ERP coopetition: mergers, acquisitions and partnerships
The SAP community is developing rapidly - and so are the strategic alliances between companies. We report in real time on new partnerships, major takeovers and groundbreaking mergers that are changing the market structure and providing new impetus. Please send news on current partnerships or transactions directly to the E3 editorial team, by phone: +49 8654 771300 or by e-mail to redaktion@e3mag.com
September 5, 2025
DataHub Europe
Schwarz Digits and Deutsche Bahn have founded DataHub Europe GmbH and launched a European data and AI platform. The aim is to provide a secure, GDPR-compliant data room and a "Data & AI Workbench" as a digital toolbox for companies, administration and research. In addition, a marketplace for data products will enable new business models. The focus is on industry-specific solutions in media, mobility, mechanical engineering and finance. With Helaba as a strategic partner, the financial sector will be strengthened: AI-supported applications and marketplace solutions based on open source and European data protection standards are planned. The first use case is AuditGPT, a digital audit assistant.
Source: Schwarz Digits
Source: Schwarz Digits
From left: Hans Rauwolf, All4cloud; Florian Ganz, Evora; Henrik Hausen, All4cloud; Wolfgang Kröner, All4cloud.
September 5, 2025
Evora IT Solutions takes over All4cloud
Evora IT Solutions has acquired cloud ERP specialist All4cloud, a leading SAP Gold and SAP GROW partner with locations in Germany and Switzerland. The acquisition expands Evora's SAP Business Suite expertise and accelerates its global expansion in the cloud ERP market. Customers will benefit from faster implementations of SAP Business Suite, including SAP Business AI and SAP Business Data Cloud, as well as improved integration and scaling capabilities. According to Managing Director Karthik Setty, the acquisition creates a strong center for digital transformation. All4cloud brings in over 100 active cloud ERP customers and more than €10 million in recurring revenue. The aim is to support SMEs worldwide in their cloud-based digital transformation.
Source: Evora IT
Source: Evora IT
Peter Bailis,
Workday
September 5, 2025
Workday takes over Flowise
Workday has acquired Flowise, a low-code platform that makes it easy to develop and deploy AI agents ranging from chatbots to complex workflows. With this acquisition, Workday adds a leading AI agent builder to its platform, accelerating innovation in HR and finance. Flowise offers an intuitive, visual development environment, supports the entire development cycle and is based on a successful open source community with over 42,000 GitHub stars. Customers and partners will benefit from greater speed, flexibility and transparency when creating customized AI solutions. Workday also emphasizes the focus on "Responsible AI" with built-in control and governance features.
Source: Workday
Source: Workday
Vishal Awasthi,
Neev Data
September 5, 2025
Archive360 and Neev Data join forces
Archive360 and Neev Data have formed a strategic partnership to provide organizations with a unified, AI-enabled platform for archiving and governance of historical ERP data. By combining Archive360's cloud-native compliance platform with Neev's SAP-certified connectors, a centralized data pool for structured ERP content, unstructured documents and communication data is created. This enables companies to extract, normalize and securely archive SAP data independently of SAP. This facilitates migrations to S/4, reduces costs and simplifies compliance processes. Legal teams and auditors benefit from a common interface with standardized rules, reports and search functions - creating the basis for AI-supported analyses.
Source: Neev Data
Source: Neev Data
Luiz Sagretti,
Seidor
September 5, 2025
Strategic alliance for SAP Cloud ERP in Latin America
Global IT consultancy Seidor has announced a strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to expand cloud solutions for digital transformation in Latin America. The central element is the SAP Cloud ERP Private on AWS program, which offers around 2,600 customers flexible deployment options, license optimization and AI-supported automation. Initial projects, such as the implementation at DIA Brasil with around 200 branches, show concrete efficiency gains. In addition to ERP, the cooperation also includes solutions for generative AI, data usage, security and industry-specific services via the AWS Marketplace. The aim is to provide customers with greater flexibility, scalability and business value by combining SAP and AWS innovations.
Source: Seidor
Source: Seidor
September 5, 2025
Global alliance: IDC, Context and GTDC
IDC, Context and Global Technology Distribution Council (GTDC) have formed a unique global partnership to provide the first single source of technology sales data across Asia-Pacific, North America, Europe and the Middle East. The goal is to provide IT manufacturers and distributors with accurate, comparable insights into market trends, enabling a 360-degree view of global distribution. IDC contributes its global analyst expertise and databases, Context provides in-depth knowledge of the EMEA market, while GTDC broadens the base with daily updated sales data from its members. Industry representatives such as Lenovo speak of a "game changer" that significantly increases efficiency and planning security in the channel.
Source: IDC
Source: IDC
Francisco Almada Lobo,
Critical Manufacturing
September 5, 2025
Critical Manufacturing takes over Convanit
Critical Manufacturing, a leading provider of Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) and subsidiary of ASMPT, has acquired Convanit, a company specializing in AI-based image analysis. With its flagship product c-Alice, Critical Manufacturing is expanding its platform with powerful visual inspection functions that can be used without programming knowledge. Manufacturing companies can use it to capture image data in real time, automatically detect defects and integrate quality assurance directly into MES processes. CEO Francisco Almada Lobo emphasizes that this transforms unstructured image data into valuable information. The acquisition underlines the company's focus on high-tech industries such as semiconductors, electronics and medical technology, where precision, traceability and speed are crucial.
Source: Critical Manufacturing
Source: Critical Manufacturing
Christopher Belford,
Epi-Use
September 5, 2025
Epi-Use intensifies cooperation with Fiserv
Epi-Use, a global specialist for cloud-based SAP systems, is expanding its cooperation with Fiserv, a leading provider of payment and financial technologies. The aim is to match digital payments with financial data more efficiently, reduce errors and strengthen fraud prevention. Based on the AWS SDK for SAP, Epi-Use developed the ERP Payment Reconciliation solution, which enables real-time reconciliation, automated workflows and improved cash flow transparency. The offering is complemented by Fiserv's SnapPay, which optimizes the order-to-cash process and has certified integrations for SAP, Workday and Oracle. For SAP customers, the solution is available under Rise with SAP and Grow in both private and public cloud environments.
Source: Epi-Use
Source: Epi-Use
Sumanth Reddy,
Plesm
September 5, 2025
SuccessFactors Learning expertise
Enterprise Information Resources (EIR), a long-standing SAP SuccessFactors partner, has acquired Plesm, a consultancy specializing in learning management. EIR is thus significantly expanding its expertise in the area of SAP SuccessFactors Learning Management System (LMS) and positioning itself as a leading boutique consultancy for digital learning transformation. Plesm founder Sumanth Reddy, former manager at Plateau Systems (now part of SAP SuccessFactors), takes over as Vice President of the LMS Practice. With more than 20 years of experience and projects for over 1 million learners in 80 countries, he brings in-depth expertise. The acquisition underscores EIR's commitment to supporting HR organizations with accurate, auditable and globally scalable learning solutions.
Source: SuccessFactors
Source: SuccessFactors
Volker Krug,
Deloitte
September 5, 2025
Strategic partnership for European digital sovereignty
Deloitte and StackIT, the cloud brand of the Schwarz Group, have agreed on a strategic cooperation to support companies and public institutions in building sovereign data and cloud infrastructures. The aim is to create a secure, GDPR-compliant and economically independent basis for digital transformation and AI use. Deloitte contributes consulting, industry and regulatory expertise, while StackIT provides the technological platform. Particular attention will be paid to critical areas such as administration and financial services. "Digital sovereignty is the prerequisite for innovative strength in Europe," emphasizes Deloitte CEO Volker Krug. The partnership will create a European offering that meets global standards and at the same time is committed to European values.
Source: Deloitte
Source: Deloitte
F.l:
Roman Chrustowski, Utiligence,
Guido Schlief, Valantic,
Thomas Marcon, Utiligence.
August 22, 2025
SAP Utilities specialist becomes part of Valantic
The digital consultancy Valantic is further expanding its market presence in the utilities industry: With the merger with Utiligence, the company is specifically strengthening its offering for the energy industry. Utiligence brings extensive SAP expertise and a deep understanding of energy industry processes. Together, the two partners offer an end-to-end portfolio for digital transformation - from strategic consulting to the implementation of intelligent technologies. The focus is on S/4, cloud services, metering and regulatory requirements. Utiligence Managing Directors Roman Chrustowski and Thomas Marcon will remain on board. The aim is to position utilities for the future with bundled expertise.
Source: Valantic
Source: Valantic
From left: Alexander Walz,
Tanja Walz,
Matthias Walz,
all hosting solutions.
August 22, 2025
Itesys takes over SAP service provider
Itesys, a provider of SAP technology, SAP security and platform engineering, intends to continue its growth course with the acquisition of the German SAP partner Hosting Solutions. Hosting Solutions has been on the market since 2005 and specializes in SAP Basis operations, managed security services and the IT service desk. With 25 employees and a stable customer base of around 100 companies as well as geo-redundant, ISO 27001-certified data centers, Hosting Solutions is firmly anchored in the Karlsruhe region. The perfect counterpart to the Itesys data centers in Switzerland. With this step, the Itesys Group is growing to over 200 employees, around 90 of whom are based in Germany. With this acquisition, Itesys is specifically strengthening its capacities in the areas of SAP operations and security in Germany.
Source: Itesys
Source: Itesys
August 22, 2025
Partnership Coface and SOA People
Coface, a credit and risk management company, and the SAP technology partner SOA People are entering into a partnership. The aim of the partnership is to establish modern, scalable solutions based on the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) - with a focus on trade credit insurance, business information and risk management. The "Ready4 Credit Management" (R4CM) solution, which is fully integrated into SAP, enables companies to automate their credit insurance-related processes end-to-end - from limit allocation to real-time risk monitoring. Coface is thus strengthening its digital strategy and offering customers seamless integration of external risk data in S/4 Hana and SAP ECC 6.0. The cooperation is intended to create a future-proof basis for greater efficiency, security and transparency in receivables management. The international credit insurer is already cooperating with several leading providers for technical integration and has been marketing its own Alyx platform since 2023.
Source: SOA People
Source: SOA People
From left: Martin Wibbe, Fabian Peters, Daniela Bünger, Mike Stang, Sascha Emons.
August 22, 2025
Platform expertise
The Conet Group is adding Salesforce expertise to its business applications portfolio with Kerun.One. The team of over 50 people brings in-depth expertise in the Salesforce ecosystem - an important step in the Horizon28 growth strategy. For SAP customers, this means that cloud-based business processes and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) solutions such as Salesforce can be integrated even better into existing IT landscapes in future. The combination of SAP and Salesforce expertise creates holistic solutions for digital transformation - from process digitization to smooth platform operation. Industries such as finance, manufacturing and energy will benefit in particular.
Source: Conet
Source: Conet
August 22, 2025
Var Group acquires SAP and EDI specialist Visicon
The Var Group has acquired Visicon EDV with the aim of strengthening its SAP and EDI expertise in the D/A/CH region. The business combination combines Visicon's many years of SAP and EDI expertise with the Var Group's PLM competence and is aimed at the holistic digitalization of business processes in medium-sized companies - particularly in the manufacturing industry. Visicon will retain its locations in Germany and Austria, and the management will remain on board. By entering the SAP sector in the D/A/CH region, the Var Group is continuing its strategy of offering integrated digital solutions as a one-stop partner. A rollout of Visicon solutions in Italy and Southern Europe is planned in order to open up new potential in the EDI sector there.
Source: Var Group
Source: Var Group
August 22, 2025
SecurityBridge takes over CyberSafe
SecurityBridge, provider of an SAP-native cybersecurity platform, has acquired the British authentication specialist CyberSafe. With the integration of TrustBroker products, SecurityBridge is strengthening its platform with passwordless multi-factor authentication (MFA), single sign-on (SSO) and context-based authentication. SAP users will benefit from dynamic security policies that enable risk-based MFA in real time - e.g. in the event of unusual logon times, new devices or suspicious user behavior. The merger combines over 30 years of authentication and SAP expertise and pursues the goal of securing SAP systems end-to-end. TrustBroker remains available as a standalone product, but is also deeply integrated into the SecurityBridge platform - for maximum security with minimal friction in everyday SAP operations.
Source: SecurityBridge
Source: SecurityBridge
From left: Jan Borgwardt, Adobe,
Moritz Röder, MHP,
Dr. Thilo Greshake, MHP,
Rainer Böhm, MHP,
Florian Obenaus, Adobe,
Dennis Saatkamp, Adobe,
Marc Gmelin, MHP.
August 22, 2025
MHP and Adobe enter into partnership for personalized customer journeys
The management and IT consultancy MHP and the US software manufacturer Adobe have entered into a new partnership. The aim is to support companies in implementing data-driven, personalized customer experiences along the entire customer journey. MHP will contribute its strategic consulting skills and industry expertise, while Adobe will provide state-of-the-art technology with solutions such as the Adobe Experience Cloud. A particular focus is on the use of artificial intelligence in the content supply chain. Together, the partners want to develop innovative, AI-supported platform solutions that noticeably improve efficiency, speed and customer centricity - for simpler answers to complex customer needs.
Source: MHP
Source: MHP
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