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  • April 2, 2026
    The management consultancy Unity from Büren (NRW) is now an SAP partner and wants to expand its consulting services in the area of SAP strategy and advisory. According to...
  • April 2, 2026
    While SAP CEO Christian Klein uses artificial intelligence primarily as a sales vehicle for his cloud strategy and invests enormous sums in hyperscaler partnerships, the...
  • April 2, 2026
    DSAG's Technology Days 2026 in Hamburg in March focused on AI, data and security. The user association calls for...
  • April 1, 2026
    The software developer, the programmer or the cloud engineer - the cliché of IT as a male domain persists: even in the year...
  • March 31, 2026
    Migration to SAP offers many advantages, but is complex. The impetus often comes from IT: consistent processes, scalability and...
  • March 31, 2026
    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
    AI and Agentic AI do not add value to ERP. AI will eventually replace, marginalize and eliminate traditional ERP. S/4 will...
  • March 30, 2026
    How can SAP transformation be approached with the Maslows Hammer mindset? Every business challenge is treated as if it were a challenge that...
  • March 27, 2026
    AI has long been a reality. Models have been purchased, platforms are in place and budgets have been released. On strategy charts, this looks conclusive. In day-to-day business...
  • March 26, 2026
    The advancing digital networking of industry requires flexible data management. ERP systems offer hardly any support for the adaptation, optimization and maintenance of...
  • 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....
  • March 26, 2026
    The year 2026 marks a historic and critical turning point for the SAP community, at which the glossy visions of the Walldorf-based software group SAP...
  • March 26, 2026
    The podcast for the E3 cover story is a supplement and continuation of the online texts from the E3 print magazine. A dialog between two AI avatars and the...
  • March 26, 2026
    The 2027 maintenance deadline is driving an urgent move to S/4. Suse offers the necessary, resilient, automated and secure solution for...
  • March 25, 2026
    RPT-1 is SAP's technical attempt to transfer the Transformer technology from language processing to SAP's core competence - relational...
  • March 24, 2026
    Electronic invoicing has gone from a nice-to-have to a must-have for companies. Around the world, new laws - including those to combat...
  • March 24, 2026
    SAP has opened a Defense Innovation Hub in Munich to reaffirm its long-term commitment to making digital operational readiness a...
  • March 23, 2026
    Many CIOs are pinning their hopes on the EU Data Act, which is explicitly aimed at breaking down lock-in effects and facilitating the change...
  • March 20, 2026
    The discontinuation of SAP IS-H presents hospitals with a key strategic decision: How can patient billing be secured in the long term -...
  • March 19, 2026
    The Business Technology Platform, SAP BTP, is already causing real problems for many existing customers when it comes to licensing. After a presentation by Michael...
  • March 19, 2026
    Digital sovereignty is one of the key challenges facing German companies. Five theses on how companies can become both more innovative and more digitally...
  • March 18, 2026
    The S/4 countdown is running: Less than two years remain for companies before mainstream maintenance ends. Service providers are massively upgrading, AI is gaining...
  • March 18, 2026
    Empirius takes automated SAP certificate management to the next level. Responsible SAP infrastructure/base teams no longer have to worry about (almost) anything.
  • March 17, 2026
    SAP has announced a major expansion of its learning ecosystem to transform the way professionals gain SAP expertise in an AI-powered world.
  • March 16, 2026
    Clean Core and Agentic AI are interdependent: SAP Clean Core and clean data are the prerequisites for AI agents to be scalable and...
  • March 16, 2026
    The virtualization of SAP landscapes has long been considered the standard. The recent consolidation in the hypervisor market has radically changed this. Infrastructure is now once again...
  • March 13, 2026
    According to SAP, the year 2026 marks a turning point in the development of the world of work. Organizations want...
  • March 12, 2026
    Since 2025, companies in Germany have been obliged to receive and process B2B electronic invoices in a structured data format....
  • March 12, 2026
    In times of radical transformation, a narrative is essential for IT companies like SAP. Storytelling condenses the complex reality of cloud, AI...
  • March 12, 2026
    SAP BDC for companies is becoming increasingly powerful with Databricks, SAC and the BDC partner Connect. Not only a strong toolset...
  • March 11, 2026
    Over 30,000 units, the highest GMP requirements, a wide variety of IT systems - and then a consistent new start. SE Tylose modernizes maintenance in an exciting new...
  • March 11, 2026
    Europe and Germany are clearly lagging behind the USA and China in terms of rapid AI scaling despite good prerequisites. KPMG study sees...
  • March 10, 2026
    Printer and output management in SAP is a bottleneck in many companies: It requires administrative authorizations, specialized hybrid know-how and often...
  • March 9, 2026
    AI pays off through operational applications in existing ERP systems. After SAP provided numerous tools and presented methods, the focus is now on...
  • March 9, 2026
    Companies are under increasing pressure in reporting due to stricter regulation, shorter decision-making cycles and volatile markets. While operational processes are digitized,...
  • March 6, 2026
    SAP S/4 Hana is a given for many companies - especially in the cloud. But rollbacks, frustration in IT...
  • March 6, 2026
    The digital transformation in HR and IT is progressing rapidly. But where do companies and organizations currently stand? The DSAG...
  • March 6, 2026
    For decades, the Z namespace was the wild west of SAP development with unlimited possibilities. Abap developers transformed the rigid standard processes of R/3 into...
  • March 5, 2026
    With Advancis, we are gaining an exciting member for our growing innovation and collaboration platform. Moritz Gräter, CEO, IPAI
  • March 5, 2026
    Microsoft 365 supports basic business processes and information management. And AI is the driving force behind greater productivity and more efficient...
  • March 5, 2026
    Upcoming date: March 25, 2026, at 11 a.m. SAP praises Agentic AI as a major ERP revolution: autonomous AI agents are set to make core processes...
  • March 5, 2026
    The Customer Center of Expertise (CCoE) is the essential control center for existing SAP customers. Contrary to the deceptive cloud marketing from Walldorf, this...
  • March 5, 2026
    Cloud computing is no longer a megatrend. The SAP share price has lost up to 40 percent from its all-time high. In an interview...
  • March 4, 2026
    When it comes to complex, resource-intensive customer orders, traditional project management methods reach their limits. The frequent consequences are missed delivery deadlines, resource conflicts and project delays, which...
  • March 2, 2026
    For years, those who managed SAP change worked behind the scenes, unseen, unheard, but indispensable. Engineers below deck, driving the engines of...
  • February 27, 2026
    The SAP share price has plummeted - relatively speaking. Last year, the share price was at almost 280 euros, financial analysts predicted...
  • February 27, 2026
    SAP has fallen out of time: It's not that S/4 is a bad ERP, rather SAP CEO Christian...
  • February 26, 2026
    A quantum of comfort, see Daniel Craig in James Bond 2008, will be needed by the new SAP Chief Quantum Officer when he...
  • February 26, 2026
    The podcast for the E3 cover story is a supplement and continuation of the online texts from the E3 print magazine. A dialog between two AI avatars and the...
  • February 26, 2026
    Data twilight in the ERP universe: The current geopolitical situation, the rocky road to S/4 transformation and the possible salvation through intelligent data management lend...
  • February 26, 2026
    It is not only the geopolitical situation that makes data sovereignty a must. Rather, the increasing spread of AI is jeopardizing the protection of sensitive...
  • February 26, 2026
    S/4 migration, data protection, legacy decommissioning, skills shortages and data quality: transformation projects combine technical, regulatory and organizational challenges. With AI-supported functions, JiVS wants to turn this into a...
  • February 26, 2026
    Robotics is reaching a new dimension: machines that move like humans, react to their environment and work together with people...
  • February 25, 2026
    The digital transformation to SAP S/4 ruthlessly reveals the failures of the past in data management, because anyone who has historical legacy issues, duplicates...
  • February 25, 2026
    The Elmer Group modernized its entire ERP landscape with S/4 and FIS/wws. Without downtimes, with measurable added value - for a simpler, modern...
  • February 24, 2026
    Refuting an event is laborious and often counterproductive. Once the milk has been spilled, damage limitation is almost impossible.
  • February 23, 2026
    The global ERP company hardly plays a role on the international IT stage anymore: SAP was absent from Viva Tech 2025 in Paris,...
  • February 20, 2026
    After a period of euphoria, managers are increasingly pursuing pragmatic AI strategies. This is shown by two new studies.
  • February 19, 2026
    The belief that by signing a Rise-with-SAP contract, responsibility for SAP S/4 Hana operations would be handed over to the Walldorf-based ERP group...
  • February 19, 2026
    Mercedes-Benz has been around for over 100 years, Lufthansa is celebrating its one hundredth birthday and SAP can also look back on...
  • February 18, 2026
    In an interview with Laura Cepeda, Managing Editor of E3 magazine, Workday CCO Rob Enslin explains how the provider is competing with...
  • February 17, 2026
    The migration of SAP BW to the cloud harbors unexpected cost traps. Those who migrate 1:1 pay the bill later. The key...
  • February 16, 2026
    Leogistics is expanding its presence in Hamburg and wants to set an example by moving into modern offices in the Vespucci building in...
  • February 16, 2026
    Entsorgungsbetriebe der Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden (EBW) has successfully modernized its IT landscape. Together with Gisa, an IT service provider specializing in SAP, the...
  • February 16, 2026
    Dirk Häußermann has been Managing Director of SAP Germany since January 1, 2026 and in this role is responsible for the Group's business in Germany....
  • February 16, 2026
    Following its spin-off, the global technology company Aumovio is focusing on a comprehensive cloud strategy using central solutions from SAP. The...
  • February 16, 2026
    The German-speaking SAP User Group (DSAG) has been a member of the German Wholesale, Foreign Trade and Services Association (BGA) since the beginning of the year, thus expanding its sphere of...
  • February 16, 2026
    G-P, a global provider of HR solutions, has made its global HR agent G-P Gia available in the SAP Store, expanding the company's...
  • February 16, 2026
    Al-Futtaim, an international group of companies from the United Arab Emirates, has completed one of the most complex SAP transformations in the world together with SAP partner...
  • February 16, 2026
    Together with Gisa, Entsorgungsbetriebe Wiesbaden has fundamentally modernized its SAP landscape and completed the switch to SAP S/4 Hana 2023....
  • February 16, 2026
    Deutsche Telekom, Fraunhofer IAIS and the Cologne City Hospitals are developing an AI solution to relieve medical teams in the shock room. An agent...
  • February 16, 2026
    The Romanian IT service provider Principal33 is strengthening its presence in Germany and opening an office in Düsseldorf. With this step, the company is...
  • February 16, 2026
    Many companies still use paper-based processes in manufacturing and intralogistics. The fact that cleverly combined and modern tools...
  • February 13, 2026
    Innovative, but not yet a sure-fire success: artificial intelligence promises a new era of financial planning. But between technological hype and real added value...
  • February 12, 2026
    The difference between AI for the manufacturing industry and for ERP may be small. But the fact is that the German industrial group...
  • February 12, 2026
    The SAP Data Migration Cockpit facilitates the S/4 migration of financial data by checking the data quality of the objects to be migrated at an early stage...
  • February 11, 2026
    Crises and sensitive supply chains are forcing safety-critical organizations to rethink. The example of army maintenance logistics shows how a consistent S/4 transformation on-premises can succeed...
  • February 10, 2026
    The concept of „least privilege“ never really dies out. Like a good ghost story, it hovers in our systems, guidelines...
  • February 9, 2026
    Financial management under pressure: more responsibility, higher expectations, more complex risks. Fragmented systems and manual processes slow down agility. How AI and...
  • February 6, 2026
    I have spent decades shaping and supporting major digital and data-driven transformations. I have experienced: projects with...
  • February 5, 2026
    The management consultancy Unity is expanding its SAP advisory business and is bringing the experienced SAP expert Oliver Schreiber on board. He takes over the role...
  • February 5, 2026
    The SAP share price has been on a downward trajectory for around a year and there is no end in sight. This is a development that the Supervisory Board...
  • February 4, 2026
    The Rising EMEA event began with the announcement of new Workday locations in the EMEA region: in Warsaw, Milan and Dubai. These include new customer innovation labs...
  • February 4, 2026
    A survey of SAP user groups from the DACH region, the USA, the UK and Japan was conducted in mid-2025. The SAP cloud strategy was...
  • February 3, 2026
    SAP legacy systems can already benefit from AI today without the need for a complete migration to S/4 Hana or BTP.
  • February 3, 2026
    S/4 migration will reach a milestone in 2026: over half of companies will have completed the switch. AI-supported tools and public cloud models...
  • February 3, 2026
    With the end of the experimental phase, questions that determine the success of entire strategies take center stage: How can...
  • February 2, 2026
    Not every year is one of the biggest upheavals for SAP. From today's perspective, 2026 is likely to be one of them....
  • January 30, 2026
    With the increasing complexity of supply chains, the focus of many companies has shifted away from the issue of which products are physically...
  • January 30, 2026
    A variety of applicant management solutions are available, from simple tools to AI-based end-to-end platforms. A customer satisfaction analysis shows which...
  • January 29, 2026
    SAP announced the appointment of David Robinson as president of SAP North America.
  • January 29, 2026
    In 2025, there were important developments in an antitrust case brought by Teradata, a California-based software company that provides cloud-based data and analytics products and...
  • January 29, 2026
    Since the SAP share's all-time high on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange of around EUR 280, the share price fell by around...
  • January 29, 2026
    Ready to run an SAP environment in just a few months? It's possible with SAP Cloud ERP and an implementation partner with decades of SAP experience. This is how...
  • January 29, 2026
    The age of monolithic ERP, in which SAP controlled processes and data in the customer data center as the sole ruler, is coming to an irrevocable end. It will...
  • January 29, 2026
    The podcast for the E3 cover story is a supplement and continuation of the online texts from the E3 print magazine. A dialog between two AI avatars and the...
  • January 28, 2026
    Swiss agriculture technology company Syngenta has entered into a partnership with SAP to deploy SAP Cloud ERP Private solutions.
  • January 28, 2026
    SAP has commissioned a study called „The SAP Value of AI Report” from Oxford Economics, in which 1,600...
  • January 28, 2026
    The shift to the IT platform economy is leading SAP users from monolithic ERP systems to modular architectures. SAP BTP serves as the central PaaS platform...
  • January 27, 2026
    Snowflake, the company behind the AI Data Cloud, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Observe, a...
  • January 27, 2026
    To address the critical strategic need for digital sovereignty in Europe, Red Hat, a provider of open source solutions, announces...
  • January 27, 2026
    In a remarkable interview with my colleague Manfred Bremmer from the German Computerwoche, SAP board member Thomas Saueressig warned against a Frankenstein architecture in...
  • January 26, 2026
    Technological upheavals, new regulations and the demands of patients and staff pose challenges for the healthcare sector with stagnating budgets - especially in the...
  • January 23, 2026
    SAP's AI assistant Joule is designed to drive automation - but its potential has so far mainly been exploited by early birds. Six...
  • January 22, 2026
    The SAP boss was in Davos and philosophized in advance about a paradox he claims to have found in AI....
  • January 22, 2026
    No connection at this number - this is a phenomenon that I and my colleague Andrea Schramm from...
  • January 21, 2026
    Valantic expands its technology portfolio with the AI-supported semantic data platform Bardioc and enters into a strategic partnership with Almato. The aim of the...
  • January 21, 2026
    The Mercedes-Benz Group has taken its investment management to a new level and implemented the SAP-based Corporate Investment Manager software from ZetVisions....
  • January 21, 2026
    MCA Furniture has successfully completed the switch to S/4 and thus taken an important step towards end-to-end digitalization. The goal...
  • January 21, 2026
    When creative ideas meet real business challenges, the result is pure innovative spirit. This is exactly what was demonstrated at the TUM Business Game at...
  • January 21, 2026
    The V4Smart digital factory in Nördlingen (Bavaria) is one of the most innovative industrial projects in Germany. The joint project between V4Smart, MHP...
  • January 21, 2026
    MTN Digital Infrastructure has entered into an agreement with Seekr to integrate artificial intelligence into its data center landscape to enable digital...
  • January 21, 2026
    Semos.ai has announced extended early access for its Agentic AI system Manager Agents, which supports managers in real-time decision making and team leadership. In...
  • January 21, 2026
    Carrick Capital Partners has announced a minority investment in Veritas Prime to support the company's growth in the business...
  • January 21, 2026
    Retarus, a global provider of APIs, gateways and applications for messaging, email management and the exchange of structured data for business processes, offers...
  • January 21, 2026
    IBM has announced the acquisition of SAP service provider Cognitus. IBM intends to use this to support SAP transformations in complex, regulated industries such as...
  • January 21, 2026
    Saarland University has awarded Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. August-Wilhelm Scheer, founder of the Scheer Group, with the honorary senatorship, the...
  • January 21, 2026
    Contracts are the foundation of every business collaboration. Nevertheless, contract processes do not run smoothly in many companies. Contracts are the foundation of every...
  • January 21, 2026
    MHP has once again won the Allianz Industry 4.0 Award with its AI solution Bolt_IT, which shows how data, AI and SAP systems can make production measurably...
  • January 21, 2026
    Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz has reorganized the Future Council as a „Strategy Group for Technology and Innovation“. No longer a member is SAP CEO Christian...
  • January 21, 2026
    Large language models write code in seconds. What sounds like a new level of efficiency also has a downside. The problem is...
  • January 21, 2026
    With the support of the Dietmar Hopp Foundation and the Klaus Tschira Foundation, construction of the new digital heart center is starting in Heidelberg....
  • January 21, 2026
    SAP wants to build AI deep into its developer platforms to promote innovation, automation and new partnerships. At the TechEd...
  • January 21, 2026
    Companies are increasingly asking for their own AI infrastructure. In Germany, three quarters plan to increase their investments in sovereignty and control over cloud, AI,...
  • January 20, 2026
    SAP has presented a new study that shows that German companies are already achieving measurable business success with artificial intelligence.
  • January 19, 2026
    The IT, consulting and service provider All for One, based in Filderstadt, has signed an agreement to acquire the international SAP procurement specialist...
  • January 19, 2026
    Why seamless governance in the use of AI agents is now essential for companies - to ensure security, compliance, transparency and...
  • January 16, 2026
    Red Hat has appointed Kevin Kennedy as the new Vice President of the Global Partner Ecosystem. Kevin Kennedy assumes this role...
  • January 16, 2026
    The automotive supplier Brose from Coburg has successfully migrated its central SAP systems to SAP Cloud ERP Private on Amazon Web Services (AWS)....
  • January 15, 2026
    SAP partner Esker has appointed Scott McDermott as its new Chief Financial Officer. The internationally active software company offers an AI automation suite for financial services and...
  • January 15, 2026
    Artificial intelligence can deliver added value in the ERP environment, but it doesn't have to. An experience workshop organized by E3 magazine and media and SAP partner...
  • January 15, 2026
    The end of support for SAP ECC is approaching. Companies must therefore prepare for a migration to other ERP systems (not necessarily from...
  • January 14, 2026
    For years, the healthcare system has been evolving and thriving thanks to clinical advances, but when it comes to operational efficiency, there is still...
  • January 14, 2026
    The king has switched to AI after cloud fashion: The new clothes don't look good on him, the stock market's verdict...
  • January 13, 2026
    The SAP security specialist SecurityBridge is reorganizing its corporate management. The founders Christoph Nagy and Ivan Mans are handing over their daily operational tasks to...
  • January 13, 2026
    The AI capacities of German data centers are set to quadruple by 2030. The connected load in watts will then increase from the current 530...
  • January 12, 2026
    Digital transformation is a reality in SMEs, but it is often incomplete. According to Bitkom, 77% of companies have a digitalization strategy, but...
  • January 9, 2026
    The cleaning specialist Kärcher is taking a change to its existing ECM solution as an opportunity to move its data archive to the cloud and to optimize its...
  • January 8, 2026
    AI will fundamentally change the business of IT service providers - not only in testing and software development, but also in consulting....
  • January 7, 2026
    SAP has presented several product announcements for its HR and HCM solutions. New features in the SAP SuccessFactors cloud portfolio are based on artificial intelligence and...
  • January 5, 2026
    A new partnership between SAP and Snowflake aims to give companies access to comprehensive data and AI applications to optimize their business processes...
  • December 19, 2025
    With this acquisition, the open-source company is expanding its platform to include key security and trust features for the productive use of artificial intelligence...
  • December 19, 2025
    Software provider Blackline is further expanding its AI expertise and acquiring WiseLayer. With this move, the provider of a platform for...
  • December 19, 2025
    Despite digital processes, document printing in SAP systems remains an issue. Waldemar Suchy, founder of Suchy MIPS, explains why in an E3 interview...
  • No-name column

    December 18, 2025
    SAP has embarked on an inevitable and inescapable disaster involving AI assistants, AI agents, AI patchwork, Joule, and AI Frankenstein architectures. In doing so, SAP has created...
  • December 17, 2025
    A new study by PwC shows how companies are accelerating their transformation and increasing efficiency by integrating artificial intelligence into S/4.
  • December 16, 2025
    In a recent statement, the digital association Bitkom welcomes the passing of the law implementing the EU NIS 2 Directive by the...
  • December 15, 2025
    Dirk Häußermann will become Managing Director of SAP Germany on January 1, 2026, and in this role will be responsible for the group's business in Germany.
  • December 15, 2025
    With the new EU AI Cloud, SAP has introduced a central building block for digital sovereignty in Europe and at the same time...
  • December 15, 2025
    Location-independent working is no longer a future scenario. Work from anywhere has become established—technically, culturally, and organizationally. But who...
  • December 12, 2025
    As the deadline for migration to S/4 in 2027 approaches, Precisely and ASUG highlight key obstacles...
  • December 11, 2025
    Roman Heill takes on the newly created role of Head of Public Business at Natuvion Austria. With over 15 years of experience in...
  • December 11, 2025
    The end of 2025 has been a difficult time for SAP CEO Christian Klein: SAP system landscapes are predominantly hybrid, and with the new...
  • December 11, 2025
    When SMEs scale up, they face a variety of challenges. At the technical and procedural level, increasing data volumes and growing requirements...
  • December 10, 2025
    NTT Data Business Solutions, an IT service provider specializing in SAP, announces the signing of an agreement to acquire...
  • December 10, 2025
    According to a joint survey by international SAP user groups (ASUG in North America, DSAG in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, UKISUG in the United Kingdom...
  • December 10, 2025
    AmyPro Solutions, a Spanish consulting firm specializing in digital transformation, has entered into a strategic partnership with xSuite, a...
  • December 10, 2025
    Databricks transformed the SAP Garden in Munich into a center for data and AI innovation. The event marked an important step...
  • December 9, 2025
    IBM announces the acquisition of Confluent, creating a smart data platform that empowers companies to leverage generative AI...
  • December 9, 2025
    SAP partner Nagarro expands its offering and becomes an official OpenAI Services Partner to help companies in Asia adopt modern AI technologies...
  • December 5, 2025
    With Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16, Suse aims to set new standards for stability in business-critical IT environments –...
  • December 4, 2025
    Inetum, a company specializing in digital services, has announced a strategic partnership with Correduría Seguros Nogal to...
  • December 4, 2025
    Most of what SAP does is fundamentally correct. The global market leader in ERP cannot be accused of deliberate misconduct, yet its share price is falling...
  • December 4, 2025
    Esker and Horváth launch a strategic alliance to accelerate digital financial transformation in demanding ERP landscapes. The combination of Esker's AI automation and...
  • December 3, 2025
    New services create transparency, promote trust, and support companies in the responsible use of artificial intelligence.
  • December 2, 2025
    SAP certificate management is becoming increasingly complex, and the use of resources is rising continuously. Automation software for certificate management addresses these challenges in several ways.
  • December 1, 2025
    The consensus notification procedure (KMV) represents an important step toward digitizing and standardizing reporting processes. In this interview, SAP HCM expert Andre explains...
  • November 28, 2025
    On September 25, the European Commission initiated formal antitrust proceedings against SAP. The allegation: SAP could be abusing contractual terms to...
  • November 28, 2025
    For most developers, „unit testing“ and „test-driven development“ have long been familiar terms. Nevertheless, these...
  • November 27, 2025
    Boomi, a provider of AI-driven automation, announced that the company has been named a leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for API Management...
  • November 27, 2025
    Red Hat, a provider of open source solutions, has announced Red Hat AI 3, an evolution of its enterprise AI platform.
  • November 27, 2025
    The SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) is entering the AI stage as a central enabler and strategic foundation for innovation and expansion. Yet...
  • November 27, 2025
    Things will get serious in 2026: With the EU Directive on pay transparency, companies in Europe will have to disclose how they are doing in terms of equal pay...
  • November 26, 2025
    Nagarro strengthens its presence in Japan through the acquisition of Inaho Digital Solutions (IDS), thereby expanding its offering for...
  • November 26, 2025
    Adesso Insurance Solutions is broadening its management team from January 2026 and filling two key positions. Tobias Florian is taking over the...
  • November 26, 2025
    Companies that use modular architectures with third-party support achieve above-average performance in 83 percent of cases, compared to 27 percent...
  • November 26, 2025
    You can now use any LLM to automate the complex, manual analysis of your SAP infrastructure. The Model Context Protocol (MCP)...
  • November 25, 2025
    Real-time data and process design with SAP Analytics Cloud and BW/4 Hana: Traditional controlling is giving way to data-based real-time consulting that actively shapes clinical processes...
  • November 24, 2025
    GFOS strengthens its management team and appoints Uwe Reumuth as its new Chief Financial Officer. Since November 17, the experienced...
  • November 24, 2025
    Adesso Switzerland is strengthening its consulting division and appointing Matthew Turnbull as its new Head of Advisory. The experienced manager brings extensive international...
  • November 24, 2025
    It is common knowledge that AI feeds off the vastness of the World Wide Web. For AI, texts, photos, etc. are...
  • November 21, 2025
    Why low-code and AI are currently business boosters for SAP and non-SAP users, and how low-code-supported AI applications support users in their everyday work –...
  • November 20, 2025
    Initial situation: An SAP system becomes „dirty“ when customer-specific code, undocumented interventions in the standard, and fragile integration interfaces with the product standard...
  • November 20, 2025
    SAP has either misunderstood the word „sovereignty“ or the global market leader in ERP is interpreting it selfishly to its own advantage. Instead of retaining existing SAP customers...
  • November 20, 2025
    Members of the SAP community from the R/2 and R/3 era have fond memories of the CCC. Customer Competence Center stood for...
  • November 20, 2025
    The SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) is considered the standard for side-by-side development. However, alternatives such as the low-code platform Simplifier offer medium-sized SAP...
  • November 20, 2025
    For anyone involved in SAP projects, software testing—or „quality engineering“—is often a misunderstood area. Let's be...
  • November 19, 2025
    SAP deepens its collaboration with Bleu, Capgemini and Mistral AI to drive secure and sovereign cloud and AI solutions for Europe....
  • November 19, 2025
    Although the German economy believes it is well equipped when it comes to digital sovereignty, the majority of companies are still...
  • November 18, 2025
    Nine out of ten German companies have been affected by data theft in the past three years. 92 percent see geopolitical risks...
  • November 18, 2025
    Just imagine: It's 6 p.m. in Frankfurt. An SAP manager finishes his working day, takes one last look at the...
  • November 18, 2025
    Werner und Mertz strives for more efficiency, better data quality and transparent processes with centralized master data management. Clear workflows, flexible adjustments...
  • November 17, 2025
    Evidanza has appointed Markus Gatzke as its new CEO. He took over the reins on November 1, succeeding founder...
  • November 17, 2025
    I was shocked to realize two things: This is my last column and I haven't even talked about artificial...
  • November 17, 2025
    How can existing SAP customers, companies and public institutions use artificial intelligence securely and profitably?
  • November 14, 2025
    Artificial intelligence (AI) is ushering in a new era of transformation for both businesses and humanity. While...
  • November 14, 2025
    Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming supply chain planning at an unprecedented pace. Traditional, linear processes are giving way to data-driven strategies based on...
  • No-name column

    November 14, 2025
    The gut feeling is that 99 percent availability is okay - but it means that a system or service will be available for about 3 days...
  • November 14, 2025
    Isolated solutions and a lack of shared document access resulted in complex, error-prone handling. SSE introduced S/4 Hana for the MCAD team and...
  • November 13, 2025
    In an interview for the German-language medium Computerwelt.de, SAP board member Thomas Saueressig defined a Frankenstein ERP architecture, shortly after his fellow board member Muhammad Alam...
  • November 13, 2025
    SAP customers can now unlock real-time data from ECC, S/4 Hana, and BW, with integrated CDC and no custom code.
  • November 13, 2025
    ServiceNow, a provider of an AI platform for business transformation, and NTT Data, a global provider of digital and technology services, are...
  • November 13, 2025
    Stuttgart-based SAP integration specialist Theobald Software has acquired Bluetelligence, a provider of SAP metadata management based in Wiesbaden. With the merger, both companies are bundling...
  • November 13, 2025
    The German low-code platform Simplifier and the Seed Group from Dubai - part of the Private Office of Sheikh Said bin Ahmed...
  • November 13, 2025
    IBM has announced the acquisition of SAP service provider Cognitus. IBM intends to use this to support SAP transformations in complex and regulated industries such as...
  • November 13, 2025
    PSI Software and Metals Experience (also MetalsXP) are combining their expertise to accelerate the digital transformation of the metals industry. Through...
  • November 13, 2025
    An eventful year is coming to an end. There have been numerous new developments in Linux and open source. They show that transparent...
  • November 13, 2025
    With the acquisition of SmartRecruiters, SAP is sending a clear signal in the HR tech market. In an interview with E3 editor Laura Cepeda, Dennis...
  • November 12, 2025
    This move strengthens the company's expertise in quality assurance and the management of large-scale transformation projects, particularly in the area of business and SAP modernization. Pietschnig...
  • November 12, 2025
    The DACH region remains a dynamic field of innovation: start-ups continue to gain strategic importance. This is shown by the Start-up and Innovation Monitor 2025 of the...
  • November 11, 2025
    DeepL expands its management team and appoints Martino Cadoni as its new Chief Financial Officer. With over fifteen years of international experience in...
  • November 11, 2025
    SAP's commitment to AI is like icing poured over everything and everyone: The main thing is that it tastes like artificial...
  • November 11, 2025
    Better securing your company's crown jewels - and taking care of SAP security? Oliver Villwock, Consulting Director with a focus on...
  • November 10, 2025
    Boomi is opening another data channel into the SAP universe, making the SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) even more powerful with the...
  • November 7, 2025
    SAP is also entering the field of AI agents. Apart from the side effect that there will soon be more AI agents than ERP users,...
  • November 7, 2025
    Many companies need to reorganize their IT security. SAP and hybrid systems can also be secured with „Zero Trust“. The SAP...
  • November 6, 2025
    At the end of AI development, there will also be a small language model at SAP. In the meantime, SAP is content with...
  • November 6, 2025
    The geopolitical turmoil is having an impact on the future direction of companies' IT strategies. Sovereignty is the order of the day...
  • November 6, 2025
    At Everllence, formerly MAN Energy Solutions, 15,000 people in over 50 countries are working on solutions for climate neutrality. So that the...
  • November 5, 2025
    The ERP transformation to SAP S/4 Hana is more than just a release change or another migration. The focus is on end-to-end processes including...
  • November 5, 2025
    With 20 years of experience as an SAP partner for international retailers, Retailsolutions continues to expand its global presence with an increased focus on...
  • November 5, 2025
    AI as a top investment: 68 percent of German CEOs name AI as their top investment goal in the latest KPMG CEO Outlook. 80 percent...
  • November 4, 2025
    The standard of a modern ERP system such as S/4 alone is not always enough when it comes to understanding the complex reality of a...
  • November 3, 2025
    Only a few companies have managed to scale successful AI PoCs to date. Agentic AI is fueling high expectations, but uncertainties regarding liability, resilience and...
  • October 31, 2025
    Existing SAP customers want and need cloud, AI and IT platforms. SAP has good offers with Joule, Cloud ERP and BTP as well as BDC....
  • October 31, 2025
    Sharks Sports and Entertainment and the City of San Jose have announced a lease extension that will allow the San Jose...
  • October 29, 2025
    MSG Plaut Austria and ESG-Software have entered into a strategic cooperation to support banks in Austria and Germany in the implementation of...
  • October 29, 2025
    The digital consultancy Valantic is further expanding its market presence in the utilities industry: With the merger with Utiligence, the company is specifically strengthening...
  • October 29, 2025
    Itesys, a provider of SAP technology, SAP security and platform engineering, intends to continue its growth course with the acquisition of the German SAP partner Hosting...
  • October 29, 2025
    Coface, a credit and risk management company, and the SAP technology partner SOA People are entering into a partnership. The aim of the partnership is...
  • October 29, 2025
    The Conet Group is adding Salesforce expertise to its business applications portfolio with Kerun.One. The team of over 50 people brings in-depth expertise in the Salesforce ecosystem...
  • October 29, 2025
    The Var Group has acquired Visicon EDV to strengthen its SAP and EDI expertise in the D/A/CH region. The business combination...
  • October 29, 2025
    SecurityBridge, provider of an SAP-native cybersecurity platform, has acquired the British authentication specialist CyberSafe. With the integration of TrustBroker products, SecurityBridge is strengthening its platform by...
  • October 29, 2025
    The management and IT consultancy MHP and the US software manufacturer Adobe have entered into a new partnership. The aim is to support companies in...
  • October 29, 2025
    To improve collaboration between Sales and Service, Mobotix replaced its fragmented system landscape with an integrated SAP environment. With the help of a...
  • October 29, 2025
    The Mercedes-AMG-Petronas F1 team will rely on SAP solutions in future. The focus: the 2026 season.
  • October 28, 2025
    The xSuite Group has appointed Jörg Mertens as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Managing Director as of October 1, 2025....
  • October 28, 2025
    Martin Mühlbach has been appointed to the management board of SAP technology partner Itaricon. Born in Dresden, he will take over the management of Sales and...
  • October 28, 2025
    Redwood Software, a provider of SAP-recommended automation solutions, has appointed Billy Newman as Chief Financial Officer. With over 25 years of experience...
  • October 28, 2025
    Qualtrics has appointed Sean Holcombe as its new Chief Partner Officer. In this role, he will lead the company's global partner strategy and...
  • October 28, 2025
    Celonis, a provider of process intelligence, has appointed Dilip Khandelwal as Chief Customer Officer and Chairman of the India Advisory Board....
  • October 28, 2025
    Ultimo, an IFS Group company and provider of Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) software, has appointed a new CEO, Steven Elsham....
  • October 28, 2025
    SAP Austria has a new HR Director in Gabriel Wiskemann. The HR expert with a doctorate brings over 25 years of experience in the SAP Group...
  • October 28, 2025
    A prankster who thinks evil! The DSAG Annual Congress 2025 in Bremen is over. The biggest scandal in Bremen? Quite simply...
  • October 28, 2025
    Lack of trust and talent shortages are the biggest barriers to AI adoption in Spanish companies, according to a new study...
  • October 28, 2025
    Martin Weis is the new Managing Director of Capgemini Switzerland. Weis brings over 25 years of experience in industries such as life...
  • October 28, 2025
    NTT Data Business Solutions, an SAP partner for SMEs, has appointed Nicola Czymek-Lauer as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). She...
  • October 28, 2025
    Jupiter, the fastest and most energy-efficient supercomputer in Europe, has gone into operation at Forschungszentrum Jülich. The system is the first...
  • October 24, 2025
    Excerpt from “ServiceNow’s Intelligent IT Service Management: a Comprehensive Guide to Implementing the Platform’s AI Capabilities for IT Managers.”
  • October 24, 2025
    SAP has published its results for the third quarter of 2025 and presents a mixed but overall solid picture. The cloud business...
  • October 24, 2025
    Automation is omnipresent in IT. But despite the hype surrounding hyperautomation, it should be clear that it is not an end in itself -...
  • October 24, 2025
    SAP customers must migrate from SAP Business Suite to S/4 by the end of 2027. After the migration, there will be...
  • October 23, 2025
    Global supply chains are under pressure—geopolitics, natural disasters, and volatile markets are making planning difficult. The shortage of skilled workers is putting a strain on operational logistics.
  • October 23, 2025
    SAP originally planned to end mainstream maintenance for SAP Business Suite 7 (ERP/ECC 6.0) at the end of 2025. This...
  • October 23, 2025
    Cloud computing was a much-discussed topic for a long time, then a standard, and through the hyperscalers, cloud became a huge...
  • October 23, 2025
    Many SAP users have been running their systems on IBM Power for years - robust, reliable, highly available. With the IBM Hyperscaler Rise with...
  • October 23, 2025
    Generative AI is the tool of the hour for moving companies forward. In order for it to unfold its full potential,...
  • October 22, 2025
    At the turn of the year 2025/2026, SAP service and consulting partner Varelmann will undergo personnel and structural changes. After many successful years, ...
  • October 22, 2025
    Rise with SAP, BTP, AI and integration will challenge companies until 2027. Between cloud roadmaps and proven on-prem systems, it is important to find the right...
  • October 22, 2025
    The switch from SAP R/3 to S/4 casts a harsh light on the data quality of master data, EDI connection and decades of customizing....
  • October 21, 2025
    Almost all SAP customers also use non-SAP systems, which also need to be managed. Empirius wants to take greater account of such tasks in future. CEO Hans...
  • No-name column

    October 21, 2025
    SAP wants to get involved in the booming business of „sovereignty“. For the time being, there is cloud functionality for SAP's own data center for existing customers, but this...
  • October 21, 2025
    The vast majority of companies in Germany use open source software - and also see it as an opportunity for more digital...
  • October 20, 2025
    Uwe Werner IT Einkaufsberatung GmbH, which specializes in SAP license management, is expanding its presence in the DACH region and is founding Uwe...
  • October 20, 2025
    There is further proof of the open source success story: Confidential Containers are now available on a public cloud. From a community project...
  • October 20, 2025
    The transformation in B2B sales is in full swing. This is shown by the current study "Industry goes Consumer", which SAP partner Sybit...
  • October 17, 2025
    The Westfalen Group, under the distinctive white horse on a red background, is active in the fields of technical gases, refrigeration and heating, filling stations...
  • October 17, 2025
    At Boomi World 2025, which took place in Dallas in May, Ann Maya, EMEA CTO at Boomi, spoke with Laura...
  • October 16, 2025
    The maintenance of an SAP ERP system by a third-party provider, the mixed maintenance of an ERP system by SAP and a third-party company, as well as the partial decommissioning...
  • October 16, 2025
    The selection of the implementation partner for the introduction of Rise with SAP determines the success of the project. Different requirements, industry-specific challenges...
  • October 16, 2025
    A recent SAP zero-day vulnerability shows how quickly ERP systems can be targeted. Companies must strategically safeguard security, compliance and cloud models such as Rise...
  • October 15, 2025
    At the first SAP Connect in Las Vegas, SAP Executive Board member Muhammad Alam presented a number of innovations in the field of business AI.
  • October 15, 2025
    SAP wants to integrate AI into all processes and products. CEO Christian Klein promises up to 30 percent increase in productivity through automated...
  • October 14, 2025
    The IT service provider Cancom and the SAP security provider SecurityBridge have entered into a strategic partnership. The aim is to provide companies with a holistic solution...
  • October 14, 2025
    Anyone introducing SAP EWM on S/4 Hana today is often entering uncharted territory: tried and tested patterns no longer work. Companies now need to know...
  • October 14, 2025
    Wholesalers face the challenge of seamlessly integrating their stores into SAP Cloud ERP. In the E3 interview, Christopher Warnow from...
  • October 13, 2025
    Fivetran, a provider of automated data movement, and dbt Labs, pioneer of modern data transformation, join forces in a share swap....
  • October 13, 2025
    IDC forecasts: European spending on public cloud services will rise to $229 billion in 2025 and $452 billion by 2029....
  • October 13, 2025
    The SAP service market is booming thanks to S/4 migrations - but the end of this wave is in sight. What comes next? New opportunities, new challenges...
  • October 10, 2025
    The latest IT transformation study reveals major discrepancies between the goals defined in advance and the results achieved.
  • October 10, 2025
    Detect, analyze, correct—SAP security with SmartSecOps. From the first malware to organized cybercrime.
  • October 10, 2025
    According to a new Workday study, 75 percent of employees are willing to work with AI agents - but only 30 percent accept them...
  • October 9, 2025
    SAP is intensifying its efforts to further develop a composite S/4 Hana, Composable-ERP, in the direction of a holistic suite. The existing S/4 patchwork...
  • October 9, 2025
    SaaS workforce management frees HR from administrative routines and increasingly establishes the HR department as a strategic partner for value creation and future viability.
  • October 9, 2025
    The starting point of this article is a current lawsuit filed by Celonis against SAP in the USA¹. The aim of the lawsuit is to...
  • October 8, 2025
    With the go-live of the SAP Cloud ERP solution, the consulting and auditing company PWC is consolidating its global business processes and creating a standardized platform for...
  • October 8, 2025
    The tense economic and geopolitical situation is forcing 82 percent of the companies surveyed in the DACH region to cut costs, while 53 percent of IT...
  • October 7, 2025
    Unloading pallets, delivering building materials and documenting everything digitally - Stark Deutschland was impressed by the SAP-based FIS/LastMile app in the pilot phase. Now...
  • October 7, 2025
    Over a long period of time, the mechanical engineering specialist Trumpf from Ditzingen had developed IT structures that the company's own IT department could only...
  • October 6, 2025
    Maintenance staff are rarely at their desks - but SAP processes often demand just that. Schöck Bauteile was therefore looking for a mobile solution to...
  • October 6, 2025
    Companies in the energy and process industry are under pressure to implement innovations, meet legal requirements and at the same time optimize their operational processes....
  • October 2, 2025
    What to do with SAP licenses that are no longer needed and only generate maintenance fees? When company shares are sold or personnel are...
  • October 2, 2025
    Digital sovereignty is rapidly gaining in importance in Europe. This is creating new requirements - and opportunities - for SAP customers. Open source plays...
  • October 2, 2025
    In the data-driven economy, data quality is becoming a success factor: precision, consistency, and reliability are no longer a nice-to-have, but a clear competitive advantage.
  • October 1, 2025
    NTT Data, a global provider of digital business and technology services, has appointed Michael Seiger as Executive Managing Director for Germany, Austria and...
  • October 1, 2025
    The volatile macroeconomic and geopolitical environment requires IT landscapes to be operated with confidence. Security and independence are becoming increasingly important. Open source and hybrid...
  • October 1, 2025
    AI has long since ceased to be a trend. It is an unavoidable necessity. The integration of AI into SAP systems offers companies the...
  • September 30, 2025
    Berlin-based energy service provider Gasag was one of the first energy companies to switch its SAP billing system for network operations to a cloud-based solution in...
  • September 30, 2025
    What really counts on the job? A new study of 500 professionals from Germany sheds light on what motivates employees today - and...
  • September 29, 2025
    Everything must become more efficient, including processes. SAP knows this too - and therefore offers stable, tried-and-tested processes for complex...

Working on the SAP basis is crucial for successful S/4 conversion. 

This gives the Competence Center strategic importance for existing SAP customers. Regardless of the S/4 Hana operating model, topics such as Automation, Monitoring, Security, Application Lifecycle Management and Data Management the basis for S/4 operations.

For the fourth time, E3 magazine is organizing a summit for the SAP community in Salzburg to provide comprehensive information on all aspects of S/4 Hana groundwork.

Venue

FourSide Hotel Salzburg,
Trademark Collection by Wyndham
Am Messezentrum 2, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
+43-662-4355460

Event date

Wednesday, June 10, and
Thursday, June 11, 2026

AI experience workshop only on June 11, 2026 (limited places)
Bonus: Access to all lectures on June 11, 2026

Regular ticket

Lectures, evening event and, depending on availability, the AI workshop on June 11, 2026
Places at the AI experience workshop are limited and registration is required.

Subscribers to the E3 Magazine Ticket

reduced with promocode CCAbo26

Students*

reduced with promocode CCStud26.
Please send proof of studies by e-mail to office@b4bmedia.net.
*The first 10 tickets are free of charge for students. Try your luck! 🍀
EUR 305 excl. VAT.
EUR 590 excl. VAT
EUR 390 excl. VAT
EUR 290 excl. VAT

Venue

Hotel Hilton Heidelberg
Kurfürstenanlage 1
D-69115 Heidelberg

Event date

Wednesday, April 22 and
Thursday, April 23, 2026

Tickets

AI onlyExperience workshop on April 23, 2026 
Bonus: Access to all lectures on April 23, 2026
Regular ticket
April 22, 2026: Lectures and evening event
April 23, 2026: Lectures and AI workshop
EUR 305 excl. VAT
EUR 590 excl. VAT
Subscribers to the E3 magazine
reduced with promocode STAbo26
EUR 390 excl. VAT
Students*
reduced with promocode STStud26.
Please send proof of studies by e-mail to office@b4bmedia.net.
EUR 290 excl. VAT
*The first 10 tickets are free of charge for students. Try your luck! 🍀
The event is organized by the E3 magazine of the publishing house B4Bmedia.net AG. The presentations will be accompanied by an exhibition of selected SAP partners. The ticket price includes attendance at all presentations of the Steampunk and BTP Summit 2026, a visit to the exhibition area, participation in the evening event and catering during the official program. The lecture program and the list of exhibitors and sponsors (SAP partners) will be published on this website in due course.