E3 Category: MAG 25-11

An eventful year is coming to an end. There have been numerous new developments relating to Linux and open source. They show that transparent open source principles, technologies and solutions are becoming increasingly relevant.

With the acquisition of SmartRecruiters, SAP is sending a clear signal in the HR tech market. In an interview with E3 editor Laura Cepeda, Dennis Böcker, Vice President EMEA Central, explains how the integration should accelerate innovation and change the market in the long term.

The DACH region remains a dynamic field of innovation: start-ups continue to gain in strategic importance. This is shown by the Start-up and Innovation Monitor 2025 of the digital consulting, solutions and software company Valantic.

SAP's commitment to AI is like icing poured over everything and everyone: The main thing is that it tastes like artificial intelligence.

How to better secure your company's crown jewels - and take care of SAP security? Oliver Villwock, Consulting Director with a focus on SAP security at cbs, and Robert Stricker, Head of Security Consulting at Materna, talk about this in an E3 interview.

Boomi is opening up another data channel in the SAP universe, giving SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) considerable competition with the Databricks extension. It remains to be seen who will ultimately win the race for the final ERP data platform.

SAP is also entering the field of AI agents. Apart from the imminent surplus of AI agents compared to ERP users, the paradigm persists due to a lack of expertise on the part of the users.

Many companies need to reorganize their IT security. SAP and hybrid systems can also be secured with "Zero Trust". The SAP Business Technology Platform with services such as Identity Authentication and Build Work Zone creates a central, secure access point for this.

Geopolitical turbulence is having an impact on the future direction of companies' IT strategies. Sovereignty is the order of the day. What can business application providers contribute?

At Everllence, formerly MAN Energy Solutions, 15,000 people in over 50 countries work on solutions for climate neutrality. The company is standardizing and digitalizing its HR processes with SAP SuccessFactors to ensure that its HR work is also fit for the future.

AI as a top investment: 68 percent of German CEOs name AI as their top investment goal in the latest KPMG CEO Outlook. 80 percent plan to invest at least ten percent of their budget in artificial intelligence in the short term.

The standard of a modern ERP system, such as S/4, alone is not always sufficient when it comes to capturing the complex reality of a company. Only individual extensions and a clear clean-core approach make companies truly fit for the future.