December 3, 2015

Fiori 2.0 includes hundreds of web applications. In addition, many SAP partners offer solutions based on Fiori, and every SAP customer can develop their own Fiori apps....

December 3, 2015

Dell wanted to drive its business forward by further improving the performance of its sales organization. Consolidation, standardization and greater efficiency in...

December 3, 2015

For all CIOs, IT managers and SAP executives, i.e. for the readers of this magazine, communication is one of the most important success factors...

December 3, 2015

In IT system management, the principle of "avoiding errors instead of correcting errors" has not yet become established. However, forward-looking IT quality assurance, which...

December 3, 2015

Companies must regularly adapt their application systems. Even SAP applications are anything but static and are constantly changing. The increasing digitalization...

December 3, 2015

With SAP ERP on Hana as a centralized, standardized company platform, the construction equipment manufacturer Wacker Neuson has succeeded in streamlining its process and system...

December 3, 2015

Suspa wanted to optimize its store floor processes as well as the productivity and capacity utilization of its systems. The gas spring manufacturer has achieved this with a new solution,...

December 3, 2015

Customer proximity in all sales channels is essential for the retail-oriented telecommunications company Freenet Group. The prerequisite for this is a perfectly functioning logistics chain. Therefore...

December 3, 2015

Depending on the process and industry, it often makes sense to extend SAP products with additional functions and interfaces for production logistics. Here...

December 3, 2015

A large number of components make software development a complex process: the procurement of development resources, the flexible on-boarding of internal...

December 3, 2015

The zeitgeist of the mobile age has reached SAP. The focus on mobile users is changing the DNA of the company....

December 3, 2015

As SAP announced last year, all new NetWeaver releases after 7.40 and products based on it will only be available with...

December 3, 2015

In-memory systems, such as SAP Hana, keep most of the data in the main memory. In order to ensure high availability, CIOs should optimize their...

December 3, 2015

Some people think that with in-memory you no longer need to worry about data storage. Oracle has...

December 3, 2015

Since the moment SAP tried to position the Hana database in the IT market, the term "data mining" has taken on a new...

December 3, 2015

SAP has created facts with Linux internally. For the provision of server workloads in its data centers, the Group relies on...

December 3, 2015

Colloquially, the Solution Manager is also known as the Swiss army knife. Even if many things are debatable, IT managers have long been familiar with the...

December 3, 2015

Blackmail enjoys unbroken popularity among cyber criminals. Once they have tasted blood, they quickly thirst for more. Anyone who...

December 3, 2015

Will digitalization make people superfluous? New occupational fields will emerge and taboo topics such as regular working hours, home office and shift models will be...

December 3, 2015

Our planning and budget discussions are complete. Time to prepare for 2016. It's time to take stock and continue the digital transformation process....

December 3, 2015

SAP license audits can not only result in additional costs for the company, but also legal violations and risks for the company's own data and IT systems. SAP licensees...

December 3, 2015

At the moment, the topic of migration and refugees is of particular concern to society and the economy. And there is no question that it is a...

December 3, 2015

It is in keeping with the spirit of the times that traditional journalism is being confronted with Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. To put it simply: on the one hand...

December 3, 2015

A small step for SAP, perhaps a major catastrophe for existing customers. Anyone who has modified their SAP system currently faces three challenges:...

November 26, 2015

Sympatex, the world's leading manufacturer of high-tech functional materials, purchases SAP maintenance services for its ERP deployment from third-party provider Rimini Street. E-3 spoke with CIO...

November 26, 2015

Digital transformation is not a reduction to the binary system of digital electronics, but rather the creation of new business processes based on the...

November 12, 2015

The digital transformation processes have only just begun. Industry and commerce 4.0 are just beginning. The Internet of Things is becoming a reality. C-level management...

November 5, 2015

SAP users today are faced with constantly growing demands. The aim is to improve the efficiency and performance of mission-critical applications and to develop new...

November 3, 2015

Hybrid Columnar Compression (HCC) is available on Oracle Exadata for SAP for the first time. The article deals with the use of Oracle's own...

November 3, 2015

The debate about Industry 4.0 has matured in German industrial companies over the last twelve months, but many companies are still struggling with...

November 3, 2015

Data is the raw material of our time. German companies are relying more and more on data analysis. But which companies use which data to...

November 3, 2015

The winners of this year's ERP System of the Year competition, in which over 70 systems were nominated for participation, are...

November 3, 2015

56 percent of manufacturing companies are already using Industry 4.0 software solutions, according to a recent study.

November 3, 2015

We have taken note of the decision of the European Court of Justice. The individual's right to informational self-determination and thus the...

November 3, 2015

The Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung receives around 25,000 invoices a year from its suppliers. A workflow system that has been in use for several years was...

November 3, 2015

The fashion and lifestyle company s.Oliver is now handling its indirect purchasing in a self-service process via SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SRM).

November 3, 2015

Decision-makers in SMEs see a great need for change in management skills. The reason for this is the digital transformation of business models. 58 percent of...

November 3, 2015

Machine tool manufacturer Trumpf wanted to increase the accuracy of freight cost checks and minimize manual effort. A freight cost solution implemented directly in SAP processes...

November 3, 2015

DSAG Chairman Marco Lenck carefully packaged the bitter truth so that it might not have been noticed by SAP Chief Technology Officer Bernd Leukert - because...

November 3, 2015

Especially with time-critical deliveries, customers want to know quickly where their order is. Complicated registration processes make shipment tracking a difficult and...

November 3, 2015

It is annoying when you find a payment request for a long-paid broadcasting fee in your letterbox. Even for the organization that...

November 3, 2015

What does SAP want to achieve with "indirect use"? The situation is complex, the answer is simple: more license and maintenance fee revenue...

November 3, 2015

No monthly SAP news should be disregarded. The Short Facts are dedicated to the smaller news as well as the seemingly more...

November 3, 2015

Six out of ten employees would like to process vacation requests and travel expenses online in the future.

November 3, 2015

Self-service systems are in vogue. The HR department is relieved, work efficiency increases and paper is saved. Recently, therefore, the...

November 3, 2015

Despite a number of difficulties, cloud computing has now also established itself in Germany. More and more, hybrid...

November 3, 2015

Simplified administration of Oracle databases for SAP solutions has long characterized Dell Toad. The toolset also supports SAP ASE, SAP...

November 3, 2015

Dell has steadily expanded its portfolio to provide companies with holistic support in the digital connected world. The Hana services range from...

November 3, 2015

In May, Dell opened its Global SAP Center of Excellence in Walldorf. With the new office and a data center,...

November 3, 2015

Flexera Software has acquired Secunia, a leading provider of vulnerability management software solutions.

November 3, 2015

The full-service IT provider Gisa is expanding its business and will take over the Wilken business activities of B&S Kampehl, an industry specialist in the field of...

November 3, 2015

Celonis enters into a global reseller agreement with SAP. SAP will distribute Celonis' process mining technology under the name SAP Process Mining.

November 3, 2015

Dell has bought the storage specialist EMC for 67 billion dollars (59 billion euros). This is the largest corporate acquisition in the...

November 3, 2015

Dell wants to buy EMC. If it succeeds, two IT giants will merge. It cannot be a takeover in the classic sense...

November 3, 2015

Only seven percent of decision-makers in companies have so far combined the skills of a digital leader and can provide important impetus for digital...

November 3, 2015

Unstructured data, the Internet of Things, machine learning and decision-making: For many customers, five, ten or 15 years into the...

November 3, 2015

The digitalization of industry is not a short-term trend, but is significantly changing the strategies and processes of every company. This also applies...

November 3, 2015

We make dozens of decisions every day at work. Many of them are based on information such as time or location, often...

November 3, 2015

Together with SAP, T-Systems has developed a globally unique logistics concept. It optimizes the flow of traffic and goods and thus ensures...

November 3, 2015

The medical technology company Otto Bock Kunststoff has merged its Foam Plants and Foam Systems business units. The merger of the two legal entities into one...

November 3, 2015

Increasing requirements and data volumes at Stuttgart Airport were pushing the NetWeaver Business Warehouse (BW) to its limits. A long-term data management strategy and...

November 2, 2015

The topic of security is heavily dependent on the respective use of Hana. The security concepts differ depending on the use case. In the following...

November 2, 2015

Lumira and Design Studio Apps are the two applications that SAP relies on for visual data analysis. The question is...

November 1, 2015

For many companies, SAP with an Oracle database forms the backbone of their business. The data that is processed there is correspondingly sensitive....

November 1, 2015

Automation is not the panacea for cost reduction in test management. Since the creation, maintenance and management of automated tests is associated with...

November 1, 2015

Europe's companies have finally started to implement digital testing strategies. Previous budgets for testing are moving towards testing...

November 1, 2015

The TDI configuration Tailored (Datacenter Integration) from Hana is more flexible and more scalable than the appliance configuration. However, when planning...

29 October 2015

The SAP landscape has grown in recent years - both in size and complexity. To cope with the complexity...

29 October 2015

The Chinese IT and telecommunications (ICT) market is booming: according to the European Information Technology Observatory (EITO), in 2014 alone, the...

29 October 2015

No crystal ball is needed in the SAP community. The 2025 deadline will not be met, as all existing customers now know. Hana and...

29 October 2015

One of the biggest challenges for the future in the implementation of Industry 4.0 will be the creation of a standardized data structure and...

29 October 2015

In regulated corporate environments in particular, it is always of interest to generate test data instead of creating system copies. The...

29 October 2015

This year SAP TechEd is taking place in Barcelona. Like every year, I asked for accreditation in Walldorf....

29 October 2015

Linux is nothing new in the SAP community. Everyone is familiar with the term "open source". Nevertheless, one can speak of a revolution...

29 October 2015

It is astonishing that classic business intelligence is still a hot topic. This becomes clear when it comes to investment planning and management...

29 October 2015

Free of charge! Free of charge! Free! There are many terms for labeling software. What seems to mean the same thing at first glance is...

29 October 2015

The use of Hana is always about High Availability (HA). Anyone who wants to run Hana on IBM Power8-based servers with the Suse Linux operating...

29 October 2015

Two major German corporations are fighting over intellectual property - who invented it? SAP or VW. Since the emissions scandal...

October 4, 2015

After two years of declining sales and minimal growth, Europe's ICT business will pick up again in the current year.

October 4, 2015

Big Data can mean a commercial advantage for 74 percent of all European companies.

October 4, 2015

Successful investment round brings Onapsis $17 million. Evolution Equity Partners leads the way as lead investor.

October 4, 2015

In its key issues paper on venture capital, the German government acknowledged that financial resources for startups are low.

October 4, 2015

Austria-wide data on Industry 4.0 is available for the first time. The digital transformation brings a planned investment volume of four billion euros per...

October 4, 2015

Since September, the user type Limited Professional User is no longer included in the SAP ERP software price list. Users should now define the scope of functions...

October 4, 2015

Existing SAP customers are familiar with the GTC and PKL (price and conditions list). But it is also said that nothing is eaten as hot as...

October 4, 2015

Susensoftware has not only won a court case against SAP, but is also trying to help existing SAP customers in the long term with innovative business ideas. If...

October 4, 2015

Every second German manager from sales, marketing and HR is preparing a digitalization initiative, for example to increase process efficiency. For...

October 4, 2015

Business processes are not only becoming digital, but also mobile. Mobile computing is intended to optimize the day-to-day work of existing SAP customers and make it more efficient. The...

October 4, 2015

With almost 300 participants, the 8th Info Day on variant configuration with SAP solutions, organized by the software and consulting company Sybit in...

October 4, 2015

No monthly SAP news should be disregarded. The Short Facts are dedicated to the smaller news as well as the seemingly more...

October 4, 2015

Realtech expands management team and Jean-Pierre Brulard takes responsibility for EMEA at VMware. That and more in the latest personnel news.

October 4, 2015

SAP has introduced new rapid deployment solutions (RDS). The rapid deployment packages are designed to facilitate the introduction of cloud-based SuccessFactors solutions for human capital management (HCM).

October 4, 2015

In May 2014, SAP acquired the vendor management provider Fieldglass. The Group is now using the software to manage external labor...

October 4, 2015

More and more SMEs are also moving their HR processes or parts of them to the cloud. Surveys show that for many, cloud use...

October 4, 2015

SAP is increasingly pushing into the cloud with S/4 Hana Cloud. However, many existing SAP customers are still hesitant, are not clear...

October 4, 2015

The productivity promise of digital processes is only fulfilled when the degree of automation reaches its maximum. With OpenText Business Center for SAP...

October 4, 2015

With S/4 Hana, SAP has finally completed the generational change in its core product. Hana not only replaces relational databases, but...

October 4, 2015

Flexibility, scalability, usage-based billing, security - that's what companies expect from their archive in order to save costs and...

October 4, 2015

In the past, shoe retailer Hamm Reno kept all its real estate documents in archive rooms. The switch to digital files brings security,...

October 4, 2015

s.Oliver processes transactions with 8,000 suppliers via a global supply chain. When redesigning the invoice receipt process, the fashion company replaced local...

October 4, 2015

SAP security is also essential in production control. Anyone who can intervene here without authorization has extensive opportunities for fraud, espionage...

October 4, 2015

Anyone carrying a pile of glued wood, a saw and a pneumatic nailer from the DIY store does not yet have a roof over their head. Similarly...

October 4, 2015

The pharmaceutical company Grünenthal has set itself the goal of using a global SAP ERP system. The sales companies in Brazil and Venezuela have already been working with...

October 4, 2015

Constant market change is making it increasingly difficult for companies to plan their production in line with demand. But how can the entire production...

October 4, 2015

Almost everyone has them: constantly available and "paperless" communication options for exchanging information privately - via WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram, email or...

October 4, 2015

More and more all-flash storage arrays are finding their way into data centers. They could dominate the primary storage environment as early as 2018/2019. The CIO...

October 3, 2015

Various big data applications can be used to advantage with Hana and S/4 - even in the cloud. Direct Hana-Hadoop integration plays an important role in this...

September 29, 2015

Even though ITIL has long since left its hype behind, there are still many companies that either do not yet have a Service Desk...

September 29, 2015

What was forbidden at school should not be tried again in professional life. SAP prohibits any kind of copying and...

September 29, 2015

The new SAP generation is here. Simplicity and Hana seem to be turning the IT market upside down, although the new dimension with S/4 Hana...

September 24, 2015

Hana on IBM Power8-based servers together with the Suse Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) for SAP Applications platform can be used by SAP customers from...

September 24, 2015

SAP's current database strategy is not immediately obvious to customers. Hana is obviously at the center of...

September 24, 2015

The digital transformation process does not have to be disruptive for almost all existing SAP customers - regardless of technology, use and business cases. "Hybrid"...

September 23 2015

CAD integration in Industry 4.0-specific business processes is still in its infancy. The development and change process in product development must first be established...

September 23 2015

This is not a new chemical formula from Walldorf, but an abbreviation I created for Suite on Hana (SoH) and...

September 23 2015

There is a lot of legal dynamite in the SAP license terms - we not only hear this from our clients, but also experience it in...

September 23 2015

Poor data quality jeopardizes the smooth running of business processes. It leads to delayed sales or loss of sales, high direct and indirect costs...

September 23 2015

Anyone can print or generate other output - or so you think. Printing from the SAP system is also possible without an external output management system (OMS)...

September 23 2015

Hana has many parents. Numerous database engines come together to form a respectable overall concept. This conglomerate of good ideas, own and...

September 23 2015

If you want to get from A to B in IT, you have to be careful not to be swept away by the "digital tsunami".

September 23 2015

It is a complex relationship and offers plenty of material for rumors, misunderstandings and errors. The parties involved: SAP, the community...

September 23 2015

Everything is better with Hana. But what happens to the existing applications? What about the add-ons? The Z programs? Must...

September 23 2015

In consulting, I am often asked about the fact that change request management in SolMan is initially used in the standard...

September 23 2015

Once you have decided on the basic design of an SAP IT infrastructure landscape, changes are in fact only made on a small scale. With "Design and...

September 22, 2015

High-speed spaceships and fighting elves, preferably in surround sound - plus chips and a cold beer. The evening is saved. On the other hand...

September 22, 2015

When it comes to the Internet of Things, many people think of hip objects such as smartwatches, fitness trackers or cars with Wi-Fi. But basically...

September 4, 2015

I'm committed to tradition and so after the clear-out in the cellar and attic - like...

September 3, 2015

The digital transformation must be mastered in order not to miss the global boat. Faster data transfer would only be a short-term solution....

September 3, 2015

Do SAP service providers actually use SAP solutions themselves to map their business? This question was addressed by the IA4SP Applications topic group in a...

September 3, 2015

In many companies that have opted for SAP, redundant or unused licenses accumulate over the years. How...

September 3, 2015

Cybernetics: The whole is more than the sum of its parts. SAP seems to have recognized this wisdom for its own licensing model.

September 3, 2015

E-3 Magazine has obtained a recording of an appearance by SAP CEO Bill McDermott from well-informed and very reliable sources....

September 2, 2015

Around a third of all servers are in operation even though they are not needed. These zombie servers not only consume electricity, they...

September 2, 2015

The contact point for SAP users at IBM celebrated its birthday. Working group leader Manfred Engelbart and Peter Althapp invited the SAP-on-IBM-i users to the Heinz Nixdorf Museum...

September 2, 2015

Current survey underscores displeasure with confusing, time-consuming and complicated billing processes.

September 2, 2015

Coincidence? ERP manufacturer Wilken has been using S/4 as the name for its development platform since 2011. Three years later, SAP presented its new application suite...

September 2, 2015

Having to complete an ongoing IT project as a new employee sounds like a daunting task. It...

September 2, 2015

Until 2006, Melitta technicians received their orders from a graphical scheduling solution via push e-mail. Feedback was provided via MDE...

September 2, 2015

The Limited Professional User is dead. This will probably be the most discussed topic at the DSAG Congress in Bremen - alongside...

September 2, 2015

With the recently released version 8.5 of BlueCopySuite, automation tool specialist Empirius also supports Hana system copies.

September 2, 2015

S/4 Hana will have to prove that it offers more flexibility in the mapping of processes and more individuality for the individual...

September 2, 2015

Archived data is becoming increasingly important in the analysis of big data. According to a recent Gartner study, as early as 2017...

September 2, 2015

Channel partner T.Con presents its portfolio of solutions, services and consulting in the SAP environment. The focus will be on: Automation, predictive analytics and production cockpits with...

September 2, 2015

Companies are challenged to adapt strategies and business models to the growing complexity associated with digital transformation.

September 2, 2015

AOK Sachsen-Anhalt relies on SAP. When the desire arose to be able to efficiently manage contracts in addition to the regular health insurance contracts, the...

September 2, 2015

At the annual congress, Realtime will be presenting solutions for master data and logistics, sales and production as well as industry solutions. Doreen reports from the field...

September 2, 2015

KGS Software, a provider of SAP archiving and document management, has expanded its product suite on the basis of current major projects since the last...

September 2, 2015

With solutions that make everyday IT life easier, Libelle AG is presenting itself in a new old guise at this year's DSAG Congress: The...

September 2, 2015

The user interface of the newly presented S.Siam Web solution allows typical actions related to the management of access data, such as...

September 2, 2015

Apicon, a provider of system integration and data maintenance in the SAP environment, will present its solutions at the DSAG Annual Congress.

September 2, 2015

As the customer base grows, so do the demands on a high-performance accounts receivable management system.

September 2, 2015

At the annual congress, Mobisys will demonstrate the quick and easy implementation of mobile processes in the SAP system and present practice-oriented mobile solutions.

September 2, 2015

Mobile devices are not only finding their way into the private sphere. They are also increasingly in demand in companies. This trend is also...

September 2, 2015

In order to strengthen direct contact with end customers in the future, TTI, a Chinese supplier of power tools, garden and floor cleaning equipment, has...

September 2, 2015

If the CIO's forehead is beaded with sweat, it's not just because of the summer temperatures: SAP has...

September 2, 2015

Industry 4.0 solutions from Orbis can already be used quickly and easily for individual processes in an existing SAP environment.

September 2, 2015

The disclosure and manipulation of internal company data and documents can have business-damaging consequences. Within the SAP system, this data is relatively secure.

September 2, 2015

SAP hosting providers play an important role in the operation of these applications, with around 68 percent of all application hosting services in Germany relating to SAP in 2013....

September 2, 2015

Optimizing processes is easier said than done. Here, in particular, the analysis of the current state plays an important role.

September 2, 2015

Traditional systems for transactions (OLTP) or analyses (OLAP) are not designed for Big Data, unlike the open source platform Hadoop.

September 2, 2015

Time is also an important factor in turning trade fair leads into successful business relationships. It took Stiebel Eltron up to six weeks to...

September 2, 2015

No monthly SAP news should be disregarded. The Short Facts are dedicated to the smaller news as well as the seemingly more...

September 2, 2015

Hardly any other professional IT sector has been as driven and fertilized by the private sector in recent years as mobile and...

September 2, 2015

NTT Data gets new Germany CEO and Microsoft manager moves to All for One Steeb. That and more in the latest personnel news.

September 2, 2015

More and more existing SAP customers are switching from classic SAP to Hana on BW, Suite on Hana or S/4 Hana. Realtech...

September 2, 2015

New business cases and expanded SAP application options are fueling Hana and S/4 usage. This requires changes to SAP IT infrastructures and operating models. With...

September 1, 2015

More and more SAP applications are being moved from traditional IT infrastructures to the cloud. In some cases, this means using OpenStack as the central...

September 1, 2015

With the acquisition of Born Informatik, Adesso Switzerland will now be able to offer its entire service portfolio from its Zurich and Bern...

September 1, 2015

Nionex is to be merged with Bertelsmann Group sister company Arvato Systems S4M. Both companies will now operate together on the market as Arvato Systems...

September 1, 2015

Libelle and Infolytics have entered into a cooperation for the distribution of Libelle products and services around the asynchronous data mirroring software DBShadow.

September 1, 2015

The Fraunhofer IAO has analyzed Chinese patent activities for Industry 4.0. China has applied for important patents and will in future have...

September 1, 2015

Digitalization is one in a series of numerous economic megatrends that have been influencing the global economic system since the beginning of the 19th century and...

September 1, 2015

The globalization of the SAP solution world increases the demands on IT and SAP support. Global solutions require larger time windows, bring additional...

September 1, 2015

Lean data management aims to continuously improve processes. The question arises: How can this be...

September 1, 2015

SAP environments have been becoming increasingly complex for years. The demands on maintenance are all the higher. One example is the increasingly complex...

September 1, 2015

Since 2014, the clothing retailer Ernsting's Family has been managing all logistics processes for store deliveries with an SAP EWM-based warehouse management system. The associated consulting,...

September 1, 2015

How can new functionalities be converted into tangible benefits? We explore this question in three articles. First of all...

September 1, 2015

Chocolate manufacturer Ritter Sport has put its SAP processes and controlling workflows to the test and embarked on a path that looks...

September 1, 2015

Third-party maintenance, as Rimini Street has been offering for ten years, has potential for existing SAP customers. Gartner speaks of an option and opportunities to...

September 1, 2015

With SAP Integrated Business Planning for Sales and Operations (SAP IBP S&OP), a new Hana-based platform for enterprise-wide planning is available...

September 1, 2015

Why use SAP BW when everything is easier and faster with Hana? Actually, it should read: Why use a...

September 1, 2015

There are various reasons for redesigning authorizations in the SAP environment. Auditors or the internal audit department have often identified deficiencies or...

September 1, 2015

The SAP community had to wait a long time. Now there is an alternative to the little-loved Intel Xeon processor. The combination of IBM Power and Suse...

September 1, 2015

SAP ERP becomes S/4 Hana, SAP HCM becomes Employee Central - will we soon be able to move on from SAP HCM...

September 1, 2015

Growing data volumes and deteriorating query performance prompted an existing SAP customer to introduce a nearline storage solution. The time frame for the project was tight...

September 1, 2015

Following SAP's commitment last year to support OpenStack, an increasing number of existing SAP customers are relying on OpenStack as part of their cloud...

September 1, 2015

Hana opens up innovative potential. This is demonstrated by two joint research projects between Pforzheim University and Pikon. An integrated Hana ERP system serves as the...

September 1, 2015

The in-memory option for Oracle Database 12c has been certified with SAP NetWeaver applications since June 30, 2015. This makes Oracle's in-memory technology...

September 1, 2015

When using Hana and S/4, data center managers must align their IT infrastructure in such a way that the specialist departments can implement new business cases as...

September 1, 2015

Eclipse means solar eclipse. But the Eclipse-based Query Designer offers new application possibilities - bringing light to development tasks. SAP uses...

August 27, 2015

In many respects, the SAP community is undergoing a constant process of transformation. Digital change management is the meta-level. In the...

August 22, 2015

New Vice President Sales EMEA/APAC at Onapsis, FIS expands management board and Frank Thonüs takes over the management of EMC Switzerland. The...

23 July 2015

The Internet of Things will not only promote the automatic control of connected machines. New professional fields, such as that of cyber...

23 July 2015

How can license measurement be handled cleanly and prepared professionally without bending license conditions? How high can the toll on the...

23 July 2015

We have too! We even have several Chief Digital Officers (CDO) worldwide, but they are responsible for digital use and business...

23 July 2015

The German government has declared Industry 4.0 a top priority. Working shoulder to shoulder with industry, it is pursuing the noble goal of...

23 July 2015

Paid media is the well-known and successful form of paid advertising. This form of advertising is not only successful, but also transparent...

23 July 2015

A Chief Digital Officer should have better things to do than pitch CRM licenses from the cloud for a few dollars -...

23 July 2015

With the Fiori design concept, SAP is trying to bridge the gap between private Internet use, for example online shopping, and business IT.

23 July 2015

Time and again, I find that IT managers associate the Solution Manager exclusively with technology when it comes to monitoring. The SolMan...

23 July 2015

The topic of security is firmly anchored within Hana Datacenter Readiness. Sophisticated protection against attacks and threats when using Hana...

23 July 2015

I forgot, what did I want to write here? Something about SAP. Well, the right was claimed on the web...

22 July 2015

Does honest really last the longest? As a child, this question was easy to answer, but even as a teenager, some people...

July 3, 2015

The administration, management and control of IT landscapes and individual components have always been part of system or enterprise management. In the topic stack of...

July 3, 2015

Three computer science students from the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) have won 5,000 euros in prize money with an app designed to make idle waiting for services...

July 3, 2015

Deceptive security: Eight out of ten Austrian companies have already experienced an IT incident.

July 3, 2015

CIOs are struggling to meet basic business requirements because legacy infrastructures are hampering business operations in many places. This is shown by a global study of...

July 3, 2015

The second edition of the English-language book SAP on the Cloud has been expanded to include essential parts such as S/4 Hana.

July 3, 2015

SAP's global data center in St. Leon-Rot has won the Datacentre Sustainability Award 2015. As part of the Datacloud...

July 3, 2015

Who would have thought that after 30 months SAP could already name 320 customers with a productive Suite-on-Hana (SoH) system?

July 3, 2015

Google is and remains the most popular employer for computer science graduates, followed by SAP and the BMW Group

July 2, 2015

Internet users should consider in good time what will happen to their digital data, such as social media profiles, after their death...

July 2, 2015

Banks that map their derivatives transactions for portfolio management in SAP FSCM are often faced with the difficulty that the values determined there are...

July 2, 2015

CIOs complained to E-3 Magazine about the complexity and stability of Hana and are considering HEC as a solution to...

July 2, 2015

Megatrends such as Industry 4.0, big data, cloud and in-memory computing also have an impact on the development and use of SAP systems.

July 2, 2015

In March 2015, Rimini Street conducted a global survey of 233 SAP Business Suite application license holders....

July 2, 2015

Previous security solutions are not enough to stop attacks. Instead, it is now necessary to minimize the consequential damage. This is demonstrated by a...

July 2, 2015

Several thousand square meters of warehouse. A dozen rack aisles with various storage and retrieval machines from different manufacturers. Various conveyor technology control systems. Several shuttles on one rail. At the...

July 2, 2015

Digitalization is the buzzword of our time: digital business, digital transformation, digital chaos. The current, turbulent developments make working with...

July 2, 2015

Hardware is out - topics such as cloud computing, big data, business analytics and social collaboration are setting the pace today....

July 2, 2015

The world of work in Germany is not prepared for networked production (Industry 4.0). Almost every second company lacks...

July 2, 2015

With the motto "ERP/4 Customer: More than fast and simple?", DSAG is focusing on S/4 Hana. SAP wants to...

July 2, 2015

DSAG has published two recommendations for action with example scenarios and practical tips.

July 2, 2015

More and more companies are adopting a dual-platform strategy in order to combine the advantages of different software solutions. The most prominent example is the integration of...

July 2, 2015

Software and consulting company DataVard has expanded its Gartner award-winning analysis tool DataVard ERP Fitness Test: Hana Readiness Check and Security & Compliance.

July 2, 2015

The SAP world is undergoing radical change. Previously isolated systems are to be replaced by new technologies such as cloud computing, big data and mobile...

July 2, 2015

The G.I.B-Dispo-Cockpit family has grown: The new "Purchasing Workbench" module provides optimum support for ordering processes in SAP and will be...

July 2, 2015

No monthly SAP news should be disregarded. The Short Facts are dedicated to the smaller news as well as the seemingly more...

July 2, 2015

Soccer and technology - Germany can do both. Playful intelligence, willingness to perform at the right time perfectly complemented by technical innovation and the...

July 2, 2015

New Realtech CEO, Capgemini appoints Chief Sales Officer. That and more in the latest personnel news.

July 2, 2015

SAP consultants are among the most sought-after and best-paid professions in Germany. This is also due to the fact that there is no...

July 2, 2015

The DAX 30 companies have been able to continuously optimize their governance structures in terms of personnel and quality in recent years. This is the conclusion of the "DAX 30 Supervisory Board Study"...

July 2, 2015

Anyone applying for a job must expect that, in addition to their application documents, their profiles on social networks will also be thoroughly...

July 2, 2015

The digital transformation is opening up completely new opportunities for the manufacturing industry. In a smart factory, the value chain is networked with the help of modern technologies....

July 2, 2015

As a classic one-off manufacturer, Denios develops and produces hazardous materials storage systems and containers precisely according to customer requirements. The company has recently optimized its master data maintenance...

July 2, 2015

The IT specialist for the energy industry Gisa, the Institute for Applied Computer Science (InfAI) at the University of Leipzig and the IT specialist Evermind...

July 2, 2015

EMC has acquired Virtustream. The cloud software provider is to operate as an independent company for managed cloud services within the EMC federation, consisting...

July 2, 2015

The SAP Document Presentment application from OpenText, the specialist for Enterprise Information Management (EIM), also utilizes integration points in the platform...

July 2, 2015

To ensure that Germany and Europe do not fall behind in international competition, rapid measures are needed to support the digital transformation of the economy....

July 2, 2015

Industry 4.0 will arrive by 2025 at the latest and will strengthen Germany's competitiveness as a business location. According to a recent survey by the...

July 2, 2015

The digital transformation of business models and processes is keeping companies busy. If the first steps do not result in a company-wide vision of the future and integrated...

July 2, 2015

Test management projects are often difficult: the software is not ready on time, test systems and authorizations are missing and test cases, if they exist, are...

July 2, 2015

More than 15,000 invoices, credit notes and reminders in over 20 languages are generated, sent and archived at Ifco Systems every month....

July 2, 2015

Only with an efficient ERP system can sustainability be ensured throughout the entire value chain in chocolate production. Seamless batch traceability, transparent production...

July 2, 2015

Who can do what? In SAP systems, SAP authorizations determine who is allowed to see or edit which data. The problem...

July 2, 2015

How do companies succeed in bringing globally distributed locations up to a uniform SAP standard? The critical success factor here is data migration: from...

July 2, 2015

In order to provide customers with even more comprehensive and service-oriented advice, 300 sales representatives from the Winkler Group also use SAP on the move, via apps on...

July 1, 2015

IT remarketers are also benefiting from the trend towards outsourcing to the cloud. These companies recycle hardware that is no longer required and...

July 1, 2015

If you believe the one or other marketing film from Walldorf, the days of conventional business intelligence systems such as the...

July 1, 2015

There are already more than 300 apps that make using SAP easier and more mobile. However, the new browser-based user interfaces pose...

July 1, 2015

The location of the Norwegian Opera House is spectacular in itself. Snow-white and built as a peninsula on stilts in the fjord, the...

July 1, 2015

For many years, SAP's database dilemma only affected IBM, Oracle and Microsoft. Then SAP itself entered the market with MaxDB, Sybase ASE/IQ and...

June 25, 2015

An E-3 cover story about variant configuration? Something for specialists or the entire SAP community? Digitalization is changing the entire economy. Industry 4.0...

23 June 2015

At the beginning of April, the digital association Bitkom sent out the following press release: "Industry 4.0 is highly topical in the media, politics and business.

23 June 2015

Object-oriented programming is modern and there is no alternative for the growing demand for mobility. Now the experienced Abap trainer Alexander Maetzing has spoken on the subject of...

23 June 2015

Object-oriented programming is modern and there is no alternative for the growing demand for mobility. Now the experienced Abap trainer Alexander Maetzing has spoken on the subject of...

June 22, 2015

Celonis, provider of the novel process mining technology, is the winner of the prestigious 2015 Hana Innovation Award in the "Most Transformative" category.

June 22, 2015

Comparative study identifies hesitant implementation of forward-looking approaches in customer management.

June 22, 2015

The majority of Germans are selective online shoppers. More and more stationary purchases are being prepared online. Amazon lands at...

June 22, 2015

The digital transformation will permanently change industrial production and the associated processes in logistics and intralogistics - industry...

June 22, 2015

German companies have been increasing their spending on IT security for years. However, many companies do not notice attacks on their SAP system. It...

June 22, 2015

How do German SMEs manage their IT licenses? What opportunities does professional license management offer? And which trend should companies not miss?

June 22, 2015

Every year, the western SAP community meets in Orlando. With the active support of the Americas SAP Users Group (ASUG)...

June 22, 2015

No Sapphire without Industry 4.0 and IoT. Chief Technology Officer Bernd Leukert presented a cooperation with Siemens in Orlando. The aim is to...

June 22, 2015

SAP and Ariba partner Apsolut is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. E-3 spoke to Tim Kollmeier and Thomas Herbst, the...

June 22, 2015

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) see advantages in using professional customer data management solutions. However, the assumption prevails: Technical solutions are too...

June 22, 2015

A study has identified the most frequently used attack methods on SAP systems. The majority of the SAP systems examined have vulnerabilities that hackers can use to access...

June 22, 2015

No monthly SAP news should be disregarded. The Short Facts are dedicated to the smaller news as well as the seemingly more...

June 22, 2015

At Sapphire this year in Orlando, Hasso Plattner was asked whether Hana has a chance of penetrating the ERP market....

June 22, 2015

Talent management study: Only every second management position in SMEs is filled from within the company's own ranks.

June 22, 2015

According to an initial evaluation of the large 2015 hourly rate survey conducted by the IT recruitment agency Gulp, 45.4 percent of respondents -...

June 22, 2015

Itelligence is becoming the leading provider of Hana-based business solutions. Why? Herbert Vogel, CEO of Itelligence AG, and his colleagues see...

June 22, 2015

Medium-sized companies that want to successfully master the digital transformation need an experienced and innovative SAP service provider to help them along the way.

June 22, 2015

Rösler Oberflächentechnik has repositioned itself with a Road to Hana. The specialist departments were quickly able to benefit from the improved analysis possibilities of...

June 22, 2015

BI and controlling provider XAX has expanded its solution portfolio with the business intelligence & performance management solution Board from the software provider of the same name.

June 22, 2015

Alpha Business Solutions has spun off the SAP Business ByDesign division. All4Cloud takes over the business with the leading cloud ERP solution from SAP....

June 22, 2015

Berkley Technical Services becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of ISec7 Group.

June 22, 2015

The Axxiome group of companies has expanded its range of services in the areas of business intelligence and innovations with the acquisition of QuSqu Intelligence.

June 22, 2015

SAP and Phizzle announce their global strategic partnership for automated fan engagement.

June 22, 2015

Infolytics and the distributor ALSO have signed an agreement for the distribution of the SAP MaxDB Enterprise Edition database bundle via the...

June 22, 2015

Amazon's figures for the first quarter of 2015 also include those of Amazon Web Services (AWS) for the first...

June 22, 2015

A new study clarifies the expectations of the Information Generation and identifies the most important criteria for companies to...

June 22, 2015

One of the advantages of R/3 is the freedom to choose the server, operating system and database. Anyone who has mastered the combinatorics knows immediately...

June 21, 2015

Within 25 years, Fressnapf has developed into a global pet food retailer. With a modern cross-channel strategy and a...

June 21, 2015

The trend is clear. More and more suppliers are converting their invoices and payment advices into PDF files and sending them by e-mail...

June 21, 2015

Technology topics such as Hana, cloud and mobile are very popular. Providers promise simplification, acceleration, cost reduction and flexibility. Increased performance and individualization....

June 21, 2015

Medium-sized and large industrial companies in the DACH region rely on consolidated global SAP solutions and close-to-home management of SAP operations by a local...

June 21, 2015

Industry 4.0 is slowly finding its place in companies' internal discussions. What should the solutions look like and...

June 21, 2015

Trouble with your energy supplier? If the service isn't right, electricity customers are quick to look for alternative providers. With the multitude of...

June 21, 2015

What would the world be without inventions? Innovations such as a revolutionary payment app or a smartphone-controlled toilet are designed to make our lives easier....

June 21, 2015

For a long time, there was speculation about IBM entering the Hana market with its own Power systems. Many already believed in...

June 21, 2015

The anticipation of technical innovations sometimes obscures the view of the necessary licenses: Those who switch to Hana can fall into the...

June 21, 2015

Anyone migrating their systems to S/4 Hana should be aware of unnecessary license and maintenance costs for third-party databases. The remedy is...

June 1, 2015

According to SAP, behind the unwieldy term "SAP BPC 10.1 embedded" lies the best of "SAP Business Warehouse Integrated Planning"...

June 1, 2015

Anyone who tests is a coward, I was told again by a customer just last week. In this context, I wanted...

June 1, 2015

Suse Linux has introduced the Enterprise Server for SAP Applications. New functions such as complete system rollback, live kernel patching and...

June 1, 2015

The fact is: Hana facilitates the operation of large SAP systems and enables completely new application scenarios. However, many users do not realize to what extent...

April 1, 2015

Naturally, the catastrophe was programmed: Sapviertel (S/4Hana) is a disruptive technology that hides behind a barrier called Compatibility View....

October 1, 2014

Is SAP an enabler or a stumbling block in the digital transformation?

14 July 2014

From the SAP community for the SAP community. Orientation for us! A successful ERP landscape has emerged from the monolithic R/3, which is...