E3 Category: Coverstory 18-06

SAP has hit the mark: Leonardo as a name for a framework for digital transformation is perfect. Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, anatomist, mechanic, engineer and natural philosopher. He is considered one of the most famous polymaths of all time.

Blockchain can be understood as a distributed database that can be secure against manipulation and data loss due to a certain local independence. The reality is different. The potential is great. But the SAP community is only at the beginning of this development.a

SAP is also dreaming of great successes through AI, but what you hear from the ERP world market leader is disturbing to the point of being wrong. Rarely before has an IT group embarrassed itself so openly and comprehensively.

A steady decline in the prices of electronic components enabled the emergence of the Internet of Things. Whether machine tools or refrigerators, cars or model trains, sensors and interfaces to the Internet can be found everywhere.

The importance of Big Data Intelligence/Analytics no longer needs to be argued. But unfortunately, there is currently no stringent path to the goal for existing SAP customers.