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.
German CEOs rely on AI
November 5, 2025
AI as a top investment: 68 percent of German CEOs name AI as their top investment goal in the latest KPMG CEO Outlook. 80 percent plan to invest at least ten percent of their budget in artificial intelligence in the short term.
The Limits of the SAP S/4 Standard as an Opportunity
November 4, 2025
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.
Agentic AI in the Starting Blocks
November 3, 2025
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.
Millions for SAP Ice Hockey Center
October 31, 2025
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.
From camera manufacturer to SAP solution provider
October 29, 2025
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.
Pole position with SAP Cloud ERP?
October 29, 2025
The Mercedes-AMG-Petronas F1 team will rely on SAP solutions in future. The focus: the 2026 season.
SAP Technology, Innovation, and Openness
November 14, 2024
The fundamental technology underlying SAP is still the R/3 Abap tables. However, SAP has long since stopped providing instruction in the field of ERP technology. Additionally, the company displays only a limited willingness to address SAP customers’ concerns and wishes.
SAP Without a Unique Selling Point
November 5, 2024
Because SAP has watered down the business and organizational components of its offering, but has only achieved limited success against overpowering competitors with databases, cloud, and AI, the focus has shifted to maintaining the share price, which is a success story only in the short term.
SAP Cloud ALM
October 31, 2024
In the cloud, SAP customers require appropriate tools to orchestrate their ERP applications. SAP's Cloud ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) could be an effective solution for this. However, it is still an unfinished product.
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
March 10, 2025
A Fundamentally New Way of Thinking With Cloud
"Cloud" is at the top of my hit list of meaningless IT buzzwords. Although perhaps meaningless is a bit harsh. It's more the mechanics of the discourse that lead us to speak about cloud, but often counterproductively.
March 7, 2025
Beware of Open Source Washing in AI
The unreserved and uncritical use of AI is not justifiable in a business-critical SAP environment. This means trustworthy AI will become increasingly important and, with it, transparent open source principles, technologies, and solutions.
March 5, 2025
Transparency and Communication
SAP cannot be accused of lacking composure, but of lacking transparency and comprehensible communication. The presentation of the new SAP Business Suite and Business Data Cloud leaves only one question unanswered: what is SAP attempting to communicate to the community?
March 5, 2025
Is 2025 the Age of Reason for the Tech Ecosystem?
After a year of economic, political, and geopolitical uncertainty, global dynamics will continue to impact businesses in 2025. For many, 2024 was about breaking new ground.
SAP News
July 8, 2025
Robots and AI Agents at Boomi World 2025
A look back at all the new developments presented at Boomi World 2025 in Dallas, Texas. Developments such as AI agents, expansion in EMEA, better API management and many more.
June 30, 2025
German Federal Employment Agency Relies on RISE
The German Federal Employment Agency is relying on RISE with SAP to operate its central payment systems for social benefits on a cloud basis in future. By licensing RISE, the organization is using SAP's private cloud offering in a German SAP data center.
Knowmad Mood, a technology consultancy specializing in digital transformation solutions, has announced the acquisition of Vanture ESS, a Barcelona-based IT consultancy with over 15 years of experience in enterprise management solutions.
June 25, 2025
CAF Migrates to S/4 Hana Cloud Private Edition
SAP announced that CAF, a company specializing in in urban rail and bus systems, has successfully migrated to S/4 Hana Cloud Private Edition.
Business Management
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.
With a modern and future-proof ERP landscape based on S/4 Hana, Frenzelit is creating the foundation for standardizing, digitizing, and automating its business processes.
January 16, 2024
Data structures with SAP optimization
As digitalization progresses, data is at the heart of almost every business activity. Master data in particular plays a crucial role in efficient, transparent and customer-centric business processes.
IT Management
November 20, 2023
Software Asset Management: Do It Again, SAM!
The movie quote comes from Casablanca. To this day, no other film is quoted more often than Michael Curtiz's masterpiece. Everyone knows at least one quote from Casablanca, even if they have never seen the movie in its entirety.
November 16, 2023
ERP Workload Automation With Redwood
With every industry reeling from the labor shortage, there is no better time to explore alternative options. One of those options is automation, which can help alleviate the strain on understaffed businesses and overworked employees. In an interview with E3 magazine, Redwood’s Devin Gharibian-Saki explains how Workload Automation can do exactly that.
November 15, 2023
Implementing Company-wide IT Automation
Is automating IT processes a technical challenge? Yes, but not only a challenge. The key to success and seamless implementation is a well-structured plan that involves all employees—not just those in IT.
November 15, 2023
Artificial Intelligence at Work - with the support of automation
In the current competition for skilled workers and market share, artificial intelligence can be a great support. In order for the technology to unfold its potential, it should be used in conjunction with automation.
Economy
16 February 2021
Online automation platform strengthens Celonis
Celonis announces the acquisition of Integromat, an online automation platform.
15 February 2021
Via CrystalBridge to the new ERP software generation
SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner and Scheer GmbH have signed a strategic partnership agreement.
12 February 2021
New S/4 Hana data migration solution
Capgemini enters into a global partnership with cbs Corporate Business Solutions.
February 9, 2021
Transparent supply network thanks to Ariba
Valantic cooperates with SAP and Apsolut. Customers now have the option of integrating SAP's Ariba solution into planning processes.
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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