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Digitizalition in purchasing? Still a non-issue for many SMEs. Yet SAP Ariba provides a modular platform for procurement and supplier management that enables SMEs to gradually come to grips with the topic.

In times of global trade conflicts and protectionist measures, open source—as software and as a principle—is becoming central for companies and regions. It has a lasting impact on workflows, processes, and communication.

The broad—and unfortunately often poorly orchestrated—SAP offering is surprising. There are real software gems, but there is little to no communication. Can SAP itself no longer see the forest for the trees?

Artificial intelligence requires a radical new approach in many areas of IT. How should SAP guide its well-established and highly successful ERP system through the AI revolution? It's an AI dilemma.

Data is everywhere: in our systems, our processes, and our heads. We collect, store, and transfer it—and sometimes lose track of it. So, what do we actually do with all this data?

For years, SAP PI and PO were the central integration solutions in many companies. Their era is coming to an end, however, with the shift towards the cloud, APIs, and agile IT: SAP is discontinuing further development and support is coming to an end. It is time to realign the integration strategy.

What about process optimization? This question becomes relevant for S/4 projects at the latest. This is where Signavio comes into play: it allows users to delve deep into their processes, uncover weak points, and optimize their business processes. A practical recap shows how this works.

The German Federal Employment Agency is relying on RISE with SAP to operate its central payment systems for social benefits on a cloud basis in future. By licensing RISE, the organization is using SAP's private cloud offering in a German SAP data center.

For many companies, the introduction of SAP S4/HANA is a strategic milestone on the road to digitalization. The quality and structure of the master data represent a key challenge.

Many companies and public authorities currently want to intensify digitization and modernization. In many cases, the existing IT infrastructure that has grown over many years represents an obstacle.

From left to right: Gerhard Kuppler, Vice President SAP Alliances, Oracle, and Kuen Sang Lam, Senior Director—Global SAP on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Technology, Oracle. In recent years, many black box systems have been replaced by hybrid architectures and composable IT. Oracle is at the forefront of this development with an extremely broad range of solutions.

The Finnish chemical company Kemira has implemented one of the world's largest interface migrations to the SAP Integration Suite with "Leap". The success was based on a precise assessment, a clear roadmap, and efficient implementation.