E3 Category: MAG 25-12

Companies are increasingly asking for their own AI infrastructure. In Germany, three quarters are planning to increase their investments in sovereignty and control over cloud, AI, data, and security.

SAP has presented a new study that shows that German companies are already achieving measurable business success with artificial intelligence.

Why is seamless governance in the use of AI agents now essential for companies, to ensure security, compliance, transparency and sustainable value creation?

The automotive supplier Brose from Coburg has successfully migrated its central SAP systems to SAP Cloud ERP Private on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Further steps to modernize the IT landscape are now to follow.

The end of support for SAP ECC is approaching and organizations face a pivotal moment in their ERP lifecycle. Businesses must prepare for migration to other ERP systems (not necessarily from SAP), while continuing to ensure uninterrupted SAP ECC operation—until 2030, but probably even beyond.

After the cloud fashion fiasco, the king has switched to AI. The new clothes don't suit him, and the stock market's response has been lackluster. However, financial analysts still believe in a positive outcome. But can SAP truly master AI?

By 2030, the AI capacities of German data centers are expected to quadruple. The connected load in watts will then rise from the current 530 megawatts to 2020 megawatts.

Digital transformation is a reality in small and medium-sized enterprises, but it is often incomplete. According to Bitkom, 77 percent of companies have a digitalization strategy, but only 19 percent implement it consistently—mainly due to a lack of data sovereignty.

Cleaning specialist Kärcher is taking the opportunity presented by a change to its existing ECM solution to move its data archive to the cloud and prepare its structures and processes for the upcoming migration to SAP S/4 Hana.

AI will fundamentally change the business of IT service providers—not only in testing and software development, but also in consulting. Experienced consultants will benefit, but junior consultants will find it more difficult to get started at first.

SAP has presented several product announcements for its HR and HCM solutions. New features in the SAP SuccessFactors cloud portfolio focus on artificial intelligence, skills-based employee development, and data-driven insights.

A new partnership between SAP and Snowflake aims to give companies access to comprehensive data and AI applications to accelerate their business processes.