E3 Category: MAG 18-11

The President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI), Dieter Kempf, was appointed Fellow of the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) by Director Professor Christoph Meinel.

The SAP consulting firm Cpro Industry Projects & Solutions opened a new branch office in Außernzell in Lower Bavaria, about 170 kilometers northeast of Munich, on October 1, 2018.

SAP is launching Upscale Commerce, a new SaaS offering for SMEs. The SAP Cloud Platform Extension Factory is also new. Customers can develop applications in this development environment and make them available via all cloud solutions in the C/4 portfolio.

In 2013, SAP presented 25 applications at Sapphire Now that were intended to usher in a new user experience: Fiori. This is a departure from the tried and true transactions. SAP customers face the challenge of how to use the Fiori UX for their own applications.

Four months after the deadline, German companies are still struggling with the implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation.

The leading cloud providers are still helping each other. A multicloud concept is supposed to bring SAP's existing customers more transparency and more flexibility. But SAP's proof of this is still lacking, yet the multicloud seems to be becoming a reality.

SAP has agreed a cooperation with ESL, the world's largest e-sports company.

Biotest, a global supplier of plasma protein products and biotherapeutic drugs, the management of personnel files in paper form was increasingly complicating the work of the HR department. Therefore, the company decided to introduce the electronic personnel file.

According to SAP, the complete solution for orchestrating data processing is intended to ensure greater operational efficiency and allow companies to fully exploit the potential of digitization.

In a press release dated October 2, Voice, the German Federal Association of IT Users, commented on the licensing situation in the SAP community. The topic of "indirect" use and interoperability is a particular concern for technicians and lawyers.

Although SAP presented a licensing model for indirect use in April, it will be some time before all ambiguities are resolved and user companies have real clarity. An exclusive interview on the hot topic of licensing and "indirect" use with DSAG board member Andreas Oczko.

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