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.
Data is everywhere: in our systems, our processes, and our heads. We collect, store, and transfer it—and sometimes lose track of it. So, what do we actually do with all this data?
For years, SAP PI and PO were the central integration solutions in many companies. Their era is coming to an end, however, with the shift towards the cloud, APIs, and agile IT: SAP is discontinuing further development and support is coming to an end. It is time to realign the integration strategy.
Process Optimization Runs Better With a Plan
July 1, 2025
What about process optimization? This question becomes relevant for S/4 projects at the latest. This is where Signavio comes into play: it allows users to delve deep into their processes, uncover weak points, and optimize their business processes. A practical recap shows how this works.
German Federal Employment Agency Relies on RISE
June 30, 2025
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.
Ready, Set, Migrate to S/4HANA
June 26, 2025
For many companies, the introduction of SAP S4/HANA is a strategic milestone on the road to digitalization. The quality and structure of the master data represent a key challenge.
Many companies and public authorities currently want to intensify digitization and modernization. In many cases, the existing IT infrastructure that has grown over many years represents an obstacle.
Lack of Trust in SAP Executive Board
August 24, 2023
Only 47 percent of SAP employees in Germany have full confidence in their Executive Board; however, removing Christian Klein would not be the answer, as the biggest organizational change in SAP's recent history is scheduled for 2024.
SAP alternative
August 17, 2023
For many years, the expert opinion was that there can be no alternatives to SAP because no other software provider masters similar business complexity. This statement is still true! But what if SAP's existing customers are themselves the alternative?
Cyber Defense
August 10, 2023
SAP's cryptic programming language Abap is not a protective wall against cyber attacks. The Abap code is well documented and other entry points exist. SAP systems are at risk just like other IT systems.
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
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.
SAP News
November 13, 2024
SAP to Hire Disproportionally in India
During SAP's TechEd in India, SAP CEO Christian Klein confirmed the company will hire "over proportionally" in India, which will soon house its biggest workforce, overtaking the headcount in its German headquarters.
November 13, 2024
Aleran’s B2B Commerce Platform Is Now Available in the SAP Store
Aleran’s subscription-based platform integrates fully into BTP and can extend SAP S/4 Hana capabilities.
November 13, 2024
How AI accelerates S/4 projects
An international pharmaceutical company accelerated its S/4 transformation thanks to AI-supported test management with ProcessBridge. With 70 percent time savings and autonomous testing, it optimized efficiency and quality.
November 11, 2024
AI gorilla tracker
How can AI be used to promote the conservation of gorillas? Professor Gerard de Melo and his students at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam have tested just that.
Business Management
July 4, 2022
Consolidated sales processes
Munich-based Wacker Chemie has implemented the sales processes for its international sites on the Salesforce Cloud. The central component of the architecture is SAP Cloud Integration.
1 July 2022
Refreshment cure for SAP ERP or S/4HANA
The injection of young cell components into an older organism is supposed to have a revitalizing effect. What anti-aging disciples call a fresh cell cure is also suitable as a description of the necessary upheavals in the SAP landscape.
22 June 2022
More Transparency in Procurement for GEA
GEA, an international industrial technology company, is tackling a company-wide S/4 Hana transformation project. It is also modernizing procurement with S/4 Central Procurement.
June 9, 2022
Manage customer relationship
In the Subscription Economy, it is important that the SAP inventory customer can orchestrate the entire order-to-cash process in a secure and legally compliant manner. The cloud-based Zuora platform is a recognized solution alongside SAP BRIM, Billing and Revenue Innovation Management, from Hybris.
IT Management
July 11, 2022
Fiori and Low-code
In many companies, SAP solutions are at the heart of the existing application landscape and play a key role in the digital transformation.
A new international study, developed at the Hasso Plattner Institute's (HPI) Design Thinking and Innovation Research department, shows which approaches are now needed to successfully develop the innovation approach further.
July 6, 2022
Authorization Concepts
Authorization and license management within the SAP cosmos is a sensitive issue for many companies. SAP authorization concepts are indispensable for company-wide compliance and IT security.
20 June 2022
Rise with Essential, Advanced or Select
SAP aims to simplify its service and support portfolio and is focusing on customer adoption and usage, with a primary focus on cloud application adoption and usage.
Economy
October 3, 2019
Increase joins Enowa
With the acquisition of a majority stake in Increase, Enowa will be able to draw on a network of SAP specialists in the future.
October 2, 2019
Cheerful to cloudy - Bitkom industry shows stable growth
The digital industry is defying the general trend and will again be able to increase sales significantly this year. The recession in German industry is not yet making itself felt in the information technology and telecommunications (ITC) sector, although the outlook is somewhat more subdued.
September 23, 2019
MSG and Stibo Systems deepen partnership
The aim of the cooperation is to provide customers from various industries with tailored and efficient solutions.
September 12, 2019
Hamm Reno goes Allgeier
In order to be able to concentrate on its own core competencies and to conserve financial and human resources, Hamm Reno outsources its IT operations to Allgeier Enterprise Services.
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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