Author: E3 Magazine

Jürgen Müller will leave the SAP Executive Board on September 30, 2024.

Phishing emails to steal passwords, DDoS attacks to paralyze IT or ransomware attacks to infiltrate malware, encrypt data and extort ransom money - this is part of everyday life for many companies.

Outdated systems are still slowing down business-critical communication processes in companies today. In purchasing, for example, unstructured, partly analog data often comes together that has to be processed manually.

The study by management and technology consultancy BearingPoint highlights technology trends such as technology convergence, AI, and infrastructure innovation, which are all changing demand patterns and creating new opportunities for software vendors.

Increasing complexity of the IT landscape makes seamless integration and communication between SAP and non-SAP applications a key concern. Over 70 percent of respondents opt for S/4, preferably in the cloud.

Businesses need a functioning IT landscape. To ensure this, regular system environments testing is required, but despite automation, this is often still a time-consuming task.

New study by Hornetsecurity shows that 26 percent of companies do not use IT security training for end users.

Defensive IT security with monitoring of the entire risk situation often fails due to a lack of expertise in taking a holistic approach. In the face of rapidly increasing complexity, a flood of buzzwords and supposedly universal solutions, this often turns into flying blind, with companies neglecting the most basic security measures.

New functions for generative AI are to be developed as part of the cooperation between IBM and SAP.

Itesys, specialist for SAP Basis project and operational services, enters into a strategic alliance with NexQuent Consulting in Germany.

Training and further education as well as design and planning dominate the applications.

ChargeX, Munich-based provider of e-charging infrastructure solutions, is a new partner of SAP Germany and relies on SAP E-Mobility as a standardized cloud solution for e-mobility.