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Eternally greets the groundhog

About twenty years ago, we had a cartoon in E-3 magazine that showed the ancient hero Sisyphus standing at the foot of the mountain with his stone to roll up forever, only to have it rumble back down from the top.
Peter M. Färbinger, E3 Magazine
June 9, 2022
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This text has been automatically translated from German to English.

In the E-3 cartoon, the characters "R/3" are engraved in stone and Sisyphus is standing in front of a barrier and has to pay tolls. SAP's existing customers are subject to the hardship of eternal release upgrades. But they also have to pay an annual maintenance fee forever - in the cloud this is called a subscription (a kind of toll without rights).

Even if it is an eternal cycle that the SAP existing customer cannot escape according to the ancient model, there are still possibilities for optimization. This is not easy, because optimization in connection with SAP software begins with business and organizational considerations, continues with technical specifications, and ends with licensing aspects.

The existing SAP customer is well advised to turn to consultants and SAP partners for help with these diverse and complex challenges. Many questions can be solved through many years of experience in the SAP community.

In SAP's anniversary year, SAP partner Snow is celebrating two anniversaries: the company's 25th anniversary and ten years of Snow for SAP. Ten years in which Snow consultants have helped optimize many SAP licenses and get more benefit out of an SAP investment.

For this purpose there is on Thursday, June 30, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. a Online event. I will moderate parts of the event and of course ask some critical, but always constructive questions.

Please register here now: https://snowsapforum2022.splashthat.com/, so that we see and hear each other on June 30.

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Peter M. Färbinger, E3 Magazine

Peter M. Färbinger, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief E3 Magazine DE, US and ES (e3mag.com), B4Bmedia.net AG, Freilassing (DE), E-Mail: pmf@b4bmedia.net and Tel. +49(0)8654/77130-21


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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.

Venue

More information will follow shortly.

Event date

Wednesday, May 21, and
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Early Bird Ticket

Available until Friday, January 24, 2025
EUR 390 excl. VAT

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EUR 590 excl. VAT

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Hotel Hilton Heidelberg
Kurfürstenanlage 1
D-69115 Heidelberg

Event date

Wednesday, March 5, and
Thursday, March 6, 2025

Tickets

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EUR 590 excl. VAT
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Available until December 20, 2024

EUR 390 excl. VAT
The event is organized by 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 attendance at all presentations of the Steampunk and BTP Summit 2025, a visit to the exhibition area, participation in the evening event and 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 course.