Cover story April 2024
SAP Basis with Cloud ALM,
on-prem
and licenses.
Salzburg 2024: Hana and S/4 also need a robust SAP basis. The Customer Competence Center of SAP R/3 and Business Suite 7 is transforming itself with ALM, process mining and enterprise architects. The SAP Competence Center Summit in Salzburg is dedicated to this transformation process.
Cover story March 2025
Thomas Failer Demands Freedom for Data!
Data economy and data management with GenAI are becoming increasingly important. Without verified and archived data, release changes will not succeed.
SAP partner DMI, a leading consultant, service provider, and supplier, knows the path to a successful transformation.
SAP Sports One: Soccer in 3D
March 21, 2025
A new prototype from SAP Sports One uses Apple Vision Pro to offer a 3D view from the player's perspective to provide a deeper insight into game situations in soccer.
HPI study: Path to Power
March 20, 2025
Hasso Plattner Institute examined democracy in the age of disruption in a study.
The SAP world is on the verge of change: CMIS is the new standard interface between S/4 and ECM systems, while the future of ArchiveLink on the SAP Public Cloud is sealed. Panic is out of place. A solid archiving strategy is crucial and can save millions of euros.
The digital transformation is challenging companies. Rise with SAP is intended to facilitate the path to the cloud and optimize processes. But questions remain about costs, data management and scalability. With the right strategy, efficiency can be increased and long-term benefits secured.
S/4 Hana Utilities: 24-hour change of supplier
March 17, 2025
The IT service provider Adesso has successfully supported the energy group Uniper with the introduction of SAP S/4 Hana Utilities. Uniper is one of the first companies in the energy industry to work productively with the new platform in the "supplier" market role.
SAP Concur's Journey to Net Zero
March 14, 2025
Concur Travel is the first online booking tool to integrate emissions calculations according to the new ISO 14083 standard. In collaboration with Thrust Carbon, SAP Concur provides its customers with accurate and consistent emissions data at the time of booking.
ERP yes, SAP no
March 20, 2025
The SAP community is still interested in innovation, AI and digital transformation, but SAP is less and less the "preferred vendor". The DSAG Innovation Report 2025 shows a lasting skepticism towards the global ERP market leader.
SAP Share Is Slipping
March 13, 2025
The U.S. stock markets are tumbling. Investors are attempting to sell and flee to Europe with their capital, and yet SAP cannot benefit from this. The magic of cloud, Datasphere, and AI has evaporated. The true value of SAP is being revealed.
SAP Clean Core Deal
March 6, 2025
Deals" are currently the order of the day and SAP's clean-core requirement is a deal with its own existing customers and partners. SAP demands a lot from its own community in return for planning security.
Comments
March 10, 2025
A Fundamentally New Way of Thinking With Cloud
"Cloud" is at the top of my hit list of meaningless IT buzzwords. Although perhaps meaningless is a bit harsh. It's more the mechanics of the discourse that lead us to speak about cloud, but often counterproductively.
March 7, 2025
Beware of Open Source Washing in AI
The unreserved and uncritical use of AI is not justifiable in a business-critical SAP environment. This means trustworthy AI will become increasingly important and, with it, transparent open source principles, technologies, and solutions.
March 5, 2025
Transparency and Communication
SAP cannot be accused of lacking composure, but of lacking transparency and comprehensible communication. The presentation of the new SAP Business Suite and Business Data Cloud leaves only one question unanswered: what is SAP attempting to communicate to the community?
March 5, 2025
Is 2025 the Age of Reason for the Tech Ecosystem?
After a year of economic, political, and geopolitical uncertainty, global dynamics will continue to impact businesses in 2025. For many, 2024 was about breaking new ground.
Community News
March 21, 2025
SAP Sports One: Soccer in 3D
A new prototype from SAP Sports One uses Apple Vision Pro to offer a 3D view from the player's perspective to provide a deeper insight into game situations in soccer.
March 20, 2025
HPI study: Path to Power
Hasso Plattner Institute examined democracy in the age of disruption in a study.
March 14, 2025
SAP Concur's Journey to Net Zero
Concur Travel is the first online booking tool to integrate emissions calculations according to the new ISO 14083 standard. In collaboration with Thrust Carbon, SAP Concur provides its customers with accurate and consistent emissions data at the time of booking.
March 13, 2025
NetWeaver, Data Hub, Datasphere, BDC
SAP reported from New York that, following the introduction of HEC, HCP, SCP, SAC, and BTP, BDC has now been established. The new "Master Data Management" is intended for growth and success, leveraging a dual stack concept, similar to the approach used for Abap and Java in the NetWeaver stack. Doubts are high and skepticism prevails.
Business Management
The SAP world is on the verge of change: CMIS is the new standard interface between S/4 and ECM systems, while the future of ArchiveLink on the SAP Public Cloud is sealed. Panic is out of place. A solid archiving strategy is crucial and can save millions of euros.
March 17, 2025
S/4 Hana Utilities: 24-hour change of supplier
The IT service provider Adesso has successfully supported the energy group Uniper with the introduction of SAP S/4 Hana Utilities. Uniper is one of the first companies in the energy industry to work productively with the new platform in the "supplier" market role.
March 11, 2025
A Low-Disruption S/4 Transition
Festo is often referred to as the jewel of German industry. It has been a year since the successful company switched from SAP ERP ECC to S/4 Hana. Looking back, we can see why a differentiated view of SAP is of great importance.
February 7, 2025
User story: Successful S/4 go-live in the big bang
The Blanc & Fischer Group was faced with the task of modernizing its ERP systems. To this end, the company carried out two S/4 transformations in its operational corporate groups E.G.O. and Blanco. The smooth go-live of the E.G.O. Group took place after a project duration of 2.5 years.
IT Management
The digital transformation is challenging companies. Rise with SAP is intended to facilitate the path to the cloud and optimize processes. But questions remain about costs, data management and scalability. With the right strategy, efficiency can be increased and long-term benefits secured.
Customers in more than 180 countries and around 5000 responsible service technicians rely on being able to obtain spare parts for their Roche Diagnostics laboratory equipment quickly and reliably when needed. The S/4 transformation harmonizes and optimizes these processes.
February 17, 2025
Code security for SAP BTP
New offering provides industry-leading application security testing for SAP BTP development.
January 31, 2025
SAP data integration without ODP
The integration of SAP data is a challenge, especially with incremental data updates and large volumes of transaction data. SAP Note 3255746 prohibits the use of ODP Data Replication APIs for access via the RFC interface.
Economy
February 4, 2025
S/4 Migrations Gain Momentum
Complex SAP-centric business processes continue to hinder comprehensive, company-wide automation. These are the findings of a recent study by the Americas' SAP Users' Group ASUG and Precisely, a global provider of data integrity.
August 14, 2024
Cyber insurance is the IT standard
The first cyber insurance policies for companies were offered in the DACH region a good ten years ago. Since then, the market has grown and the insurance offerings have matured considerably.
June 3, 2024
Are AI and Digitalization Our Saviors?
The many changes in business, technology, politics, and society can make you think. And the more innovations there are, the greater the desire for orientation and clarity.
March 26, 2024
CNT and Amazon Business: Partnership for SAP solutions
Preferred Partnership agreed for convenient procurement processes.
People Management
E3 Book Tip
Maintenance with SAP S/4HANA - Customizing
Every machine park is different. Use this book to learn how to design the maintenance processes in your company: from object information and vehicle management to notifications and orders. Detailed instructions and screenshots show in detail how you can use the various customizing functions to adapt SAP EAM (PM) to your own business processes.
- Customizing settings for your organizational structures, master data and business processes
- Structures, messages, work and maintenance plans, special processes
- Recommendations for your maintenance project
- Customizing settings for your organizational structures, master data and business processes
- Structures, messages, work and maintenance plans, special processes
- Recommendations for your maintenance project
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