E3 Category: Round Table

The digital transformation has stuttered for a variety of reasons. But the economy needs more efficiency, resilience and agility. The ERP areas of human resources, i.e. HR and HCM, and financial management with the area of controlling are a key driver of digital transformation. Both areas, HCM and finance, are the domain of cloud provider Workday.

New providers with cloud-native concepts have entered the ERP market and cloud provider Workday claims to have a better solution for enterprise-wide planning, implementation and analysis.

The round table discussion will provide every existing SAP customer with the necessary orientation and valuable transformation tips. The entire SAP community is facing the challenge of S/4 conversion. The direction has been set. The goal is also known to many existing SAP customers. However, the path is difficult and in some cases still unknown.

With the upcoming SAP release change to Hana and S/4, the data management of existing SAP customers is coming into focus. Whether greenfield or brownfield, it is always necessary to decide which data is to be archived, how large the Hana database should be and how future operations can be controlled and monitored. The SAP partner PCG, Public Cloud Group, and NetApp have...

There are numerous challenges at SAP Basis that require special consideration: Of course, the right choice of licenses for a possible cloud operation comes first. How many FUEs, Full Use Equivalents, does the existing SAP customer need? With S/4 Hana, the SAP community is facing the biggest revolution of the past 50 years, but not in terms of organization, business management or...

Regardless of the operating model - on-prem or cloud - there are fixed parameters that must be fulfilled by SAP Basis. In this E3 roundtable, we will discuss the topics of security, automation, maintenance and, of course, the possible architectures and platforms for successful SAP operation as an on-prem, cloud or hybrid system. All participants will meet in person at the SAP Competence...

The Summit Roundtable.

Many successful R/3 systems are also based on extensive Abap modifications. The question of total cost of ownership (TCO) in Abap coding rarely arose. With the advent of NetWeaver and new possibilities for system customization, also in the Z namespace, considerations regarding programming costs became more relevant.

The many aspects of new S/4 licenses based on existing SAP systems are a topic for specialists and a challenge for SAP Basis. Knowledge about the appropriate SAP license transformation and conversion is relevant for all basis managers. The S/4 conversion poses major challenges for license management in every respect.

The lack of adequate IT staff will continue to preoccupy the SAP community for some time to come. Many successful SAP partners are currently addressing the issue of automation, monitoring and observability. At the SAP Competence Center Summit on June 1 and 2 in Salzburg, numerous companies will present their solutions for SAP Basis automation.

SAP SolMan has reached its end-of-life. ALM and Cloud ALM is to be the successor. A major challenge for SAP Basis, because Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) has not yet mastered all the tricks of the legendary SolMan.

When "cloud" is thought of fundamentally, hyperscaler and subscription fade into the background. Now it is no longer the location or the licensing model that is important, but only functions that are intended to benefit the user.