I was under the impression he works indirectly for SAP via this company that SAP funded (search for similar situation with Vi Hart and/or Alan Kay).

Can't argue the old SAP ERP looks outdated (but ... somehow it works :)).

Recently SAP released a new product called Cloud for Analytics, here's some of the screenshot:

http://www.sapcloudanalytics.com/images/carousel-plan.png

http://www.sapcloudanalytics.com/images/carousel-discover.pn...

http://www.sapcloudanalytics.com/images/carousel-visualize.p...

http://www.sapcloudanalytics.com/images/carousel-predict.png

There are still plenty rooms to improve ...

PS: I'm part of the Cloud for Analytics team.