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E3 Category: MAG 16-06

Article from E-3 Magazine June 2016

Who knows exactly which add-on or supplementary solutions for Hana deployment are available from whom and what they offer? Suse Connect can help.
SAP is a monster. Not only does it want to be fed with new licenses, it also takes users' data hostage. Indirect use" hides the data GAU for SAP's existing customers - but Theseus has slain the Minotaur.
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.

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. All information about the event can be found here:

SAP Competence Center Summit 2024

Venue

Event Room, FourSide Hotel Salzburg,
At the exhibition center 2,
A-5020 Salzburg

Event date

June 5 and 6, 2024

Regular ticket:

€ 590 excl. VAT

Venue

Event Room, Hotel Hilton Heidelberg,
Kurfürstenanlage 1,
69115 Heidelberg

Event date

28 and 29 February 2024

Tickets

Regular ticket
EUR 590 excl. VAT
The organizer is 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 the attendance of all lectures of the Steampunk and BTP Summit 2024, the visit of the exhibition area, the participation in the evening event as well as the 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 time.