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  • 28 June 2022
    Rising inflation rates, geopolitical tensions and a shortage of skilled workers are not expected to slow down IT investments.
  • 28 June 2022
    While the software manufacturer SAP is celebrating its 50th birthday, the German-speaking SAP User Group e. V. (DSAG) is exactly half that age.
  • 27 June 2022
    Studies show that, depending on the type, size and complexity, at least one in six company projects fails on average. In the future, digital project twins...
  • 24 June 2022
    The "ERP in Practice" study aims to paint a realistic picture of the extent to which the requirements of users of ERP solutions...
  • 23 June 2022
    What many computer users wish for, a metaverse with limitless data and information exchange: A game character or an acquired tool would be able to move...
  • 23 June 2022
    Employee turnover in the IT services industry has reached a new high. Artificial intelligence is intended to remedy this situation.
  • 22 June 2022
    With the switch to S/4, GEA, an international industrial technology company, is in the middle of a group-wide transformation project. Indirect procurement...
  • 21 June 2022
    The state administration of Rhineland-Palatinate has been using the SAP HCM-based personnel management system IPEMA for its payroll accounting and personnel administration since 2011. Due to the complexity of the processes...
  • 20 June 2022
    SAP wants to simplify its service and support portfolio and is focusing on customer adoption and utilization, with a particular emphasis on the...
  • AI Column

    16 June 2022
    The shortage of skilled workers continues. Every company is trying to assert itself in the war of talent. Can talent scouts in HR departments use AI algorithms to...
  • 15 June 2022
    Many roads lead to Rome, they say. For many years, the challenge for existing SAP customers has been the harmonization, synchronization and orchestration...
  • CFO Column

    15 June 2022
    In the USA, the economy is struggling with a new phenomenon: almost four million employees have quit their jobs. This is...
  • Digital Transformation

    15 June 2022
    Order management systems love complexity. Complexity means effort and optimization. The trend towards online shopping and multichannel increases the need for OMS. The...
  • The-Last-Satire

    14 June 2022
    The community needs Rise and Hana and S/4-PS. The added value for an S/4 conversion is low and Rise with SAP will...
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    14 June 2022
    Companies are faced with the decision regarding an ERP transformation. For various reasons, the majority of existing customers are in favor of the new SAP technology, while new customers...
  • DevOps Column

    13 June 2022
    This can be the case when DevOps approaches accelerate the time-to-production from months to days. This in the context of the S/4 project...
  • June 10, 2022
    The DSAG Investment Report 2022 shows that the SAP strategy is often miles away from the reality of user companies. This is...
  • June 9, 2022
    Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) from LeanIX is available as an SAP Endorsed App in the SAP Store. The solution is designed to help companies...
  • June 9, 2022
    About twenty years ago, we had a cartoon in E-3 magazine that showed the ancient hero Sisyphus struggling with...
  • June 9, 2022
    In the subscription economy, it is important that the existing SAP customer can orchestrate the entire order-to-cash process in a secure and legally compliant manner. The cloud-based Zuora platform...
  • NoName

    June 9, 2022
    SAP boss Christian Klein is making a real effort. He has eliminated many construction sites. He has reorganized and established a new management style. But...
  • June 8, 2022
    Hyperscaler! The term sounds like a digital awakening, promises unlimited growth - and has thus finally helped the cloud to achieve a breakthrough.
  • Licenses

    June 7, 2022
    SAP licensing options and costs change regularly. No wonder that those responsible lose track and additional costs arise. Currently, Rise, DAAP...
  • Shortfacts

    June 6, 2022
    No monthly SAP news should be disregarded. The Short Facts are dedicated to the smaller news as well as the seemingly more...
  • June 3, 2022
    Integrated ERP solutions Aicomp and T.Con deepen their cooperation in a sales and implementation partnership. Since 2014, the Aicomp Group and T.Con have been...
  • June 2, 2022
    In the SAP R/3 era, the Customer Competence Center, CCC, was a great success. Certified existing SAP customers were able to save part of the annual maintenance fee...
  • June 2, 2022
    Due to the successful fulfillment of all SAP Recognized Expertise requirements, Cortility was awarded in the Utilities category.
  • June 2, 2022
    Digitalization has become one of the most important levers for competitiveness. On the other hand, however, there is a shortage of skilled workers....
  • June 2, 2022
    What do I need to keep in mind when updating Spend Management?
  • June 2, 2022
    The order books for robotics and automation are currently well filled. Disruptions in the supply chains and a rapidly increasing shortage of skilled workers are...
  • June 2, 2022
    The IT industry is in a constant state of flux, and with it, company executives. Every month, we introduce you here to people...
  • June 1, 2022
    Why automation is not only the right answer to the shortage of skilled workers in the context of S/4 transformations, but also reduces project costs, technical...
  • June 1, 2022
    Every existing R/3 customer is familiar with the CCC: a win-win situation from the on-prem era between existing customers and SAP. It was and is a success story....
  • The-current-keyword

    June 1, 2022
    Globalization and digitalization are driving the networking of business processes across many levels. The success or failure of business models depends on...
  • Internal Communications

    31 May 2022
    It would be intelligent to work together, wouldn't it? The word community is often used, and sometimes you also hear the word community of values. At the end of the day...
  • Editorial

    May 30, 2022
    From DSAG's point of view, SAP will not push the S/4 release change for existing customers alone. SAP needs help from the user association if...
  • May 30, 2022
    It is a central question of entrepreneurial activity: if the value creation goals are clearly defined, the search for the best process route is...
  • May 25, 2022
    It is obvious that a massive scaling effect means that the public cloud offers significant added value for providers and, above all, for...
  • May 25, 2022
    SAP's ERP revolutionized the organizational and operational structure of many companies. With Industry 4.0 and IoT, the next step in...
  • May 25, 2022
    Cloud or not cloud? This question arises for many companies when it comes to converting their ERP system. The...
  • May 25, 2022
    There are hitches and snags in the supply chains - so much so that the gross national product is suffering as a result. What can and should manufacturers...
  • May 25, 2022
    No crystal ball is needed to predict a successful future for SAP partner GIB, which will be called ifm in a few weeks.
  • 23 May 2022
    How the new law can be implemented on the IT side, what infrastructure is already in place and what is still lacking or...
  • 19 May 2022
    The latest CEO survey by research and advisory firm Gartner found that CEOs and executives in 2022 will think significantly differently about...
  • May 18, 2022
    Modernization of the application architecture as an instrument of holistic transformation.
  • May 18, 2022
    Workday has unveiled growth plans for its European headquarters in Dublin.
  • May 18, 2022
    S/4 conversion has a broad color spectrum. The cover of this issue reads: Power of Orange. The origin, however, is the white...
  • May 17, 2022
    "Digitalization and process optimization are necessary for continuous growth," says the event announcement for the "No SurpRISE with SAP" conference. Do...
  • May 17, 2022
    SAP inventory customer HAWE lays the foundations for future digitization projects with a classification project for material master data. After just a few months, 46,000 complete and...
  • May 16, 2022
    Transportation management is generally divided into transportation planning and decision-making, but monitoring and downstream reporting are just as crucial....
  • May 12, 2022
    The official title of the annual SAP event is "Sapphire Now", but "Sapphire Vintage" would be much more appropriate. Once again, the...
  • May 12, 2022
    The age of digital acceleration is upon us, and the role of corporate finance in this pivotal transformation is becoming increasingly...
  • Shortfacts

    May 12, 2022
    No monthly SAP news should be disregarded. The Short Facts are dedicated to the smaller news as well as the seemingly more...
  • May 12, 2022
    You don't need to open a study to know that the number of networked sensors and the demand for IoT solutions in 2022...
  • 11 May 2022
    DDoS attacks are among the most frequently reported types of attack. They cannot always be prevented, but there are measures that...
  • 11 May 2022
    The market for SAP in the AWS cloud is growing noticeably in Germany and offers great business potential for the major cloud providers...
  • 11 May 2022
    AI, including machine learning, has now reached market maturity, enabling manufacturing companies to stabilize their business even in the face of rapid market upheaval...
  • 11 May 2022
    As companies introduce more and more complex pricing models, the closing processes become more and more complex. This also makes revenue forecasting more difficult.
  • 11 May 2022
    The Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and Transport, Volker Wissing, has presented the key points of a gigabit strategy for the federal government. The readiness of network operators...
  • 11 May 2022
    Anyone who still sends invoices as PDFs by e-mail will soon be able to say goodbye to them: Because e-invoicing is...
  • 11 May 2022
    Workforces are becoming increasingly international and work across national borders. This poses a number of challenges for HR managers.
  • May 10, 2022
    Due to the turbulence of the past few years, companies have not only had to ensure an efficient IT infrastructure, but have also increasingly had to take economic...
  • May 10, 2022
    According to market researchers IDC, one in five companies does not yet understand the extent to which IT can support a sustainability initiative. In recent years...
  • May 9, 2022
    There are new challenges in supply chain management: Cost and efficiency pressure to secure and expand one's own competitive position; failures...
  • May 9, 2022
    The reasons for returning to the standard in the course of an S/4 transformation are sensible. Individual process tailoring and enhancements are just as smart,...
  • Syntax Make it Real

    May 9, 2022
    SAP offers a comprehensive portfolio of solutions for digital manufacturing with the Digital Manufacturing Cloud at its core. To centralize all production data...
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    May 9, 2022
    According to SAP, there are currently more than 10,000 productive S/4 systems. The proportion of R/3-to-S/4 migrations thus already provides sufficient experience to...
  • May 6, 2022
    With S/4 Hana, SAP has the fourth ERP generation on the market. Most companies want to implement the digital transformation with S/4...
  • NoName

    May 6, 2022
    I have a final S/4 roadmap and a budget for our central location. During the presentation and naming of the total amount, I...
  • May 5, 2022
    At the opening of the DSAG Technology Days 2022 in Düsseldorf, all speakers agreed that cloud computing is an operating model of the future.
  • May 5, 2022
    Role and authorization management in S/4 projects is not a routine exercise. The functionality and authorization concept of the Fiori apps are a challenge for users and SAP...
  • May 5, 2022
    The most important goal for business and government this year is to focus on the needs of their customers.
  • May 4, 2022
    One realization these days is that security is a vulnerable asset. Critical infrastructures such as nuclear power plants and hospitals are being targeted...
  • May 4, 2022
    If you want innovation, there's no getting around S/4 Hana. SAP wants to make the switch as easy as possible for companies with Rise with...
  • CFO Column

    May 3, 2022
    For the finance departments of corporations, many conversions to S/4 Hana do not bring the desired results. There is only one solution that...
  • May 2, 2022
    The IT industry is in a constant state of flux, and with it, company executives. Every month, we introduce you here to people...
  • Cloud Computing

    May 2, 2022
    IoT, AI or Machine Learning: It has never been easier to quickly and flexibly integrate applications, prefabricated services and the latest technologies from...
  • Supply chain of the future

    April 29, 2022
    It's an old discussion in the SAP community: Can applications be added together in such a way that one plus one ultimately equals three...
  • Open Source

    April 29, 2022
    As a result of the coronavirus crisis, open source software and IT system landscapes based on it have become increasingly important. The reasons for this are the fast...
  • April 28, 2022
    Cyber security is a matter of trade-offs. There is no such thing as absolute security - no matter how much budget companies invest.
  • April 28, 2022
    Simplified analysis: The economic environment is becoming increasingly complex and chaotic. Why is the global market leader for digital business processes benefiting from these challenges?
  • April 28, 2022
    Focus on the Cloud Ecosystem Mphasis launches a channel organization focused on the cloud ecosystem. As part of this channel investment, Mphasis is deepening...
  • The-Last-Satire

    April 28, 2022
    Anyone who acts in either-or categories has lost. Black and white thinking is out of place. Cloud first was good marketing. Now SAP says: Cloud...
  • April 27, 2022
    SAP has its community to thank for the fact that it has become a kind of global power in business...
  • DevOps Column

    April 27, 2022
    To turn dissonance into harmony, trust must be built between development and operations teams. This requires support from management...
  • The-current-keyword

    April 26, 2022
    Today, SAP Basis is more than just an outsourcing construct. Digitization and innovation roadmaps require SAP Basis to play its part in...
  • Internal Communications

    April 26, 2022
    The SAP color theory continues. The current cover reads "Power of Orange" and Gregor Stöckler, member of the SNP Executive Board,...
  • April 25, 2022
    No user can avoid SAP modernization in the short and medium term. Waiting is not an option, sometimes temptingly favorable "Lift & Shift" offers...
  • April 25, 2022
    Higher data quality and better interfaces between the domains of product development, production, procurement and sales would help many medium-sized manufacturing companies on the...
  • April 25, 2022
    When it comes to S/4 HANA public cloud migrations, long-standing SAP partner SUSE supports customers with much more than a best-in-class operating system platform. This enables an accelerated...
  • April 25, 2022
    In comparison, Chinese and US companies are the frontrunners in the Industry 4.0 environment. In contrast, digitization progress in the DACH region is stagnating.
  • April 25, 2022
    Despite Corona: Confidence is rising and with it IT and SAP investment budgets.
  • April 25, 2022
    Which S/4 Hana is the right one for which customer situation? What do you have to watch out for in cloud contracts under Rise with SAP?
  • April 25, 2022
    Especially in times like these, it is important to manage your own company's expansion in a targeted manner. That's what Theobald...
  • April 25, 2022
    More and more user companies are shedding the reluctance of earlier years and investing in building advanced analytics solutions.
  • Amazon Web Services

    April 25, 2022
    Cloud provider Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced plans to expand its offering in Germany with new data centers in Berlin and Munich.
  • Editorial

    April 25, 2022
    CFO Luka Mucic is leaving SAP next year. The Executive Board member and CFO has negotiated his resignation with the Supervisory Board in order...
  • April 21, 2022
    A classic dilemma is a modest situation in which both decisions lead to an undesirable outcome. It is therefore irrelevant...
  • April 21, 2022
    SAP ERP: a common standard in many companies when it comes to enterprise resource planning. The numerous strengths of the...
  • April 21, 2022
    The new trend in the ERP scene is composability. A design principle that deals with the interrelationships of components. The concept...
  • April 21, 2022
    Investment in digital transformation has been rising steadily for years. The coronavirus pandemic has provided a real boost. Many of these...
  • April 21, 2022
    The wave of S/4 transformation projects has begun: By 2027, companies should have completed the switch from ECC to S/4. Time enough?...
  • April 21, 2022
    With the switch to S/4, The KaDeWe Group, which includes the KaDeWe in Berlin as well as the Alsterhaus...
  • April 21, 2022
    On the one hand, a complex software architecture should provide a stable foundation for business continuity; on the other hand, it should be as flexible as possible in the face of upheavals or new...
  • April 21, 2022
    At the leading manufacturer of fragrances, flavours and ingredients for nutrition and care, customer experience is a central component of the digitalization strategy....
  • April 20, 2022
    An ageing population, increased competition and productivity losses due to the pandemic are accelerating the use of automation and hybrid working models in...
  • April 18, 2022
    Many companies feel overwhelmed by the high complexity of countless IT systems and processes and do not see themselves in a position to...
  • April 15, 2022
    Measuring and managing the carbon footprint plays an important role in achieving net zero emissions. SAP and...
  • April 14, 2022
    The saying is well known: Many cooks spoil the broth. In the case of SAP, it is not many cooks, but many product names and...
  • The-Last-Satire

    April 13, 2022
    The SAP headquarters in Walldorf is similar to the Gallic village from the comic book series Asterix. SAP is strong and independent right up to the...
  • The-current-keyword

    April 13, 2022
    In the age of digitalization, the spread of working from home and New Work, priorities are often set in other areas, although the...
  • April 12, 2022
    In many companies, there could soon be clearer responsibilities for digitization.
  • April 12, 2022
    Low engagement from IT decision makers and the board level can jeopardize investments already made and expose organizations to increased cyber risk.
  • April 12, 2022
    Today, companies have to master ever shorter release cycles, while at the same time ensuring high software quality. This requires careful testing.
  • April 12, 2022
    "Hold the line, love isn't always on time", goes the hit song by US rock band Toto. The right time is...
  • April 11, 2022
    CFOs want and need to equip their finance teams for the future.
  • April 11, 2022
    Current malware countermeasures tend to focus on Windows-based threats, making Linux-based workloads easy targets.
  • April 11, 2022
    REvil was one of the most prolific ransomware-as-a-service campaigns in recent history. Its victims included thousands of companies worldwide. How did it come about...
  • April 11, 2022
    Using proprietary software is not the ultimate. Migrating to open source software brings more flexibility.
  • April 8, 2022
    The value of the treasure trove of data can be deduced from its value creation potential. But there is a long way to go before the data Eldorado can be used...
  • April 7, 2022
    Last March's E-3 cover story discussed the question of the core of "Rise with SAP". Currently, the...
  • April 7, 2022
    A considerable proportion of IT executives in German-speaking countries believe their own companies are inadequately armed against cyberattacks.
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    April 7, 2022
    The global transformation of the IT industry to the cloud has also reached SAP customers. Looking back, it is interesting to note that almost at the same...
  • April 6, 2022
    S/4 is the dominant topic in the SAP Industry Community, but for many companies the new technology is initially...
  • SolMan Column

    April 6, 2022
    SAP is once again putting SolMan in the spotlight and positioning it as the central integration engine within the so-called Business Transformation Suite...
  • AI Column

    April 5, 2022
    Artificial intelligence is intended to support people in their professional lives and relieve them of work. The consequences of this lie in...
  • Open Source

    April 5, 2022
    SAP and the entire SAP community have been successfully using more and more open source for many years. The use of hundreds or thousands of different...
  • April 4, 2022
    The ongoing S/4 conversion meets the requirements of digital transformation. At the end of the road, there could also be a component-based architecture, explains...
  • Licenses

    April 4, 2022
    If you want to keep costs under control when switching to S/4 Hana, it is absolutely crucial to know whether you can resist the temptations of...
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    April 1, 2022
    SAP systems are business-critical. Data volumes are constantly growing and the risks and compliance requirements are increasing, meaning that optimum backup, fast recovery and...
  • NoName

    April 1, 2022
    SAP has made a risky bet with Hana. The firm commitment of S/4 to the Hana database platform means that the...
  • 31 March 2022
    System copies are a regular task in the SAP data center and there are numerous tools for this. However, the question arises here: Can...
  • 31 March 2022
    For many platform operators, the pandemic has provided a huge boost. At Delivery Hero, order volume in the Asian market increased...
  • B2B2C

    31 March 2022
    Bringing diverse sales channels and sales models under one roof harbors potential for technological and operational conflict. Digital systems must mesh smoothly. How...
  • Shortfacts

    March 30, 2022
    No monthly SAP news should be disregarded. The Short Facts are dedicated to the smaller news as well as the seemingly more...
  • March 30, 2022
    SAP BW/4 is not just another BW release in a long line. Instead, it is an in large...
  • 29 March 2022
    "Cloud, yes - but first in the form of a hybrid cloud." This is the strategy favored by the majority of German SAP users. It can be implemented...
  • 29 March 2022
    Intelligent Contract Management The cooperation between SAP and Icertis began in 2020, and now the two companies have expanded their partnership. Through the...
  • Internal Communications

    29 March 2022
    At the end of last year, the E-3 editorial team began a research project: Can the S/4 conversion succeed with the existing resources? There were...
  • 28 March 2022
    The IT industry is in a constant state of flux, and with it, company executives. Every month, we introduce you here to people...
  • Editorial

    28 March 2022
    The integration in the form of an SAP function "Back to standard" will not exist. The R/3 times with one database and many...
  • March 24, 2022
    The SAP community not only wants an answer to the question of whether Hana and S/4 are still up to date, but also a consolidation...
  • March 24, 2022
    More than 80 percent of all processes are almost identical at every company. Good standard software efficiently covers these commodity processes, but...
  • March 24, 2022
    You could say that the clocks and hearts beat a little faster at cbs than at other consulting firms. Passion,...
  • March 24, 2022
    The ambition to be the best: cbs has embraced the high-performance culture of the top companies in the manufacturing industry and...
  • March 24, 2022
    cbs combines specially developed and proven method modules.
  • March 24, 2022
    A global S/4 business transformation with high resource commitment for the organization? Unthinkable. Save valuable time and achieve a digitalization edge -...
  • March 24, 2022
    cbs - that's about a thousand employees worldwide, whose commitment and passion are second to none. "Work hard - play hard"...
  • March 24, 2022
    Industrial customers from the manufacturing industry are active all over the world - accordingly, cbs is present with offices on all continents....
  • March 24, 2022
    Competitive advantages are inconceivable without renewal. cbs sees itself as an innovation partner of the world market leaders and has set itself the goal of developing new...
  • March 24, 2022
    Large SAP customers with complex system landscapes have ambitious goals. Software-supported changeover processes are the key to the success of the digital transformation.
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    23 March 2022
    The stress, anxiety, and changing priorities of the past 18 months has led to a tidal wave of resignations and job changes around the world.
  • March 22, 2022
    An increasingly volatile market, rising customer needs and growing employee demands have been placing massive demands on the ERP system for several...
  • Growth follows the pandemic

    March 22, 2022
    Despite the ongoing corona pandemic, providers in the digital industry are optimistic about the 2022 financial year that has just begun.
  • 21 March 2022
    How and where is corporate data stored securely? Already in 2019, a mid-sized company had an average of an unimaginable 13.53 petabytes of data to...
  • March 18, 2022
    What is the best way to communicate the topic of processes and process management and bring it to the employees? The presentation and target group-oriented...
  • March 18, 2022
    In the past, technicians at Securiton, a Swiss provider of security technology, used to fill out their service reports on paper at the customer's site....
  • March 17, 2022
    The SolMan is dead, long live the SolMan! Many years ago, SAP Solution Manager was introduced in the boardroom of Gerd...
  • March 17, 2022
    International growth is the goal of almost every ambitious company. Due to globalization, even the smallest companies are hardly...
  • March 16, 2022
    Companies that use SAP Supplier Relationship Management with a multibackend connection or are thinking about centralized procurement management are likely to respond to the...
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    March 15, 2022
    As Managing Director of Henrichsen4s, Beate Kirwa will be responsible for the SAP business of the Bavarian IT specialist. What is the spin-off all about?
  • March 15, 2022
    Never change a running system - or maybe you do? Use the new year to assess the risks and also the opportunities...
  • 14 March 2022
    The move to S/4 is a great opportunity to leverage the value of existing solutions with developments on the SAP Business Technology Platform....
  • 14 March 2022
    The vast majority of SAP user companies will continue to put off the switch to S/4 Hana in 2022 - according to...
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    14 March 2022
    According to a global survey, the majority of IT decision-makers see the hybrid cloud as the future of IT infrastructures. This is reflected...
  • Sap and cloud: there's more

    11 March 2022
    What is the relationship of the German SAP community to ERP operation in the cloud? A joint survey by PAC and E-3 Magazine...
  • 11 March 2022
    A transformation narrative gives stakeholders direction in complex ERP projects such as the S/4 implementation. In developing and communicating the strategic...
  • Knowledge makes you strong

    11 March 2022
    The open source organization Eclipse Foundation has announced two new working groups: the Oniro Working Group and the Software-Defined Vehicle Working Group.
  • The-Last-Satire

    March 10, 2022
    A spontaneous discussion has arisen about the contemporary nature of Hana and S/4. This is very exciting because there are many...
  • March 10, 2022
    Familiar patterns of behavior are reluctantly abandoned: A hit in the SAP community from the R/3 era is the Customer Competence Center.
  • Further time and cost savings

    March 10, 2022
    The new BlueCopy version 10.3 from Empirius for automated system copy creation presents itself with an extended range of functions. Soon there will also be...
  • March 9, 2022
    Speed and security are more crucial than ever in a highly competitive environment. SAP users are also faced with the challenge of...
  • Industry 4.0

    March 9, 2022
    Fast, cost-effective entry into digital manufacturing and complete traceability are business-critical for medium-sized manufacturers. A lean MES...
  • Open Source

    March 8, 2022
    What role will open source play in the future? Successful and healthy open source projects are about more than just...
  • Digital Transformation

    March 8, 2022
    Successful companies are sometimes successful because they get on a trend early, or even create it. Or they come late,...
  • DevOps Column

    March 7, 2022
    S/4 Hana and Cloud: It's not a question of location, but of architecture - and culture. This changes everything...
  • March 7, 2022
    Europe's most important meeting place in health IT will take place from April 26 to 28, 2022, with more than 350 exhibitors and extensive...
  • Cloud Computing

    March 7, 2022
    IoT, AI or Machine Learning: It has never been easier to quickly and flexibly integrate applications, prefabricated services and the latest technologies from...
  • March 4, 2022
    Due to the pandemic, the German corporate landscape has turned more than ever to the topic of digitization in everyday business. IT plays a...
  • March 4, 2022
    IT service provider and cloud provider Syntax names the most important trends around SAP for 2022 in the area of manufacturing.
  • March 4, 2022
    Germany is the most automated economy in Europe: robot density - the number of industrial robots per 10,000 employees - is increasing...
  • March 4, 2022
    Stable growth in a difficult economic environment: In the Bitkom industry, sales and employment will continue to grow in 2022 despite the challenges.
  • NoName

    March 4, 2022
    At the beginning of the new year, a discussion arose virally about the relevance of S/4 and how contemporary this ERP software...
  • March 3, 2022
    Classic authorization projects are based on a monolithic approach with a linear sequence of project phases with milestones. In an ideal-typical project environment, in...
  • March 3, 2022
    The decision for new software is a veritable challenge for many companies. Why is that? And how...
  • March 3, 2022
    The "RISE with SAP" program offers SAP user companies a solution for two elementary developments: the switch to SAP S/4HANA and the...
  • March 3, 2022
    There are many reasons for subjecting ERP master data to a revision: These include company acquisitions, the migration of IT systems, preparation of...
  • March 3, 2022
    adesso supports customers in "RISE with SAP" - on a cost-optimized path to innovative business processes and optimal use of the innovations...
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    March 3, 2022
    Many members of the SAP community know the magic term APO, Advanced Planner and Optimizer. In the beginning, there were for the APO...
  • March 3, 2022
    The German SAP market is in upheaval. This is not only due to the S/4 Hana migration, which is worrying many SAP users.
  • March 3, 2022
    A study by Avast shows that more than half of IT decision-makers in small and medium-sized businesses are now more concerned about...
  • March 3, 2022
    20 percent of large companies will use digital currencies by 2024.
  • March 3, 2022
    Trading in personal data is a billion-dollar business - but not only companies, but also cybercriminals are showing a growing interest in...
  • Final applause for the cbs founder

    March 3, 2022
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  • March 3, 2022
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Working on the SAP basis is crucial for successful S/4 conversion. 

This gives the Competence Center strategic importance for existing SAP customers. Regardless of the S/4 Hana operating model, topics such as Automation, Monitoring, Security, Application Lifecycle Management and Data Management the basis for S/4 operations.

For the fourth time, E3 magazine is organizing a summit for the SAP community in Salzburg to provide comprehensive information on all aspects of S/4 Hana groundwork.

Venue

FourSide Hotel Salzburg,
Trademark Collection by Wyndham
Am Messezentrum 2, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
+43-66-24355460

Event date

Wednesday, June 10, and
Thursday, June 11, 2026

Early Bird Ticket

Regular ticket

Subscribers to the E3 Magazine Ticket

reduced with promocode CCAbo26

Students*

reduced with promocode CCStud26.
Please send proof of studies by e-mail to office@b4bmedia.net.
*The first 10 tickets are free of charge for students. Try your luck! 🍀
EUR 390 excl. VAT
available until December 20, 2025
EUR 590 excl. VAT
EUR 390 excl. VAT
EUR 290 excl. VAT

Venue

Hotel Hilton Heidelberg
Kurfürstenanlage 1
D-69115 Heidelberg

Event date

Wednesday, April 22 and
Thursday, April 23, 2026

Tickets

Early Bird Ticket
Regular ticket
EUR 390 excl. VAT
Available until December 20, 2025
EUR 590 excl. VAT
Subscribers to the E3 magazine
reduced with promocode STAbo26
EUR 390 excl. VAT
Students*
reduced with promocode STStud26.
Please send proof of studies by e-mail to office@b4bmedia.net.
EUR 290 excl. VAT
*The first 10 tickets are free of charge for students. Try your luck! 🍀
The event is organized by the E3 magazine of the publishing house B4Bmedia.net AG. The presentations will be accompanied by an exhibition of selected SAP partners. The ticket price includes attendance at all presentations of the Steampunk and BTP Summit 2026, a visit to the exhibition area, participation in the evening event and catering during the official program. The lecture program and the list of exhibitors and sponsors (SAP partners) will be published on this website in due course.