{"id":160692,"date":"2026-02-23T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/?p=160692"},"modified":"2026-03-13T14:21:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:21:01","slug":"sap-in-wonderland-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/sap-in-wonderland-2\/","title":{"rendered":"SAP in Wonderland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAP CEO Christian Klein and his colleague from the Executive Board were in Davos at the World Economic Forum, but they were neither visible nor audible. US President Donald Trump stole the show from almost everyone. The economic summit in the Swiss mountains turned into a political spectacle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Serious and complex discussions about AI, the EU Cloud Act, security, and other IT topics have a hard time getting traction here. After a week in Davos, however, the SAP community expected more than a vague essay titled \"Paradoxes in the Age of AI,\" which SAP CEO Christian Klein published on the WEF website. SAP remained silent!<\/p><div id=\"great-1751946770\" class=\"great-fullsize-content-en\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6yfv7eho3Gc\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Fullsize\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150.jpg\" alt=\"Fullsize\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-400x50.jpg 400w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-768x96.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-100x13.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-480x60.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-640x80.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-720x90.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-960x120.jpg 960w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-1168x146.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-18x2.jpg 18w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-600x75.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"150\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems that SAP is avoiding the international stage and would rather disappear down the rabbit hole. Where is SAP? Even Hasso Plattner the cat is no longer providing information. Like Alice in Wonderland, the SAP community will have to search for SAP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why? Because  SAP customers need answers about their future ERP planning. A promise of service until 2040 is not enough. Alice got lost down the rabbit hole, but with the help of the Hatter and his family, she found her way. Who can provide the SAP community with guidance and roadmaps?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SAP showers its customers and partners with new IT tools, AI offerings, and cloud adaptations every month. While SAP's offerings are colorful and loud, they lack structure and perspective. Alice had to learn her way around Wonderland. SAP shouldn't make it so difficult for customers. Clear rules and an ERP perspective for the last 20 years are not a luxury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"869\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/11b-platzgummer-nov03-dltz_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-161461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/11b-platzgummer-nov03-dltz_web.jpg 869w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/11b-platzgummer-nov03-dltz_web-322x400.jpg 322w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/11b-platzgummer-nov03-dltz_web-768x955.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/11b-platzgummer-nov03-dltz_web-100x124.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/11b-platzgummer-nov03-dltz_web-480x597.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/11b-platzgummer-nov03-dltz_web-640x796.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/11b-platzgummer-nov03-dltz_web-720x895.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/11b-platzgummer-nov03-dltz_web-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/11b-platzgummer-nov03-dltz_web-600x746.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 869px) 100vw, 869px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>The cartoon by Robert Platzgummer (1975 to 2016) was first published in the November 2001 issue of E3. It has always been possible to combine different program modules in IT, and open source is a tried and tested means of doing so. SAP, however, always wants total control: Frankenstein and Composable ERP are therefore the enemy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The global ERP group hardly plays a role on the international IT stage anymore:<br \/>\nSAP was absent at Viva Tech 2025 in Paris, in Las Vegas at CES 2026 - and Davos?<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[44365,25],"tags":[39,624],"coauthors":[27825],"class_list":["post-160692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mag-26-02","category-satire-das-letzte","tag-cloud","tag-ki-joule","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450.jpg",1000,450,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450-400x180.jpg",400,180,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450-768x346.jpg",768,346,true],"large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450.jpg",1000,450,false],"image-100":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450-100x45.jpg",100,45,true],"image-480":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450-480x216.jpg",480,216,true],"image-640":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450-640x288.jpg",640,288,true],"image-720":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450-720x324.jpg",720,324,true],"image-960":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450-960x432.jpg",960,432,true],"image-1168":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450.jpg",1000,450,false],"image-1440":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450.jpg",1000,450,false],"image-1920":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450.jpg",1000,450,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450.jpg",1000,450,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450.jpg",1000,450,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450-18x8.jpg",18,8,true],"bricks_large_16x9":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450.jpg",1000,450,false],"bricks_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450.jpg",1000,450,false],"bricks_large_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450.jpg",1000,450,false],"bricks_medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450-600x270.jpg",600,270,true],"bricks_medium_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450-600x450.jpg",600,450,true],"profile_24":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Das-Letzte-Satire_1000x450-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>Der ERP-Weltkonzern spielt kaum noch eine Rolle auf der internationalen IT-B\u00fchne:<br \/>\nSAP fehlte auf der Viva Tech 2025 in Paris, in Las Vegas auf der CES 2026 \u2013 und Davos?<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/mag-26-02\/\" rel=\"category tag\">MAG 26-02<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/category\/opinion\/last-and-least\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Satire: Das Letzte<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Peter M. 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