

6 months until the end of DAAP – Ignoring will be expensive!

6 months until the end of SAP DAAP (Digital Access Adoption Program) – Ignoring will be expensive!
SAP Digital Access
SAP Licensing

Beware of dual SAP licensing

This article sheds light on the often unnoticed, but not so rare issue of multiple licensing in SAP User Licences.
SAP Licensing
SAP Audit

Digital Access and how to avoid an unfriendly audit by SAP

Between 50 and 70% of companies have still not dealt with the topic of SAP Digital Access/SAP Indirect Access. Learn more about it...
SAP Licensing
SAP Digital Access
SAP Audit

The tiresome story with the SAP NetWeaver Foundation for Third Party License

There are two ways of licensing, the first one is charged by user and the second one is simply to license by cores that access the SAP databases.
SAP Licensing
SAP Digital Access
SAP Advisory

SAP Passport which should count indirectly created documents, is also a never ending story…

Passport is the SAP program for counting indirectly created documents. Well, that should be a reality someday. Read more...
SAP Digital Access
SAP Licensing

Digital Access, a never ending story…

Even at the risk of getting bored about SAP Digital Access at some point, there is always something new that is important to know about it. Read more...
SAP Digital Access

SAP Digital access in “colorful diversity”

Since the publication of SAP Passport, we have been tirelessly understanding the way these chargeable documents are counted. Read more...
SAP Digital Access

SAP Digital Access – a positive opportunity

SAP Passport will, however, count the relevant fee-based documents. Today we take a look at the financial possibilities of SAP Digital/SAP Indirect Acces.
SAP Digital Access

Licensing – Double and Triple

SAP Digital Access makes it possible that you may have double or triple licensing. Learn how to avoid this ...
SAP Licensing

Correction to SAP’s Passport Tool – What samQ already knew

SAP Indirect Access has been an integral part of our samQ license optimization software for years. Read more...
SAP Digital Access
SAP Advisory

DAAP extension until December 2021

Latest developments in a previously reported rumor. Last week, we shared information about a potential announcement, and this week it has become official.
SAP Licensing
SAP Digital Access

Free up SAP licensing budgets to invest in your future!

Many companies are in search for budgets to invest in their future. We @VOQUZ Labs help you analyzing your saving potential with our Quick Assessment.
SAP Licensing
SAP Advisory

How secure is your SAP authorization concept?

In a German company, wages were paid over several years to an employee who never existed. Read more...
SAP Authorization
SAP Compliance

No more stress with SAP authorizations assignments

We are talking about the assignment of SAP authorizations and there are as many workflow variants in the world as there are companies. Read more...
SAP Authorization
SAP Compliance

No more stress with SAP authorization assignments – setQ

Unfortunately, you lose sight of many, many details over time and most SAP authorization situations in companies could be described as “opaque” ...
SAP Authorization
SAP Advisory

Delivered as expected – SAP extends its maintenance periods

For 2025, SAP had announced the end of maintenance for ECC, that is, for SAP Business Suite 7. What does this mean?
SAP Licensing
SAP Advisory

The new model of indirect use (Digital Access)

Those who attended the webinar on January 22nd, 2020 to get a clear and comprehensible update on SAP digital access may have been slightly disappointed.
SAP Digital Access
SAP Licensing

Digital Access and Passport – a good combination?

Measure or estimate? It is not quite clear how to finally get the right results of your SAP Digital Access documents. Read more...
SAP Digital Access
SAP Advisory

Use the new S/4HANA license definitions – it’s worth it

Today we want to take a closer look at the new SAP S/4HANA license definitions and show you how the changes will affect your business. Read more ...
SAPS/4HANA
SAP Licensing

SAP Licenses: Which ones do I have? Which ones do I really need?

You have a huge pool of SAP licenses in your company, but in the end you always fall back on the familiar ones when buying new licenses. Read more ...
SAP Licensing
SAP Advisory

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