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 April 2026
Trends and investment 2026
The year 2026 is a critical turning point for the SAP community: SAP's visions meet the reality of existing customers. As the end of maintenance for the old ERP system approaches in 2027, the pressure for S/4 migrations will increase massively and shape the market for service providers.
Companies are faced with the challenge of combining stable SAP core systems with the speed of modern development. Hybrid architectures, low-code platforms and AI agents create new scope for action.
Narrative economy
April 9, 2026
The term „narrative economics“ was coined by Robert J. Shiller, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, and describes an approach to explaining how narratives drive significant economic events.
Pressure to act is there
April 7, 2026
The wave of certificate shortening is rolling. The main aim is to increase the security of web communication. Certificate lifecycle management software with automation functions is the order of the day. An interview with Empirius CTO Marcus Bogenstätter.
Good reasons for SAP Business Suite
April 7, 2026
Manuel Sedlak, Head of SAP Public Cloud Services at Nagarro, explains in an interview with E3 magazine how the transformation to an „Intelligent Sustainable Enterprise“ can succeed with the SAP Business Suite.
The S/4 transformation remains the central IT project for many companies. However, legacy custom code is slowing down the pace and innovation. New AI-based approaches could pave the way for a genuine clean core.
Edge computing facing strong growth
April 3, 2026
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.
AI Scare Trade and SaaSpocalypse
April 9, 2026
Investors fear that expensive cloud software subscriptions will be radically devalued as sophisticated AI agents perform the tasks of office workers largely autonomously, drastically reducing the need for thousands and thousands of individual licenses.
Siemens versus SAP: Smart Factory Battle
April 2, 2026
While SAP CEO Christian Klein uses artificial intelligence primarily as a sales vehicle for his cloud strategy and invests huge sums in hyperscaler partnerships, Siemens CEO Roland Busch has a much sharper and more independent vision.
The Abap 1 paradigm
March 26, 2026
Under the strict dictates of the SAP Clean Core strategy, the future of Abap is defined by cloud compliance, AI, strict governance and absolute upgrade stability. Users are forced to rethink their historically grown and individualized ERP architectures.
E3 Roundtable on ERP Platforms, Data Streams, and E2E Workflows
Successful ERP, supply chain management, and CRM architectures are built on IT platforms. Data streaming and collaboration are essential to the orchestration of ERP systems. IT platforms are the new operating system for cloud computing. The E3 Roundtable will highlight the importance and strategy of platforms for a holistic IT infrastructure and ERP architecture. SAP customers will implement platform technologies for digital transformation. The E3 Roundtable will discuss the ERP architecture principle of platforms using Boomi's offering as an example.
Comments
April 9, 2026
Narrative economy
The term „narrative economics“ was coined by Robert J. Shiller, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, and describes an approach to explaining how narratives drive significant economic events.
The S/4 transformation remains the central IT project for many companies. However, legacy custom code is slowing down the pace and innovation. New AI-based approaches could pave the way for a genuine clean core.
March 31, 2026
Road to Hell
A unique selling proposition some fifty years ago has been transformed into an ERP group with no history and just any old thing. Where is the SAP added value?
March 30, 2026
All-in on AI
AI and Agentic AI do not add value to ERP. AI will eventually replace, marginalize and eliminate traditional ERP. S/4 will be around for many years to come, but the future lies elsewhere.
SAP News
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.
March 24, 2026
Digital resilience in security and defense
SAP has opened a Defense Innovation Hub in Munich to reaffirm its long-term commitment to strengthening digital readiness as a central component of modern defense capabilities.
The discontinuation of SAP IS-H presents hospitals with a key strategic decision: How can patient billing be secured in the long term - on time, economically and without dependencies on SAP Basis technology?
Business Management
April 7, 2026
Pressure to act is there
The wave of certificate shortening is rolling. The main aim is to increase the security of web communication. Certificate lifecycle management software with automation functions is the order of the day. An interview with Empirius CTO Marcus Bogenstätter.
April 7, 2026
Good reasons for SAP Business Suite
Manuel Sedlak, Head of SAP Public Cloud Services at Nagarro, explains in an interview with E3 magazine how the transformation to an „Intelligent Sustainable Enterprise“ can succeed with the SAP Business Suite.
March 24, 2026
E-bills without borders
Electronic invoicing has gone from a nice-to-have to a must-have for companies. New laws around the world - including those aimed at combating tax fraud - are driving change and accelerating the transition from paper to digital invoices and archiving.
March 16, 2026
Clean S/4 intelligence
Clean Core and Agentic AI are interrelated: SAP Clean Core and clean data are the prerequisite for AI agents to work in a scalable manner, while AI agents are the tool to efficiently create the Clean Core.
IT Management
Companies are faced with the challenge of combining stable SAP core systems with the speed of modern development. Hybrid architectures, low-code platforms and AI agents create new scope for action.
March 31, 2026
Switching ERP to SAP
The migration to SAP offers many advantages, but is complex. The impetus often comes from IT: consistent processes, scalability and updates ensure a future-proof architecture. In production, this means rethinking processes, migrating data and adapting workflows.
March 30, 2026
Output or prerequisite?
How can SAP transformation be approached with the Maslows Hammer mindset? Every business challenge is treated as if it required a comprehensive transformation program.
March 27, 2026
The foundation must be in place
AI has long been a reality. Models have been purchased, platforms are in place and budgets have been released. This looks logical on strategy charts. In day-to-day business, however, the effect remains sobering.
Economy
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.
March 9, 2026
From data labyrinth to real-time control
Companies are under increasing pressure in reporting due to stricter regulation, shorter decision-making cycles and volatile markets. While operational processes are digitized, corporate consolidation often remains stuck in fragmented, grown system landscapes.
February 13, 2026
Financial Planning With AI—Structure Instead of Hype
Innovative, artificial intelligence is not yet a surefire success in the realm of financial planning. However, there is a sobering gap between technological hype and real added value.
E3 book tip
Getting started with SAP S/4HANA
Get to know SAP S/4HANA using practical examples! In this book, Christian Drumm, Bernd Scheuermann and Stefan Weidner introduce you to the most important modules and business processes of SAP S/4HANA. You will get an overview of the applications for sales, purchasing, production, warehouse management, accounting and controlling. Many exercises, case studies and practical cases enable you to implement what you have learned directly in the system. Currently for the example company Global Bike 4.3.
The prerequisite for using the exercises, case studies and practical cases is access to an SAP system with Global Bike Client version 4.3. SAP UCC Magdeburg.
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