Cover story April 2024
SAP Basis with Cloud ALM,
on-prem
and licenses.
Salzburg 2024: Hana and S/4 also need a robust SAP basis. The Customer Competence Center of SAP R/3 and Business Suite 7 is transforming itself with ALM, process mining and enterprise architects. The SAP Competence Center Summit in Salzburg is dedicated to this transformation process.
Cover story July/August 2025
Composable ERP Transformation
From left to right: Gerhard Kuppler, Vice President SAP Alliances, Oracle, and Lam Kuen Sang, 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 In recent years, many black box systems have been replaced by hybrid architectures and composable IT.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.
Knowmad Mood, a technology consultancy specializing in digital transformation solutions, has announced the acquisition of Vanture ESS, a Barcelona-based IT consultancy with over 15 years of experience in enterprise management solutions.
CAF Migrates to S/4 Hana Cloud Private Edition
June 25, 2025
SAP announced that CAF, a company specializing in in urban rail and bus systems, has successfully migrated to S/4 Hana Cloud Private Edition.
Alibaba Collaborates With SAP
June 25, 2025
SAP has entered into a strategic partnership with Alibaba to accelerate cloud transformation.
The Spanish ECM specialist Brait Consulting will offer its customers SAP-certified solutions from xSuite, a provider of automation solutions for accounts payable accounting.
Seamless Instead of Clueless—SAP Interface Migration
June 20, 2025
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.
Companies rely on SAP from the cloud
June 19, 2025
The continued rise in cloud usage is changing the SAP ecosystem in Germany, as user companies are switching to the Walldorf-based software provider's cloud solutions despite ongoing concerns.
Joule, the SAP agent thriller
June 26, 2025
SAP is rightly proud of its ERP automation with the AI agent Joule. However, in its excitement about a successful product, SAP has overlooked holding a briefing with existing customers: Where and how far can the AI agent Joule go?
SAP Optimizes, but AI Revolutionizes
June 18, 2025
Savoir-vivre—the art of enjoying life! The French seem to have achieved this even with information technology. Viva Technology, an annual IT and AI festival in Paris, attracts 180,000 visitors. AI is revolutionizing information technology. SAP is working on evolutionary optimization.
SAP Joule Compliance
June 12, 2025
Although AI agents like SAP Joule show great potential, their ability to adhere to all compliance rules has yet to be proven. Might SAP and other AI providers suffer the same fate as the sorcerer's apprentice in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's eponymous ballad?
E3 Roundtable on ERP Platforms, Data Streams, and E2E Workflows
Successful ERP, supply chain management, and CRM architectures are built on IT platforms. Data streaming and collaboration are essential to the orchestration of ERP systems. IT platforms are the new operating system for cloud computing. The E3 Roundtable will highlight the importance and strategy of platforms for a holistic IT infrastructure and ERP architecture. SAP customers will implement platform technologies for digital transformation. The E3 Roundtable will discuss the ERP architecture principle of platforms using Boomi's offering as an example.
Comments
June 17, 2025
Nip It in the Bud
Currently, there is an extensive debate about SAP's diversity targets. The goal of having 40 percent of women in leadership positions within the group has been rejected. Apparently, SAP CEO Christian Klein is bowing to the US administration's requirements.
SAP relies on open source infrastructure for ERP and Hana—this brings opportunities and new challenges. Find out how you can make SAP systems robust, flexible, and future-proof with best practices in planning, security, and operation.
June 13, 2025
Image Mode as a Game Changer for Linux
Many SAP users stop halfway through automation. The potential of tools such as Ansible and end-to-end automation remains untapped—and with it the opportunity to combine migration with modern future-proofing.
June 5, 2025
Strong SAP Foundation
ERP programs, apps, and engines come and go. What has made us successful is a competent, agile and knowledgeable SAP Basis team. We have always built our SAP systems on a strong foundation.
Community News
Knowmad Mood, a technology consultancy specializing in digital transformation solutions, has announced the acquisition of Vanture ESS, a Barcelona-based IT consultancy with over 15 years of experience in enterprise management solutions.
June 25, 2025
CAF Migrates to S/4 Hana Cloud Private Edition
SAP announced that CAF, a company specializing in in urban rail and bus systems, has successfully migrated to S/4 Hana Cloud Private Edition.
June 25, 2025
Alibaba Collaborates With SAP
SAP has entered into a strategic partnership with Alibaba to accelerate cloud transformation.
The Spanish ECM specialist Brait Consulting will offer its customers SAP-certified solutions from xSuite, a provider of automation solutions for accounts payable accounting.
Business Management
June 20, 2025
Seamless Instead of Clueless—SAP Interface Migration
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.
June 12, 2025
Core Strengths
The switch to S/4 Hana is about strategic future viability. How can the Clean Core approach be used to create a modern, maintainable system architecture, providing the foundation for agility, innovation, and compliance?
June 4, 2025
Overview Instead of Tunnel Vision
SAP users who choose strictly between best-of-breed tools and suite solutions for SAP Basis automation solutions are missing out on optimization potential. It makes sense to use a suite as a "central point of management" with the integration of other tools.
27 May 2025
Is This a Strategy or Can It Be Discarded?
I've often noticed recently that our business vocabulary is relatively martial: "I'm planning to assassinate you", "We have to fight on all fronts now" or "The tasks are not decisive for the war".
IT Management
June 17, 2025
Equal Rights for AI Agents
While the current diversity policy of the Trump administration is being discussed in the USA, and SAP has scrapped its diversity targets, there is suddenly a new class of employee in the ERP environment: AI agents are here to stay!
June 10, 2025
The Data Management Platform of the Future?
SAP Datasphere is an open data ecosystem that makes information easily accessible and usable throughout an entire company. But how exactly does Datasphere work, and does it truly meet the expectations of modern data architectures?
May 28, 2025
Protecting systems from the worst-case scenario
Complex SAP landscapes, the pressure to migrate to the cloud or the rise and acute shortage of skilled workers in SAP Basis characterize the situation of many companies. At the same time, risks such as cyber attacks are increasing. How can companies effectively protect their critical SAP systems?
SAP offers blockchain solutions to integrate operational processes, for example via the BTP or through specialized industry applications.
Economy
June 19, 2025
Companies rely on SAP from the cloud
The continued rise in cloud usage is changing the SAP ecosystem in Germany, as user companies are switching to the Walldorf-based software provider's cloud solutions despite ongoing concerns.
February 4, 2025
S/4 Migrations Gain Momentum
Complex SAP-centric business processes continue to hinder comprehensive, company-wide automation. These are the findings of a recent study by the Americas' SAP Users' Group ASUG and Precisely, a global provider of data integrity.
August 14, 2024
Cyber insurance is the IT standard
The first cyber insurance policies for companies were offered in the DACH region a good ten years ago. Since then, the market has grown and the insurance offerings have matured considerably.
June 3, 2024
Are AI and Digitalization Our Saviors?
The many changes in business, technology, politics, and society can make you think. And the more innovations there are, the greater the desire for orientation and clarity.
E3 Book Tip
SAP HANA - Security and authorizations
Protect your SAP HANA data comprehensively against unauthorized access. This book shows you the necessary technical and conceptual foundations for this. You will learn step by step how to ensure continuous system security, develop a role and authorization concept, implement it in practice and how to prepare for an audit. This 2nd edition also includes instructions for authorization management in SAP HANA Cloud!
- All-round security for SAP HANA, SAP HANA Cloud and SAP HANA XSA
- All-round security for SAP HANA, SAP HANA Cloud and SAP HANA XSA
- From the authorization and role concept to practical implementation
- System security, data protection and auditing
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