E3 Category: MAG 13-10

Whistleblower Edward Snowden has opened the world's eyes and brought us the certainty: our data is not private, the NSA reads along. Information about us, our companies, businesses, paths, relationships - it's all being collected and analyzed. Many of us are unintentionally open books, exposing innovations, ideas, entire business processes. Is the world now falling...

Walldorf is not enough for Plattner. Europe also seems to be getting too narrow for him. Regardless of whether SAP is international or global, Hasso Plattner sees the salvation of his SAP in the U.S. Silicon Valley and the values he lives by there.

After record results in 2013, SAP Ventures is strengthening its strategy with a new fund and an expanded team to help entrepreneurs and startups grow faster and succeed.

Business processes in banks are largely IT-based. As a result, internal IT organizations face the challenge of mastering the complex application landscapes in order to meet the high demands for quality, cost-effectiveness and flexibility.

SAP's acquisition of Hybris, a Swiss provider of e-commerce technology, has been completed. The Group is thus investing in the future of customer management. The goal is to offer a contextual and consistent shopping experience across all interaction points.

If you look at the top topic list of various market watchers, Big Data and Cloud Computing are right at the top. What is important in the implementation of big data and cloud in the SAP environment from an infrastructure perspective? What fits together and how? What role do Suse Cloud, Hana and Hadoop play?

Chaos and panic reign at SAP. Our beloved Walldorf-based company is in trouble. After Business ByDesign, the company is squandering its objective advantage for a second time. Hana is in intensive care.

What impact will the resignation of Dane Jim Hagemann Snabe as co-CEO of Germany's largest software company SAP have on its European legacy?