E3 Category: Manager Magazin 2026

Concircle sees itself as a complementary partner for existing SAP customers in the industrial sector: an assessment of the current situation.

SAP data offers great potential for AI, but many innovations are tied to S/4 and the SAP Cloud. The side-by-side model enables companies to run AI separately while still keeping it closely integrated with their SAP systems.

Once an afterthought, now center stage: security and resilience in SAP system operations. Without automation, SAP Basis and IT infrastructure teams are finding it increasingly difficult to adequately address these challenges.

You’ll know exactly what your SAP system does the very next day. You’ll see how the future system performs a week later. Only then should you make a decision about a project that will tie you down for years.

Why modernizing SAP systems and building an in-house AI platform represent the same investment today.

The Federal Ministry for Digitalization and State Modernization has commissioned Telekom and SAP, as the top-ranked bidders, to develop a sovereign AI platform.

The cloud exit problem has not yet been solved, and already the need for another exit strategy for AI is becoming apparent. How will sovereignty ever be achieved?

SAP is leading its existing customers on a journey of its own accord (autonomously) while they strive to reach the summit with their ERP system.

Is independent thinking and action just another term for autonomy? All these terms are giving me a headache: Why don’t SAP’s marketing and its ERP offerings align?

Igor Levit is one of the best-known and most successful piano musicians in the current concert business. He is an ambassador for Steinway & Sons pianos with regular appearances at the Salzburg Festival. A two-hour video documentary about his work and his thoughts is called: No Fear.

The S/4 transformation remains the central IT project for many companies. However, legacy custom code is slowing down the pace and innovation. New AI-based approaches could pave the way for a genuine clean core.