SAP-Solution: S/4

The National Security Council has decided to establish an AI security institute. The German AI Security Institute is intended to help better assess the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence and to engage in dialogue with comparable foreign institutions.

The SAP services market in the DACH region in 2026 is characterized by growing disparities in quality: While leading providers perform well across nearly all evaluation criteria, a significant portion of the market remains at a moderate level.

According to Adesso’s GenAI Impact Study, 41 percent of the companies surveyed are currently only exploring the basic applications of AI agents. Just under 31 percent are already using them in production. That sounds like a spirit of optimism, but it is primarily a sign of hesitation.

AI knows only one path: to solve a given task optimally and once and for all! What seems like a radical approach to humans is, for the machine, its logical raison d’être. Because AI has no humanistic values, it will continue to optimize until its very end.

Many companies do not fully tap into the economic potential of their ERP landscape. Usage and operating costs are rising steadily, while opportunities for optimization often go undiscovered. Why taking a close look at licensing and operating models is crucial.

When migrating to Rise with SAP, the SAP archive is often overlooked. Companies must design their archives, interfaces, and operations on their own—ArchiveLink or CMIS are crucial for costs, compliance, and future-proofing.

While 60 percent of Austrian executives are in the pilot or experimental phase with individual AI solutions, only four percent of the companies surveyed have fully integrated AI into their core processes and made it the strategic backbone of their value creation.

Hyperscaler power or European control? German companies want both. According to the Valantic study „Sovereign Hypercloud,“ many companies are focusing on expanding their IT infrastructure in Europe to combine the performance of international hyperscalers with greater sovereignty.

With the rapid spread of artificial intelligence in the workplace, a new gender gap is emerging: the Gender AI Gap. This is shown by a recent study by the IAB in collaboration with Initiative D21, a nonprofit network for the digital society.

With an antitrust ruling, the EU has provisionally brought an end to an anti-competitive chapter in SAP’s history. The global leader in ERP was accused of exploiting its dominant market position in maintenance and support to force customers into an inescapable service straitjacket.

SAP is driving the adoption of AI agents and intelligent automation. However, many companies are unable to implement the necessary system upgrades in the short term. With the right governance and security strategies, AI can still be integrated into existing SAP landscapes.

When it comes to SAP Basis automation, the focus is usually on cost savings. However, this does not provide an adequate assessment of the situation. Security and resilience are just as important—in fact, in two ways.