E3 Category: Scene

Boomi is becoming a launch partner for the „ServiceNow Workflow Data Network Passport“ program, which is designed to enable customers to activate data across the enterprise and accelerate AI-driven outcomes.

The National Security Council has decided to establish an AI security institute. The German AI Security Institute is intended to help better assess the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence and to engage in dialogue with comparable foreign institutions.

According to Adesso’s GenAI Impact Study, 41 percent of the companies surveyed are currently only exploring the basic applications of AI agents. Just under 31 percent are already using them in production. That sounds like a spirit of optimism, but it is primarily a sign of hesitation.

Hyperscaler power or European control? German companies want both. According to the Valantic study „Sovereign Hypercloud,“ many companies are focusing on expanding their IT infrastructure in Europe to combine the performance of international hyperscalers with greater sovereignty.

The debate on AI in Europe is shifting from pure innovation to issues of sovereignty, infrastructure, and long-term strategic control. How will Europe’s position within the global AI ecosystem become a factor in technological independence and geopolitical influence?

The buzz surrounding SAP’s April 2026 API policy has died down. Customers and partners are increasingly coming to terms with the announcements regarding the Autonomous Enterprise, the SAP Autonomous Suite, and the Cleanfield Approach, and are gradually gaining a clearer understanding.

In collaboration with Deloitte, UiPath relied on agentic automation, test automation, and a clear separation between the SAP core and the agent layer, and used its own S/4 migration as a stress test for a new ERP operating model.

For the majority of companies in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, data sovereignty within the EU is a very important issue. More than half would even be prepared to pay more. These are the results of a recent study commissioned by SAP.

E3 editor-in-chief Peter Färbinger spoke to the successful and long-standing member of the SAP community Wolfram Jost, CEO Scheer IDS, about the numerous challenges surrounding AI and LLMs in an SAP ERP architecture.

Public cloud projects differ fundamentally from traditional SAP implementations. It is not just technology, but above all methodological and organizational changes that determine success. What challenges companies can expect and what is important now.

SAP customers are under double pressure: they have to operate existing systems stably and manage the transformation towards the cloud and new operating models. For DSAG Austria board member Walter Schinnerer, it is clear that the real challenge lies in the organization.

Nine out of ten companies in Germany that make intensive use of AI expect fundamental changes to their business model by 2028. However, the current focus is primarily on efficiency and productivity gains rather than a comprehensive strategic transformation.