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Enterprise Application Testing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Manufacturers are providing their customers with software updates in ever shorter release cycles, which they can use to strengthen their innovative power - provided they manage to test and deploy the updates quickly. But many companies' testing strategies are not efficient and lean enough for this. How do successful companies approach software testing and turn it into a driver for innovation? Tricentis explores this question in its annual report \"How the World's Top Organizations Test\", which is now available. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quality managers and IT executives in 100 leading global organizations with revenues of five billion U.S. dollars or more - including Fortune 500 companies (or equivalents worldwide) and government agencies in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific - were surveyed. Software testing and its pitfalls are immensely underestimated. <\/p>

\"Fullsize\"<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Even for seemingly simple application updates, there are a high number of different testing approaches, paths, conditions or device configurations that need to be tested before go-live to avoid malfunctions or failures. At the enterprise level, software testing is still the main cause of delays in roll-outs. To date, on average, only 15 percent of tests are automated and manual testing is still widespread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\""Software<\/a>
\"Software tests and their pitfalls are hugely underestimated.\" - Viktoria Praschl<\/strong>, VP Sales Central Europe, Tricentis<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Data analytics in the cloud<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

NetApp has acquired Data Mechanics. The French start-up company is a managed platform provider for big data processing and cloud analytics based in Paris. Data Mechanics supports companies in using Apache Spark, an open source unified analytics framework for processing large amounts of data and for machine learning, in Kubernetes. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Monitoring of complex SAP system landscapes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Together with the ZHAW, Itesys is developing learning software with artificial intelligence for monitoring complex SAP landscapes based on the SAP monitoring tool Scansor. The project is supported by Innosuisse, the Swiss innovation promotion agency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Scansor, Itesys already has a proven software solution for monitoring SAP systems. Under the project name Scansor 2.0, the Frauenfeld-based company is working with the ZHAW to expand the software with intelligent algorithms for monitoring statuses and detecting errors at an early stage. The monitoring solution is to be further developed with artificial intelligence (AI). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The monitoring tool uses the automation of intelligent behavior and machine learning to enable end-to-end monitoring in the SAP environment. The project was launched in April 2021 and will run for 24 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

R\u00f6dl & Partner advises on strategic partnership<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Under the overall project management of partner Florian Kaiser (M&A Tax) and partner Jochen Reis (TVR), R\u00f6dl & Partner provided q.beyond with comprehensive advice on tax and financial aspects as part of a strategic partnership with R\u00f6hlig Logistics. As part of this partnership, the SAP service provider will bundle its activities in its fourth focus sector - logistics - into a separate company in the future, after retail, manufacturing and energy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

R\u00f6dl & Partner provided q.beyond with comprehensive support on financial and tax-related transaction issues. In addition to carrying out financial and tax due diligence, this also included comprehensive support in the tax structuring of the joint venture and its implementation in the transaction documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

SNP and PwC cooperate<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

SNP and the auditing and consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) have signed a cooperation agreement. The two companies will work closely together in future to enable their SAP customers to transform their data quickly and securely. The collaboration will initially focus on S\/4 Hana transformation projects as well as SAP moves, migrations and conversions to the cloud. There are also plans to work together on transformation projects of all kinds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Hyperscalers in the fast lane<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

According to a new ISG study, hybrid cloud solutions are becoming the preferred delivery model for cloud computing in Germany. The driving factor is the increased integration of innovative public cloud services. This includes AI services, for example, in order to achieve an optimal balance between costs, productivity and capacity of IT assets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the course of this development, the differences between managed hosting and managed services providers are rapidly diminishing. At the same time, the importance of colocation providers is growing as they gradually expand their core business. The aim is to cover the entire cloud computing value chain. In particular, flexible access to public cloud hyperscalers is becoming increasingly important. The importance of colocation providers who provide high-performance connections to the public cloud world is growing accordingly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Against this backdrop, ISG also sees market opportunities for IT service providers who create competitive advantages for their customers with industry-specific best practices. The aim is to establish a continuous innovation process that allows customers to take the lead in their markets and stay there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is therefore becoming more important for service providers to understand the customer's business processes and applications in depth. This also includes know-how about how the customer's customers behave and how their ecosystems are changing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\""In<\/a>
\"In the DACH region, we are still talking about more than 1000 IT service providers - a remarkably high number.\" - Heiko Henkes<\/strong>, Director and Principal Analyst, ISG<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Nexus Thailand and SNP win construction market<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Nexus and SNP Transformations, a subsidiary of SNP, have entered into a silver partnership. Nexus has acquired the license and distribution for SNP's CrystalBridge software in the fast-growing Indochina market. The contract focuses on transformations towards S\/4 Hana and SAP Move to Cloud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The partnership also marked the successful launch of a strategic SAP transformation project with HomePro, a large home improvement retailer in Thailand. Nexus and SNP's automated software approach is the key driver in HomePro's digital transformation strategy to move to Hana in just a few months using the near-zero downtime method to achieve HomePro's business goals in the region's retail sector. The SAP landscape and data transformation is designed to provide a stable and flexible platform to support HomePro's growth with real-time analytics capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Digital travel management<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Orbis is now a certified consulting and implementation partner for SAP Concur. This makes the Saarbr\u00fccken-based IT service provider one of a small group of IT companies in Germany that introduce the cloud solution for travel and expense management to customers and advise and support them from requirements analysis, process optimization and implementation through to go-live and roll-out. The customer has a dedicated contact person from Orbis at their side for the entire duration of the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Groundbreaking ceremony for SAP research site<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

SAP starts the construction phase of the new research and development site on the Garching campus of the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Together with the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts, the city of Garching and TUM, client SAP breaks ground for the new 19,000 square meter building. The new campus building is an important part of the long-term research partnership agreed between SAP and TUM in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Focus on customer benefits<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

SAP logistics specialist Swan and SSI Schaefer, solution provider for modular warehouse and logistics systems, are combining their expertise in the digitalization of logistics and the close technical integration of automated warehouse technology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swan is taking over all employees of SSI Schaefer's SAP business unit and integrating them into the company along with all existing branches. The intralogistics specialist SSI Schaefer becomes the majority shareholder of Swan, which will continue to operate independently on the market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within the partnership, Swan will take over the project management of SSI Schaefer's SAP division. With over 120 SAP experts, this strategic merger creates a comprehensive provider in the field of SAP logistics with automation expertise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the standardized logistics software Wamas, which was developed in-house, SSI Schaefer is strengthening its project expertise in the implementation of logistics solutions with SAP EWM as part of the partnership in order to provide its customers with a comprehensive service. Of course, logistics systems will continue to be offered in their entirety as a general contractor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a>
Steffen Bersch, CEO of the SSI Schaefer Group (l.), and Alexander Bernhard, Managing Director of Swan, are pleased about the partnership strengthening the SAP competencies of both companies.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Privacy? No way!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Pegasus is a remote access tool (RAT) with spyware properties. Its Android variants can extract data from popular messenger platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Viber as well as email programs and browsers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The spyware is able to remotely monitor the user's screen via microphone and camera, create screenshots, record the smartphone owner's entries via keylogging and thus spy on unknowing people. Obviously, Pegasus is used in a very targeted manner, because unlike spyware, which is often widely used to capture masses of user data, Pegasus is not very widespread and is only used on a small number of people - apparently for surveillance purposes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the minimal spread of spyware does not make it any less dangerous, as the damage to privacy for each individual who is monitored is certainly enormous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a>
\"The minimal distribution of Pegasus spyware does not make it any less dangerous.\" - Jakub Vavra<\/strong>, Mobile Threat Analyst, Avast<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Climate protection from the cloud<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft has set itself ambitious goals in the fight against climate change. The company aims to be CO2-negative by 2030 and to remove all of the CO2 emissions from the atmosphere that it has caused since it was founded in 1975 by 2050. To achieve this, Microsoft has now announced extensive new measures. The key elements: more CO2-free electricity and a sustainable cloud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the Cloud for Sustainability, Microsoft is helping its customers to make CO2 emissions transparent and achieve their sustainability goals. The sustainable cloud solution enables companies to specifically monitor their emissions in areas such as heating or air conditioning systems, for example. CIOs can make the carbon footprint of their company's IT transparent - a crucial area that has so far hardly been taken into account in the sustainability efforts of most companies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the Cloud for Sustainability, companies can also offer their customers a sustainability scorecard to track progress in CO2 reduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Optimism despite decline in sales<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The top ten personnel service providers for the recruitment, placement and management of IT freelancers reported a year-on-year decline in turnover of 2.1% for the 2020 financial year. This means that the development of the top 10 is almost on a par with the previous year. According to the L\u00fcnendonk study, companies are optimistic about the current and coming year: they expect an average increase in turnover of 11.9% for 2021 and even 12.9% for 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Cloud-native application development<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Transports Publics Genevois (TPG) has chosen Red Hat to make the switch to a containerized, Kubernetes-based IT environment. TPG chose Red Hat OpenShift, the Kubernetes platform for the enterprise, and Red Hat Quay to increase application development efficiency, better meet software security requirements and increase service availability during peak usage. TPG is the leading public transportation company in the Greater Geneva area. The company's mission is to shape mobility in the region by offering its customers a service in line with the principles of sustainable development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Mastercard and Seeburger cooperate<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mastercard has announced the signing of an agreement with Seeburger. The aim is to offer individuals and businesses across Europe more choice, flexibility and control over a range of next generation real-time request-to-pay solutions, with an initial focus on bill-pay solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The parties will combine Mastercard's request-to-pay based technology with Seeburger's Business Integration Suite, enabling businesses to transform their end-customer billing and collection process. Enhanced bill payment services will also open up additional revenue opportunities for financial institutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The agreement provides for a six-month pilot project to test the solution and bring it to market maturity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Catastrophic IT security?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Following a serious cyber attack, the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld has declared a state of emergency. As a result of the attack, the district's administration was virtually shut down for two weeks. Many citizens suffered directly from the short-term consequences. However, the medium and long-term effects are potentially even more devastating: if such basic tasks can no longer be fulfilled, this calls into question the fundamental efficiency of the state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The events therefore have the potential to severely damage the trust of citizens. After such attacks, some may reflexively blame digitalization. This is the wrong approach: we will no longer be able to manage without digital processes in the future. But it is time to finally get them right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\""We<\/a>
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