Very large business applications (VLBA)

The main objective of this year’s “Very Large Business Applications” research track on the 18th SAP Academic Conference EMEA 2013 was to provide researchers and practitioners a forum to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, results, experiences and concerns in the several perspectives of Very Large Business Applications (VLBA) and their related technologies. The definition of a VLBA builds upon the definition of business applications, which are applications implementing processes for value creation in organizations, but exhibits the following specific characteristics. VLBA have no geographical, organizational, cultural or technical limitations. They may be implemented as business application(s) as well as whole systems and system landscapes. VLBAs are of strategic importance to the organization because a change in the VLBA leads to high financial, personnel, and organizational costs.