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, September 2026
ERP Architectures with SUSE
SUSE is much more than just an SAP operating system provider: The company serves as a strategic anchor for Europe’s digital sovereignty. Faced with the pressure of SAP’s end-of-maintenance, forced migration to the cloud, and monopolization in the AI market, SUSE offers a reliable, technically mature solution.
Focus on SAP Performance: When Processes Meet Observability
September 17, 2026
When an SAP transaction stalls, the impact extends far beyond the software itself. Order-to-cash processes can be delayed, service levels can be compromised, and supply chains can come under pressure. At the same time, it’s harder to pinpoint the causes because SAP environments have long since become hybrid.
Overestimated Cybersecurity Capabilities: A False Sense of Security Among German Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
September 16, 2026
Artificial intelligence and digital technologies will be at the top of the agenda for German companies in 2026. As technology evolves, the importance of cybersecurity is also growing. At the same time, issues such as performance and competitiveness are coming into sharper focus.
Agentic AI for SAP and Heterogeneous Linux Environments
September 15, 2026
Modern IT environments combine SAP systems with various Linux distributions. Agentic AI and the Model Context Protocol now enable the secure, automated management of these complex environments using natural language.
Added Value for SAP
September 14, 2026
AI is currently generating significant financial value for SAP. SAP has always had a special knack for turning technology into a financial advantage.
SAP's service partner ecosystem needs a new business model
September 11, 2026
The major misconception within the SAP service partner ecosystem right now is this: as long as there is high demand for S/4 migrations, business can simply continue as usual. That’s convenient, but risky for several reasons.
Top Trends: AI and Digital Technologies
September 10, 2026
Artificial intelligence and digital technologies will be at the top of the agenda for German companies in 2026. As technology evolves, the importance of cybersecurity is also growing. At the same time, issues such as performance and competitiveness are coming into sharper focus.
The New Concept of ERP Freedom: The Autonomous Enterprise
September 17, 2026
The fundamental risk of the SAP Autonomous Enterprise lies in the contradiction between how artificial intelligence works and the mathematical nature of an ERP system.
SAP Clean Core with Open Source: Curse.org
September 10, 2026
The SAP Clean Core doctrine has sparked a veritable gold rush for consultants and deep despair among IT managers in the SAP community. Faced with this organizational and architectural dilemma, SAP has released a tool whose name borders on real-life satire: Project Kernseife.
SAP Knowledge Graph: When Relationships Become Data
September 3, 2026
Mathematical necessity dictates that existing SAP customers must move away from the two-dimensional logic of relational SQL tables. A knowledge graph is based on mathematical graph theory and structures information in the form of nodes, edges, and properties.
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September 15, 2026
Agentic AI for SAP and Heterogeneous Linux Environments
Modern IT environments combine SAP systems with various Linux distributions. Agentic AI and the Model Context Protocol now enable the secure, automated management of these complex environments using natural language.
September 14, 2026
Added Value for SAP
AI is currently generating significant financial value for SAP. SAP has always had a special knack for turning technology into a financial advantage.
September 11, 2026
SAP's service partner ecosystem needs a new business model
The major misconception within the SAP service partner ecosystem right now is this: as long as there is high demand for S/4 migrations, business can simply continue as usual. That’s convenient, but risky for several reasons.
September 7, 2026
Applications Change, Data Remains the Same
SAP won't save ERP with BDC (Business Data Complexity). The Autonomous Enterprise is a new composable ERP. AI apps remain volatile, while ERP data is successfully consolidated using agentic AI.
SAP News
A roundtable discussion hosted by E3 Magazine—streamed on YouTube—featuring licensing experts Myrja Schumacher of DLC, Andreas Knab of Soterion, and Lorenz Müller of HiSolutions reveals many pitfalls and areas in need of improvement in the SAP ERP universe.
August 21, 2026
Preparing for the EU Packaging Directive
To provide targeted support to companies in implementing the requirements of the EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR), NTT Data is expanding its BTP-based solution, Sustainability Data Simplified.
August 19, 2026
Soccer Intelligence: TSG Hoffenheim and SAP
TSG Hoffenheim and SAP are further expanding their long-standing partnership with the goal of developing the next generation of data-driven soccer processes and testing them in practice.
August 17, 2026
The Backbone of Digital Government: A Sovereign AI Platform for the Federal Government
The Federal Ministry for Digitalization and State Modernization has commissioned Telekom and SAP, as the top-ranked bidders, to develop a sovereign AI platform.
Business Management
September 17, 2026
Focus on SAP Performance: When Processes Meet Observability
When an SAP transaction stalls, the impact extends far beyond the software itself. Order-to-cash processes can be delayed, service levels can be compromised, and supply chains can come under pressure. At the same time, it’s harder to pinpoint the causes because SAP environments have long since become hybrid.
September 8, 2026
Global Standard for Material Governance
Global Standard for Material Creation and Maintenance as Part of the SAP S/4HANA Implementation: With Apicon Data Master, the Scherdel technology group is establishing complete material master data and transparent, streamlined processes.
September 1, 2026
Unleashed Potential
The integrated toolchain is a component of the Rise methodology designed to support migration to the cloud. What it can do, how artificial intelligence can reduce effort, and how agents can be coordinated securely.
July 23, 2026
The Future of SAP Business Warehouse: Should You Migrate to BW/4 HANA or Business Data Cloud?
Many companies do not fully tap into the economic potential of their ERP landscape. Usage and operating costs are rising steadily, while opportunities for optimization often go undiscovered. Why taking a close look at licensing and operating models is crucial.
IT Management
September 15, 2026
Agentic AI for SAP and Heterogeneous Linux Environments
Modern IT environments combine SAP systems with various Linux distributions. Agentic AI and the Model Context Protocol now enable the secure, automated management of these complex environments using natural language.
Increasing demands for data quality and AI are bringing about lasting changes to SAP architectures. Torsten Ammon, who has served as Chief Product and Technology Officer at SAP partner Implico since July, understands the role that Clean Core, agent-based solutions, and process expertise play in this context.
August 31, 2026
Sourcing in Step with Development
Multimatic, a global automotive supplier, is implementing SAP Direct Material Sourcing for Discrete Manufacturing in production. What the standard solution could do, where it reached its limits, and which requirements from the project were incorporated into an SAP release.
As the end of SAP Process Integration (PI) and Process Orchestration (PO) approaches, an issue that has long remained in the background is now taking center stage: integration. Companies often underestimate the effort required for this.
Economy
September 16, 2026
Overestimated Cybersecurity Capabilities: A False Sense of Security Among German Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
Artificial intelligence and digital technologies will be at the top of the agenda for German companies in 2026. As technology evolves, the importance of cybersecurity is also growing. At the same time, issues such as performance and competitiveness are coming into sharper focus.
September 10, 2026
Top Trends: AI and Digital Technologies
Artificial intelligence and digital technologies will be at the top of the agenda for German companies in 2026. As technology evolves, the importance of cybersecurity is also growing. At the same time, issues such as performance and competitiveness are coming into sharper focus.
August 4, 2026
KPMG Study: AI Is Transforming the German Economy Faster
Generative AI has become a reality in the German economy more quickly than many companies had anticipated just a year ago. Ninety-eight percent of companies now consider AI to be relevant to their business model and future value creation.
The SAP services market in the DACH region in 2026 is characterized by growing disparities in quality: While leading providers perform well across nearly all evaluation criteria, a significant portion of the market remains at a moderate level.
E3 Book Recommendations
SAP Business Data Cloud
The Comprehensive Handbook
Connect your data sources centrally and create AI-powered analyses that deliver real value! This book shows you how to use SAP Business Data Cloud for holistic data strategies. Get to know all the components—from SAP Datasphere to SAP Databricks to SAP Analytics Cloud. You’ll also learn how to modernize your existing SAP BW landscape and seamlessly integrate it into SAP BDC. Through practical scenarios, the experienced team of authors will show you how to modernize your data landscape and make it future-proof.
RETHINKING MARKETING - A Call for a New Mindset and Bold Action
With *Rethinking Marketing*, editors Oliver Klein and Wolfgang Merkle present an anthology that consistently views marketing as a strategic value driver. The contributions from renowned practitioners and experts demonstrate how companies can respond to changing customer expectations, digitalization, and the use of AI. The message is particularly relevant for SAP users: modern technologies only realize their full potential when accompanied by a clear marketing strategy and a consistent focus on the customer. The book combines insightful ideas with practical examples and encourages readers to critically examine established processes. Rather than offering simple, one-size-fits-all solutions, it provides diverse perspectives on the future of marketing. A highly recommended read for executives and decision-makers who want to more closely integrate marketing, data, and technology and position their companies for the future.
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