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.
According to the study, the biggest challenges of AI implementation include companies' current IT infrastructure and customer expectations.
Alexander Rosell Heads the CoE for Data and AI
July 24, 2024
Alexander Rosell joins the Zurich Germany Group from the consulting firm EY as an IT consultant and data management expert.
Improvements Through AI Automation
July 24, 2024
Global strategic partnership to accelerate digital transformation with RISE.
Enterprise AI Chatbots With Open Source Software
July 23, 2024
Anyone using ChatGPT is putting their data at risk. But to keep pace with technological change, AI cannot be ignored. So how do you combine internal data security with AI? The answer is open source.
The cooperation enables organizations to activate their data through low-code application development.
xSuite presents new invoicing platform eDNA
July 22, 2024
xSuite eDNA (Electronic Document Network Adapter)
Special announcement: SAP Hana 3
January 24, 2020
If you are reading this E-3 Newsletter, the E-3 Magazine February 2020 is also online (PDF download for registered users).
SAP vs.
January 20, 2020
Historically and strategically, we have always had to deal with two companies: SAP D-A-CH and SAP Global - a challenge that is almost impossible to overcome and which has already broken ex-SAP CEO Léo Apotheker.
The store is up and running after all!
January 10, 2020
SAP co-CEO Christian Klein gave a very readable interview to Spiegel magazine, DER SPIEGEL No. 2, January 4, 2020, page 61. Klein talks about society, technology, politics.
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.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is supposed to support humans in their daily work routines by automating tasks. The consequences that arise are entirely up to the humans, not the AI.
April 5, 2022
Open Source in Enterprise - despite Log4J
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 components by SAP customers will be the rule, not the exception, in 2022.
April 4, 2022
Contract or Product Conversion?
If you want to keep costs under control during an S/4 Hana switch, it is absolutely crucial whether you succumb to the lure of a contract conversion or switch with your entire license portfolio.
April 1, 2022
How To Efficiently Secure Your SAP Systems
SAP systems are business critical. Data volumes are increasing, cyber threats and compliance regulations are on the rise. Optimal backup and quick recovery solutions as well as efficient data storage are becoming ever more important.
SAP News
November 7, 2023
SAP’s Supervisory Board is a Construction Site
With Professor Hasso Plattner’s departure from the SAP Supervisory Board next year, the company will soon commence an evaluation of the actual function and duties of a Supervisory Board Chairman.
November 2, 2023
SAP TechEd 2023: Every Developer Is a Generative AI Developer
SAP unveils innovations for AI application development and new learning opportunities for developers in the era of AI
30 October 2023
Siemens Healthineers choose RISE with SAP
Siemens Healthineers, a medical technology company, has selected the RISE with SAP solution to support the company's digital transformation.
26 October 2023
Walldorf Release Change: SAP Headquarter Conversion
In Walldorf, the Board of Management's headquarters and offices will be completely renovated. The Supervisory Board has not yet decided whether new employees will move in after the renovation is completed.
Business Management
April 27, 2017
Making SAP systems ready for Europe
Already last year, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data entered into force. The regulation is applicable as of May 25, 2018. Until then, companies have time to prepare accordingly and implement the regulation.
April 21, 2017
How agile are people in responding to change?
What are the typical challenges in agile development projects for rollouts? What measures can organizations take to best prepare employees for upcoming changes due to the rollout? The right mix of agile development principles and classic project management leads to the desired project success.
April 19, 2017
Mechanical engineering pioneer in batch size 1
Improved customizability of products down to batch size 1 is one of the most revolutionary changes brought about by Industry 4.0. Although many industrial companies are still unsure how they will be able to handle individualized production, for around 45 percent it is already a driving motive for digital transformation.
April 13, 2017
The IT of two speeds
New technologies and a high pace of innovation versus stable applications and low-maintenance operation - how can this antagonism be resolved? How can the flexible working mode of the future be profitably established? Two-speed IT" offers a promising approach.
IT Management
November 1, 2016
Is IBM now shaking up the Hana server market?
IBM entered the Hana server market with Hana on Power (HoP) after a considerable delay, because SAP relied exclusively on x86 in-memory hardware for a long time. The first HoP reference customers exist, and more are to follow by the end of the year. An E3 exclusive interview with Jochen Ziegler, SAP infrastructure expert and Lead Solution Architect at IBM.
November 1, 2016
The time of agile change
Companies must become more agile if they want to seize the opportunities offered by digital transformation. However, SAP's future role cannot be ignored. Agile software development and DevOps enable SAP system changes at a pace that truly benefits the overall enterprise.
November 1, 2016
z-Transactions under control
As is well known, z-transactions in particular can pose some challenges when migrating towards SAP-on-Hana. Code specialist Smartshift Technologies provides a sophisticated conversion automation tool that both increases migrations and ensures error-free code.
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October 1, 2016
SAP BW - a relic from the past?
In 2009, one year before the first release of Hana, SAP co-founder Hasso Plattner published the groundbreaking white paper "A Common Database Approach for OLTP and OLAP Using an In-Memory Column Database. In it, he challenges the separation of OLTP and OLAP applications that has been practiced for many years. His theory is that an in-memory-only...
Economy
December 4, 2015
Fraud prevention
The factoring specialist Fidis and the credit agency Bürgel have entered into a cooperation. The aim is to support factoring providers in systematically identifying fraud indications.
December 4, 2015
Industry 4.0 - German-Chinese Integration
On the sidelines of the German-Chinese meeting of economic advisors with Chancellor Angela Merkel, SAP signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Chinese construction machinery group XCMG.
December 4, 2015
Time and presence
WorkForce Software, a cloud workforce management provider, has signed a global reseller agreement with SAP.
December 3, 2015
Digital Single Market - Europe is not yet ready
The vast majority of companies in Europe (92 percent) say they are not prepared for the introduction of the EU digital single market, according to a study commissioned by Ricoh Europe.
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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