E3 Category: MAG 15-09

Once a decision has been made on the basic design of an SAP IT infrastructure landscape, changes are in fact only made on a small scale. In the "design and setup" of Hana, IT managers are now in a position to use various options.

I am often asked in consulting that Change Request Management in SolMan should initially be used as standard. When IT managers consider the consequences for their IT processes, a wish list of customer-specific enhancements quickly emerges.

Everything is better with Hana. But what happens to the previous applications? What about the add-ons? The Z programs? Will everything have to be reprogrammed? "No," says Florian Lenz, Head of Departement Forecast at G.I.B.

It is a complex relationship and offers plenty of material for rumors, misunderstandings and errors. Those involved: SAP, the community including DSAG e. V. and E-3 Magazine.

Anyone can print or generate other output - or so you think. Printing from the SAP system is also possible without an external output management system (OMS). So why go to the extra effort of running SAP output through an external OMS?

When we think of the Internet of Things, many people think of hip objects such as smartwatches, fitness trackers or cars with WLAN. Basically, however, it can mean any device with which you can communicate electronically. This also includes weapons.

I am committed to tradition, so after clearing out the basement and attic - as ordered by my wife every year - the reward was the legendary CIO barbecue in our backyard, which this time became a real Empire of the Geeks!

From well-informed and very reliable sources, E-3 Magazine has obtained a recording of an appearance by SAP CEO Bill McDermott. The guest was Edmund Stoiber from Bavaria, who was delighted.

Cybernetics: The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. SAP seems to have recognized this wisdom for its own licensing model. Accordingly, it will be expensive. The "Professional User" is the goal.

In many companies that have opted for SAP, redundant or unused licenses accumulate over the years. How can transparency be created here, even though SAP does not provide suitable tools?

Do SAP service providers actually use SAP solutions themselves to map their business? This question was addressed by IA4SP's Applications Group in a study.

The digital transformation must be mastered in order not to miss the global connection. Faster data transmission would only be a short-term solution. More important is the fundamental expansion of telecommunications networks.