Cover story March 2026
Rescue through intelligent data management
Data twilight in the ERP universe: geopolitics, the S/4 transformation and intelligent data management make digital sovereignty key. Those who know where data is stored and processed can avoid vendor and legal lock-in. For Thomas Failer, founder and Group CEO of Data Migration, the handling of data and AI is becoming the crucial issue of our time.

Podcast: Rescue through intelligent data management
The podcast for the E3 cover story is a supplement and continuation of the online texts from the E3 print magazine. A dialog between two AI avatars with knowledge from the German-speaking E3 editorial team provides an insight into the processes surrounding SAP and the SAP community. Translations into English, Spanish and French are provided by DeepL and Google.

Rescue through intelligent data management
Data twilight in the ERP universe: The current geopolitical situation, the rocky road to S/4 transformation and the possible rescue through intelligent data management are making digital sovereignty increasingly explosive and relevant. Data sovereignty is key: only those who determine where data is stored and processed at all times can avoid vendor and legal lock-in.

Data and AI: the crucial question
It is not only the geopolitical situation that makes data sovereignty a must. Rather, the increasing spread of AI jeopardizes the protection of sensitive data if the data pool cannot be protected against unauthorized or malicious access.

AI orchestrates the S/4 transformation
S/4 migration, data protection, legacy decommissioning, skills shortages and data quality: transformation projects combine technical, regulatory and organizational challenges. With AI-supported functions, JiVS wants to turn this into a controllable modernization step.

Digital Lounge@Davos 2026: When AI enters the world
Robotics is reaching a new dimension: machines that can move like humans, react to their environment and work together with people are no longer dreams of the future, but reality.


