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E3 Category: IT Management

Information technology, IT architectures, and infrastructure, as well as algorithms and data structures are essential to operate SAP software.

The cloud blurs the differences between applications from different providers. Functions are developed, replicated, and provided more quickly. Switching to the cloud is difficult, but offers enormous opportunities.
Governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) are closely linked, essential areas of a company. A mix of on-premises and cloud is now increasingly being used for business applications. This increases the number of networked applications, but also the security risks.
A study on data integrity—carried out out by Precisely and Drexel University's LeBow College of Business—reveals widespread issues with trust in data and the impact on data and AI initiatives that trust or lack thereof has.
84 percent of respondents who have already migrated from Oracle Java report that the process was easier than expected or went as planned.
What a typical medium-sized company does to counter growing SAP cybercrime: implement monitoring with SolMan and round-the-clock support for the SAP landscape.
SAP is increasingly pushing customers towards licensing according to authorizations. Most existing SAP customers are therefore threatened with additional payments and a time-consuming inventory of the roles and authorizations previously assigned.
SAP describes itself as The Cloud Company and has greatly expanded its range of cloud-based solutions in just a few years. The introduction of the S/4 Cloud Public Edition and Rise in particular underpins the cloud-first approach.
At the behest of the DSAG (German-speaking SAP User Group), SAP has postponed the end of maintenance for the ME and MII solutions from 2027 to 2030. Companies now have time to switch to SAP DM, but should nevertheless consider migrating at an early stage.
Businesses need a functioning IT landscape. To ensure this, regular system environments testing is required, but despite automation, this is often still a time-consuming task.
Companies cannot wait until data is up to date. In an ever-changing business environment, companies must be able to respond immediately to market developments.
WalkMe is designed to help existing SAP customers manage change by providing advanced guidance and automation capabilities.
Since the end of last year, one of the largest EWM projects has been running live at SAP customer Phoenix Contact. The long-established company has since benefited from a highly efficient material flow in its distribution center.

Working on the SAP basis is crucial for successful S/4 conversion. 

This gives the Competence Center strategic importance for existing SAP customers. Regardless of the S/4 Hana operating model, topics such as Automation, Monitoring, Security, Application Lifecycle Management and Data Management the basis for S/4 operations.

For the second time, E3 magazine is organizing a summit for the SAP community in Salzburg to provide comprehensive information on all aspects of S/4 Hana groundwork.

Venue

More information will follow shortly.

Event date

Wednesday, May 21, and
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Early Bird Ticket

Available until Friday, January 24, 2025
EUR 390 excl. VAT

Regular ticket

EUR 590 excl. VAT

Venue

Hotel Hilton Heidelberg
Kurfürstenanlage 1
D-69115 Heidelberg

Event date

Wednesday, March 5, and
Thursday, March 6, 2025

Tickets

Regular ticket
EUR 590 excl. VAT
Early Bird Ticket

Available until December 20, 2024

EUR 390 excl. VAT
The event is organized by the E3 magazine of the publishing house B4Bmedia.net AG. The presentations will be accompanied by an exhibition of selected SAP partners. The ticket price includes attendance at all presentations of the Steampunk and BTP Summit 2025, a visit to the exhibition area, participation in the evening event and catering during the official program. The lecture program and the list of exhibitors and sponsors (SAP partners) will be published on this website in due course.