E3 Category: MAG 16-06

Who can do it better and faster? The big eat the small. The fast overtake the slow. That's the Old Economy, in which SAP is still stuck - and so are other European corporations. For the New Economy - as exemplified by Google - there is no definition yet, yet the success is obvious.

The SAP community is being shaken by disruptive innovations. The quake is called digital transformation. Hardly anyone knows in which direction it is heading, yet everyone wants to be the first.

The company is taking giant steps and moving very purposefully in the direction of Hana and S/4. This impression was confirmed once again at Sapphire, which took place in Orlando in mid-May 2016. Hasso Plattner personally emphasized that SAP Business Suite will of course be further developed.

SAP license management does not start with the signing of the contract with SAP, but already with the planning of the contract content and the design.

Purchased software is an ugly word - "on premise" and "licenses" sound much more intellectual. In the end, however, only "purchased software" will save us from ruin. And some fellow humans are also stocking up on gold again.

Industry 4.0 is one of the most important topics in the German economy. CIOs can benefit greatly from the conversion of industrial production to completely digitized and interconnected manufacturing processes.

By acquiring the B2B online network Ariba, SAP has opened a door between the digital networking of sales and procurement processes.

Are we really facing a massive upheaval? Will digitization help us to remain competitive? Do integrated production and logistics processes increase our flexibility and do we still remain individual?

With the summer, the summer flu season is also just around the corner and with it the vaccination discussion. We are also seeing a similar development in the IT sector.

In the past, many IT managers were concerned with managing their changes. The next stage is the topic of cost and activity allocation.

The OpenStack initiatives clearly show: SAP is specifically focusing on open source and thus accelerating its own innovation speed. SAP customers should now take a closer look at OpenStack.

Who knows exactly which add-on or supplementary solutions for Hana deployment are available from whom and what they offer? Suse Connect can help.