SAP has created a marketplace for its own and partner solutions called EcoHub. Pre-sales are handled by SAP, with content created by the partners. Comments can be left but there are a number of questions about how this operates. The good news is that SAP spent time with users from the SAP Mentor community at TechEd Berlin to get immediate feedback. Zia Yusuf, EVP for its platform ecosystem said: "I think you'll see EcoHub in a kind of permanent beta - it will develop over time - this is really the first iteration." Currently on the agenda:
EcoHub is a step in a fresh direction for SAP which has been perceived as a company that doesn't sell products that are 'not made here.'