Author: E3-Magazine

The EU Commission has opened a formal investigation to assess whether SAP may have distorted competition in the aftermarket for maintenance and support services related to an on-premises type of software, licensed by SAP, used for the management of companies' business operations, in the European Economic Area.

Volatile markets, fragile supply chains, rising costs and growing sustainability pressure are challenging production companies. Sales volumes fluctuate, customer orders change at short notice, unplanned machine breakdowns and staff shortages create additional uncertainty.

Digital transformation remains the central task on the executive floors of German companies. Key topics such as cybercrime, automation, and AI are at the top of the corporate agenda in Germany, according to KPMG's study, Future Readiness Monitor 2025.

There are currently around 109,000 unfilled IT positions in the German economy. Despite a decrease compared to 2023 (149,000), 85% of companies still see a significant shortage.

86 percent of enterprises believe SAP change management is now critical to competitive advantage, with the ability to continuously adapt recognized as a defining factor for success.

Atos, A French IT services provider, has been certified as an SAP Global Operations Partner for the tenth consecutive year and has received the Golden Certificate from SAP.

The UNC joins the SAP University Alliances program and seeks to strengthen the digital skills of its students at one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Latin America.

DXC Technology, a global Fortune 500 technology services company, and Boomi, a provider of AI automation, have announced a new strategic partnership.

Snowflake, the company behind the AI Data Cloud platform, has announced the public preview availability of Snowpark Connect for Apache Spark.

SAP has signed an agreement to acquire SmartRecruiters, a software provider for the recruitment of top employees.

Deloitte has announced an integration of Zora AI with SAP Joule and SAP BTP.

Oracle plans to open a third cloud region to help Spain’s financial sector and other key industries increase resilience and take advantage of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s high performance and built-in security, powerful data and AI, and distributed cloud capabilities.