E3 Category: MAG 15-12

The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, together with TNS Infratest and ZEW Mannheim, has presented the "Monitoring Report Economy Digital 2015".

Where is master data management currently heading? How can companies find the right offering for them? In a recent market study, the Fraunhofer IAO compared and contrasted the master data management systems of 14 providers.

The Hamburg Alliance for Families has awarded Innobis the Hamburg Family Seal.

New network aims to pave the way for Germany as a production location into the digital age.

In the study "Hana Service Providers in Comparison," the Experton Group and West Trax examine the performance of German service providers in the environment of the Hana platform, see also page 20.

The fiscal burden on SMEs has been reduced in recent years - but this is not only due to tax rates, but above all to more efficient methods of tax collection.

SAP customers will be able to deploy and use Fiori apps in both on-premise and cloud environments using new services. They can then choose the deployment model that best suits their environment.

Recent study by Concur and Techconsult: Companies should evaluate how their travel management is set up.

Data is the foundation of all business operations - but according to a Gartner study, about 25 percent is not accurate. Data quality is a consistent problem for all companies.

The SAP community is asking itself whether SAP has found the happy medium with the in-memory computing database Hana or is stuck between all chairs with Hana. Hana is a huge challenge if you want more than just a fast SQL database.

With the new release Master Data Governance 8.0, SAP introduces for the first time functions that make the use of Hana mandatory. In addition to new analysis options and search functions, the version appears with the long-awaited consolidation scenario that was previously reserved for NetWeaver MDM.

The International Data Corporation (IDC) has published its forecasts for the ICT industry for 2016 in the FutureScape report. According to the report, the expansion of digital business strategies will take over more than half of IT within the next 24 months.