August 1, 2023

End-to-end business processes remind me of my early days with SAP R/3. Back then, many things didn't work, but when they did, it was...

August 1, 2023

e-commerce project in the area of business transformation convinced the jury. The SAP team reviewed more than 100 go-lives for award-worthy customer projects.

31 July 2023

The topics of security, access and defense are becoming increasingly important in a heterogeneous, mobile and agile IT landscape. For a long time...

31 July 2023

Every year, the DSAG Vulnerability Management working group renews its request to SAP for a security dashboard. In view of the threat situation, the new...

31 July 2023

"Rock-solid technology. Bold creativity." This is how SAP Fioneer advertises on its own homepage, but do customers now have to accept the expensive deal between...

28 July 2023

It is not uncommon for controllers to be more concerned with filling Excel fields with numbers and sending files around than thinking about the content of...

27 July 2023

The dependence of public administration on Microsoft's software has reached worrying proportions.

27 July 2023

Migration to S/4 remains a strategic issue for existing SAP customers in the DACH region. Overall, a good fifth have completed the migration process...

27 July 2023

What is SAP's core competence? First and foremost, the legacy of Professor Hans-Georg Plaut, Professor August-Wilhelm Scheer and many...

26 July 2023

Using outside firms increases the likelihood of success for companies.

26 July 2023

The data mesh concept is on everyone's lips and promises to help companies unlock the value of their data. But what about...

July 25, 2023

E3 Magazine has selected the most exciting companies to feature in our SAP Startup Spotlight series. In today's episode...

July 25, 2023

Management consultancy for software and digitization opens international offices in Munich and Brussels.

July 25, 2023

CEO Reto Bartmann from ACN AG, Cologne, and Rudolf Poppenberger, Managing Director of ACN in Austria, give an insight into their...

July 24, 2023

Snowflake, the data cloud company, has appointed James Petter as Vice President of Sales for the Europe, Middle East and Africa...

July 24, 2023

New research reveals growing challenges are impacting business outcomes, talent retention, and more.

July 24, 2023

SAP and IBM have announced that IBM Watson AI will be integrated into SAP solutions.

July 24, 2023

If the SAP images from the Sapphire in Orlando are to be believed, then Christian Klein has decided to no longer be the fastest, but...

21 July 2023

Data availability is not only a question of architecture, but also of time. If the delivery is late, the added value is the same...

21 July 2023

Labor issues dominate in the supply chain, with respondents citing the time it takes to train workers (52 percent) and the high...

21 July 2023

No monthly SAP news should be disregarded. The Short Facts are dedicated to the smaller news as well as the seemingly more...

20 July 2023

SAP CEO Christian Klein wants to focus on ERP, the core competence of the ERP world market leader. This focus is honorable, but for existing SAP customers...

20 July 2023

SRM leaders should focus on three key areas.

20 July 2023

SAP implementations, migrations to S/4 or preparation for audits and compliance certifications: SAP experts are working to capacity, often overloaded. The topic of...

19 July 2023

Cloud drives digital business transformation through emerging technologies, including generative AI.

19 July 2023

For a long time, SAP user companies were reluctant to migrate to SAP S/4 Hana. Now there is movement...

July 18, 2023

Have you already simulated and successfully passed an audit of your cash register data by the tax authorities? If you want to avoid a disaster, you should...

July 18, 2023

After the presentation of SAP Datasphere comes the next data structure topic. SAP and Google have expanded their partnership and developed a comprehensive...

July 17, 2023

A more comprehensive DevSecOps approach could be the solution to address issues in cloudnative development.

July 17, 2023

SAP users are caught between the conflicting priorities of migration and innovation. Migration projects with lift-and-shift procedures often dominate initially, and innovation remains on the back burner.

14 July 2023

The Advisory Board will influence the direction of the Linux Foundation Europe and its more than 100 members.

14 July 2023

The IT industry is in a constant state of flux, and with it, company executives. Every month, we introduce you here to people...

13 July 2023

An ERP system is a delicate structure that requires a stable platform and excellent IT to provide users with the desired service.

13 July 2023

The standard S/4 Brownfield approach provides for the current ECC 6.0 system to be technically upgraded to the new S/4 Hana software either as a whole or in two...

13 July 2023

Seven years of S/4 Hana, actually a reason to celebrate. But while existing SAP customers were initially able to use the S/4 data model free of charge, 9000 customers were later...

July 12, 2023

For one-fifth, industrial companies from Germany are lagging behind in a global comparison, according to the Bitkom survey.

July 12, 2023

The data center industry will see an increase in market value due to overall trends and a simultaneous review of the rationality of continuing to operate older...

July 11, 2023

What's Happening in the SAP World? Current Mergers, Partnerships, and Acquisitions in June 2023

July 11, 2023

Are you about to decide which way to migrate to S/4 Hana? Contract Conversion, Product Conversion...

July 10, 2023

Agile, secure and reliable process communication with the innovative Retarus Cloud Services for integration and automation.

July 10, 2023

Who knows all the options for familiarizing themselves with new SAP topics? Anyone who still thinks of traditional SAP courses when it comes to further training should read on!...

July 10, 2023

Until now, it was primarily a security concern when companies simply migrated their existing roles to S/4 without checking them. With the new license model...

July 7, 2023

Skills shortages are one of the most common challenges to cloud adoption.

July 7, 2023

If you take a look at job portals, you will discover many vacancies in personnel management. They are looking for people to draw up contracts, manage payroll accounting...

July 6, 2023

SAP is struggling with the topic of AI, as a recent interview by CEO Christian Klein in the Handelsblatt...

July 6, 2023

In the future, SAP transactions can be easily controlled and automated - without using the SAP user interface SAP-GUI.

July 6, 2023

A new ERP architecture is emerging, driven by SAP technology, but SAP itself will like it less. CEO Christian Klein has...

July 5, 2023

CFOs look skeptically at cloud projects for cost savings, according to new study from NetApp.

July 5, 2023

The labor market is currently changing from an employer's market to an employee's market. If organizations want to attract young professionals, they need to offer an attractive working environment with...

July 4, 2023

According to digital association Bitkom, cloud computing has established itself in Germany and is now set for significant growth. In five years...

July 4, 2023

The good news: the productive SAP systems survived all the auditors' checks and drove the penetration testers to despair. And then...

July 3, 2023

SAP's CCC/CCoE will be decisive for the success of the S/4 conversion in the coming years, because only at the SAP basis can...

July 3, 2023

If you are looking for dates for TechEd in Europe or the USA this year, you can search for a long time. You will find...

July 1, 2023

With a perfect IT tool, a comprehensive market and opinion survey will take place at the Summit in Salzburg. Please take part,...

June 30, 2023

Processes such as supply chains, warehousing, operations, trading, reporting, manufacturing, human resources and, above all, finance run like nerve cords in the central ERP...

29 June 2023

The window of opportunity for an SAP course correction is closing. The next two years will decide whether SAP will become a technical cloud company...

29 June 2023

It didn't used to be better, but it was easier: individual ERP customizations were made with Abap modifications in the Z namespace of SAP R/3 and later ECC....

29 June 2023

With the low-code platform Build as an integral part of BTP, SAP has created a platform that is intended to support companies in developing user-centered...

29 June 2023

SAP CEO Christian Klein has achieved a great feat: the pre-programmed crash has been prevented. SAP has turned the corner and is not in the ditch...

29 June 2023

Nowhere does forecasting seem to be as difficult as in IT - especially when it comes to the future of ERP. The...

28 June 2023

IT spending will increase globally in all regions despite global economic turmoil.

27 June 2023

A Nexthink analysis of six million endpoints highlights the huge cost implications of redundant software licenses.

26 June 2023

Results for Germany show that German companies lag behind in terms of their level of resilience in a global comparison.

23 June 2023

According to the Digital Index from Bitkom and the Ifo Institute, the business climate continues to be better than in the economy as a whole.

22 June 2023

The SAP Business Technology Platform can become the platform not only for S/4, but also for its successor and successors....

22 June 2023

New trio focuses on digitization as a lever in sustainability transformation.

21 June 2023

Optimize the speed of the oil press, check the condition of the bearings or simulate the installation of the new machine - and all this...

20 June 2023

Forsa surveyed 1015 people: one in seven of the respondents had already tried ChatGPT.

20 June 2023

The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection has published the draft for an Energy Efficiency Act, with which the requirements for data centers...

19 June 2023

Excellent in Intelligent Spend and Business Network and also in Innovation and Expertise.

19 June 2023

Last year, the productive system at existing SAP customer Nordzucker was transformed to S/4. With a mix of greenfield and brownfield approaches as well as...

16 June 2023

The quality of service not only increases customer satisfaction and loyalty, but can also provide lasting enthusiasm, minimize costs...

16 June 2023

The most common SAP integration scenarios are aimed at the efficient replication of data in various cloud platforms in near real time and the integration...

15 June 2023

To err is human, which is why many industries have prototypes that are used to test the future. While the automotive industry...

15 June 2023

The IT industry is in a constant state of flux, and with it, company executives. Every month, we introduce you here to people...

15 June 2023

There are currently many construction sites in the SAP empire. Misguided personnel and product policies have given rise to numerous legacy issues. SAP boss Christian Klein is...

14 June 2023

NTT Data has shown that two thirds of companies in Germany do not derive any added value from the data they collect...

14 June 2023

There is pressure to act, which SAP boss Christian Klein obviously does not feel. He spends his days doing small-scale repair work. Works with commitment and...

13 June 2023

The SAP authorization concept has been a challenge for the SAP Basis team since the beginning, because it has to be done quickly at the start of customizing...

13 June 2023

Commerz Real is hoping for faster decision-making processes through analyses, evaluations and reporting in real time through integration and networking with business partners...

12 June 2023

Half of the companies do not have sufficient implementation capabilities to achieve their revenue targets.

12 June 2023

The DSAG Technology Days have shown it again: The uncertainty on the user side with regard to the necessary modernization is still present....

June 9, 2023

What's Happening in the SAP World? Current Mergers, Partnerships, and Acquisitions in May 2023

June 9, 2023

The most common SAP integration scenarios are aimed at the efficient replication of data in various cloud platforms in near real time and the integration...

June 8, 2023

Incomplete, erroneous, or biased training data could lead to unsafe models and ultimately poor decisions.

June 7, 2023

Since the beginning of this year, Christian Klein has been communicating in a completely confused manner and without any context. Always in a great mood, he tells us what he...

June 7, 2023

Let me start by saying for the record that I think most CFOs are great characters. They are responsible...

June 7, 2023

Production lines are indispensable components of complex supply chains. If these are disrupted, this can jeopardize the existence of the companies concerned. What can companies...

June 6, 2023

The family-owned company Dräxlmaier is one of the largest automotive suppliers in the world. As part of the Synapsis project, the company is working together with...

June 5, 2023

Check Point responds to the analysts' assumption and provides tips from the perspective of its own CISOs to reduce...

June 5, 2023

Even if S/4 is not a tragedy like Shakespeare's Hamlet, existing SAP customers are faced with the question of whether...

June 2, 2023

Delivery schedules are intended to connect customers and suppliers, increase efficiency and delivery reliability and avoid bottlenecks due to the bullwhip effect. But in many cases...

31 May 2023

The "GROW with SAP" program promotes the relocation of business processes to the S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition. Suitable solutions for this are offered by...

31 May 2023

Should existing customers now believe SAP that cloud computing is very attractive: Faith belongs in the church and the...

31 May 2023

Valid financial figures and realistic forecasts are a top priority for companies. If you want to meet this requirement, you have to have consistent processes...

31 May 2023

No monthly SAP news should be disregarded. The Short Facts are dedicated to the smaller news as well as the seemingly more...

31 May 2023

Back in 2018, Swiss Post launched a large-scale digital transformation programme under the name "Harmonization of value flows". This was...

31 May 2023

The potential to make business processes more profitable and efficient using new technologies and services seems almost infinite today. However, it needs...

May 30, 2023

Above all, B2B2C means serving different target groups according to their needs. One-size-fits-all customer portals are not very helpful for a good customer experience. SAP Composable Storefront opens up...

May 29 2023

Tackling the shortage of skilled workers is not just the responsibility of the state. Companies can also do a lot here - with targeted training programs...

May 26 2023

For SAP, customer satisfaction is a very important part of the business model. After all, the very first SAP system was installed at the customer's...

May 26 2023

SAP's existing customers continue to believe in digital transformation, even if not every future challenge can be solved on the basis of SAP's PKL.

May 25, 2023

Officially, Christian Klein still believes in "cloud first" and hopes for "cloud only". Thousands of existing SAP customers and his own experts...

May 25, 2023

Cloud computing severely restricts individualization because it is determined by standards. SAP's demand to "keep the core clean"...

May 25, 2023

Bernd Engist from Avantra and Mathias Keifel and Stefan Rother from Nagarro show the transformation of the classic SAP system operation to the...

May 25, 2023

In the early years, SAP systems were on site at the customer's premises or in the MSPs' data centers, i.e. on-prem. We are currently experiencing...

May 25, 2023

SAP is accelerating the move to the cloud. For companies, this is often associated with a changed operating model. If approached correctly,...

May 24 2023

Only nine percent of knowledge workers worldwide will work entirely from home or another location. In the USA...

May 23 2023

An ISG study records high market dynamics for cloud solutions. Due to the shortage of skilled workers, companies are increasingly turning to managed public cloud services.

May 22 2023

A study by Nexthink shows that only five percent of IT decision makers have an overview of enterprise applications.

19 May 2023

What's Happening in the SAP World? Current Mergers, Partnerships, and Acquisitions in April 2023

May 17, 2023

With the discontinuation of the 9000-euro S/4 flat rate, SAP is trying to move all existing customers to S/4 this year. The trick is...

May 17, 2023

Many successful R/3 systems are also based on extensive Abap modifications. The question of the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for Abap coding...

May 17, 2023

The new Supply Chain Duty of Care Act has been in force in Germany since January 1. For companies, this means even more documentation and complex...

May 17, 2023

Shift up a gear: Anyone who runs their own software development within their organization can no longer avoid DevOps. The advantages are manifold....

May 16, 2023

The many aspects of new S/4 licenses based on existing SAP systems are a topic for specialists and a challenge for SAP Basis....

May 16, 2023

The lack of adequate IT personnel will continue to occupy the SAP community for some time to come. Many successful SAP partners are currently dealing with the issue of...

May 16, 2023

Streamlining processes, cutting out old habits and utilizing new technologies and innovations - these are the typical guiding principles when...

May 15, 2023

Timely replacement of legacy systems ensures future viability, as many companies are still using old solutions as business software that were once...

May 12, 2023

SAP has announced that there will be no successor for SAP Patient Management, IS-H, in the S/4 world and for the clinical information system i.s.h.med from...

11 May 2023

The S/4 conversion is a paradigm shift and not a technical release change. SAP talks about digital transformation and the intelligent enterprise, but conceals...

11 May 2023

The management of hybrid IT landscapes, the design of an employee experience and the leading role of HR are the focus of a study by...

11 May 2023

Digital services and processes must change: Data exchange, automation and a new platform concept with the foundation of powerful interfaces will create new...

May 10, 2023

Companies need up-to-date SAP data and they need it as quickly as possible. However, a complete data dump takes a long time and puts a strain on the system. An incremental...

May 10, 2023

New projects show how artificial intelligence can be used to create added value. But can the creative use of AI to create...

May 9, 2023

Four years ago, the then SAP EVP Franz Färber presented the concept of the Data Hub at Sapphire in Orlando. Incompatibilities...

May 8, 2023

No monthly SAP news should be disregarded. The Short Facts are dedicated to the smaller news as well as the seemingly more...

May 8, 2023

But while SAP is celebrating the digital transformation with S/4 at one end of the spectrum, existing customers at the other end are trying to...

May 8, 2023

The term "complex systems" is no coincidence. Problems can arise in places that were previously - in the...

May 8, 2023

Orchestrating with open source. Everything becomes digital. Everything is automated. But who keeps track of everything? Which software do we trust to...

May 5, 2023

The change of personnel in the positions of Chief Financial Officer and Chairman of the Supervisory Board has obviously prompted SAP CEO Christian Klein to clean out and tidy up.

May 4, 2023

A lack of resources is often the impetus for change. Many existing SAP customers are confronted with the well-known shortage of IT specialists. A successful...

May 4, 2023

SAP SolMan has reached its end-of-life. ALM and Cloud ALM are to become the successor. A major challenge for the SAP basis,...

May 4, 2023

When Oettinger Davidoff needed to renew its Hana systems, migration to the public cloud was also an option. In the end...

May 3, 2023

According to SAP, 87 percent of global trading volume is generated by SAP customers. SAP systems therefore also dominate the software landscape...

May 3, 2023

If you don't want to pay extra, you have to start the S/4 transformation by 2025 at the latest. And even that only applies to projects of a maximum...

May 3, 2023

Since the German Cash Register Security Ordinance (KassenSichV) came into force, it has caused anxious moments - not only, but especially - in the retail...

May 3, 2023

According to Statista, 84 percent of companies in Germany now rely on cloud computing. At the same time, voices are being raised that...

May 2, 2023

Many manufacturing companies are reaching a limit with their digitization initiatives: The nature and quality of the master data stand in the way of attempts to...

May 2, 2023

The modernization of SAP landscapes is by no means done with a lift & shift to the cloud provider. A multitude of...

May 2, 2023

The IT industry is in a constant state of flux, and with it, company executives. Every month, we introduce you here to people...

May 2, 2023

Existing SAP customers want to map new processes in their ERP systems. In most cases, all individual enhancements have been written directly into the core system and...

May 1, 2023

SAP has taken a wrong turn: Instead of consolidating menus, screen masks and processes, a ChatGPT-like voice input is to be superimposed on the disastrous UI.

April 27, 2023

A double challenge for existing SAP customers: How to bring the Abap modifications from the Z namespace to S/4 and how future customization can be applied to...

April 27, 2023

With S/4, SAP is not only getting the Hana database, but also a new basic concept. It has been a long time coming, for some existing SAP customers...

April 27, 2023

SAP deployment entails a whole bundle of tasks and activities for the SAP Basis and SAP infrastructure teams that need to be processed or...

April 27, 2023

A recent publication by Manager Magazin contains a list of the favorite employers of young engineers in Germany....

April 27, 2023

The end of SAP as the community knows it. The Supervisory Board, the Executive Board and the IT scene have the chance to save SAP....

April 25, 2023

It is probably only logical that in our world full of uncertainties, planning is becoming increasingly important....

April 24, 2023

More and more companies are opting for the data center refit. This saves resources, money and time.

April 21, 2023

Organizations improve their resilience through agile technology, which they achieve using enterprise architecture.

April 21, 2023

By the end of 2022, the digitization of German authorities should be a good deal further along. The Online Access Act (OZG) provided for...

April 20, 2023

There are currently two trends in the SAP community. At one end is SAP with many business innovations, at the other end...

April 20, 2023

SAP ERP projects remain a complex undertaking. The introduction of S/4 is no exception. It is therefore crucial to carry out a preliminary study...

April 20, 2023

Over the past three years, the digitization of business processes has become an ad hoc project for many SMEs.

April 19, 2023

Who are the champions of PUR Human Resources 2023? The research and analyst firm Techconsult has analyzed eight solution areas as part of the...

April 19, 2023

There is no question that I implement innovations in the company. It's more about the timing of implementation. The pressure on...

April 18, 2023

S/4 is the dominant topic in the SAP industry community, and a transformation towards the new software is expected to be the most...

April 17, 2023

The transition to the global ISO 20022 standard is a huge challenge for financial institutions and companies alike. ISO 20022...

April 14, 2023

By 2025, companies in Switzerland want to increasingly use digital technologies that can increase competitiveness.

April 14, 2023

At the annual press conference, SAP announced its intention to strengthen its ERP business and make cuts in CRM.

April 13, 2023

The SAP Executive Board is hard-working and ambitious. As the CEO of a global corporation, however, he should act strategically, lead with vision and act conceptually....

April 13, 2023

When Swiss Post started its digital transformation in 2018 and the decision was made to switch to S/4, the company had...

April 12, 2023

SAP CEO Christian Klein said that he wants to consolidate SAP. The global ERP market leader should focus on the essentials - that has...

April 11, 2023

While many respondents around the world are looking to change jobs in the next twelve months, their awareness of career and training opportunities in...

April 10, 2023

In a recent interview, the renowned strategy consultancy Gartner warns of serious problems in connection with cloud services, such as loss of control.

April 10, 2023

Serving business and private customers equally in terms of sales is the core of every B2B2C strategy. Channels must therefore be used, business models developed and markets...

April 7, 2023

On the Akquinet site in the new Victoria Park industrial park in Hamburg, the first concrete has flowed into the excavation pit.

April 7, 2023

The global stock of industrial robots has reached a new record of around 3.5 million units - the value of installations...

April 6, 2023

Artificial intelligence could be the key to an evolutionary ERP as the successor to R/3 and S/4. AI language models open up semantic and...

April 6, 2023

Business outlook assessed as positive again for the first time since summer 2022 Business in the digital sector continues to be significantly better than in...

April 6, 2023

It is not our software contracts that are meant, but the termination of our own employees. It is probably possible under labor law. In organizational terms, CEO Christian...

April 5, 2023

Some see Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) as the golden key to digitalization. Others, however, shy away from this cloud solution like a cat from cold water....

April 5, 2023

The constantly changing and increasingly complex production tasks of today can hardly be solved in planning terms with the software solutions of the past.

April 4, 2023

Modern ERP systems are a central element of companies' digitalization projects. They help to optimize existing processes, increase competitiveness and...

April 3, 2023

What's Happening in the SAP World? Current Mergers, Partnerships, and Acquisitions in March 2023

April 3, 2023

For 57 percent of German companies with between 500 and 1000 employees, the annual costs for their SAP system amount to...

31 March 2023

No monthly SAP news should be disregarded. The Short Facts are dedicated to the smaller news as well as the seemingly more...

31 March 2023

The EU Commission's Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is intended to reduce the digital patchwork around devices and systems with a network connection, from...

30 March 2023

A proven roadmap for a successful digital transformation combines accelerated software development with a process that focuses on people, processes, and...

30 March 2023

SAP has not been able to get a grip on the data chaos for many years, one of the many findings from the DSAG Technology Days in Mannheim....

29 March 2023

The IT industry is in a constant state of flux, and with it, company executives. Every month, we introduce you here to people...

28 March 2023

The consequences of patchy digitization and how BlackLine's holistic approach to automation is making a difference to corporate finance departments.

28 March 2023

The security precautions that IT organizations have taken are not enough. The measures taken to date simply do not...

March 24, 2023

Quantity structures and data structures are the basis of every successful business app. With this in mind, SAP has been trying for many years to replace the data fabric paradigm of...

March 24, 2023

In the past, there have been various approaches to using self-service in reporting. These solutions were subsequently integrated into the...

23 March 2023

Professional SAP license management offers companies a wide range of opportunities for optimization. SAP license management tools appear to be a simple solution to current challenges. But...

23 March 2023

Whether greenfield, brownfield or mixed-purple starfield, the data must be correct. And in the course of the SAP S/4 Hana project, this data is migrated several times,...

23 March 2023

The new SAP product Datasphere was announced with flowery words at the beginning of March, without any reference to its history. SAP had already tried once to...

23 March 2023

Infrastructure challenges have been and still are high for SAP Basis managers and employees in companies. Targeted automation solutions are, in fact, the only way to reduce...

23 March 2023

Hard to imagine: cautious joy about a new meeting with the SAP community. The very successful CCC/CCoE Forum will be held in Salzburg this year....

23 March 2023

Today, SAP forms the backbone of many companies across different industries. In order to ensure continuous business operations, the systems must be high-performance,...

23 March 2023

Professor Hasso Plattner has appointed a successor as Chairman of the SAP Supervisory Board. Punit Renjen was CEO of Deloitte until the end of last year and...

23 March 2023

The time is ripe to deal with the details of the new framework conditions for S/4 Hana operations. Many customers underestimate...

23 March 2023

With its "Rise with SAP" and the so-called "Business Transformation as a Service", SAP is cheering a change to the...

23 March 2023

A precise overview of the individual areas of the SAP landscape that are currently in use is particularly important for a successful...

23 March 2023

Which cable belongs where in which switch? How much RAM does a particular computing unit need and how do I connect it to the...

23 March 2023

The transformation to an intelligent and sustainable company begins and ends with the transformation and optimization of business processes and is supported...

23 March 2023

The latest Industry 4.0 Barometer from MHP and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich states that an uncertain future is hampering the development of Industry 4.0....

23 March 2023

And then make a second plan, they both won't work! At least that's how Bertolt Brecht sees it in the...

March 22, 2023

Two-thirds of respondents surveyed by market research firm Censuswide agree that real-time cash flow knowledge is critical to the...

21 March 2023

Kendox, a specialist for the digitalization of offices and administration, has acquired DM, a provider of document management systems based in Puchheim,...

21 March 2023

The end of ECC 6.0 and R/3 is clearly visible on the horizon. However, the exact date seems to be a challenge...

March 20, 2023

Convista offers "Preferred Partner for Financial Services" status as well as consulting, software and implementation for SAP customers from a single source.

March 20, 2023

On the occasion of the German government's digital summit at the end of last year, which focused on "Data - Creating digital value together", the DSAG board members...

March 17, 2023

No monthly SAP news should be disregarded. The Short Facts are dedicated to the smaller news as well as the seemingly more...

March 17, 2023

More and more often, faster and faster and more and more information - both for external accounting and for internal management reporting...

March 16, 2023

The SAP basis will determine the success of the S/4 conversion in the coming years, because the challenges can be solved at the basis...

March 16, 2023

We are at the epicenter of the ECC-S/4 release change. Without a solid foundation, Hana and S/4 will not be a success. The experiences and insights...

March 16, 2023

Around 2,000 euros and 50 working hours per employee per year - that's how much companies in Germany, the USA, Great Britain...

March 16, 2023

The hosting software will bury what "cloud doctor" Lars Dalgaard, SuccessFactors founder and ex-SAP board member, and Jim Hagemann Snabe, ex-Co-CEO of SAP,...

March 16, 2023

Competence Centers (CC) have established themselves over the years in companies that rely on SAP and SAP solutions. The subject areas and...

March 16, 2023

The switch to SAP S/4 is fraught with challenges. Optimal preparation in terms of architecture, transition, operating model and security...

March 16, 2023

The development of the data center landscape in Germany in 2023 will be shaped by five key trends: Sustainability, symbiosis concepts, hybrid models, decentralization and...

March 15, 2023

Using innovative technologies, insights are derived from data in real time. In order to fulfill its new role, the...

March 15, 2023

More and more public authorities and companies are venturing into the cloud. Successful and sustainable digitalization with the help of cloud computing...

March 14, 2023

The challenges in logistics and intralogistics could hardly be greater. Thirty years ago, the use of robots, AI...

March 14, 2023

Sustainability is evolving from a "nice to have" to a "must have". This is reflected in changing customer expectations, numerous voluntary commitments, regulatory...

13 March 2023

According to an ISG study, people-related aspects of office design are becoming increasingly important alongside digital aspects. Companies are looking for ways to utilize the advantages of...

13 March 2023

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has announced application, analytics and developer services for the GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform. They support data-centric modernization in...

March 10, 2023

The IT industry is in a constant state of flux, and with it, company executives. Every month, we introduce you here to people...

March 10, 2023

CRM applications make contact with customers consistently transparent; marketing is a complementary tool for sales. Yet it is...

March 9, 2023

There is a new version of the legendary Data Hub at SAP. Because the former project failed so badly, it was...

March 9, 2023

Increasing digitalization of processes is inevitable for German companies. In this context, the management of vulnerabilities is becoming increasingly complex...

March 9, 2023

What could Professor Hasso Plattner wish for in his last year in office? The community should wish him and himself good health.

March 8, 2023

Regulatory for banking clients Accenture has entered into an agreement to acquire SAP S/4 consulting firm SKS. With the acquisition, Accenture will expand its...

March 8, 2023

In the E-3 interview with Ralph Völter, Manager District Sales EMEA at Instaclustr, we talk about the importance of open source...

March 7, 2023

The trend towards working from home, stricter legislation and a shortage of skilled workers - HR departments are facing huge challenges in the modern working world. A well thought-out digitalization strategy must...

March 7, 2023

With software from xSuite, Swiss meat manufacturer Bell Food is building a cross-country solution for integrated ordering and invoicing processes

March 7, 2023

Cloud computing has permanently changed the IT landscape. Not only in the offerings of the major public cloud providers, but also in the principles,...

March 6, 2023

It is a tradition that at the turn of the year, many institutions make well-intentioned predictions for the coming year. From the perspective of...

March 6, 2023

The sustainability of supply chains is becoming increasingly important. At the beginning of this year, the "Law on Corporate Social Responsibility" came into force in...

March 3, 2023

The migration to S/4 is the focus of the digital transformation of many SAP customers. In view of scarce resources, there is a need for an efficient and...

March 2, 2023

A turning point at SAP: Luka Mucic, a veteran of the global ERP market leader, is leaving the company and, like ex-Co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe and...

March 2, 2023

Customer focus remains the weal and woe of SAP. 2023 is "year one" for SAP after its fiftieth birthday. Not a year...

March 2, 2023

The digitalization of business models involves adapting existing products, services and value propositions and developing new ones in the digital world.

March 1, 2023

There will be three Sapphires as face-to-face events in the new year: Orlando, Barcelona and São Paulo. That's good, but answers...

28 February 2023

Many companies have already started to optimize their office processes using new technologies such as Robotic Process Automation, low-code in Microsoft Power...

February 27, 2023

More and more companies are using cloud infrastructures, but they are not the only ones. The sophistication of attacks on the software supply chain has increased.

February 24, 2023

SAP systems contain highly sensitive data, control companies and manage their processes. They are networked with partners, customers and suppliers. Protect...

February 24, 2023

Smart automation software for the SAP basis is increasingly supporting many, especially recurring tasks and fields of activity. The productivity gains are...

February 24, 2023

Unimaginable for many companies: They protect their supposed intellectual property like Fort Knox. This way of thinking - sealing themselves off instead of sharing...

23 February 2023

The front page of Harvard Business Manager read: Can you be a CEO? A particularly relevant question in the SAP community. Since...

23 February 2023

SAP, like the Catholic Church, clearly supports Aristotle's geocentric view of the world, while the rest of the world is probably more...

23 February 2023

Things are not looking good for SAP. While a renowned existing Swiss customer praises SAP CRM, Christian Klein is reducing the CRM staff and...

23 February 2023

SAP is excellently managed by Christian Klein and his colleagues on the Executive Board. However, the SAP Executive Board does not set priorities and milestones...

22 February 2023

According to digital association Bitkom, the current situation is improving, but the uncertainties for the coming months are also growing. The digital sector is...

21 February 2023

A cloud strategy is a crucial element for effectively implementing cloud computing in the enterprise.

February 20, 2023

SAP partner LeanIX is growing strongly. The tools and solutions of the young IT provider are in demand in the community.

February 20, 2023

Only nine percent of suppliers are fully automated in B2B trade. However, many suppliers are aware of the importance of automation.

February 17, 2023

The situation on the labor market is becoming increasingly precarious - there is a shortage of qualified specialists. This is also confirmed by 73 percent of...

16 February 2023

A relevant IT system should not have a single point of failure. What was obviously a standard in a bygone on-prem era now seems to be a standard in the networked...

16 February 2023

Anyone who at first glance sees BW/4 as just another SAP BW release should definitely take a second look. In doing so...

February 14, 2023

Once again, EuroCloud Native and ISG surveyed German IT decision-makers about their cloud strategies.

13 February 2023

20 years of expertise in SAP The digital, consulting and software company Valantic is strengthening its SAP expertise with the SAP consultancy ComSol. The SAP partner...

February 10, 2023

Because SAP is not accepted by IT experts, computer scientists and system engineers, the ERP group is turning to its users and trying to...

February 9, 2023

Of course, AI will never learn to drive properly. How could it? There are no practical instructions on the web and real roads....

February 9, 2023

While Oracle acquires the healthcare solution Cerner for many billions of US dollars, SAP decides to discontinue its industry solution Healthcare - with unexpected...

February 9, 2023

No monthly SAP news should be disregarded. The Short Facts are dedicated to the smaller news as well as the seemingly more...

February 8, 2023

A global diversity survey by cloud provider Workday: Budgets for these initiatives are increasing, but implementation is faltering due to a lack of data and business processes....

February 7, 2023

In 2025, the German IT security market is expected to break the 10 billion euro barrier. A lot of money is currently being spent on IT security.

February 6, 2023

Cloud solutions are becoming an integral part of operational processes and business models in more and more companies. Nevertheless, it can be observed that in some places there are still...

February 6, 2023

Thanks to the automated transfer of HR data updates, the regional energy supplier Mainova was able to significantly reduce the manual effort involved in restructuring...

February 3, 2023

Shortage of skilled workers, optimization of machine utilization, new reporting requirements are perennial topics.

February 3, 2023

The data from the ERP system is crucial for companies that want to improve their efficiency and optimize their operations. In a...

February 2, 2023

A few years ago, ex-SAP CEO Bill McDermott promised a stronger commitment to the healthcare sector and at the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) there is a department...

February 2, 2023

Due to the ongoing shortage of trainees and skilled workers, qualification, further training and retraining are becoming increasingly relevant for companies. Special programs are designed to...

February 2, 2023

NTT Data reached fourth place in Lünendonk's 2022 list of "Leading Providers of Digital Experience Services in Germany".

1 February 2023

The SAP Data Warehouse Cloud brings companies closer to the goal of a data-driven company. Because the DW in the cloud...

31 January 2023

The Act on Corporate Due Diligence in Supply Chains comes into force at the turn of the year.

31 January 2023

Tomorrow's SAP customers must have more IT professionals with business knowledge and more business professionals with IT knowledge to achieve the business goal....

January 30, 2023

With the increase in attacks, companies are looking for new ways to deploy their defensive resources more efficiently.

January 30, 2023

Bürkert Fluid Control Systems from Ingelfingen near Heilbronn with 544 million euros annual turnover, more than 3000 employees, world market leader for measuring, control and...

January 27, 2023

Only fourteen percent of SAP users are in the cloud - the slow pace of conversion to S/4 is worrying. The...

26 January 2023

Open source has also become an integral part of B2B software. Existing SAP customers are not only interested in solutions based on the Linux/Hana combination...

26 January 2023

SAP CEO Klein gave a very remarkable interview to a colleague from Handelsblatt at the World Economic Summit in Davos. He argued convincingly in favor of personal...

26 January 2023

There is a remarkable illustration from SAP that centers on ALM, SAP's Application Lifecycle Management product. It becomes the...

26 January 2023

The complexity and scale of today's digital architectures and accelerated pace of innovation and software development provide an endless source of potential problems,...

26 January 2023

The days of Graphical User Interfaces based on Microsoft dotnet are long gone. Newer SAP add-on solutions are almost without exception based on Web GUI technologies....

January 25, 2023

Beyond any color theory, the SAP community is discussing whether algorithms or data structures should be the focus of the upcoming S/4 conversion....

January 25, 2023

A Chief Financial Officer wears a variety of hats these days - and not all of them have to do with pure figures....

January 24, 2023

In autumn 2022, SAP organized a partner event in Hamburg with the slogan: We. Needed more than ever. What does the...

23 January 2023

The biggest sources of frustration are connectivity issues, application performance, and peer distractions.

23 January 2023

The IT industry is in a constant state of flux, and with it, company executives. Every month, we introduce you here to people...

January 20, 2023

Once upon a time, a virtual world was very popular: renowned companies from the German economy were also involved in Second Life....

19 January 2023

An SAP graphic entitled "S/4 Hana 2022 and beyond" shows the product at the technology level for 2021...

19 January 2023

From protected personal to privileged financial information: SAP applications contain large amounts of sensitive data. These always harbor risks that companies need to...

January 18, 2023

Instead of concentrating on its core competence, SAP wants to become a company for cloud applications with all its might. Everyone in the...

January 17, 2023

As the world's leading system provider for the packaging of pharmaceuticals in blister packs, bottles and cartons, Uhlmann Pac-Systeme offers flexible total solutions for...

January 16, 2023

An S/4 project at the customer is only successful if the expectations of management and users are met. Therefore...

January 16, 2023

The end-to-end customer journey is also becoming increasingly important in B2B commerce. Digital customer and service portals play an important...

13 January 2023

Testing is an essential part of the entire ALM process. But only those who integrate continuous testing into the DevOps pipeline can...

13 January 2023

Open source stands for innovation and is an integral part of the SAP world. Almost every player in the SAP ecosystem, be it a partner,...

January 12, 2023

SAP is considering code splitting for S/4 Hana because many existing R/3 and Business Suite 7 customers distrust the promises of cloud computing...

January 12, 2023

Business Case Rise with SAP, right? With Rise, SAP offers the all-round carefree solution in the cloud based on a (naturally)...

January 11, 2023

ANWR successfully introduced S/4 Public Cloud in just 18 months - thanks to agile waves with clearly defined goals....

January 9, 2023

SAP is a powerful system for workflows and structured data. External content management systems can increase effectiveness by providing solutions for...

January 4, 2023

Whether in production, logistics or administration. Artificial intelligence can increase efficiency everywhere. Many companies are still missing out on these opportunities....

January 3, 2023

Responses to Current Economic Challenges and a View from the Business and IT Community to 2023 by Rafael Arto-Haumacher.

January 2, 2023

To deal with digital business models, tax authorities around the world are calling for more transparency through disclosure and the seamless exchange...