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.
DSAG theme day „Licenses“
October 28, 2025
A prankster who thinks evil! The DSAG Annual Congress 2025 in Bremen is over. The biggest scandal in Bremen? Quite simply: there was no scandal - everything was soft-washed and critical issues were sorted out in good time. The DSAG members were left out in the cold.
Snowflake Study on the AI Labor Market in Spain
October 28, 2025
Lack of trust and talent shortages are the main obstacles to the adoption of AI in companies in Spain, according to a new study on the Artificial Intelligence Job Market in Spain, published by Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company.
Exascale calculator for digital sovereignty
October 28, 2025
Jupiter, the fastest and most energy-efficient supercomputer in Europe, has gone into operation at Forschungszentrum Jülich. The system is the first in Europe to be designed and equipped in such a way that it will reach the mark of one trillion computing operations per second (1 ExaFLOP/s).
Excerpt from “ServiceNow’s Intelligent IT Service Management: a Comprehensive Guide to Implementing the Platform’s AI Capabilities for IT Managers.”
Q3 2025: SAP Relies on Continued Cloud Growth
October 24, 2025
SAP has published its results for the third quarter of 2025 and presents a mixed, but overall solid picture. The cloud business remains the key growth driver, while total revenue and the outlook are somewhat more subdued.
Between Shell Script and Self-Deception
October 24, 2025
Automation is omnipresent in IT. But despite the hype surrounding hyperautomation, it should be clear that it is not an end in itself, and certainly not a panacea. It is worth taking a critical look.
End-of-Life for AnyDB and Java
October 24, 2024
For 50 years, SAP sold an open ERP system based on Oracle, IBM DB2, and Microsoft SQL Server databases. With the dual stack (Abap and Java) of the SAP NetWeaver platform, the global market leader expanded even more.
SAP CCoE, RISE With SAP, and S/4 Licenses
October 17, 2024
The DSAG Annual Congress 2024 highlighted the necessity for an efficient SAP Basis team during and after an SAP RISE project. During a RISE conversion, numerous tasks are transferred to SAP, necessitating the presence of a controlling Basis team to oversee the process.
No More Caffeine for SAP Hana DB
October 10, 2024
SAP's database platform has lost one of its attractions: the Hana House in Palo Alto, California, has closed its doors. Professor Hasso Plattner is no longer Chairman of the Supervisory Board, and his legacy is now being disposed of.
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 4, 2025
Bravo, SAP CFO Dominik Asam
SAP's share price is soaring. Deutsche Bank analysts put it at 300 EUR. The CEO and CFO are doing a great job. But how are they managing this?
March 3, 2025
Preventing Chaos in SAP Systems With Trento
In the fast-moving world of SAP, even a brief outage can cause considerable costs. This is where Trento comes in—your reliable companion that protects your SAP systems from costly service interruptions.
February 28, 2025
SAP Has Found the Golden Record
The latest message from SAP headquarters from CEO Christian Klein is in: data is important and valuable. The year is 2025 and SAP has invented the golden record. Another loss of reality in the SAP universe.
February 27, 2025
What Was That?
For this article’s title, I‘ve borrowed a phrase from Friedrich Merz, a member of the German Bundestag, who used it in the last German Bundestag debate before the election in response to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's speech. This article has been inspired by German politics.
SAP News
June 25, 2025
Alibaba Collaborates With SAP
SAP has entered into a strategic partnership with Alibaba to accelerate cloud transformation.
The Spanish ECM specialist Brait Consulting will offer its customers SAP-certified solutions from xSuite, a provider of automation solutions for accounts payable accounting.
June 17, 2025
Is Equal Opportunity in the Workplace Overrated?
In mid-May, SAP gave in to pressure from the U.S. government and abolished the women's quota and other key elements of the company's diversity policy. A few weeks prior, the DSAG had conducted a survey in its women's network on topics relating to equal opportunities.
From modernizing outdated technology to implementing responsible AI governance, a recent report has examined the key factors for the success of artificial intelligence in companies in 2025.
Business Management
January 10, 2024
S/4 Greenfield Conversion
With a modern and future-proof ERP landscape based on S/4, SAP customer Frenzelit is creating the basis for standardizing, digitizing, and automating its business processes.
December 7, 2023
Digital Assistants in the BTP
Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT mark a milestone in the use of AI. SAP-based procurement also benefits from LLM bots that communicate highly efficiently with users.
December 6, 2023
Digital Transformation in Retail
A culture of convenience or of experience? Online shopping is putting pressure on brick-and-mortar retailers. Consumers order from the comfort of their sofas and have products delivered to their doorstep.
November 21, 2023
IDC Study on the Changing Face of Manufacturing
The IDC Manufacturing Survey examined how EMEA manufacturing companies are dealing with the current economic uncertainties. The manufacturing industry, especially SMEs, is considered the backbone of the economy in the DACH region.
IT Management
November 14, 2023
Automation Paves the Way for Better SAP Security
When it comes to the security of a digital landscape, not all targets for hackers are created equal. Some systems are more attractive to cybercriminals than others, and it seems that SAP systems are consistently at the top of this undesirable list.
November 8, 2023
Potential of Low-code/No-code in the SAP Community
According to the Bitkom association, companies in Germany will lack 137,000 IT experts in fall 2022. Only eight percent of the companies surveyed were of the opinion that the available supply was sufficient, while 74 percent saw a shortage.
24 October 2023
SAP Rise and Grow: Digital Transformation in Retail as a Complete Package for Omnichannel
Many retail companies are facing challenges in their ERP systems with regards to their IT landscape. SAP's RISE and GROW sales packages could help support companies' move to the cloud.
A fully automated solution from Empirius is now available for important SAP Basis tasks of SAP SEC Notes handling and managing.
Economy
26 January 2021
Support for shippers
Shippeo and SAP are working in partnership to make European supply chains more transparent.
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January 22, 2021
Companies continue to invest in digitization
Although companies around the world are reporting lower revenues, 90 percent are investing in digital transformation as before.
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January 20, 2021
Digital Index - Business Climate Stabilizes
The business situation of IT companies continues to improve: The Bitkom-ifo Digital Index rose to 12.4 points in August 2020.
January 14, 2021
Accenture acquires technology consultancy
Accenture has entered into an agreement to acquire German technology consultancy Salt Solutions.
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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