E3 Category: IT Management

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.

Companies need a functioning IT landscape to ensure smooth business processes. In order to guarantee this, system environments need to be tested regularly—despite increased automation efforts, this is often still a small-scale and time-consuming task.

Google Cloud will offer Oracle Cloud Infrastructure database services and high-speed network connections with Oracle.

To facilitate access to this data, most IT departments centralize as much information as possible.

When asked whether they ever check their emergency user log, most companies still respond with no. Experience from GRC practice shows that these logs usually gather dust in archives instead of being properly checked and documented.

Everyone is talking about AI. Even though generative AI is now facing criticism about its quality and reliability, and privacy advocates are taking legal action against Open AI, AI is here to stay.

A challenge for any organization, especially those moving SAP workloads to the cloud, is to protect data at every stage: at rest, in transit and, perhaps most importantly, during processing.