“I’m a skeptical analyst, so when I see vendors not reporting numbers immediately, they are not good,” he says. “Because if they were good, they will be the first one to shout, ‘We did it, everybody.’”
S/4HANA uptake: By the numbers
At the end of 2024, only 39%, or about 14,000, of the 35,000 SAP ECC customers had migrated to S/4HANA, according to Gartner. At the current rate of migration, Gartner projects there will still be 17,000 holdouts, or nearly half of the ECC customer base, by 2027.
More than a third of ECC customers, 13,000, will remain with the legacy ERP in 2030, the analyst firm projects.
