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E3 Category: MAG 21-07

Lünendonk has published the results of a market study and the lists of the leading IT service providers in Germany. There are some surprises in the rankings this year as well.
The umbrella organization of SAP partners presents itself with a rejuvenated external appearance, an expanded mission statement - but above all with a sharpened profile. With its current initiatives, IA4SP is putting a lot of effort into further building sustainable added value.
An important aspect of adapting a company to market developments and advances in technology is to integrate technological innovations and new know-how.
Sapphire is SAP's annual review of the community. In the keynotes, people analyze and conjure up the future. This time it was different: The past was not accounted for, but suppressed. The visionary look into the future was dominant.
Germany is lagging behind in the digitization of public administration. Hermann-Josef Haag, Head of Human Resources and Public Sector at DSAG, explains why this is the case.
Is the cloud real for an existing SAP customer? Yes, sometimes - but in many cases it is out of reach. Cloud computing is not the issue. More license fees are the goal.
After more than a year, the pandemic seems to have triggered an identity crisis among some customers regarding the S/4 Hana transformation. Whether justified or not, the discussions and considerations are interesting.
After ten years of growth, the 15 largest management consultancies headquartered in Germany have seen a decline in sales, mainly due to the corona pandemic. However, other market dynamics have also influenced the result.
Increased use of multi- and hybrid-cloud deployments due to market changes creates opportunities for DevOps transformation with low-code platform tools.
Once again this year, the status of the German cloud computing market was determined as part of the Cloud Computing Market Barometer Germany 2021.
If you are a global DAX company and want to keep track of 50 productive SAP systems with 30,000 users worldwide, the only way to do so is to implement a new complete protection with a dashboard.
The European Union recently presented proposals for more legal certainty in global data transfers. An assessment by the digital association Bitkom.

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 24, 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.