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.
Designing, not managing, right?
May 12, 2025
There is a veritable discussion going on at the SAP regulars' table as to whether SAP is actively and dynamically shaping its future or just conscientiously managing the legacy of Professor Hasso Plattner. I am of the opinion that SAP is at peace with itself.
Companies are increasingly faced with the challenge of designing their ERP systems to be cost-efficient, innovative and sustainable. The clean core approach offers a structural solution to this by reducing individual adjustments to a necessary minimum and thus realizing significant business advantages.
What happened to blockchain?
May 9, 2025
Recently, AI has replaced blockchain as the buzzword of the tech scene as the centerpiece of innovation. Each technology can bring about significant progress on its own. But what opportunities lie in combining the two?
WHAT With SAP?
May 9, 2025
We all know and love them: SAP acronyms. Most of them are three letters long. Prominent examples? BDC (Batch Data Communication or new: Business Data Cloud), BTP (Business Technology Platform), or BOM (Bill of Material).
Hana Can Do More
May 8, 2025
It is amazing how many services and functions can be found on the Hana database platform. Unfortunately, there is no scientific study on the degree of usage.
Leonhard Kurz, the global market leader in thin-film technology, is implementing updates to SAP Hana, SAP Kernel and Linux OS as part of an update triple based on an SAP Basis automation suite.
Tech Days Discourse
30 March 2023
SAP has not been able to get a grip on data chaos for many years, one of the many findings from the DSAG Technology Days in Mannheim. Whether NetWeaver PI/PO, Data Hub, Smart Data Integration, Data Fabrics, Information Steward or now Datasphere, there is no shortage of ideas.
Update: Data Hub V.2
23 March 2023
The new SAP product Datasphere was announced with flowery words at the beginning of March, without any reference to history. SAP already tried once to make all data silos around ERP accessible. Data Hub was supposed to be the ultimate data management solution - but it was not. But now there is Datasphere.
Competence Center Summit
March 16, 2023
The SAP base will determine the success of the S/4 conversion in the coming years, because it is at the base that challenges relating to SAP licenses, staff shortages and digital transformation can be solved.
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
December 27, 2023
Cyber Threats Such as Ransomware
Current cyber threats such as ransomware jeopardize entire operations by encrypting data and systems. This can lead to a super-GAU if companies are reliant on real-time analysis.
December 27, 2023
SAP Is the Stock Market's Darling
What's going on with SAP? The mood in the community and among SAP customers is persistently bad, however the share price is going through the roof. It is reasonable to assume that shareholders and financial analysts know something that we in the SAP community do not. Here is one possible answer.
December 14, 2023
Going Beyond Chat with AI, Hybrid Cloud, and SAP
AI and ML are all the rage in the SAP world. However, developing, deploying, and managing AI and ML models poses a number of challenges and requires specific frameworks.
December 11, 2023
The Best of S/4 Conversion With License Optimization
Since SAP presented S/4 in New York in 2015, around 20 percent of SAP customers have completed the conversion to the new ERP generation. Most of them have made an investment within the seven- or eight-figure range.
SAP News
September 13, 2024
Capgemini study on Gen AI
80 percent of companies worldwide have increased their investments in generative AI compared to the previous year.
September 10, 2024
Usu SAM (Software Asset Management) for RISE
IT service provider Usu receives certification for Rise in the S/4 Hana Cloud.
September 3, 2024
Jürgen Müller to Leave SAP Executive Board
Jürgen Müller will leave the SAP Executive Board on September 30, 2024.
September 3, 2024
Phishing, DDoS and ransomware
Phishing emails to steal passwords, DDoS attacks to paralyze IT or ransomware attacks to infiltrate malware, encrypt data and extort ransom money - this is part of everyday life for many companies.
Business Management
25 October 2021
ERP life is change
While the age of industrialization was characterized by predictable markets, product standards, and competition until late in the 20th century, the general conditions have changed significantly with the entry into the digital age.
September 13, 2021
Finally, away with the paper!
Integration is a fundamental component of successful digitization, says the Bitkom Association's ERP Trend Check 2021. If processes are mapped holistically, then end-to-end automation is created and data is used across systems.
September 9, 2021
SAP S/4 Hana Transformation
SAP partner Rödl & Partner asked itself this question and, together with analyst Lünendonk, set up a study. Rödl & Partner reports on the challenges that existing customers face during the S/4 Hana transformation and how they are overcome.
September 8, 2021
Advisor to the world market leaders
With the Corporate Business Solutions success model and the high-performance culture of its customers, cbs is writing an extraordinary success story with strategic competitive advantages on its way to becoming a global market leader.
IT Management
21 February 2022
Agile, simple, transparent
Big, bulky, complicated - a common opinion. Especially when it comes to complex applications, such as in the supply chain. Markets and their logistics chains are changing and their resulting demands - SAP has an answer.
21 February 2022
Permanently optimal processes
For many companies, the migration to S/4 Hana is an opportunity to put processes to the test. But those who only use the system change as a one-time opportunity to implement improvements are giving away immense potential.
January 18, 2022
S/4 implementation in turbo speed: It's the data, stupid!
Bill Clinton's campaign slogan "It's the economy, stupid!" also applies to the transformation to S/4. Only those who can reduce the mass of SAP and non-SAP data before and after the migration will win the race against time and save cash.
January 17, 2022
New ERP platform for Ritter Sport
Chocolate manufacturer Alfred Ritter has taken over the former Mars plant in Breitenbrunn, Austria. The takeover had to be carried out cleanly and quietly into the existing ERP/ECC 6.0 as part of a carve-in.
Economy
April 12, 2019
Datavard establishes software subsidiary
The newly founded subsidiary Datavard Software is responsible for the further development and distribution of software solutions.
April 10, 2019
Cpro Industry establishes subsidiary
Cpro's subsidiary, Cpro Strategy, focuses primarily on document-centric processes in SAP.
April 8, 2019
Onapsis acquires Virtual Forge
Virtual Forge, maker of automated SAP security solutions, has announced its planned acquisition by Onapsis.
April 5, 2019
Itelligence and SCC establish joint venture
The common goal of the start-up is to provide a comprehensive SAP portfolio for local and international companies.
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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