SAP Solution: Manager Magazine

SAP's cryptic programming language Abap is not a protective wall against cyber attacks. The Abap code is well documented and other entry points exist. SAP systems are at risk just like other IT systems.

52 percent of companies in Germany say that competitors in their own industry who were early adopters of digitization are now ahead of them.

Data literacy is relevant to all sectors - and yet it is in short supply.

Cost rates for managed services in the IT services market remain stable despite recent wage increases for IT professionals. In many cases, they are even continuing to decline.

After a decline in 2020, the consulting market is regaining its old strength despite Covid-19. The top 20 German consultants grew by 16.6 percent in 2021.

Since the end of the Privacy Shield agreement, there has been considerable legal uncertainty for data transfers. A new agreement is now intended to restore legal certainty.

Data scientists are currently hard to find on the job market: 96 percent of companies have difficulty filling vacancies.

The constant change in the business world is putting increasing pressure on companies to optimize their processes. Today, however, optimization in terms of factors such as costs, efficiency and agility is only a solid basis for complete end-to-end process optimization.

Artificial intelligence is supposed to support people in their professional environment and relieve them of work. However, employees often fear that computers and robots will make certain activities irrelevant.

The issue of skills shortages and bottlenecks has preoccupied many companies in a wide range of industries and sizes for some time. One central reason for this is often overlooked.

At the turn of the millennium, the SAP community was worried. The mySAP.com products were supposed to conceal everything with their colorful appearance, but they were a disaster. Things only got better with Hana from Professor Hasso Plattner.

SAP CEO Christian Klein fails to turn things around. He has cleaned up, sorted and consolidated behind Léo Apotheker, Jim Snabe and Bill McDermott. But that's not enough for analysts. We existing customers can just about live with that.