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 March 2026
Rescue through intelligent data management
Data twilight in the ERP universe: geopolitics, the S/4 transformation and intelligent data management make digital sovereignty key. Those who know where data is stored and processed can avoid vendor and legal lock-in. For Thomas Failer, founder and Group CEO of Data Migration, the handling of data and AI is becoming the crucial issue of our time.
For years, those who managed SAP change worked behind the scenes, unseen, unheard, but indispensable. Engineers below deck who kept the company's engines running while others steered.
Does SAP need crisis communication?
February 27, 2026
The SAP share price has plummeted - relatively speaking. Last year, the share price was almost 280 euros, and financial analysts were even predicting values in excess of 300 euros. Now the share price is leaden at 170 euros. Where is SAP's crisis communication?
The old rules no longer apply
February 27, 2026
SAP has fallen out of time: It's not that S/4 is a bad ERP, but rather that SAP CEO Christian Klein overslept the social and technical change.
S/4 in One Year?
February 25, 2026
The Elmer Group modernized its entire ERP landscape with S/4 and FIS/wws. Without downtime, with measurable added value—for simpler, modern and automated merchandise management.
SAP's Disinformation
February 24, 2026
Disproving an incident after it occurs is laborious and often counterproductive. Once the damage is done, effective containment is difficult. SAP should, in any case, proactively address false rumors and communication voids.
SAP in Wonderland
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 and CES 2026 in Las Vegas. What about Davos?
SAP Chief Quantum Officer
February 26, 2026
The new SAP Chief Quantum Officer will need a quantum consolation, see Daniel Craig in James Bond 2008, when he soon has ERP processes calculated using qubits, the smallest unit of information in quantum computing.
The CCoE paradox
February 19, 2026
The belief that by signing a Rise-with-SAP contract, responsibility for SAP S/4 Hana operations is handed over to the Walldorf ERP group is one of the most dangerous errors in the current transformation and S/4 conversion.
Industrial AI versus ERP AI
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 Siemens has a strategy under CEO Roland Busch, while SAP boss Christian Klein is lost in numerous AI partnerships. Will Klein be rescued by Hana co-inventor Professor Zeier using ERP AI?
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For years, those who managed SAP change worked behind the scenes, unseen, unheard, but indispensable. Engineers below deck who kept the company's engines running while others steered.
February 27, 2026
Does SAP need crisis communication?
The SAP share price has plummeted - relatively speaking. Last year, the share price was almost 280 euros, and financial analysts were even predicting values in excess of 300 euros. Now the share price is leaden at 170 euros. Where is SAP's crisis communication?
February 27, 2026
The old rules no longer apply
SAP has fallen out of time: It's not that S/4 is a bad ERP, but rather that SAP CEO Christian Klein overslept the social and technical change.
February 24, 2026
SAP's Disinformation
Disproving an incident after it occurs is laborious and often counterproductive. Once the damage is done, effective containment is difficult. SAP should, in any case, proactively address false rumors and communication voids.
SAP News
February 20, 2026
AI Study—Pragmatism Gives Way to Euphoria
After a period of euphoria, managers are increasingly pursuing pragmatic AI strategies. This is shown by two new studies.
February 17, 2026
Optimized BW migration through transparency
The migration of SAP BW to the cloud harbors unexpected cost traps. Those who migrate 1:1 pay the bill later. The key to efficiency lies in transparency and automation: only those who really know their data landscape can migrate in a targeted manner and reduce their costs.
February 6, 2026
Mediocrity is not an option
I have spent decades designing and supporting major digital and data-driven transformations. I have experienced: projects with measurable success and examples of how not to do it better.
February 4, 2026
SAP User Associations—The Moment of Reckoning
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 driven to the wall by CEO Christian Klein. Hardly any customers know about BDC and the new SAP Business Suite.
Business Management
February 25, 2026
S/4 in One Year?
The Elmer Group modernized its entire ERP landscape with S/4 and FIS/wws. Without downtime, with measurable added value—for simpler, modern and automated merchandise management.
February 16, 2026
Trimmed for the future with SAP DM and SAP EWM
Many companies still use paper-based processes in production and intralogistics. The example of automotive supplier ElringKlinger shows that cleverly combined and modern tools can also change this.
February 11, 2026
Transformation and resilience
Crises and sensitive supply chains are forcing security-critical organizations to rethink. The example of army maintenance logistics shows how a consistent S/4 transformation on-premises can succeed - between efficiency, resilience and maximum confidentiality.
January 30, 2026
When Execution Becomes a Bottleneck
As supply chains continue to grow in complexity, the core focus for many organizations has shifted from which products are physically moved to whether their execution data can be handled consistently across planning, operations and finance.
IT Management
February 12, 2026
Data quality: the foundation of finance
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, thus ensuring security, transparency and compliance. This saves costs and significantly reduces risks during migration.
January 15, 2026
SAP ECC Through 2030 and Beyond
The end of support for SAP ECC is approaching and organizations face a pivotal moment in their ERP lifecycle. Businesses must prepare for migration to other ERP systems (not necessarily from SAP), while continuing to ensure uninterrupted SAP ECC operation—until 2030, but probably even beyond.
December 11, 2025
Four steps to a modern ERP landscape
When SMEs scale up, they face a variety of challenges. At the technical and procedural level, increasing data volumes and growing requirements for compliance, data security, and ESG conformity necessitate a solid operational framework.
November 28, 2025
Why unit tests?
For most developers, „unit testing“ and „test-driven development“ have long been familiar terms. Nevertheless, for a variety of reasons, not many programmers actually use them in practice.
Economy
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.
February 2, 2026
What finance and procurement teams can expect
Not every year is one of the biggest upheavals for SAP. From today's perspective, 2026 is likely to be one of them. It is more likely to be months of pragmatic transformation.
January 21, 2026
Europe and AI Sovereignty
Companies are increasingly asking for their own AI infrastructure. In Germany, three quarters are planning to increase their investments in sovereignty and control over cloud, AI, data, and security.
December 17, 2025
AI and S/4 as Transformation Accelerators
A new study by PwC shows how companies can accelerate their transformation, increase efficiency, and create sustainable business value by integrating artificial intelligence into S/4.
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