E3 Category: IT Management

Uncover hidden insights and patterns with the Knowledge Graph. The Hana DB platform and Datasphere can do vector math! Why? Because vectors in multidimensional space make it easy to represent the distance between data points, often even with mental arithmetic. Generative AI needs this knowledge.

SAP S/4 Hana is available both in the cloud and on-prem. Although SAP as a company prefers the cloud, there are many reasons to opt for a local installation, including security. This article compares both options.

SAP customer Schaeffler achieves rapid software provision across the entire value chain with low-code. 30 widely used applications with more than 4000 users are in use.

E3 Magazine was invited to the Kafka Summit London 2024. Here are our observations on the latest innovations in the Kafka Apache world.

E3 Magazine spoke with Greg Murphy, Staff Product Marketing Manager at Confluent, about Confluent's data streaming platform and its integration with SAP Datasphere on the BTP.

Today, companies rely on complex IT systems to ensure cost-effective operation. This requires continuous testing of functions, interfaces and data transfers.

All that glitters is not gold - not even at SAP. The supposed all-round carefree package Rise with SAP also has its pitfalls. However, many companies are aware that S/4 Hana paves the way for completely new, innovative business cases.

In future, SAP transactions can be easily controlled and automated without using the SAP user interface. Data entry via the SAP GUI is not self-explanatory and requires time-consuming user training.

Automation tools have long since become established for creating SAP system copies. SAP Basis teams expect providers to provide them with such software systems based on the latest technologies.

Austrian SAP customer Agrana is one of the world's leading food and industrial goods companies. In Germany, Agrana is probably better known for its strategic partner Südzucker, which is also an SAP user.

Invoicing is often still manual and thus prone to errors. During a labor shortage, it also deprives companies of valuable capacity for more value-adding activities. AI-based invoicing provides a remedy here.

Although the GAEB file format considerably simplifies and accelerates the purchasing of construction services, it is not supported by SAP. This can be particularly problematic for energy suppliers.