Month: February 2026

By Caleb Billingsley, Performance Expert, Foulk Consulting Let’s get the uncomfortable statement out of the way: AIOps, as it’s commonly marketed to SAP customers, is oversold. Not because AI has no value in SAP operations, but because many vendors imply outcomes that simply aren’t realistic in complex, customized, business-critical SAP landscapes. That doesn’t mean AIOps… Continue reading AIOps in SAP: Separating Hype from Operational Reality

By Nate Rich, Principal Engineer, and Caleb Billingsley, Performance Expert, Foulk Consulting In the world of software performance and QA, there is a recurring nightmare that keeps engineers up at night: The “Clean” Test Run. You know the one. Your automated scripts pass with flying colors in the staging environment. Your load tests show perfect… Continue reading Stop Guessing: Using Production Telemetry to Build Better Test Scripts

By William Perez, SAP Principal Engineer at Foulk Consulting As the deadline for SAP S/4HANA migration draws closer, the debate in boardrooms usually centers on one question: Greenfield or Brownfield? For those seeking a “fresh start,” Greenfield is the siren song—a chance to abandon decades of clunky customizations and return to standard processes. But for… Continue reading Brownfield vs. Greenfield: Why Your SAP Testing Strategy Must Change

By Caleb Billingsley, Performance Expert at Foulk Consulting “Shift Left” has become a default assumption in modern software delivery. In cloud-native and web development, teams test early, test often, and catch problems long before users ever feel them. But SAP? That’s where the conversation usually stops. SAP whether on-premise or RISE with SAP (Private Cloud… Continue reading Shift Left in an SAP World: Is It Really Possible?