Cover story April 2024
SAP Basis with Cloud ALM,
on-prem
and licenses.
Salzburg 2024: Hana and S/4 also need a robust SAP basis. The Customer Competence Center of SAP R/3 and Business Suite 7 is transforming itself with ALM, process mining and enterprise architects. The SAP Competence Center Summit in Salzburg is dedicated to this transformation process.
Cover story April 2026
Trends and investment 2026
The year 2026 is a critical turning point for the SAP community: SAP's visions meet the reality of existing customers. As the end of maintenance for the old ERP system approaches in 2027, the pressure for S/4 migrations will increase massively and shape the market for service providers.
How retailers are making the move to SAP Cloud ERP
January 29, 2026
Ready to run an SAP environment in just a few months? This is possible with SAP Cloud ERP and an implementation partner with decades of SAP experience. Not only can old ERP systems in retail be modernized, but new business models can also be implemented quickly.
Syngenta Deploys SAP AI
January 28, 2026
Swiss agriculture technology company Syngenta has entered into a partnership with SAP to deploy SAP Cloud ERP Private solutions.
SAP Study—AI in Singapore
January 28, 2026
SAP commissioned a study, conducted by Oxford Economics, "The SAP Value of AI Report", which surveyed 1,600 business leaders of various sizes, including 200 in Singapore, across eight countries (Australia, Brazil, China, Germany, India, Singapore, United Kingdom, and United States).
Snowflake Announces Its Intention to Acquire Observe to Offer AI-Powered Observability
January 27, 2026
Snowflake, the company behind the AI Data Cloud, has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Observe, a provider of an AI-powered observability platform.
To address the critical strategic need for digital sovereignty in Europe, Red Hat, a provider of open-source solutions, announces “Red Hat Confirmed Sovereign Support” for the 27 member states of the European Union.
Frankenstein Architecture
January 27, 2026
In a remarkable interview with my colleague, Manfred Bremmer, from the German publication Computerwoche, SAP board member, Thomas Saueressig, warned against a “Frankenstein” architecture when using AI with on-prem resources.
SAP Release Change or ERP System Change
August 7, 2025
Because a current release upgrade with or without RISE with SAP is currently overstretching the IT budgets of many SAP customers, ERP alternatives are increasingly being discussed behind closed doors. One possible exit strategy is composable ERP on a stable IT platform.
SAP Customer Evolution
July 31, 2025
Gerd Oswald is one of the most powerful and successful former SAP board members. He was the driving force behind the successful deployment of SAP R/3 and Business Suite 7, thanks to tools such as SolMan and initiatives such as the Customer Competence Center (CCC).
Self-Discovery With RISE With SAP
July 24, 2025
SAP is extremely interested in customer evolution and has set up a dedicated department to this end. It has excellent IT tools for finalizing the S/4 conversion. However, RISE with SAP is an imprecise and variable goal without core strengths.
E3 Roundtable on ERP Platforms, Data Streams, and E2E Workflows
Successful ERP, supply chain management, and CRM architectures are built on IT platforms. Data streaming and collaboration are essential to the orchestration of ERP systems. IT platforms are the new operating system for cloud computing. The E3 Roundtable will highlight the importance and strategy of platforms for a holistic IT infrastructure and ERP architecture. SAP customers will implement platform technologies for digital transformation. The E3 Roundtable will discuss the ERP architecture principle of platforms using Boomi's offering as an example.
Comments
October 13, 2025
Service Market—What Comes After the S/4 Boom?
The SAP service market is booming thanks to S/4 migrations - but the end of this wave is in sight. What comes next? New opportunities, new challenges and a change of strategy in the SAP partner ecosystem.
October 2, 2025
Digital Sovereignty Is A Necessity, Not a Luxury
Digital sovereignty is rapidly gaining in importance in Europe. This is creating new requirements—and opportunities—for SAP customers. Open source plays a key role in this and helps companies to become more sovereign.
October 1, 2025
Open Source Cannot Be Switched Off
The volatile macroeconomic and geopolitical environment requires IT landscapes to be operated with confidence. Security and independence are becoming increasingly important. Open source and hybrid cloud offer the necessary flexibility and resilience.
September 29, 2025
Reach Your Destination Quickly and Safely
Everything must become more efficient, including processes. SAP knows this too—and thus offers stable, tried-and-tested processes for complex subject areas that benefit companies. They are the best at it.
SAP News
November 5, 2025
Retailsolutions Focuses on Global Growth
With 20 years of experience as an SAP partner for international retailers, Retailsolutions is continuing to expand its global presence, with increased focus on Northern Europe and a new office in the USA.
November 3, 2025
Agentic AI in the Starting Blocks
Only a few companies have managed to scale successful AI PoCs to date. Agentic AI is raising high expectations, but uncertainties regarding liability, resilience and integration dominate. These are the key findings of the latest Lünendonk study.
October 31, 2025
Millions for SAP Ice Hockey Center
Sharks Sports and Entertainment and the City of San Jose have announced a lease extension that guarantees the San Jose Sharks will remain at SAP Center through 2050-51.
October 29, 2025
From camera manufacturer to SAP solution provider
To improve collaboration between Sales and Service, Mobotix replaced its fragmented system landscape with an integrated SAP environment. With the help of a digital partner portal, the company can now develop tailor-made solutions.
Business Management
Efficient digital end-to-end SAP configuration based on the "Model Once - Configure Anywhere" principle will be indispensable for variant manufacturers in the future if they want to survive on the market. But setting this up is a complex task.
April 30, 2025
Ariba Snap implementation—When the Chemistry is Right
The globally active specialty chemicals manufacturer Archroma has switched its procurement centrally to Ariba.
April 16, 2025
MDM before ERP migration
The refrigeration system manufacturer Hauser spent two years optimizing its master data for global S/4 use. With software and services from Simus Systems, the MDM team was able to build a golden client for a secure migration that supports further automation and digitalization.
IT Management
November 21, 2024
When the hacker pretends to be a colleague: Preparing for cyber attacks through social engineering
A caller from the IT department who needs the password for a PC update, an email from the boardroom with a link to a website or a desperate text message from a colleague who can't access her computer - cyber criminals could be behind it all.
November 20, 2024
Data interoperability with Graph Engine
Common data foundation enables interoperability using a Data Integrity Suite to accelerate the delivery of trusted data for analytics and AI initiatives
Having customer data available at all times via a mobile device not only makes work much easier for the sales force, but also increases company productivity.
November 14, 2024
The Oracle Advantage for SAP NetWeaver Customers
Operating large, business-critical ERP systems is a complex challenge. Running SAP NetWeaver
on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and technology is a good way to efficiently manage this task.
Economy
November 9, 2022
European Market Remains Robust
Total annual contract value increased in the second quarter and year-on-year, up 18 percent, but down slightly from the first quarter. The shortage of skilled workers is having a surprising impact.
September 29, 2022
Mergers, acquisitions, partnerships in September 2022
First reseller for Central Europe The partnership with Digitall expands Zuora's service portfolio in Central Europe. The goal: to support customers locally. The focus of the offer is turnkey end-to-end solutions for monetizing customer relationships through digital services, which Digitall will sell mainly in Austria. "Through our partnership with Digitall, we plan to bring the benefits of the Subscription Economy to an even broader...
August 4, 2022
Mergers, acquisitions, partnerships in July/August 2022
Meeting customer demand Sivis has acquired Danish identity and access management software company 2ndC. 2ndC is a cloud software provider with a strong foothold in identity and access management. For more than 25 years, 2ndC has supported its customers regarding the user lifecycle and control of identity and access management with the 2ndC Compliance Suite, which is built on a standardized Microsoft platform. Also...
August 1, 2022
M&A Booster: Modern Accounting
Why merging IT systems is so important in mergers and how a digital accounting process can help.
E3 book tip
Getting started with SAP S/4HANA
Get to know SAP S/4HANA using practical examples! In this book, Christian Drumm, Bernd Scheuermann and Stefan Weidner introduce you to the most important modules and business processes of SAP S/4HANA. You will get an overview of the applications for sales, purchasing, production, warehouse management, accounting and controlling. Many exercises, case studies and practical cases enable you to implement what you have learned directly in the system. Currently for the example company Global Bike 4.3.
The prerequisite for using the exercises, case studies and practical cases is access to an SAP system with Global Bike Client version 4.3. SAP UCC Magdeburg.
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