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 December 2025
The CCoE Experiment
The „SAP for Me“ portal is about as reliable as Deutsche Bahn. Without IT tools, the CCoE (Customer Center of Expertise) is flying blind. With Rise, automated testing, Cloud ALM, Signavio, LeanIX, and WalkMe, the CCoE has more tasks than ever before, and SAP is letting its users down. The old CCC partnership has broken down.
Long live the operating system?
December 5, 2025
With Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16, SUSE aims to set new standards for stability in business-critical IT environments—with a zero-trust platform for the era of S/4 transformation and long-term investment security.
Inetum and Correduría Seguros Nogal Implement Generative AI in Operational Process Analysis
December 4, 2025
Inetum, a company specializing in digital services, has announced a strategic alliance with Correduría Seguros Nogal to implement an innovative solution based on generative artificial intelligence. This cutting-edge tool will transform the analysis of Correduría Seguros Nogal's internal operational processes, which were traditionally carried out manually.
Compliant artificial intelligence
December 3, 2025
New services create transparency, promote trust, and support companies in the responsible use of artificial intelligence.
SAP certificate management is becoming increasingly complex, and the use of resources is rising continuously. Automation software for certificate management addresses these challenges in several ways.
Reducing Bureaucracy With SAP HCM
December 1, 2025
The consensus notification procedure (KMV) represents an important step toward digitizing and standardizing reporting processes. In this interview, SAP HCM expert Andre Weis explains how the FIS/HRD KMV tool reduces the workload for organizations through automated, error-free processes.
EU Competition Proceedings Against SAP
November 28, 2025
The European Commission initiated formal antitrust proceedings against SAP on September 25. The allegation is that SAP may have exploited its dominant position in the ERP software market by imposing abusive contract terms.
SAP Sovereignty Versus Vendor Lock-In
November 20, 2025
Either SAP has misunderstood the word "sovereignty," or the global ERP market leader is selfishly interpreting it to its own advantage. Rather than strengthening and mobilizing its customers to make them more competitive—in other words, to make them sovereign—SAP is merely expanding its vendor lock-in system.
Frankenstein ERP With SAP S/4 Hana
November 13, 2025
In an interview for the German-language medium Computerwelt.de, SAP Executive Board member Thomas Saueressig defined a Frankenstein ERP architecture, shortly after his Executive Board colleague Muhammad Alam warned of the danger of an ERP patchwork quilt.
SAP Abap Machine Learning
November 6, 2025
At the end of AI development, there will also be a small language model at SAP. SAP is now content with small successes. Based on its own Abap tables, mechanisms such as machine learning are to be used as a supplement to SAP PAL. Uncertain added value?
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
November 17, 2025
AI Is Not a Panacea for Data Chaos
I was shocked to realize two things: this is my last column, and I haven't even written about artificial intelligence yet. But few buzzwords are better suited to the grand finale.
November 14, 2025
ERP and AI—Stability and 99 Percent Availability
My gut feeling is that 99 percent availability would be acceptable, but this equates to a system or service being unavailable for approximately three days and 15 hours per year. ERP systems and AI agents require greater stability.
November 13, 2025
2025 Was All About Open Source: a Review and Outlook
An eventful year is coming to an end. There have been numerous new developments relating to Linux and open source. They show that transparent open source principles, technologies and solutions are becoming increasingly relevant.
SAP News
December 4, 2025
Inetum and Correduría Seguros Nogal Implement Generative AI in Operational Process Analysis
Inetum, a company specializing in digital services, has announced a strategic alliance with Correduría Seguros Nogal to implement an innovative solution based on generative artificial intelligence. This cutting-edge tool will transform the analysis of Correduría Seguros Nogal's internal operational processes, which were traditionally carried out manually.
Boomi, a provider of AI-driven automation, announced that it has been named a leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for API Management.
November 27, 2025
Red Hat Introduces Red Hat AI 3
Red Hat, a provider of open source solutions, has announced Red Hat AI 3, an evolution of its enterprise AI platform.
November 26, 2025
Multi-vendor composable ERP for SAP customers
Companies that use modular architectures with third-party support achieve above-average performance in 83 percent of cases, compared to 27 percent for traditional approaches.
Business Management
November 17, 2025
The Opportunities and Challenges With Sovereign AI
How can existing SAP customers, companies and public institutions use artificial intelligence securely and profitably?
November 14, 2025
Establishing a Modern AI-Enabled B2B Framework
Agentic Artificial Intelligence (AI) is ushering in a new era of transformation for both corporations and humanity. While much attention has been given to the ways consumers interact with AI-driven processes, the enterprise systems domain offers equally significant potential.
November 11, 2025
Security black box S/4
How to better secure your company's crown jewels - and take care of SAP security? Oliver Villwock, Consulting Director with a focus on SAP security at cbs, and Robert Stricker, Head of Security Consulting at Materna, talk about this in an E3 interview.
November 4, 2025
The Limits of the SAP S/4 Standard as an Opportunity
The standard of a modern ERP system, such as S/4, alone is not always sufficient when it comes to capturing the complex reality of a company. Only individual extensions and a clear clean-core approach make companies truly fit for the future.
IT Management
November 14, 2025
Optimized SAP processes in ten Scrum sprints
Isolated solutions and a lack of shared document access resulted in complex, error-prone handling. SSE introduced S/4 Hana for the MCAD team and created a powerful, expandable solution for efficient product data management with SAP ECTR.
November 7, 2025
Zero Trust in the SAP World
Many companies need to reorganize their IT security. SAP and hybrid systems can also be secured with "Zero Trust". The SAP Business Technology Platform with services such as Identity Authentication and Build Work Zone creates a central, secure access point for this.
October 21, 2025
SAP and Non-SAP?
Almost all SAP customers also use non-SAP systems, which also need to be managed. Empirius wants to take greater account of such tasks in future. CEO Hans Haselbeck talks about his views on SAP and non-SAP in an interview with E3 Magazine.
October 21, 2025
Three out of Four Companies Use Open Source
The vast majority of companies in Germany use open source software, and also see this as an opportunity for greater digital sovereignty.
Economy
October 13, 2025
EU Public Cloud Market Defies US Tariffs
IDC forecasts: European spending on public cloud services will rise to 229 billion USD in 2025 and to 452 billion USD by 2029. Despite geopolitical uncertainties, the cloud remains the engine of digitalization—driven by AI, regulation, and the healthcare boom.
October 10, 2025
Desire and Reality in IT Transformations
The latest IT transformation study reveals major discrepancies between the goals defined in advance and the results achieved.
October 8, 2025
The Majority Plan Savings in IT
The tense economic and geopolitical situation is forcing 82 percent of the companies surveyed in the DACH region to cut costs, with 53 percent of IT departments affected by cost-cutting measures. The IT budget is being reduced in one in four companies.
September 24, 2025
Cybercrime, Workforce Transformation, and AI
Digital transformation remains the central task on the executive floors of German companies. Key topics such as cybercrime, automation, and AI are at the top of the corporate agenda in Germany, according to KPMG's study, Future Readiness Monitor 2025.
E3 Book Tip
The latest guide to accounting with SAP FI
Keep your financial processes in SAP S/4HANA under control! This practical guide accompanies you in your daily tasks, from financial accounting to accounts payable and accounts receivable invoices to payment transactions, asset accounting, and closing tasks. The authors explain the processes step by step and use numerous examples to show you how to use the SAP Fiori apps efficiently. This third edition is based on SAP S/4HANA 2023, but is also suitable for older SAP S/4HANA releases and SAP S/4HANA 2025.
• Up-to-date expertise for users in financial accounting
• All tasks under control: from asset accounting to payment transactions
• Up-to-date expertise for users in financial accounting
• All tasks under control: from asset accounting to payment transactions
• Clearly explained: SAP Fiori, business partners, and much more.
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