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.
Equality: Lack of women in IT
April 1, 2026
Software developer, programmer or cloud engineer - the cliché of IT being a male domain persists: even in 2026, 43% of companies still believe that men are better suited to IT and digital professions.
Switching ERP to SAP
March 31, 2026
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.
Road to Hell
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?
All-in on AI
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 be around for many years to come, but the future lies elsewhere.
Output or prerequisite?
March 30, 2026
How can SAP transformation be approached with the Maslows Hammer mindset? Every business challenge is treated as if it required a comprehensive transformation program.
The foundation must be in place
March 27, 2026
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.
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.
SAP BDC, the new Business Data Complexity
March 19, 2026
The Business Technology Platform, SAP BTP, is already causing real problems for many existing customers when it comes to licensing. According to a presentation by Michael Bloch, Head of Licenses, Contracts and Support at the German-speaking SAP User Group (DSAG), there now appear to be even more problems with the SAP Business Data Cloud.
SAP's narrative economy
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 and quantum computing, reduces the unmanageable technical complexity and creates the confidence to invest millions.
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
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.
The 2027 maintenance deadline is driving an urgent move to S/4. Suse provides the necessary resilient, automated and secure foundation for this critical business evolution.
March 23, 2026
EU Data Act - light at the end of the tunnel
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 of cloud service providers, cloud exit and switching. What is SAP doing?
SAP News
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?
March 18, 2026
SAP certificate management according to user taste
Empirius takes automated SAP certificate management to the next level. Responsible SAP infrastructure/base teams no longer have to worry about (almost) anything.
Business Management
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.
March 11, 2026
Over 30,000 units, one system
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 way and establishes an end-to-end CMMS platform with SAP PM and Argvis Maintenance Portal.
March 4, 2026
Navigate projects safely with buffer traffic lights
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 that quickly exceed the approved budget.
IT Management
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.
March 12, 2026
E-bill now mandatory
Since 2025, companies in Germany have been obliged to receive and process B2B electronic invoices in a structured data format. Ulrich Winter from Nagarro explains how to implement this quickly and what add-ons should do.
Economy
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.
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.
E3 book tip
Generative AI with SAP
Discover the many possibilities of generative AI in the SAP environment! In this book, the team of authors shows you how to develop a customized AI assistant step by step using SAP AI Core, Generative AI Hub and other SAP tools. From the basics to personalization and deployment, you will be guided through the entire process. You will also learn all about the legal framework as well as safety and quality aspects when using AI.
- Program your own AI application
- Use of Generative AI Hub, SAP AI Core, SAP AI Launchpad and much more.
- Use of Generative AI Hub, SAP AI Core, SAP AI Launchpad and much more.
- Incl. legal framework, AI security and quality assurance
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