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.
AI skills for 12 million
March 17, 2026
SAP has announced a major expansion of its learning ecosystem to fundamentally change the way professionals acquire and demonstrate SAP expertise in an AI-powered world.
Clean S/4 intelligence
March 16, 2026
Clean Core and Agentic AI are interrelated: SAP Clean Core and clean data are the prerequisite for AI agents to work in a scalable manner, while AI agents are the tool to efficiently create the Clean Core.
Strategic ways out of the virtualization trap
March 16, 2026
The virtualization of SAP landscapes has long been considered the standard. The recent consolidation in the hypervisor market is radically changing this. Infrastructure is now once again highly strategic for cost control, flexibility and digital sovereignty.
HR trends 2026: Work in transition
March 13, 2026
According to SAP, the year 2026 marks a turning point in the development of the world of work. Organizations want to take the step from initial experiments with artificial intelligence to its operational use.
E-bill now mandatory
March 12, 2026
Since 2025, companies in Germany have been obliged to receive and process B2B electronic invoices in a structured data format. Ulrich Winter from Nagarro explains how to implement this quickly and what add-ons should do.
Finding a common language
March 12, 2026
SAP BDC for companies is becoming increasingly powerful with Databricks, SAC and the BDC partner Connect. A strong toolset is not the only important thing. It's about finding a common language and mindset across roles for SAP and non-SAP employees for maximum success.
Minus 40 Percent Loss at SAP
January 29, 2026
Since SAP's all-time high share price of around 280 EUR on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the price has fallen to around 166 EUR on the day the 2025 annual results were published, resulting in a cumulative loss of 40 percent.
Christian Klein, the Davos Man
January 22, 2026
The SAP CEO attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he discussed a paradox he claims to have found in AI. However, neither Klein nor his colleague, Thomas Saueressig, could offer a solution to the AI paradox or explain the disastrous SAP share price.
Who Needs AI With ERP?
January 15, 2026
Although artificial intelligence can deliver added value in the ERP environment, it doesn't have to. This topic will be discussed in an experience workshop by E3 Magazine and Media and SAP Partner Snap. Topics such as observability and resilience will also be discussed. What does SAP have say on the subject? What about AI governance?
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
February 24, 2026
SAP's Disinformation
Disproving an incident after it occurs is laborious and often counterproductive. Once the damage is done, effective containment is difficult. SAP should, in any case, proactively address false rumors and communication voids.
February 23, 2026
SAP in Wonderland
The global ERP company hardly plays a role on the international IT stage anymore. SAP was absent from Viva Tech 2025 in Paris and CES 2026 in Las Vegas. What about Davos?
February 19, 2026
The End of SAP as We Know It
Mercedes-Benz has been around for over 100 years, and Lufthansa is celebrating its centenary. SAP could live on for another 100 years—if it reforms itself!
February 10, 2026
The Walking Dead of Least Privilege
The concept of „least privilege“ will probably never really die out. Like a good ghost story, it hovers in our systems, policies and debates. Sometimes ignored, revered or reinvented - it is always present.
SAP News
February 3, 2026
AI Trends 2026
With the end of the experimental phase, questions that determine the success of entire strategies are taking center stage: how can AI be operated reliably, how can it remain affordable, and how can companies prevent new dependencies?
January 29, 2026
David Robinson Named President of SAP North America
SAP announced the appointment of David Robinson as president of SAP North America.
January 29, 2026
SAP and Teradata Antitrust Case
In 2025, there were significant developments in an antitrust lawsuit filed by Teradata, a California-based software company that offers cloud-based data and analytics products and services.
January 28, 2026
Syngenta Deploys SAP AI
Swiss agriculture technology company Syngenta has entered into a partnership with SAP to deploy SAP Cloud ERP Private solutions.
Business Management
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.
November 25, 2025
A New Era in Hospital Controlling
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.
November 18, 2025
Manage Master Data Centrally in S/4
Werner und Mertz strives for more efficiency, better data quality and transparent processes with centralized master data management. The focus was on clear workflows, flexible customization and SAP integration. With FIS/mpm, the manufacturer quickly achieved noticeable improvements.
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?
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 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.
September 23, 2025
The evolution of the CFO
The days when CFOs only managed balance sheets and ensured that budgets were adhered to are over. Today's CFO is a dynamic strategist at the center of the company's direction and growth.
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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