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.
The AI Clock Is Ticking in Low-Code Mode
November 21, 2025
Why low-code and AI are currently business boosters for SAP and non-SAP users, and how low-code-supported AI applications support users in their everyday work—here is a compact overview of how both technologies fit together perfectly and orchestrate business together.
Three Steps From a "Dirty" SAP System Back to a Core Sydtem That Complies With Standards
November 20, 2025
Initial situation: An SAP system becomes „dirty“ when customer-specific code, undocumented modifications to the standard system, and fragile integration interfaces are mixed with the product standard. Excessive process customizing and poor master data quality are also problematic. The consequences are rising costs, more difficult upgrades, and reduced flexibility.
Digital Sovereignty—Dependent and Without a Strategy
November 19, 2025
Although the German economy believes it is well equipped when it comes to digital sovereignty, the majority is still dependent on digital solutions from non-European providers. This is shown by the first „Digital Sovereignty Index“ compiled by SAP Gold Partner Adesso and the HRI.
89 Percent Affected by Data Theft
November 18, 2025
Nine out of ten German companies have been affected by data theft in the past three years. 92% see an acute need for action due to geopolitical risks and are adapting their cyber strategies. Weaknesses are evident in protection against AI and quantum risks.
SAP Outsourcing From Cologne to New Zealand
November 18, 2025
Just imagine: It's 6 p.m. in Frankfurt. An SAP manager finishes his working day, takes one last look at the system dashboard - and breathes a sigh of relief.
Manage Master Data Centrally in S/4
November 18, 2025
Werner und Mertz strives for more efficiency, better data quality and transparent processes with centralized master data management. The focus was on clear workflows, flexible customization and SAP integration. With FIS/mpm, the manufacturer quickly achieved noticeable improvements.
Fragmentation of the SAP world
February 20, 2025
In recent years, the SAP universe has been atomized. The consistent R/3 black box has become a heterogeneous conglomerate of ERP modules and cloud applications. From blockchain to IoT: SAP seemed to have to follow every IT trend. Today, AI chaos rules the SAP world.
SAP RISE 2.0
February 13, 2025
With a complex ERP initiative for a hidden maintenance extension and an alternative cloud roadmap, RISE with SAP should have been given a second chance at survival earlier this year. The announcement of the Business Data Cloud in addition to the Business Technology Platform has finally put S/4 out of business.
SAP Platforms for Data Management
February 6, 2025
SAP recognized the value and importance of data early on, but failed to develop a stable solution across multiple ERP generations. From NetWeaver to Datasphere, there have been ambitious attempts, but no data orchestration in the ERP space.
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
May 13, 2025
Automate the automation process
Many SAP users stop halfway through automation. The potential of tools such as Ansible and end-to-end automation remains untapped—and with it the opportunity to combine migration with modern future-proofing.
May 12, 2025
Designing, not managing, right?
There is a veritable discussion going on at the SAP regulars' table as to whether SAP is actively and dynamically shaping its future or just conscientiously managing the legacy of Professor Hasso Plattner. I am of the opinion that SAP is at peace with itself.
May 9, 2025
WHAT With SAP?
We all know and love them: SAP acronyms. Most of them are three letters long. Prominent examples? BDC (Batch Data Communication or new: Business Data Cloud), BTP (Business Technology Platform), or BOM (Bill of Material).
May 8, 2025
Hana Can Do More
It is amazing how many services and functions can be found on the Hana database platform. Unfortunately, there is no scientific study on the degree of usage.
SAP News
The UNC joins the SAP University Alliances program and seeks to strengthen the digital skills of its students at one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Latin America.
August 27, 2025
DXC and Boomi Forge Strategic Partnership
DXC Technology, a global Fortune 500 technology services company, and Boomi, a provider of AI automation, have announced a new strategic partnership.
August 22, 2025
Clear Roles Instead of High Licensing Expenses
SAP access rights are often oversized—and expensive. Those who design roles intelligently not only save money, but also increase security. This article explains why modern access governance is now a must.
August 18, 2025
SAP Analysis for Excel—the Best of Both Worlds
How often do users work in SAP and want the benefits of Excel, or do they work in Excel and want to have information from SAP at their fingertips? A solution that combines both advantages is available with SAP Analysis for Excel. The key solution for companies combines the robustness of SAP with the familiarity of Excel.
Business Management
September 11, 2024
SAP add-on for decarbonization
The digital transformation towards sustainability presents managers with challenging transformation tasks. They demand economic solutions through number-based decisions as a valid foundation for all "green" endeavors.
September 9, 2024
S/4 Hana Transformation in Retail
The retail sector continues to find itself in a challenging market situation. Despite a slight increase in sales, as the industry association BEVH recently announced, sales are below the previous year's level.
September 2, 2024
Efficiency in purchasing: supply chain integration from the cloud
Outdated systems are still slowing down business-critical communication processes in companies today. In purchasing, for example, unstructured, partly analog data often comes together that has to be processed manually.
August 12, 2024
Industrial Transformation
Plant and machinery companies are facing one of the biggest transformations: they must evolve from manufacturers to service providers. End-to-end digital processes that go beyond ERP play a key role in this transformation.
IT Management
March 19, 2024
Control and Automate SAP Transactions Without SAP GUI
In future, SAP transactions can be easily controlled and automated without using the SAP user interface. Data entry via the SAP GUI is not self-explanatory and requires time-consuming user training.
March 18, 2024
Automation of System Operation with SAP System Copies
Automation tools have long since become established for creating SAP system copies. SAP Basis teams expect providers to provide them with such software systems based on the latest technologies.
March 18, 2024
Agrana Quality Management Application With SAP BTP
Austrian SAP customer Agrana is one of the world's leading food and industrial goods companies. In Germany, Agrana is probably better known for its strategic partner Südzucker, which is also an SAP user.
March 12, 2024
SAP Invoicing of the Future
Invoicing is often still manual and thus prone to errors. During a labor shortage, it also deprives companies of valuable capacity for more value-adding activities. AI-based invoicing provides a remedy here.
Economy
April 30, 2021
q.beyond strengthens cybersecurity offering
With a new partnership with Northwave, q.beyond is expanding its expertise in the area of cybersecurity. The aim of the partnership is to provide medium-sized companies with proven defense mechanisms, especially in the acute phase of a possible cyber attack. Northwave specializes in this area, as well as in the topic of forensics, i.e. the investigation of cyberattacks, among others. The company, headquartered...
April 30, 2021
Corona fuels Amazon's cloud business
According to a new ISG study, the pandemic continues to fuel the fledgling market for SAP in the AWS cloud.
April 29, 2021
Digitization promotes innovations
The development of innovations, new business models and operational excellence are the priority topics for IT managers in the next two years.
April 28, 2021
Strategic partnership
Valantic and UBH promise turbo on the road to digital transformation.
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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