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AI Power<\/h4>\n

IBM has developed the new IBM Power Systems server with its likewise newly designed Power 9 processor specifically for computationally intensive AI workloads. It can be used to accelerate training times in the area of deep learning by up to four times. This makes it possible to build faster and more accurate AI-based applications. Some key components of the new processor were developed at IBM's German research and development center in B\u00f6blingen near Stuttgart. These include, for example, a PCI Express 4.0 interface that delivers up to twice the speed of its predecessor, as well as new hardware features to support high-precision (128-bit) floating-point operations, which are especially important for high-performance scientific computing. Support for blockchain applications through power systems and improved computing performance per watt were also realized with the help of the German experts.<\/p>\n

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License management 9.0<\/h4>\n

At the end of the year, Circle Unlimited published version 9.0, a new major release of its document, contract and license management system. The solutions cuSmarText, cuContract and cuLicense are fully integrated into SAP and Microsoft systems, suitable for all industries and specialist areas and are now available in the latest version. Highlights include special services that enable efficient implementation of the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into force in 2018. In addition, there is a completely new web interface that enables outstanding flexibility and particularly intuitive usability thanks to the latest SAPUI5 technology.<\/p>

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SAP Innovative Business Solutions<\/h4>\n

SAP's SAP Innovative Business Solutions division has expanded its business model. Customers now have the opportunity to work with SAP Innovative Business Solutions in an end-to-end innovation process. Customized solutions are jointly designed, developed and operated for their specific, business-critical processes - in the cloud, as an on-premise solution or in hybrid scenarios. SAP Innovative Business Solutions, formerly known as SAP Custom Development, offers customers worldwide direct access to more than 2,000 software developers and 38,000 experts in R&D and services. To date, SAP has delivered more than 4,000 customized solutions to over 1,500 customers.<\/p>\n

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SAP is the leader in the IDC Market Scape:<\/h4>\n

The latest report praises the software suite for billing solutions from Hybris. The solutions enable companies to align their entire quote-to-cash business processes with the requirements of the digital economy. There are various deployment options depending on the company constellation: Hybris Billing: the on-premise solution specifically for SMEs and large companies; and Hybris Revenue Cloud: the public cloud solution supports CPQ (Configure, Price & Quote) processes, order management and subscription billing. It is suitable for both the entry-level and midmarket sector as well as for new lines of business that are being set up within companies.<\/p>\n

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S\/4-capable<\/h4>\n

With the further development of the SAP add-ons, InPuncto now also supports its customers in a future system change to S\/4 Hana. As already in the familiar R\/3 environment, the requirements of the individual companies can also be implemented in S\/4 (cloud or on-premise). Smooth functionality is thus ensured.<\/p>\n

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S\/4 certificate<\/h4>\n

With this seal of approval, the SAP Integration and Certification Center (SAP ICC) has confirmed that the new version 6.0 of the IDOS subsystem QM\/3 for SAP ERP\/QM can also be integrated into SAP applications. This certification means that the IDOS subsystem is ideally equipped for use under S\/4, enabling customers to analyze even large volumes of data in real time and paving the way for Industry 4.0 - towards a zero-defect strategy. The SAP certification confirms that the IDOS solution and technology can be seamlessly integrated into SAP solutions.<\/p>\n

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Certified<\/h4>\n

SAP has certified the Target Campaign Management solution with the \"SAP Certified - Built on SAP Cloud Platform\" seal of approval. This was preceded by extensive technical analyses and a functional end-to-end test. Target Campaign Management makes it possible to generate, refine, comment on and recognize innovative ideas on a specific topic (the campaign) through the exchange and collaboration of many participants and to filter out the most promising ideas in a multi-stage selection process and make them available to downstream processes.<\/p>\n

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Faster cloning<\/h4>\n

Actifio Sky has achieved SAP-certified integration into the Hana platform. The solution supports fast backups and database cloning. The SAP Integration and Certification Center (SAP ICC) has now confirmed that version 7.X can be integrated with Hana using standard integration technologies to provide enterprise-wide backup and database cloning solutions for business-critical environments on Hana. Actifio Sky is also suitable as a component of a disaster recovery plan.<\/p>\n

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Acceleration program<\/h4>\n

SAP automation specialist Worksoft has presented its acceleration program. It uses automated business process capture solutions that, according to the vendor, enable customers to accelerate test automation for SAP software projects by up to 40 percent. The program provides customers with new resources to define a strategy and roadmap for implementing a successful, business-focused automation process for SAP software. As a first step toward faster automation, customers use Worksoft software to automatically identify, capture and visualize business processes. With shorter capture and planning processes and more depth and breadth in automation, Global 5000 companies can implement SAP applications faster to drive innovation, increase business impact and realize faster value from their SAP software investments.<\/p>\n

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SAP-based purchasing<\/h4>\n

With the Procurement Suite and Content Services from 2bits, companies now have a combined package for the digital transformation of their SAP-based procurement. This allows them to close the gap created by the expiring maintenance for conventional SAP procurement solutions - without having to switch to the cloud. \"As the 2bits Procurement Suite is fully integrated into SAP ERP and S\/4 Hana, there are no costs for interfaces to external systems and additional hardware,\" emphasizes Mike R\u00fcbsamen, Managing Director of 2bits. \"Thanks to the possibility of switching off legacy systems, the purchase pays for itself in a very short time.\" In return, customers receive an SAP-certified procurement solution with which they can quickly and easily access their sources of supply, such as article, material and service catalogs. All common catalog formats such as BMECat, Excel or CSV are supported.<\/p>\n

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SAP and GK Software certify<\/h4>\n

GK Software AG and SAP confirm the compatibility of the Casio IT- G400 mobile computer with the \"SAP Offline Mobile Store by GK\" application. This certification gives SAP users the assurance that their software has been officially tested by the market leader in retail software. The award reflects the high quality and international application possibilities of the solution. As a full-touch handheld with the latest Android operating system, the Casio IT-G400 opens up new fields of application in industry, retail, logistics and services. The MDE device has components that have already proven themselves in industrial handhelds. It adapts perfectly to existing IT infrastructures. This means a high level of planning security with regard to investments in hardware and software.<\/p>\n

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SAP wins EU start-up prize<\/h4>\n

The SAP start-up initiative Startup Focus has won first place in the \"Europe's Corporate Startup Stars\" competition organized by the EU initiative Startup Europe Partnership (SEP). The competition is sponsored by the European Commission and recognizes the best European companies for their support of start-ups. The award ceremony took place in Brussels in December. The European Commission's Startup Europe Partnership recognized 36 companies for their activities in working with start-ups and promoting open innovation. Twelve companies were classified as \"Corporate Startup Stars\". A further 24 were recognized as \"Open Innovation Challengers\". The competition is organized by Mind the Bridge, a consultancy for open innovation, with the support of the British innovation foundation Nesta. SAP Startup Focus is an integral part of the company's startup initiatives, which also include programs such as SAP.iO Foundries and SAP IoT Startup Accelerator.<\/p>\n

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Hybris Gold Partner<\/h4>\n

The consulting firm Maihiro, based in Ismaning near Munich and Vienna, has been awarded Gold status in the partner program of CRM software provider Hybris. The solutions from Hybris, the customer management specialist and expert in digital transformation, complement the comprehensive business software portfolio of the Walldorf-based parent company in the areas of CRM and commerce. \"For us, the Gold partnership is further proof of the successful work and comprehensive expertise that our certified consultants bring to our customer projects,\" comments Matthias Goetz, Managing Director Products & Austria at Maihiro, on the Gold status.<\/p>\n

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Go-live for SAP PS project<\/h4>\n

At the beginning of December, the SAP consulting company Heisab completed an extensive project to implement the SAP PS module at an international solution provider for high-quality, acoustically effective solutions in the automotive sector. Based on the processes and solutions defined in the business blueprint, the module was implemented in SAP ERP, tailored to the customer's requirements, with the highest quality and using standard SAP tools. Based on the new SAPUI5 and Fiori user experience technologies, Heisab developed a lightweight, intuitive project management application, the SimpleProject app, which is fully integrated into the SAP system.<\/p>\n

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Hackathon champion with Hybris<\/h4>\n

The Quick Insurance project team, which has developed a pay-as-you-go insurance model based on Hybris Revenue Cloud, won this year's TechCrunch Disrupt hackathon in Berlin. This is the second time in a row that a winner of the TechCrunch Disrupt competition has used SAP Hybris solutions as the basis for their product. Pointshop-Space was named the winner at the 2016 event in San Francisco. Hundreds of tech experts and developers gathered in Berlin to create a finished product in just 24 hours. The winner of the event was Quick Insurance, a mobile app that can be used to insure valuable items in no time at all. The idea behind it is impressively simple: consumers should be able to insure their valuables flexibly with just a few clicks, for example for a few days during a vacation.<\/p>\n

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SAP HCM for the Port of Hamburg<\/h4>\n

The Hamburg Port Authority has commissioned Akquinet to provide project management support for the introduction of its new payroll accounting system based on SAP HCM. The old procedure for calculating the wages and salaries of HPA employees is to be replaced at the end of 2018. Due to the relatively short timeframe for implementation and the complex requirements, especially in the area of non-permanent remuneration, the HPA has brought external support on board for its project and quality management, which will take over the management of the implementation service provider together with the HPA's internal project management.<\/p>\n

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Japanese standardize European service processes<\/h4>\n

Yaskawa, a provider of mechatronics and robotics solutions, also wants to standardize and optimize its service processes as part of the consolidation of its ERP landscape. To this end, the company is introducing the field service management solution from MobileX throughout Europe. Until now, Yaskawa has used various tools in Europe to plan and manage its service technicians for commissioning, maintenance and repairs. In some cases, the dispatchers used Excel lists to plan the technicians' assignments. The technicians filled out their feedback on paper. As the company had decided in 2015 to standardize its heterogeneous ERP landscape across Europe on SAP, the service processes also needed to be modernized and standardized. The MobileX solutions were chosen because they allow a simple SAP connection and offer a wide range of functions that are ideally suited to Yaskawa's complex service process. Material logistics and the returns process play a particularly important role here.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No monthly SAP news should be disregarded. The Short Facts are dedicated to minor news as well as seemingly more or less important statements from the community. This is the place for SAP-specific press releases that otherwise tend to be overlooked. Recommendations to: office@b4bmedia.net<\/p>","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":2827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,20361],"tags":[],"coauthors":[19920],"class_list":["post-33629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sap-nachrichten","category-mag-1802","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF.jpg",1000,450,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF.jpg",400,180,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF-768x346.jpg",768,346,true],"large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF.jpg",1000,450,false],"image-100":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF-100x45.jpg",100,45,true],"image-480":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF-480x216.jpg",480,216,true],"image-640":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF-640x288.jpg",640,288,true],"image-720":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF-720x324.jpg",720,324,true],"image-960":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF-960x432.jpg",960,432,true],"image-1168":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF.jpg",1000,450,false],"image-1440":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF.jpg",1000,450,false],"image-1920":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF.jpg",1000,450,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF.jpg",1000,450,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF.jpg",1000,450,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF.jpg",18,8,false],"bricks_large_16x9":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF.jpg",1000,450,false],"bricks_large":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF.jpg",1000,450,false],"bricks_large_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF.jpg",1000,450,false],"bricks_medium":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF.jpg",600,270,false],"bricks_medium_square":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF.jpg",600,270,false],"profile_24":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/CSF-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"

Keine monatlichen SAP-Meldungen sollen au\u00dfer Acht gelassen werden. Die Short Facts widmen sich den kleineren Neuigkeiten sowie den scheinbar mehr oder weniger wichtigen Statements der Community. Hier ist der Platz f\u00fcr SAP-spezifische Pressemitteilungen, die sonst gerne \u00fcbersehen werden. Empfehlungen an: office@b4bmedia.net<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"Community Nachrichten<\/a>, MAG 18-02<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"E-3 Magazine","url":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/author\/e-3-magazin\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33629"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=33629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}