SAP S/4HANA Cloud has matured significantly, yet many organizations still approach “Public vs. Private” with outdated assumptions. This session cuts through the noise to clarify what truly differentiates SAP S/4HANA Public and Private Cloud today, with a focus across functionality, extensibility, integration, and operational effectiveness. We’ll examine how SAP’s clean core strategy, innovation cycle, and industry scope shape each deployment model in practice. Attendees will gain a pragmatic view of where Public Cloud has closed historical gaps and where Private Cloud continues to offer strategic flexibility. The discussion emphasizes real decision drivers including business agility, transformation appetite, regulatory needs, and IT operating model, rather than myths rooted in ECC-era thinking. The goal is not to declare a winner, but to enable informed, confident choices aligned to business outcomes.

In this session, you will:

• Differentiate Public vs. Private Cloud beyond marketing capabilities, constraints, and trade-offs that matter in real projects.
• Identify the business and IT drivers that signal when Public Cloud is viable versus when Private Cloud is the better strategic fit.
• Evaluate clean core, extensibility, and integration options and how they impact long-term cost, upgrades, and innovation.
• Understand operational and governance implications, including release cycles, customization approaches, and compliance considerations.
• Apply a practical decision framework to guide executive conversations and roadmap planning for SAP S/4HANA adoption.