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 May 2024
Power of Three
Here, the whole is more than the sum of its parts: This is the claim that the Public Cloud Group (PCG), NetApp and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are making to the SAP community. The challenge is the successful S/4 conversion and the development of a cloud architecture for Hana, S/4 and SAP BTP.
More and more users are opting for complete or suite solutions for SAP Basis automation software. Providers of such software, who make various apps available as part of an overall package, are turning the development wheel.
Reset for SAP CEO Christian Klein
May 2, 2024
Christian Klein was the subject of a cover story in Manager Magazin, a German business magazine, that portrayed an innovative CEO who would rather look at the stock price and chase IT megatrends than look after his own customers.
Nektarios Makris is Regional VP Sales at Cloudera
April 30, 2024
Cloudera, a data specialist for enterprise AI, has appointed Nektarios Makris as Regional Vice President (RVP) Sales for Central EMEA.
We need SAP S/5 Hana
April 30, 2024
S/4, the successor to SAP Business Suite 7, is and will remain an on-prem system. SAP CEO Christian Klein is unlikely to achieve his cloud goals this way, which says nothing about the quality of S/4 Hana itself.
FUE: Estimate for new Rise-with-SAP contracts
April 29, 2024
When switching from an ECC contract to an SAP Rise contract, the metric for SAP users changes. Existing SAP customers face the challenge of estimating the number of Full Use Equivalent, FUE, before signing the new Rise contract.
Security for the SAP landscape
April 29, 2024
The NIS2 Directive and the Cyber Resilience Act are responses to the increasing number of cyberattacks. Here it is helpful to rely on the BSI-certified Suse Linux platform for SAP.
The SAP Engine Is Sputtering
March 28, 2024
On the trading floor, SAP CEO Christian Klein is taking off at breakneck speed. His reputation in the SAP community, however, is in tatters. Even the well-intentioned call for a reset by the German magazine Manager Magazin has not moved him to improve the situation.
How Relevant Is SAP?
March 21, 2024
The new central star in the SAP universe is supposed to be the BTP (Business Technology Platform). However, analyst Joachim Hackmann of PAC has found that only 24 percent of SAP customers are consciously using the BTP.
SAP AI Dystopia
March 14, 2024
SAP is not taking AI seriously and is not investing enough resources in it. The company is additionally not making exceptions for indirect use licenses for AI applications. SAP is paving the way for an AI dystopia for ERP users.
SAP Can't Build Platforms
March 7, 2024
SAP has tried and failed to build platforms for its successful ERP. NetWeaver failed as a middleware platform because of the Java stack; the Hana DB platform remained a SQL machine; and now we have the BTP disaster.
Risk with ERP AI from SAP
February 29, 2024
SAP wants to, but doesn't dare: Generative AI and large language models are both a revolution and a risk. The results of AI are spectacular, but are they also economically and legally valid?
Comments
April 29, 2024
Security for the SAP landscape
The NIS2 Directive and the Cyber Resilience Act are responses to the increasing number of cyberattacks. Here it is helpful to rely on the BSI-certified Suse Linux platform for SAP.
April 26, 2024
A Cuckoo in the SAP Nest
In May 2024, Professor Hasso Plattner will step down as Chairman of the SAP Supervisory Board. A successor was elected last year with 99 percent of shareholder votes.
April 19, 2024
SAP balance of innovation and risk management
Companies are facing various challenges and key issues in the digital transformation. The integration of AI and machine learning in particular is increasingly becoming an unavoidable trend.
April 11, 2024
Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid
Many are familiar with the book Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter. The first time I tried to read the English original in 1989, I failed. However, after a lecture by AI pioneer Jürgen Schmidhuber, I purchased the German edition and devoured it from cover to cover.
Community News
Precisely, a data integrity company, announced that its Precisely Connect data integration solution now supports Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Db2.
Many companies create, process and store their most valuable data in SAP. To protect this effectively, existing SAP customers should assume that the attacker has already successfully penetrated the system, whether from inside or outside.
More and more users are opting for complete or suite solutions for SAP Basis automation software. Providers of such software, who make various apps available as part of an overall package, are turning the development wheel.
April 30, 2024
Nektarios Makris is Regional VP Sales at Cloudera
Cloudera, a data specialist for enterprise AI, has appointed Nektarios Makris as Regional Vice President (RVP) Sales for Central EMEA.
Business Management
March 11, 2024
AI and Education With Workday
Workday invited several members of the press, among them E3 magazine, to take a look behind the scenes of some of the inner workings of their EMEA headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. Workday spoke about AI, AI policy, educational outreach, and diversity.
February 14, 2024
How KWC Managed to Optimize Sales in Record Time: S/4 Public Cloud
Wroking in sales in the construction industry is already complex. If the organization of the sales department has been newly established and is expected to function from zero to a hundred, then that presents a pronounced challenge.
February 13, 2024
Master data management: material creation process
Users are looking for integrated solutions to optimize master data management in the course of digitalization and the switch to S/4.
The technology company Diehl Metering had set itself the goal of implementing a modern finance system in SAP ERP/ECC 6.0 in order to increase transparency for management and significantly simplify financial reporting in the company.
IT Management
E3 Magazine spoke with Greg Murphy, Staff Product Marketing Manager at Confluent, about Confluent's data streaming platform and its integration with SAP Datasphere on the BTP.
March 28, 2024
Success factors for successful test environments
Today, companies rely on complex IT systems to ensure cost-effective operation. This requires continuous testing of functions, interfaces and data transfers.
March 21, 2024
Due diligence for SAP Rise projects
All that glitters is not gold - not even at SAP. The supposed all-round carefree package Rise with SAP also has its pitfalls. However, many companies are aware that S/4 Hana paves the way for completely new, innovative business cases.
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.
Economy
13 October 2023
Mergers, acquisitions and partnerships in October 2023
Porsche increases stake in MHP and LeanIX cooperates with Microsoft
D.velop introduces new divisions, specialized in private sector, public sector, health, social, banking, and finance.
August 23, 2023
Mergers, acquisitions, partnerships in July/August 2023
What's happening in the SAP world? Current Mergers, Partnerships, and Acquisitions in July/August 2023
July 24, 2023
BlackLine study: 99 percent of companies confirm difficulties in intercompany accounting
New research reveals growing challenges are impacting business outcomes, talent retention, and more.
E3 book tip
SAP Commerce Cloud
Digital touchpoints are crucial for a successful customer journey. Because to convince your customers, everything has to be right! This book explains how to use the functions of SAP Commerce Cloud to design these touchpoints. Technologies, integration options and software architectures are described in detail. You will also gain in-depth insights into how e-commerce works today and tomorrow. Practical and detailed project examples are used to illustrate challenges and solutions.
- E-commerce success factor: web store, customer portal or omni-channel
- Efficient processes and customer focus at all touchpoints
- Everything under control: integration, analytics, security and operation
- E-commerce success factor: web store, customer portal or omni-channel
- Efficient processes and customer focus at all touchpoints
- Everything under control: integration, analytics, security and operation
