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  • 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
    cbs Corporate Business Solutions enters 2022 with a new management team
  • March 3, 2022
    Due to new and mobile ways of working, it is more important than ever for many companies to digitize necessary processes. This also applies...
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    March 3, 2022
    SAP S/4 Hana is entering its darned seventh year this year. In the IT industry, such time spans are technological "generations." Many customers...
  • Shortfacts

    March 2, 2022
    No monthly SAP news should be disregarded. The Short Facts are dedicated to the smaller news as well as the seemingly more...
  • March 2, 2022
    Many companies have heterogeneous system landscapes. This often leads to silo architectures and consequently to fragmented supply chains. In addition, the...
  • The-current-keyword

    March 2, 2022
    Nearly nine out of ten companies (88 percent) that are already using an ERP solution from SAP will be using it within the next...
  • March 1, 2022
    Security for Containers Today, companies are increasingly turning to cloudnative strategies as part of their digital transformation. In this context, security is a crucial...
  • Internal Communications

    March 1, 2022
    At the beginning of the year, E-3 Magazine asked the question to what extent Hana and S/4 are still up to date. This is...
  • 28 February 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 February 2022
    The year started well for Christian Klein. Manager Magazin January 2022 shows a picture of Klein with the title...
  • Transformation: new and radically simple

    February 25, 2022
    Whoever does not start with the transformation to S/4 in the coming years has lost. All the more so, as the necessary...
  • February 25, 2022
    A promising tool is emerging for workforce development. By using Predictive HR Workforce Planning with SAP Analytics...
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    February 24, 2022
    Many companies have heterogeneous system landscapes. This often leads to silo architectures and consequently to fragmented supply chains.
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    February 24, 2022
    To deliver new applications and releases faster, Continuous Testing will be integrated into DevOps processes.
  • February 24, 2022
    The release upgrade to S/4, the Hana database conversion and a possible path to the cloud not only pose organizational and...
  • February 24, 2022
    SAP CEO Christian Klein spoke out a year ago: Rise with SAP! This could have turned into a successful movement in...
  • Paradigm: cloud

    February 24, 2022
    When "cloud" is thought of fundamentally, hyperscalers and subscription take a back seat. Now it is no longer the place or the...
  • Rise with hpe

    February 24, 2022
    What do SAP customers do who don't want to move to the public cloud, but still don't want to do without the benefits of the cloud?...
  • The best of all worlds

    February 24, 2022
    When the whole IT world is calling for the cloud, it's difficult to counter. But Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HPE, has analyzed exactly...
  • 23 February 2022
    The use cases are very versatile in the IoT area. For the IoT service, it is irrelevant whether a single tool, a temperature sensor or...
  • 23 February 2022
    The S/4 migration is one of the big IT tremors of the coming years. The upcoming migration is inevitable, in 2030 the end of...
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    23 February 2022
    The latest release of the field service management suite offers optimizations in the mobile solutions as well as in the deployment planning. With the app, technicians can...
  • 22 February 2022
    With the changeover from ERP/ECC 6.0 to S/4 Hana, the business partner concept, which has long been familiar from the SAP CRM world, becomes mandatory.
  • 22 February 2022
    The corona pandemic triggered a digitalization push at many companies. One lesson learned from the pandemic: Predictions about business developments were in...
  • 21 February 2022
    Big, bulky, complicated - a common opinion. Especially when it comes to complex applications, such as in the supply chain. The...
  • 21 February 2022
    The migration to S/4 Hana is the reason for many companies to put processes to the test. But who wants to know the...
  • 21 February 2022
    Seamless and coherent user experiences are critical to success in digital business. In practice, a number of functional...
  • February 18, 2022
    Numerous companies are faced with the challenge of adapting their IT processes to changing requirements, such as the increasingly rapid development of customized products,...
  • February 18, 2022
    SAP Commerce Cloud is a proven basis for customer and service portals, especially for medium-sized mechanical engineering companies. Digitization is not a...
  • February 18, 2022
    The approaches of modern infrastructure are diverse. Decision-makers and those responsible should consider their company and the demands within the framework of their...
  • February 18, 2022
    The word sustainable has degenerated into a fashionable and filler word, hardly anyone knows the original meaning, and lack of labeling and high...
  • February 17, 2022
    Since the beginning of this year, a discussion has been ongoing on the topic: How contemporary is S/4? However, the question must be asked in the same way: How innovative...
  • February 17, 2022
    Only 14 percent of CFOs worldwide believe finance departments have the capabilities needed for future growth. A study by...
  • February 17, 2022
    Every year, as every SAP and security manager knows, the auditor's audit is due. And yet there is often uncertainty...
  • 16 February 2022
    The German-speaking SAP User Group e. V. (DSAG) conducted a survey in 2021 on the topic "Games with power: When did you...
  • 16 February 2022
    Many decision-makers are dissatisfied with the recruitment of IT experts. It takes too long; candidates often complain about having to meet with the...
  • 15 February 2022
    Zuora has launched a new unified monetization solution that allows customers to monetize both subscriptions and traditional purchase offers. The goal is to...
  • 15 February 2022
    While the disruptive forces of the Covid 19 pandemic continue to shape global business, one important trend remains unchanged: the steady evolution in...
  • February 14, 2022
    S/4 not only reduces and simplifies the Abap tables of an ERP/ECC 6.0, but also brings the innovation "business partner". A...
  • February 14, 2022
    While Dietmar Hopp and Hasso Plattner shaped SAP into the market leader for ERP software, Gerd Oswald was responsible for the operational system management...
  • The-Last-Satire

    11 February 2022
    You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs. The presumption of innocence applies. The fact is, the SAP Executive Board has always been committed to the...
  • 11 February 2022
    Christoph Windheuser, Director Business Value, explains why a return to the SAP standard and individuality through customer-specific adaptations do not have to be opposites....
  • February 10, 2022
    This text is about several million euros: We present on February 24 at 11 a.m. on the E-3...
  • February 10, 2022
    This year's virtual TechEd could have been themed "Low-Code/No-Code". Simply explained, SAP wants to showcase new products to business and professional...
  • Open Source

    February 10, 2022
    Open Core sounds like a good idea: open source technologies enriched with individual proprietary features. But the model makes you think, because...
  • February 9, 2022
    SAP's Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP) makes it easy to create cloud-based applications. CAP does not require Abap...
  • Cloud Computing

    February 9, 2022
    What do most people associate with SAP? Software is probably the most frequently mentioned answer, perhaps also accounting or ERP. In the cloud age...
  • SolMan Column

    8 February 2022
    Once SAP SolMan is in use, "Make a wish" begins - but possibly even before. From...
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    8 February 2022
    At the Corporate Summit, the consultancy presents its agenda for the future and its further development into a global brand. More than 70 percent of the...
  • February 7, 2022
    Rounded-up mileage claims or telephone expenses? Private cab rides or overnight hotel stays? Whether on a large or small scale, inconsistencies in travel expense reports are not considered...
  • DevOps Column

    February 7, 2022
    Despite some negative reports about the pace of S/4 Hana adoption, the latest DSAG survey confirms its strategic importance for...
  • NoName

    February 4, 2022
    The mirror became a mirror. In a report, an attempt is made to blame SAP for the misuse of software. In the process, statements...
  • February 4, 2022
    Management and technology consultancy BearingPoint surveyed nearly 1,000 IT consultants on the most important IT trends for 2022. Five trends stand out in particular...
  • February 4, 2022
    A look at the CIO agenda for 2022 shows: Digitization and transformation will be more closely intertwined in the future than they have been in the past.
  • February 4, 2022
    According to media reports, the traffic light coalition is planning to refrain from establishing a digital ministry at the federal level. Nevertheless, DSAG would like to see more speed...
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    February 4, 2022
    Dachser, DB Schenker, duisport and Rhenus establish the Open Logistics Foundation to start the next chapter of digitalization in logistics....
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    February 4, 2022
    As a start-up accelerator and innovation hub, KI Park promotes innovations in the future fields of artificial intelligence.
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    February 4, 2022
    IT spending in EMEA will increase. But the biggest change will be in how IT is financed.
  • February 3, 2022
    SAP CEO Christian Klein is very eager and keeps emphasizing his success in consolidating the numerous cloud systems that his...
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    February 3, 2022
    For about half of SAP customers, it is still open which system architecture should be used for the transformation. The decision-making process can...
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    February 3, 2022
    One-third will fail to adopt a hybrid work model.
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    February 3, 2022
    Better protection against cybercrime for commercial enterprises and concrete help in the event of an attack: this is what the new cooperation promises.
  • February 3, 2022
    Fischertechnik's Learning Factory 4.0 illustrates Internet of Things at PmOne, a digitization specialist and consulting firm for AI, Data Science and...
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    February 3, 2022
    A new study links unfair software licensing to a competitive distortion in the cloud infrastructure market.
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    February 3, 2022
    Legally, only the passengers themselves are entitled to flight compensation and not the companies that booked the flights. Flightright and...
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    February 3, 2022
    Due to advancing digitalization and the shortage of skilled workers, IT freelancer intermediaries and controllers are positive about the coming years.
  • Shortfacts

    February 2, 2022
    No monthly SAP news should be disregarded. The Short Facts are dedicated to the smaller news as well as the seemingly more...
  • The-current-keyword

    February 2, 2022
    Business applications such as document management systems (DMS), ERP, customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management (SCM) and human capital management (HCM) now form...
  • 1 February 2022
    Automated and software-based A global partnership will unite the strengths of Tata Consultancy Services and SNP to enable business transformation....
  • Internal Communications

    1 February 2022
    Spiegel reported on the dark side of SAP in issue 46/2021 on page 62. The authors suspect the theft...
  • 31 January 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

    31 January 2022
    The legendary Focus co-founder and editor-in-chief Helmut Markwort coined: facts, facts, facts and think of the readers. For SAP CEO Christian Klein...
  • January 27, 2022
    How many existing SAP customers really opt for the cloud of their own free will when access to on-prem solutions becomes almost impossible?
  • 26 January 2022
    Probably the biggest ERP change in IT history is taking place in the background. In contrast, the version change from the mainframe-based SAP R/2 to the...
  • 26 January 2022
    Data and content from operational applications that are no longer processed there must be continuously transferred to a legally compliant and system-independent...
  • 26 January 2022
    DMI is stepping up to radically simplify the transformation to SAP S/4 Hana. To this end, the company, which specializes in information management, advises existing SAP customers...
  • 26 January 2022
    Back at Sapphire 2019, SAP highlighted the importance of data to the future of enterprise software in general and the transformation...
  • 26 January 2022
    It all started with the introduction of a central SAP client. In the meantime, the JiVS platform supports the Swiss SAP inventory customer Bühler in addition to decommissioning...
  • 26 January 2022
    The leading trade fair for industrial maintenance and the industry's leading business platform will open its doors on March 30 and 31, 2022.
  • The-Last-Satire

    January 24, 2022
    Pulling the ERP cart out of the mud again has always required good SAP roadmaps and the initiative of existing customers.
  • January 20, 2022
    Last week, with the E-3 Newsletter, we initiated a discussion on the question "Is S/4 still up to date in 2022?"....
  • January 20, 2022
    For many SAP users, the switch to Hana is accompanied by a move to Linux. The operating system, which recently reached 30...
  • NoName

    19 January 2022
    I have created a new cloud term. After Public, Private and Hybrid Cloud, there is now a Home Cloud in my SAP universe....
  • January 18, 2022
    Bill Clinton's campaign slogan "It's the economy, stupid!" also applies to the transformation to S/4. Only those who can handle the mass of SAP...
  • January 17, 2022
    The photo shows the new E-3 video studio in Salzburg, located a few kilometers across the border from Freilassing, where the headquarters...
  • January 17, 2022
    Chocolate manufacturer Alfred Ritter has taken over the former Mars plant in Breitenbrunn, Austria. The takeover had to be completed cleanly as part of a carve-in...
  • 13 January 2022
    The latest issue of Manager Magazine sees SAP CEO Christian Klein in a defensive battle against Salesforce, Workday, ServiceNow, Oracle, Snowflake, UiPath...
  • 13 January 2022
    Dussmann's strategy for more innovation is being consistently pursued. Crucial to success are various growth initiatives in the areas of...
  • January 11, 2022
    Flexible, agile and scalable billing options are required that support the innovative business models of start-ups to old-economy companies in their digital transformation....
  • January 10, 2022
    Supply bottlenecks coupled with sharply rising material prices are affecting production in many companies. With the right strategy, SAP-based purchasing can...
  • January 5, 2022
    The ideas about everyday working life after Corona differ greatly between managers and employees. Especially when it comes to the topic of home office, the...
  • January 4, 2022
    Artificial intelligence is not only changing work processes, but also culture and the role of HR. How can an intelligent work culture emerge?...
  • January 3, 2022
    Puppet, the industry standard for infrastructure automation, announced the availability of compliance enforcement modules.
  • December 31, 2021
    A connector from Billwerk allows subscription business models to be integrated into SAP Finance. Billwerk is a European market leader for subscription management solutions.
  • December 30, 2021
    European companies prefer supporting service providers that cover multiple geographic regions for the deployment and management of their IoT networks.
  • 29 December 2021
    With a view to digitization, DSAG would like to see more openness from the new government in Germany with regard to...
  • 28 December 2021
    Government organizations around the world are deploying artificial intelligence (AI), but have left the human factor out of the equation.
  • December 27, 2021
    From simple paper printouts to intricate imitations from 3D printers, fraudsters are getting inventive to trick fingerprint scanners.
  • 23 December 2021
    CIOs are facing a major challenge - are they up to it?
  • December 22, 2021
    Despite the massive increase in cloud usage, a new survey reveals significant differences in the level of development among companies.
  • 21 December 2021
    Trovarit regularly investigates how satisfied users are with their CRM solution. The results are now available.
  • 20 December 2021
    SAP Customer Experience is described in full in German for the first time in this book. For the authors of the SAP consulting firm...
  • December 17, 2021
    Celonis plans to more closely integrate its Execution Management System (EMS) with ServiceNow's Enterprise Service Management (ESM) workflows.
  • December 16, 2021
    SAP has also commented on the so-called Log4j vulnerability on the support page reserved for existing customers.
  • December 16, 2021
    Nine out of ten companies have already had to stop innovative projects because of data protection requirements. Widespread criticism here is directed primarily at the lack of...
  • December 15, 2021
    A new add-on package for the BlueCopy system copy suite from Empirius, which is widely used on the market, closes two gaps in the creation and use...
  • December 14, 2021
    Cloud computing has become firmly established in recent years for solving a wide range of IT tasks and providing a wide range of IT services. The...
  • December 14, 2021
    The CFO's role is becoming increasingly strategic. For this, he needs a central IT platform that collects data from many different sources...
  • 13 December 2021
    In the beginning, Linux was just another platform for SAP R/3 and later ERP/ECC 6.0. In the meantime, Linux is not only...
  • 13 December 2021
    q.beyond sells colocation subsidiary The acquisition of the q.beyond subsidiary brings the sales process of all colocation activities to a successful conclusion. q.beyond sells its wholly owned subsidiary...
  • December 10, 2021
    The IT industry is in a constant state of flux, and with it, company executives. Every month, we introduce you here to people...
  • Round Table Red Hat

    December 9, 2021
    End-to-end processes determine the field of activity in IT departments. The SAP world must be connected with the non-SAP world. Only business processes that are freely...
  • Open Source

    December 9, 2021
    The use of open source supports DevOps teams in agile software development. But in the quest to produce code ever faster, there remains...
  • SolMan Column

    December 8, 2021
    Like a cockpit, SAP Focused Build offers all planning and control tools especially for large, agile projects. From the start to the...
  • DevOps Column

    December 7, 2021
    A reorganization of development and deployment processes through DevOps must also be accompanied by an organizational realignment. But how can the...
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    December 6, 2021
    The S/4 Hana transformation implies not only technology change, but also human resources components. Users need to see sense, they need a...
  • Shortfacts

    December 3, 2021
    No monthly SAP news should be disregarded. The Short Facts are dedicated to the smaller news as well as the seemingly more...
  • December 2, 2021
    There was a Sapphire, on the occasion of which SAP both put the primacy of CRM in the room and at the same time started with...
  • December 2, 2021
    Digital transformation is at the forefront of most companies' agendas. Modernizing SAP ERP systems is also essential....
  • Digital Transformation

    December 2, 2021
    In the discussion about digital transformation, the pandemic is often seen as an accelerator for digitization projects. Will this survive...
  • December 1, 2021
    The renowned machine and plant manufacturer digitizes processes with the help of Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM and in the future bundles the essential HR processes in...
  • Cloud Computing

    December 1, 2021
    As a driver of digital transformation, the cloud now plays a key role in corporate success. When it comes to implementation, users...
  • Editorial

    November 30, 2021
    ERP is dead. The Intelligent Enterprise no longer has a future either. No AI will save this concept anymore. The new...
  • November 29 2021
    Regardless of the ECC deadline, existing SAP customers must have migrated their previous applications to the new Hana and S/4 software platform. This applies...
  • Internal Communications

    November 29 2021
    The SAP community has overcome the limitations of an R/3 and in the past few years excellent solutions have been created based on ERP/ECC 6.0....
  • The-Last-Satire

    November 26 2021
    Sometimes there is a gap between what users want and what vendors offer. SAP has also recognized this challenge...
  • November 25 2021
    The new "best-of-breed" is called composition capability for thinking, business architectures and technology. This opens up a new horizon for existing SAP customers: Out of...
  • November 25 2021
    Nothing is the same anymore, is it? COVID-19, economic upheaval and an unprecedented labor shortage have made the world...
  • November 24, 2021
    As more and more companies and government agencies turn to Qualtrics to create the best customer experience, the company is expanding its staffing...
  • November 23 2021
    German industry will have a special role to play in the coming years and decades - as a pioneer of a new era....
  • November 23 2021
    Ninety percent of global companies struggle to achieve diversity and inclusion within their technology or IT teams, according to a new...
  • November 22 2021
    Many existing SAP customers still transfer their data manually or semi-automatically to other systems for further processing. This is how they squander potential...
  • November 19 2021
    SAP S/4 brings more agility, speed and innovation. But many companies are still putting off the migration because they are afraid of...
  • November 18, 2021
    In the spectacular text "The dark side of SAP", the Spiegel authors believe in issue 2021/46 on page 62, the ERP world corporation...
  • November 18, 2021
    Although the majority of DSAG members in a recent survey expressed support for on-prem, Microsoft is working with partners to try to get the SAP community...
  • November 17, 2021
    Innovation has many faces: Caramba, the Duisburg-based chemicals specialist and SAP user, has reached another important milestone in its consistently pursued modernization course.
  • November 16, 2021
    Without sugar, life would be half as sweet at best. To ensure that the products arrive in the supermarkets on time, Nordzucker has jointly...
  • November 15, 2021
    NTT Data has supported the flood relief efforts of the alliance for emergency and disaster relief, "Aktion Deutschland Hilft", with 400,325 euros.
  • November 15, 2021
    International growth is the goal of many ambitious existing SAP customers.
  • November 15, 2021
    IT service providers are very optimistic about the coming years due to the digitization push. User companies are increasing their digital and IT budgets in 2021 and 2022.
  • November 15, 2021
    Without open source software, not much runs at the majority of companies anymore.
  • November 15, 2021
    The technical and legal framework for XInvoice is in place, but the results of a DSAG survey on the topic are mixed.
  • November 11, 2021
    Have you probably heard too many times and yet it is wrong!
  • November 11, 2021
    Red Hat and E-3 Magazine will host a virtual roundtable on Thursday, December 9, 2021, at 3:00 p.m., live...
  • Open Source

    November 11, 2021
    The Eclipse Foundation, home to more than 400 open source projects, is organized into self-managed working groups. Why was this approach...
  • November 10, 2021
    At SAP partner Empirius, a very lean SAP system management tool has been developed in recent months. EPOS is the name of the offering, which for Empirius...
  • November 9, 2021
    To implement mobile scenarios in the ERP context, SAP says it needs the new Business Technology Platform or the Fiori Launchpad. Is...
  • November 8, 2021
    Mphasis opens a new delivery center at Hansaallee 299 in Düsseldorf, Germany, expanding its presence in Germany and Europe...
  • November 8, 2021
    Interest in buying cloud services more than doubled among Forbes G2000 companies from December 2020 to August 2021.
  • November 8, 2021
    A new survey of 1000 C-level executives shows that awareness levels do not match predictions of growth in low-code and...
  • November 8, 2021
    10 years ago, the fourth industrial revolution was proclaimed in Germany. The goal of this Industry 4.0: to make industrial production cross-company...
  • November 8, 2021
    A study by Trend Micro provides insight into how Linux operating systems are increasingly being targeted by attackers due to the ongoing cloud transformation.
  • November 8, 2021
    The German Digital Economy Association (BVDW) is contributing a statement to the EU Commission's consultation on the proposed regulation for artificial intelligence...
  • November 5, 2021
    Many IT infrastructure tasks are still performed manually or by means of time-consuming scripting. With Epos, there is a new SAP basis solution for...
  • NoName

    November 5, 2021
    Repeatedly our DSAG has tried to communicate Rise with SAP with verified content to us members. SAP could not deliver....
  • Shortfacts

    November 4, 2021
    No monthly SAP news should be disregarded. The Short Facts are dedicated to the smaller news as well as the seemingly more...
  • November 4, 2021
    We remember back to the R/3 era: back then, R/3 modules - now called apps - worked with numerous databases. What...
  • Licenses

    November 4, 2021
    With Rise with SAP, SAP is creating incentives to switch to S/4 Hana in the cloud. In doing so, there are - analog...
  • November 3, 2021
    With the transition to S/4HANA, SAP users need to look at the cloud as a deployment and usage environment. For hosting via...
  • November 3, 2021
    The IT industry is in a constant state of flux, and with it, company executives. Every month, we introduce you here to people...
  • Internal Communications

    November 3, 2021
    The saying is well known: There's life in the old dog yet. Readers are currently giving print a rebirth, while marketing is still working on...
  • November 2, 2021
    Certified transparency Quality control of advertising is rarely uniform. BVDW and Agof now want to change this. The German Digital Industry Association (BVDW)...
  • November 2, 2021
    Dr. Jana Jentzsch is one of the leading IT licensing experts. She has been dealing with the SAP universe for many years. For the...
  • Editorial

    November 2, 2021
    While SAP struggles to get existing customers into the cloud, the SAP community lacks organization and licensing rights security for...
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    November 1, 2021
    The SAP transformation from R/3 to S/4 Hana has been underway for several years. Completed projects have revealed aspects that were often underestimated,...
  • The-Last-Satire

    29 October 2021
    There is a holy book at SAP in Walldorf, with which the claim to omnipotence in the cloud is laid down. Full Use...
  • Cloud Computing

    28 October 2021
    Digital transformation is indispensable for business success. We are observing a paradigm shift in IT in which cloud plays a central role....
  • 28 October 2021
    In the new 2021/22 season, cbs will again act as the main sponsor of the 1. FC Mühlhausen 1927 e. V. youth department.
  • 28 October 2021
    At the end of the current legislative period, the digital association Bitkom gives a mixed assessment of the digital policy work of the grand coalition.
  • 28 October 2021
    Thirty years ago, the Linux operating system was published by Linus Torvalds as a university project, that is well known. But here is a...
  • 28 October 2021
    Manual coding during testing is increasingly becoming a thing of the past. By means of higher test automation without classical programming, time...
  • 28 October 2021
    When it comes to blockchain technology, companies in Germany rely on collaborations. 74 percent work together with external partners.
  • Digital Transformation

    27 October 2021
    Recently, it was the 40th anniversary of the IBM PC. Now, standard software is not conceivable without standard hardware. Therefore, it makes sense to look at...
  • 26 October 2021
    A time of data-driven transformation and modernization has dawned - also for SAP users. This is by no means just about...
  • 26 October 2021
    Industry 4.0, IoT, cloud computing, blockchain, and other key technologies associated with them pose numerous opportunities as well as significant financial risks that...
  • Penguin on the TVs with inscription "Linux

    25 October 2021
    The Suse technology blueprint consists of seven steps for high availability of S/4 Hana transformation in hybrid cloud environments.
  • 25 October 2021
    While the age of industrialization until late in the 20th century was characterized by predictable markets, product standards as well as competition,...
  • 22 October 2021
    The labor market has developed very dynamically. Companies are increasingly complaining about a shortage of skilled workers. A concept for hiring (and retaining!)...
  • 22 October 2021
    A Workday survey of labor market sentiment and priorities shows that the 18- to 34-year-old group in particular is concerned with the...
  • 21 October 2021
    First reaction: There is the SAP SolMan - on to the next topic! Unfortunately, the challenge is not that simple.
  • 21 October 2021
    Insurers that rely on an in-memory architecture accelerate their commission calculation processes with SAP FS-ICM on Hana.
  • 21 October 2021
    The issue of indirect usage, Digital Access, still affects a large number of existing SAP customers and with the cloud conversion factor FUE, Full...
  • 21 October 2021
    Many existing SAP customers have to migrate their system landscape to the S/4 world - technically a complex and time-consuming challenge. What not enough attention...
  • 21 October 2021
    In recent months, SAP licenses, maintenance fees, maintenance costs and subscriptions for on-prem and cloud have become the central topic in the community...
  • 21 October 2021
    The IT industry is in a constant state of flux, and with it, company executives. Every month, we introduce you here to people...
  • 20 October 2021
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  • SolMan Column

    20 October 2021
    Many companies are facing the challenge of replacing their ERP suite with the new S/4 Hana software generation. Cleverly used, the SolMan supports during the...
  • 19 October 2021
    Cloud Foundry Summit 2021, which had to be held virtually again this year on July 21 and 22 due to pandemics, held all sorts of...
  • Industry 4.0

    19 October 2021
    In many places, product labeling in retail is done digitally: the use of electronic shelf labels is efficient, flexible and reliable....
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    18 October 2021
    An S/4 transformation is only successful if the project and subsequently also the ongoing operational management can be ensured. For this, the...
  • 18 October 2021
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  • 15 October 2021
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  • 15 October 2021
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  • 14 October 2021
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  • 14 October 2021
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  • 14 October 2021
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  • 11 October 2021
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  • 8 October 2021
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  • 7 October 2021
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  • 6 October 2021
    The EU is considering whether tax reporting obligations and electronic invoicing should be standardized uniformly throughout Europe. What impact will this have?
  • 6 October 2021
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  • 6 October 2021
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  • Editorial

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  • October 1, 2021
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  • September 30, 2021
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  • September 27, 2021
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  • September 27, 2021
    Does the digital transformation change and transform the meaning and function of ERP software? This is not about...
  • September 27, 2021
    Given SAP's numerous and technically quite successful cloud offerings, the question posed, "Can SAP do cloud?" may seem more rhetorical than...
  • September 27, 2021
    Many companies are taking advantage of the opportunities offered by digitization to optimize core processes. SAP increases the speed of change at its customers...
  • September 24, 2021
    Lünendonk has published the results of a market study and the lists of the leading IT service providers in Germany. This year, too, there are...
  • September 23, 2021
    Whether business or IT transformation - they are on the agenda of all companies. Most of the time, these projects are still being...
  • September 23, 2021
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  • September 23, 2021
    All for One and SNP join forces to take German SMEs to the next level in business and IT transformation....
  • September 23, 2021
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  • September 23, 2021
    Together with a global partner network, SNP supports all SAP existing customers in mastering their business and IT transformations transparently, securely and quickly.
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  • September 23, 2021
    Many companies are faced with the dilemma of driving forward the digital transformation in a revolutionary way or preserving and safeguarding what has been achieved. In addition, there are organizational...
  • September 21, 2021
    The future lies in data. The digitization push of recent months bears impressive witness to this. But whoever wants to...
  • September 20, 2021
    Our recent survey on the status quo of S/4 Hana migration in German companies shows that a slight majority of participants prefer an on-premises...
  • September 20, 2021
    The umbrella organization of SAP partners presents itself with a completely renewed external appearance, an extended leitmotif - but above all with a sharpened profile. With...
  • September 17, 2021
    An important aspect of adapting a company to the developments of the market and the progress of technology is to make technological innovations...
  • September 15, 2021
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  • September 14, 2021
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  • September 13, 2021
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  • September 9, 2021
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  • September 9, 2021
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  • September 7, 2021
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  • September 6, 2021
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  • September 6, 2021
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  • September 3, 2021
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  • September 3, 2021
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  • September 3, 2021
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  • September 2, 2021
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  • September 1, 2021
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  • August 31, 2021
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  • August 31, 2021
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  • August 30, 2021
    Moving to the cloud is particularly difficult for complex systems such as SAP ERP. How can the concept of managed...
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  • August 30, 2021
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  • August 30, 2021
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  • August 30, 2021
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  • August 26, 2021
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  • August 26, 2021
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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 second 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

EUR 390 excl. VAT
available until 1.10.2025
EUR 590 excl. VAT

Venue

Hotel Hilton Heidelberg
Kurfürstenanlage 1
D-69115 Heidelberg

Event date

Wednesday, April 22 and
Thursday, April 23, 2026

Tickets

Regular ticket
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.