E3 Category: Coverstory 21-05

The topic of a technical release change dominated the discourse in the SAP community for a long time. The established SAP partners were used to the repetitive procedure of new release with testing, testing and testing. Partners like Devoteam, who are not only successfully anchored in the SAP community, but also successfully maintain other IT partnerships, bring new aspects to existing SAP customers.

Digital transformation is a major challenge for many companies and often appears to be both a blessing and a curse.

In many companies, evolved system architectures have led to digital uncontrolled growth. Taking decisive measures now to enable the implementation of S/4 Hana often seems enormously time-consuming to those responsible.

In the course of the digital transformation, questions regarding cloud providers, on-premises migrations and ROI are in the foreground. In view of the increasing number of digital attacks, cybersecurity should not be ignored either.

The digital transformation demands a lot from IT departments. The necessary flexibility is rarely achieved due to many challenges. However, this can be changed if those responsible take an example from the modular structure of the digitization strategy of factories.