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.
A New Era in Hospital Controlling
November 25, 2025
Real-time data and process design with SAP Analytics Cloud and BW/4 Hana: Traditional controlling is giving way to data-based real-time consulting, which actively shapes clinical processes and optimizes patient care.
AI—From Start to Finish
November 24, 2025
It's common knowledge that AI feeds off the vastness of the World Wide Web. For AI, texts, photos, videos, and graphics are the source of "knowledge." ChatGPT and similar programs provide the answers. But what if the sources dry up?
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—Best-of-Breed
October 9, 2025
SAP is stepping up its efforts to further develop S/4 Hana into a holistic suite of composible ERP solutions. The existing S/4 patchwork will be managed by AI assistants and agents. Best-of-breed ERP will be replaced by composable ERP with Databricks.
SAP Overlicensing
October 2, 2025
What should be done with SAP licenses that are no longer needed and only generate maintenance fees? When company shares are sold or staff is laid off, there are often too many licenses. However, unused licenses result in high support costs and maintenance fees.
SAP's Multiple ERP Construction Sites
September 25, 2025
SAP left the path of righteousness many years ago. It began with the hybridization of its database. Added value? Unknown. Many other construction sites were added, partly out of ignorance and partly due to competitive pressure. Unfortunately, between topics such as the cloud and AI, SAP has yet to find its way again.
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
October 22, 2025
Clean-core strategy with hybrid integration and AI
Rise with SAP, BTP, AI and integration will challenge companies until 2027. Between cloud roadmaps and proven on-prem systems, it is important to choose the right path at your own pace.
October 21, 2025
Sovereign SAP Sapphire Europe
SAP wants to get involved in the booming business of „sovereignty“. For the time being, there is cloud functionality for SAP's own data center for existing customers, but this fig leaf will not be enough! SAP itself must become sovereign.
October 20, 2025
From Open Source Project to Secure Enterprise Solution
There is further proof of the open source success story: Confidential Containers are now available on a public cloud. A community project has quickly become an enterprise-grade solution for critical processes.
October 15, 2025
The AI that understands your business
SAP wants to integrate AI into all processes and products. CEO Christian Klein promises an increase in productivity of up to 30 percent through automated routines, faster processes and smart analyses to support decision-making. A status check.
SAP News
November 5, 2025
Retailsolutions Focuses on Global Growth
With 20 years of experience as an SAP partner for international retailers, Retailsolutions is continuing to expand its global presence, with increased focus on Northern Europe and a new office in the USA.
November 3, 2025
Agentic AI in the Starting Blocks
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.
October 31, 2025
Millions for SAP Ice Hockey Center
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.
October 29, 2025
From camera manufacturer to SAP solution provider
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.
Business Management
October 7, 2025
Welcome, Digitalized Delivery and Goodbye to Paperwork
Unloading pallets, delivering building materials, and documenting everything digitally—Stark Germany was impressed by the SAP-based FIS/LastMile app during the pilot phase. Now the roll-out is underway: paperless processes, faster workflows, and full transparency on the "last mile".
October 7, 2025
Towards the Future With LeanIX
Over a long period of time, the mechanical engineering specialist Trumpf from Ditzingen developed IT structures that the in-house IT department could only manage through a great deal of effort. Among other things, heterogeneous subsystems and decentralized IT solutions at various locations made work more difficult and resulted in avoidable IT costs—for example in the form of multiple licenses and rising maintenance costs.
October 6, 2025
A big step towards data-driven maintenance
Maintenance staff are rarely at their desks - but SAP processes often demand just that. Schöck Bauteile was therefore looking for a mobile solution to record maintenance and fault messages directly in the factory. This step was realized in 2024 with the Argvis Maintenance Portal.
September 30, 2025
Into the cloud with SAP Utilities Core
Berlin-based energy service provider Gasag is one of the first energy companies to convert its SAP billing system for grid operations to a cloud-based solution in the Rise model. This is the first part of the largest IT project in the company's history to date.
IT Management
September 5, 2025
Advising Wisely Thanks to Hybrid Archiving
When introducing a new distribution system, Munich's public transportation company (MVG) had to rethink its archiving concept. Instead of migrating five million documents, it opted for a hybrid archiving architecture.
September 2, 2025
The Journey From Idea to Production
AI is driving digital transformation, but the step from prototype to production often fails due to a lack of hybrid infrastructure, which is necessary for end-to-end use in multi-cloud, on-prem, and edge environments.
August 26, 2025
Only Those Who Automate Benefit
Digitalization presents companies with new challenges—especially when it comes to IT security. SAP systems are increasingly becoming the focus of criminals.
Switching to S/4 Hana offers opportunities for digitalization and automation. However, the new license model increases the pressure to act. In order to reduce licensing costs and avoid compliance risks, strategically aligned authorization management is essential.
Economy
June 3, 2024
Are AI and Digitalization Our Saviors?
The many changes in business, technology, politics, and society can make you think. And the more innovations there are, the greater the desire for orientation and clarity.
March 26, 2024
CNT and Amazon Business: Partnership for SAP solutions
Preferred Partnership agreed for convenient procurement processes.
March 25, 2024
Natuvion and Adesso Orange intensify their cooperation
Natuvion Data Conversion Server. The SAP architects at Adesso Orange and the digital relocation specialist Natuvion have expanded their partnership.
December 8, 2023
Syntax and Beyond Technologies Officially Join Forces
Merger creates broad portfolio, strengthens SAP expertise, and expands team strength and global reach
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.
DE 
EN 
ES 
FR 
