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.
Boomi takes over Rivery
February 5, 2025
Boomi, a company for intelligent integration and automation, has acquired Rivery.
S/4 Migrations Gain Momentum
February 4, 2025
Complex SAP-centric business processes continue to hinder comprehensive, company-wide automation. These are the findings of a recent study by the Americas' SAP Users' Group ASUG and Precisely, a global provider of data integrity.
Guided SAP Structure Synchronization
February 4, 2025
The crane and lifting platform manufacturer Tadano increased efficiency and quality in design and production by optimizing parts list management and introducing SAP GSS.
Epi-Use Labs and Revelation Software Concepts Forge Alliance
February 3, 2025
The new alliance combines Rev-Trac's SAP change automation solution with Epi-Use Labs' test data management suite to optimize DevOps.
FIS Is Expanding Its Management Team With Michael Benirschka
February 3, 2025
FIS Informationssysteme und Consulting continues its strategic development and strengthens its management with the new division: “Business Transformation and SAP Cloud”.
Integration of S/4 and SiGreen: Emission data from value chains
February 3, 2025
NTT Data has introduced the "SAP Integration with SiGreen" solution as part of the Siemens Xcelerator Business Platform. Siemens SiGreen is a solution for data communication in the supply chain.
Hybrid cost model
May 5, 2022
At the opening of the DSAG Technology Days 2022 in Düsseldorf, all speakers agreed that cloud computing will be an operating model of the future. However, a hybrid model - on-prem and cloud - will probably be the medium-term answer.
Digital defragmentation
April 28, 2022
Simplified analysis: The economic environment is becoming increasingly complex and chaotic. Why is the global market leader for digital business processes not benefiting from these challenges?
Multidimensional SAP dilemma
April 21, 2022
A classic dilemma is a humble situation in which both choices lead to an undesirable outcome. Thus, it is irrelevant whether the left or the right path is chosen, both paths lead to the abyss.
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
12 June 2023
The Modernization Challenge
The main finding at the DSAG Technology Days Conference was that users are still experiencing uncertainty regarding necessary modernization. Time is pressing; after all, the 2027 deadline has once again been confirmed.
June 7, 2023
Do we really need CFO's anymore?
Let me first go on record as saying that I believe most CFOs are great characters. They are responsible and precise in their attention to detail. They are also, for the most part, much friendlier and more outgoing than many might think.
June 5, 2023
Be compliant or not compliant
Even if S/4 is not a tragedy like Shakespeare's Hamlet, the question for the existing SAP customer is whether he can live with the S/4 provisions in the PKL. If not, then this must be included in the contract negotiation.
31 May 2023
Automation does not equal value creation
Valid financial figures and realistic forecasts are a top priority for companies. If you want to meet this demand, you have to establish end-to-end processes and ensure that everything meshes when it comes to automation.
SAP News
August-Wilhelm Scheer Institute and BAD Gesundheitsvorsorge und Sicherheitstechnik: Partnership between digitization institute and occupational health expert BAD to promote digital solutions in occupational health and safety.
Rackspace Technology, an end-to-end hybrid, multicloud and AI technology solutions company, has announced the launch of Rackspace UK Sovereign Services as part of its next generation product range.
Pekka Ala-Pietilä was elected Chairman of the SAP Supervisory Board with 95 percent of the votes.
According to a Capterra study, companies are using AI to combat AI-based cyberattacks.
Business Management
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June 22, 2020
Mobile solutions for logistics
Logistics apps provide a tool that can be used on the go with a smartphone or tablet. Companies that carry out elaborate inventories in the warehouse can do so quickly and easily.
June 18, 2020
No digitization without data
With S/4 Hana and the right strategy, SAP customers become digital enterprises.
SAP’s Move program shows ways to accelerate the journey to SAP S/4 Hana; one of which is to separate historic from operational data. Data then can act as fuel rather than ballast.
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April 30, 2020
Purchasing without media breaks
"Digitization is not ready for series production in many companies," is the result of a DSAG survey of member companies. Purchasing is also affected by this.
IT Management
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June 22, 2020
Hana Multi-Temperature Data Strategy
To ensure that the costs of operating the Hana in-memory computing database can be controlled, an IT architecture was created to separate the data into layers.
June 18, 2020
Useful addition to S/4 Hana
Companies are faced with the decision to take a greenfield or brownfield approach before moving to S/4 Hana.
June 18, 2020
Future-proof solutions for efficient intralogistics
Over 1650 international exhibitors from all over the world will present the latest innovations and future-proof solutions for intelligent control of modern processes in intralogistics at Logimat 2020.
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May 25, 2020
Mirroring of mission-critical databases
As a managed service provider, Würth IT also has to offer its customers high availability and disaster protection. This could be done via the cloud. However, Würth IT opted for an on-premises solution.
Economy
March 20, 2018
Technology partnership
The Austrian company EKS Informatik has entered into a technology partnership with Netfira from Walldorf, which specializes in the automation of operational purchasing processes and the associated digital supplier connection.
March 20, 2018
IoT Intelligence
PMOne, a provider for BI and AI, and OSIsoft, an expert for intelligence solutions, are working together in the DACH region.
March 20, 2018
Intershop and Hybris know-how
Smart Commerce joins forces with SAP Hybris expert Niin. In mid-2017, Smart Commerce launched its product expansion strategy with services on another market-leading e-commerce platform.
22 February 2018
Confidence for 2018
In the coming year, almost every second company in Germany, Austria and Switzerland is expected to increase its IT budget. Around one in ten will even increase their budgets by more than ten percent. Just under 15 percent of CIOs will have to make cuts in 2018, roughly the same number as in the previous year.
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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