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.
Is Digitalization More Than Just a Buzzword?
December 5, 2024
Digitalization is all everyone is talking about. Everyone wants to be digital, and digitalization has become indispensable. But let's be honest, what does that actually mean?
UiPath Presents New Vision of the Future
December 5, 2024
UiPath presents Agent Builder, a tool for automation developers and business users to create, test, and publish agents.
Secure on SAP S/4 With Suse and Edge Integration
December 5, 2024
Regulations such as NIS 2 increase the requirements for data protection and security. The BSI CC EAL 4+ certified Suse Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) fulfills these requirements.
How Transformations Fail
December 4, 2024
Transformations with little planning fail, says Natuvion CMO Philipp von der Brüggen. In an exclusive E3 interview, he reflects on the results of the 2024 transformation study.
The Hidden Pitfalls of SAP Cloud Contracts
December 3, 2024
The devil is in the details—why transparency and control matter in SAP license management, especially today.
The End of SAP Solution Manager
December 2, 2024
SAP will discontinue support and further development of the Solution Manager in 2027. What does this mean for users and system integrators? What challenges and opportunities will this present?
Data is the new gold
November 11, 2021
Have you probably heard too many times and yet it is wrong!
Orchestration: DB and Apps
November 4, 2021
We remember back to the R/3 era: Back then, the R/3 modules - now called apps - worked with numerous databases. What at first glance appeared to be a technical world sensation was, on closer inspection, a simple sleight of hand.
Let's talk about SAP licenses
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. A comprehensive license discourse is indispensable for successful S/4 conversion.
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
March 9, 2023
Hasso's wish list
What could Professor Hasso Plattner wish for in his last year in office? The community should wish him good health and itself the preservation of his visions.
March 7, 2023
Kubernetes as a catalyst for cloud-native
Cloud computing has permanently changed the IT landscape. Not only in the offerings of the major public cloud providers, but also in the principles of how IT infrastructure is thought about and implemented - including at SAP.
March 6, 2023
The digital future of Europe
The sustainability of supply chains is becoming increasingly important. At the beginning of this year, the "Act on Corporate Due Diligence in Supply Chains", or Supply Chain Act (LkSG), came into force in Germany.
March 1, 2023
Walldorf, we have a problem
In the new year, there are to be three Sapphires as face-to-face events: Orlando, Barcelona and São Paulo. That's good, but we need answers from existing SAP customers now, not in May and June 2023. The stakes are high.
SAP News
April 19, 2024
Minsait Receives Recognition From SAP
Minsait has managed to generate the highest volume of business in Spain with its solutions and consolidate its position as a competent partner in the SAP universe.
April 18, 2024
NTT, Nvidia, and Red Hat
A jointly developed solution enables real-time analysis of large amounts of data with AI and reduces power consumption and latency.
April 18, 2024
Niels Northe Is Head of HCM at Natuvion
Natuvion has brought SAP and HCM specialist Niels Northe on board as Head of Human Capital Management (HCM).
April 17, 2024
New Partnership Between Datamation and xSuite
The aim is to enter into strategic alliances with technological market leaders in order to offer innovative IT solutions.
Business Management
October 14, 2019
Central invoice processing with multi-SAP connection
Background Engel & Völkers, one of the best-known service companies for the brokerage of real estate in the premium segment, processes around 1,200 invoices per month from several countries and various locations in a central Shared Service Center (SSC) in Hamburg. The invoices are posted in two ERP systems: While the larger sites use SAP R3, smaller sites use SAP Business One....
October 14, 2019
Where are you on the pricing maturity journey?
Gartner recently reported that 91 percent of organizations have not yet reached transformational maturity in leveraging their data and analytics. So if your company isn't there yet, you can at least take some comfort in knowing you're not alone.
October 8, 2019
Well optimized - is that "cool
When a user bursts into such enthusiasm at the sight of new software, it speaks for the solution. In this case, for the solution from Tangro, which is in use at Hammerer Aluminium Industries, HAI for short, for the automated processing of incoming invoices.
October 1, 2019
Avoiding E-Invoicing Is Not an Option
Not only EU regulations and national legislation, but also an increasing number of digitalization projects make e-invoicing indispensable around the globe. Avoiding e-invoicing is therefore not an option.
IT Management
June 10, 2019
Test Data Generation Challenge
Implementing SAP test and training systems is laborious and time-consuming. Software engines are the solution, as they can tackle numerous challenges—including secure and fast data transfer of SAP mass data.
May 31 2019
SAP Hana - Metamorphosis
The development of the Hana database was planned by Professor Hasso Plattner and former Chief Technology Officer Vishal Sikka as a metamorphosis: Development from egg to sexually mature animal via independent larval stages. Ex-chief technology officer Bernd Leukert then had to present Hana 2 in 2016.
Data center and IT infrastructure modernization is an imperative for business success. Fifty-seven percent of companies are currently modernizing their IT to best support business innovations in the coming years - on-premises and in the cloud.
May 21, 2019
Tips for Successful S/4 Hana Implementations
A study conducted by Arvato shows how users rate SAP’s enterprise software and what requirements they have. The primary motivators for migrating to S/4 and Hana are more flexibility and agility.
Economy
16 October 2017
IT full service and authorizations
SAP security expert Xiting and the IT experts at Allgeier Enterprise Services have entered into a partnership.
10 October 2017
In any weather
Harvey and Irma demonstrated the destructive forces unleashed by hurricanes. But even less dramatic weather situations harbor dangers. Meteo Protect has evolved from a start-up to a leading player in the protection against weather-related risks.
September 29, 2017
Data Preparation between Hype and Reality
More and more companies are recognizing that the ability to use data systematically gives them a competitive edge, and are therefore increasingly focusing on data preparation.
September 26, 2017
SAP output made to measure
Cideon and Seal Systems enter into cooperation for data conversion and information and document delivery.
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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