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SAP-Solution: AnyDB

With a complex ERP initiative for a hidden maintenance extension and an alternative cloud roadmap, RISE with SAP should have been given a second chance at survival earlier this year. The announcement of the Business Data Cloud in addition to the Business Technology Platform has finally put S/4 out of business.
Older SAP ERP systems remain popular with customers because these installations have been maintained and modified over many years.
It is in large part thanks to its community that SAP was able to advance to a world market leader in business software. It’s high time to give back.
There will be no integration in the form of an SAP "back to standard" function. The R/3 times with one database and many app servers are over. The three-tier client/server model is dead.
SAP conversion puts a disproportionate strain on the IT budget because SAP refuses to offer a universally valid AnyDB conversion for S/4. More and more existing SAP customers are contacting the E-3 editorial team and complaining about their double DB costs.
The SAP community is in a critical state because important players can no longer or no longer want to play along. Cause and effect are difficult to separate. The bottom line is catastrophic.
At Empirius, profound SAP Basis knowledge is the basis for practical and beneficial tools for creating SAP system copies and sandboxes.
Social media can be fun. Visionary decisions are a satisfying challenge. A keynote can also make you satisfied. But all of it is worth nothing without serious and conscientious groundwork.
This teaching of controlling and regulating is often unknown. However, cybernetics in combination with technology, the teaching of technology for planning and production, would be a good guide for SAP CEO Christian Klein.
Some time ago, I was advised to stop devoting too much attention and paper to the topic of "SAP Data Hub".
To ensure that the costs of operating the Hana in-memory computing database can be controlled, an IT architecture was created to separate the data into layers.
Only recently, SAP responded to the request of many companies to extend the end of maintenance for the current software version Business Suite 7 until 2027, or even until 2030 for an additional charge. Many SAP customers should therefore breathe a sigh of relief.

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.