Cover story June 2025:
Functions, Tools, and Methodology for the SAP Community
From left to right: Jörg Dietmann, Co-Founder, Nagarro, and Julia Rettig, Director SAP Go-to-Market and Portfolio and Alliances, Nagarro, explain the successful paths for SAP users based on Rise, Grow, BTP, BDC, AI and Business Suite, because not all roads lead to Rome.

Functions, Tools, and Methodology for the SAP Community
SAP's ERP universe has been opening up in technical and business terms for many years. The black box R/3 has become a composable ERP, which is fed by many SAP cloud services, ERP/ECC 6.0, the new SAP Business Suite and numerous functions from third-party users and hyperscalers. With its expertise, global SAP partner Nagarro brings a methodology to this...

Why Do We Still Need an SAP Basis?
The two classic SAP operating tasks in the context of SAP on RISE—infrastructure management and SAP Basis administration—are known to be clearly regulated. Does this mean that customers no longer need their SAP Basis administrators? The answer is no.

Independence From Backend ERP
The SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) is a strategic PaaS offering designed to help companies develop faster and work more efficiently. But how exactly is it possible to reconcile internal and external requirements?

The SAP Business Suite is back!
Joking aside, no, ECC is not making a comeback. These announcements also fit in with the strategically congruent decisions that SAP has been making since 2023. Why 2023? Because a major stumbling block in SAP's communication was cleared out of the way at that time.

Selective Data Transition to S/4
With the migration to S/4 Hana, the German energy supplier Badenova has renewed its ERP system landscape. Selective data migration, separation of IS-U and ERP core and the introduction of new structures created the basis for modern, modular processes.

Go-Live Without Risk
Slow SAP applications, outages, and risk reduction: ensuring flawless software delivery and meeting rising expectations is more important than ever. Thorough, automated testing should therefore be an integral part of SAP transformation projects.