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 June 2026
Money Makes the World Go Round
The current SAP cloud and licensing model in no way serves to technically and organizationally liberate existing customers, but rather binds them more closely to Walldorf. Those who rely on Rise with SAP without a sound IT strategy, external legal advice and license control risk high costs and permanent dependence on the software giant.
Generative AI can profoundly change business processes. However, many companies are faced with the question: where do we start and how do we get from the idea to a robust use case?
HPE launches the HPE Compute Scale-up Server 3250. The Compute Scale-up Server 3250 is the first scale-up server with up to 64 TB of memory for SAP Cloud ERP and business-critical applications.
Why migrations from SAP BW to the cloud often fail due to a lack of understanding of the underlying data - and how a semantically guided top-down approach transforms existing legacy objects into reliable, business-relevant data products.
With the H4S4 transition, Richter und Frenzel, a wholesaler for sanitary and building technology, created the technological basis for the move to the cloud and modernized its HR system landscape without changing existing processes.
The new AI world: aspects of LLMs
June 1, 2026
E3 editor-in-chief Peter Färbinger spoke to the successful and long-standing member of the SAP community Wolfram Jost, CEO Scheer IDS, about the numerous challenges surrounding AI and LLMs in an SAP ERP architecture.
SAP is sharpening up its AI strategy: With acquisitions such as Reltio, Dremio and Prior Labs, the Group is focusing on better data integration, consistent databases and access to structured company data for analytics and AI.
A steady stream of ERP innovations from SAP
June 3, 2026
Existing SAP customers are currently experiencing the same situation as when waiting for their own suitcase at baggage claim at the airport: many beautiful and perhaps valuable suitcases are passing by; the existing customer is waiting in vain for their own suitcase, their own ERP problem solution.
SAP Joule and the traveling salesman problem
May 28, 2026
Since the first mention of the round trip problem as a mathematical challenge in 1930, many researchers have dealt with it and developed optimization methods that are also used for other ERP optimization problems. Whether SAP Business AI with Joule has a solution approach for supply chain management here is as yet unanswered.
SAP Enterprise Operating System
May 21, 2026
The traditional era of enterprise resource planning, or ERP for short, is effectively dead when taking a critical, analytical look at current IT and AI developments, and with it SAP's cloudy marketing concept of the so-called Intelligent Enterprise.
E3 Roundtable on Generic ERP platforms: Alternative S/4 APIs, AI, and Interfaces
The era of monolithic ERP architectures is ending. SAP customers increasingly reassess cloud-only strategies, clean core requirements, and growing platform dependencies. The E3 Roundtable discusses how composable ERP architectures, independent IT platforms, and hybrid cloud strategies strengthen digital sovereignty and reduce vendor lock-in risks. Using examples such as Boomi, OpenShift, and modern integration platforms, the discussion explores how organizations orchestrate SAP and non-SAP systems while building flexible, future-ready enterprise architectures.
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Generative AI can profoundly change business processes. However, many companies are faced with the question: where do we start and how do we get from the idea to a robust use case?
SAP is sharpening up its AI strategy: With acquisitions such as Reltio, Dremio and Prior Labs, the Group is focusing on better data integration, consistent databases and access to structured company data for analytics and AI.
29 May 2026
Do we understand Christian Klein?
SAP CEO Christian Klein wants to bring the topic of AI closer to the SAP community. He wants to become an AI explainer in the ERP scene, but he treats AI like the cloud: a language problem.
May 28, 2026
SAP without Christian Klein
Things can only get better: At the end of SAP's in-house exhibition Sapphire 2026 in Orlando (USA), the SAP share price on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange is exactly 50 percent below its all-time high of almost 280 euros from last year. What now?
SAP News
June 1, 2026
The new AI world: aspects of LLMs
E3 editor-in-chief Peter Färbinger spoke to the successful and long-standing member of the SAP community Wolfram Jost, CEO Scheer IDS, about the numerous challenges surrounding AI and LLMs in an SAP ERP architecture.
26 May 2026
Lessons learned: S/4 Public Cloud
Public cloud projects differ fundamentally from traditional SAP implementations. It is not just technology, but above all methodological and organizational changes that determine success. What challenges companies can expect and what is important now.
DSAG's Technology Days 2026 in Hamburg in March focused on AI, data and security. The user association is calling for more clarity from SAP. At the same time, companies themselves are required to consistently align their IT strategies and actively drive forward transformation.
March 25, 2026
Small but fine AI
RPT-1 is SAP's technical attempt to transfer Transformer technology from language processing to SAP's core competence - relational business data - in order to eliminate the weaknesses of conventional LLMs.
Business Management
Why migrations from SAP BW to the cloud often fail due to a lack of understanding of the underlying data - and how a semantically guided top-down approach transforms existing legacy objects into reliable, business-relevant data products.
AI provides companies with tangible efficiency and competitive advantages - if it is used strategically and is based on a sound database.
May 13, 2026
Smart industry without the hype
AI provides companies with tangible efficiency and competitive advantages - if it is used strategically and is based on a sound database.
May 6, 2026
SAP Rise: A question of sovereignty
Geopolitical developments are increasing European companies' desire for IT sovereignty. Less well known: SAP also offers on-prem options in its cloud portfolio. HPE provides the right infrastructure with GreenLake - as the basis for AI innovation and hybrid cloud.
IT Management
HPE launches the HPE Compute Scale-up Server 3250. The Compute Scale-up Server 3250 is the first scale-up server with up to 64 TB of memory for SAP Cloud ERP and business-critical applications.
26 May 2026
Security must be rethought in the age of AI
At the DSAG Technology Days, it became clear that IT security is no longer an afterthought. AI and increasing networking present SAP users with new challenges - they need to rethink their security strategies.
Thousands of approvals every year, heterogeneous processes in ten countries and increasing compliance requirements: Roto DST had to standardize a critical process - and at the same time seamlessly connect SAP as a database with the Microsoft 365 world for users.
May 12, 2026
The bridge between enterprise AI and the edge
Enterprise AI needs control. Learn how Suse AI together with SAP BTP or the SAP Edge Integration Cell ensures data sovereignty, low latency and seamless integration through „Bring Your Own Model“ strategies.
Economy
April 30, 2026
Digital sovereignty against the kill switch
European companies increasingly see their dependence on US cloud providers as a strategic risk. European cloud providers are competitive in terms of infrastructure, but lag behind when it comes to platform and AI services, according to the results of a recent Lünendonk study.
April 16, 2026
AI: increasing need for external support
The use of artificial intelligence is increasing the need for external support for data and analytics initiatives in many companies. This is shown by a recent study by BARC (Business Application Research Center) based on 972 participants.
April 3, 2026
Edge computing facing strong growth
Edge computing is becoming increasingly important worldwide. According to IDC, spending is set to rise to around 450 billion US dollars by 2029. Edge AI and real-time applications in particular are driving significant investment in hardware, infrastructure and services across all industries.
March 11, 2026
USA dominates AI race
Europe and Germany are clearly lagging behind the USA and China in terms of rapid AI scaling despite good prerequisites. KPMG study sees opportunity for Europe to strengthen technological sovereignty and reduce dependencies without abandoning responsible standards.
E3 book tip
SAP S/4HANA - System Administration
Master the complexity of SAP S/4HANA administration and ensure stable and high-performance system operation. In this manual, Stefan Huber familiarizes you with the technical basics, processes and tools. Learn how to set up the ABAP platform and SAP HANA, assign authorizations, manage interfaces and ensure security. Thanks to checklists and practical tips on monitoring, error analysis and maintenance, you will master day-to-day administration.
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