SAP-Solution: Lizenzmanagement

The many aspects of new S/4 licenses based on existing SAP systems are a topic for specialists and a challenge for SAP Basis. Knowledge about the appropriate SAP license transformation and conversion is relevant for all basis managers. The S/4 conversion poses major challenges for license management in every respect.

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.

AI, including machine learning, has now reached a level of market maturity that enables manufacturing companies to stabilize their business even in the face of rapid market upheaval.

No other SAP topic is associated with as many emotions as license management. Here, the CFO and CIO are pitted against SAP together, because the aim is to protect their own company from damage in the long term.

Rarely before has the SAP community been as divided as it currently is on the S/4 cloud transformation. While SAP CFO Luka Mucic was jubilant about the supposed successes in the cloud when he presented the Q2 numbers - "We can look back on another strong quarter with accelerated growth for SAP's cloud portfolio. Customer demand was exceptionally good. We are therefore lifting...

People like to put off things that are annoying, complex, time-consuming and unpleasant from the outset. But beware: when it comes to SAP license management, procrastination can be really expensive!

No monthly SAP news should be disregarded. The Short Facts are dedicated to smaller news items as well as seemingly more or less important statements from the community. This is the place for SAP-specific press releases that otherwise tend to be overlooked.

No monthly SAP news should be disregarded. The Short Facts are dedicated to smaller news items as well as seemingly more or less important statements from the community. This is the place for SAP-specific press releases that otherwise tend to be overlooked.

Sivis will be 20 years old in 2019: Not only have the requirements for SAP authorization management changed significantly since then - the software house from Karlsruhe is also planning to enter international markets. Managing Directors Kai Bounin and Bernd Israel explain the strategy for this.

All SAP customers are facing extensive S/4 migration projects and contract conversions. These can be managed with the combination of Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) and strategic license management.

SAP plans to enforce a license condition on its customers in the new year 2018, which is already included in the Price and Conditions List (PKL) 2017/4 on page 25.

License management can only be the beginning. IT is important and sustainable. IT is the engine of digital transformation. Thus, asset management is a central and important task. E-3 Editor-in-Chief Peter Färbinger spoke with KPMG Partner Carsten Lang and Senior Manager Florian Ascherl about the new challenges and special features of the SAP scene.