SAP Solution: Competence Center Summit

The SAP Competence Center Summit 2023 offered the rare opportunity of a keynote by Jana Jentzsch. She is one of the most knowledgeable experts on SAP licensing issues. After the Summit in Salzburg, she gave the following interview.

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The lack of adequate IT staff will continue to preoccupy the SAP community for some time to come. Many successful SAP partners are currently addressing the issue of automation, monitoring and observability. At the SAP Competence Center Summit on June 1 and 2 in Salzburg, numerous companies will present their solutions for SAP Basis automation.

Professional SAP license management offers companies a wide range of opportunities for optimization. SAP license management tools appear to be a simple solution to current challenges. But what do the tools realistically deliver today and what do the tool providers promise their customers?

Infrastructure challenges were and are high for SAP Basis managers and employees in companies. Targeted automation solutions are in fact the only way to get a grip on the many tasks and activities.

Today, SAP forms the backbone of many companies across different industries. To ensure continuous business operations, the systems must be operated with high performance, security and as little downtime as possible.

The time is ripe to also address the details of the new framework for S/4 Hana operations. Many customers underestimate the lead time and complexity.

With its "Rise with SAP" and the so-called "Business Transformation as a Service", SAP is cheering a move to the cloud. The promise of "everything from a single source" sounds tempting - but what aspects should companies pay attention to and consider?

The most important thing for successful implementation is a precise overview of the individual areas of the SAP landscape that is currently in operation. But this is often not the case. And because many companies lack the necessary IT specialists internally, they delay the changeover.

Which cable belongs where in which switch? How much RAM does a particular computing unit need and how do I best connect it to the others to make the best use of resources? Is the hardware compatible at all?

The transformation to an intelligent and sustainable company begins and ends with the transformation and optimization of business processes and is supported by technological innovation of the SAP applications used.

The SAP base will determine the success of the S/4 conversion in the coming years, because it is at the base that challenges relating to SAP licenses, staff shortages and digital transformation can be solved.