SAP Solution: Michael Kleinemeier

A disruptive change of personnel on the SAP Executive Board is always a source of misunderstanding. After a long series of surprising departures, Professor Hasso Plattner's statement is all the more irritating: "Everything as planned!

Good connoisseurs of SAP history are getting queasy, albeit with a sense of déjà vu. Professor Hasso Plattner meets Shai Agassi and officially makes him Chief Technology Officer and unofficially his "foster son.

Earlier this year, E-3 magazine had SAP CEO Bill McDermott on its cover with the title "Genius Salesman." That was the beginning of the turnaround. The departure from a business model that made SAP great and rich. The two departures - Bernd Leukert and Björn Goerke - are proof and the logical consequence for the...

Good connoisseurs of SAP history are getting queasy, albeit with a sense of déjà vu. Professor Hasso Plattner meets Shai Agassi and officially makes him Chief Technology Officer and unofficially his "foster son.

How companies can position themselves correctly to exploit competitive advantages in the transition to the digital world, and what DSAG and SAP need to contribute to this, will be shown by the stocktaking at the annual congress.

Anyone analyzing the personnel development of the SAP Executive Board after Henning Kagermann comes to the conclusion that there are three personalities who decide on success: Hasso Plattner, Werner Brand and Gerd Oswald. But what happens next?

It is a complex relationship and offers plenty of material for rumors, misunderstandings and errors. Those involved: SAP, the community including DSAG e. V. and E-3 Magazine.