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 July / August 2024
Successful IT Transformation
Patric Dahsefounder and managing director of SAP partner Natuvion, and Florian Sackmann, Head of Customer Engagement at NTT Data Business Solutions, show in a recent international IT study that companies underestimate the lead time and complexity of digital transformation projects. In many cases, it is not just a matter of a technical
release change, but rather the sustainable optimization of business processes and data structures. The SAP S/4 conversion is a good example of this.
E3 Magazine spoke to Gerhard Kuppler, Vice President SAP Alliances at cloud provider Oracle, about topics such as collaboration with SAP, the Oracle database and much more.
Is SAP’s Restructuring Program a Hit or a Miss?
July 25, 2024
SAP announced during their Q2 financial report that their restructuring program has now become more drastic. Now, up to ten thousand people will lose their jobs.
According to the study, the biggest challenges of AI implementation include companies' current IT infrastructure and customer expectations.
SAP BTP is the Choice
July 25, 2024
SAP launched the Business Technology Platform, or BTP for short, a good three years ago. Usability and support are now almost flawless - not least thanks to the new system openness. A recap from the field.
Improvements Through AI Automation
July 24, 2024
Global strategic partnership to accelerate digital transformation with RISE.
Alexander Rosell Heads the CoE for Data and AI
July 24, 2024
Alexander Rosell joins the Zurich Germany Group from the consulting firm EY as an IT consultant and data management expert.
ERP Knowledge Gaps
July 25, 2024
Standardization increases contribution margin. Individualization costs resources. CEO Christian Klein and CFO Dominik Asam are turning SAP into a cash cow, as evidenced by all the money SAP stands to make with mass layoffs and public cloud.
AI, Money, and Community
July 18, 2024
AI development is expensive, which gives most US start-ups with their powerful venture capitalists an advantage. A lack of capital could be replaced by partnership-based innovation and communities—both of which Aleph Alpha lacks.
SAP's Free Add-ons?
July 11, 2024
SAP is trying to make S/4 Hana a sufficiently good ERP product with attractive product combinations and license prices. In the meantime, S/4 has really grown up, but has not yet arrived in the cloud.
RISE or GROW
July 3, 2024
Everyone was perfectly surprised when SAP CEO Christian Klein announced the RISE program three years ago in a virtual living room with an artificial fireplace. No one understood what it means. RISE meanders between marketing and general business.
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July 25, 2024
SAP BTP is the Choice
SAP launched the Business Technology Platform, or BTP for short, a good three years ago. Usability and support are now almost flawless - not least thanks to the new system openness. A recap from the field.
July 23, 2024
Enterprise AI Chatbots With Open Source Software
Anyone using ChatGPT is putting their data at risk. But to keep pace with technological change, AI cannot be ignored. So how do you combine internal data security with AI? The answer is open source.
July 18, 2024
Edge Integration Cell
SAP Edge Integration Cell is a flexible hybrid integration runtime that is available as an optional extension to the SAP Integration Suite. This API management executes integration scenarios within a private infrastructure.
Community News
E3 Magazine spoke to Gerhard Kuppler, Vice President SAP Alliances at cloud provider Oracle, about topics such as collaboration with SAP, the Oracle database and much more.
July 25, 2024
Is SAP’s Restructuring Program a Hit or a Miss?
SAP announced during their Q2 financial report that their restructuring program has now become more drastic. Now, up to ten thousand people will lose their jobs.
According to the study, the biggest challenges of AI implementation include companies' current IT infrastructure and customer expectations.
July 24, 2024
Alexander Rosell Heads the CoE for Data and AI
Alexander Rosell joins the Zurich Germany Group from the consulting firm EY as an IT consultant and data management expert.
Business Management
For the survey, a total of 600 supply chain management executives worldwide were asked about their experiences over the past year.
June 4, 2024
A New Interface Offers More Possibilities
A number of companies have already made the switch to a future-oriented business warehouse such as BW/4 Hana and Datasphere as a cloud solution, or a combination of both. Large corporations basically all already use a data warehouse.
In times of international crises and wars, it is more important than ever for companies to secure their value creation. To achieve this, all supply chains must be organized as flexibly and resiliently as possible. The foundation for this is valid data.
May 21, 2024
Supply Chain Planning
Impending recession and supply chain problems: Germany's companies are facing numerous challenges.
IT Management
July 18, 2024
Multicloud–Oracle and Google Cloud
Google Cloud will offer Oracle Cloud Infrastructure database services and high-speed network connections with Oracle.
June 10, 2024
The future belongs to data streaming pipelines
To facilitate access to this data, most IT departments centralize as much information as possible.
When asked whether they ever check their emergency user log, most companies still respond with no. Experience from GRC practice shows that these logs usually gather dust in archives instead of being properly checked and documented.
June 4, 2024
AI at Any Price?
Everyone is talking about AI. Even though generative AI is now facing criticism about its quality and reliability, and privacy advocates are taking legal action against Open AI, AI is here to stay.
Economy
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.
March 25, 2024
Natuvion and Adesso Orange intensify their cooperation
Natuvion Data Conversion Server. The SAP architects at Adesso Orange and the digital relocation specialist Natuvion have expanded their partnership.
December 8, 2023
Syntax and Beyond Technologies Officially Join Forces
Merger creates broad portfolio, strengthens SAP expertise, and expands team strength and global reach
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SAP Integration Suite
Connect and automate your business applications and workflows with the SAP Integration Suite. Get to know the numerous functions of the platform and find out how you can use it to efficiently manage your integrated company landscape. Are you still working with SAP Process Orchestration or Process Integration? The experts will show you how to migrate your interfaces and optimize them for use in the SAP Integration Suite.
- Integrate on-premise and cloud systems holistically
- All SAP Integration Suite functions explained on the system
- With practical tips on the migration of SAP Process Orchestration
- Integrate on-premise and cloud systems holistically
- All SAP Integration Suite functions explained on the system
- With practical tips on the migration of SAP Process Orchestration
