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 June 2026
Money Makes the World Go Round
The current SAP cloud and licensing model in no way serves to technically and organizationally liberate existing customers, but rather binds them more closely to Walldorf. Those who rely on Rise with SAP without a sound IT strategy, external legal advice and license control risk high costs and permanent dependence on the software giant.
According to a recent study by Fivetran, only 15 percent of companies are fully prepared for the production-level deployment of agent-based AI—even though nearly 60 percent of companies are already investing millions.
SAP Build Apps as a standalone offering is a thing of the past. Why now, of all times, is still the right time to migrate—and which tools are best suited to reliably bring business, IT, and AI together for the long term.
Strategic Data Sovereignty
June 22, 2026
Data sovereignty has evolved from a compliance issue to a strategic prerequisite for data- and AI-driven core processes. This is the key finding of the global Barc study „Data Sovereignty 2026: Reality, Relevance, Roadmap,“ for which 320 companies were surveyed.
Integrating AI into SAP is operationally necessary. Since many functions are tied to SAP, the side-by-side model offers a flexible alternative: It decouples AI from the core system and enables it to run in a separate architecture.
Clear data architecture makes AI effective
June 16, 2026
For companies to realize the potential of AI, more than just algorithms are needed—a robust data foundation and a well-designed architecture are crucial. Lars Hermanns, Head of SAP Analytics at Nagarro, explains what is required to achieve this.
Seamless Planning: Modern SAP Planning in Real Time
June 15, 2026
Companies need efficient, transparent, and responsive planning processes. Demands for timeliness, granularity, and integration are on the rise, particularly in integrated enterprise management systems. Against this backdrop, Seamless Planning is taking center stage in the SAP portfolio.
SAP Exit Strategies for the Cloud and AI
June 18, 2026
The U.S. government’s drastic order to block access to Anthropic’s state-of-the-art AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, for all foreign nationals is serving as a massive, strategic wake-up call for the European SAP community. Following its cloud exit, this long-standing SAP customer now needs an AI exit.
SAP Headless UI vs. SAP API Policy
June 11, 2026
It’s not a bad idea for SAP CEO Christian Klein to design a future ERP user interface based on the „headless“ IT concept. With Joule Work, SAP has laid the groundwork for this. But how does headless technology align with the new SAP API policy?
A steady stream of ERP innovations from SAP
June 3, 2026
Existing SAP customers are currently experiencing the same situation as when waiting for their own suitcase at baggage claim at the airport: many beautiful and perhaps valuable suitcases are passing by; the existing customer is waiting in vain for their own suitcase, their own ERP problem solution.
E3 Roundtable on Generic ERP platforms: Alternative S/4 APIs, AI, and Interfaces
The era of monolithic ERP architectures is ending. SAP customers increasingly reassess cloud-only strategies, clean core requirements, and growing platform dependencies. The E3 Roundtable discusses how composable ERP architectures, independent IT platforms, and hybrid cloud strategies strengthen digital sovereignty and reduce vendor lock-in risks. Using examples such as Boomi, OpenShift, and modern integration platforms, the discussion explores how organizations orchestrate SAP and non-SAP systems while building flexible, future-ready enterprise architectures.
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Integrating AI into SAP is operationally necessary. Since many functions are tied to SAP, the side-by-side model offers a flexible alternative: It decouples AI from the core system and enables it to run in a separate architecture.
June 10, 2026
Autonomy vs. Sovereignty
Is independent thinking and action just another term for autonomy? All these terms are giving me a headache: Why don’t SAP’s marketing and its ERP offerings align?
Generative AI can profoundly change business processes. However, many companies are faced with the question: where do we start and how do we get from the idea to a robust use case?
SAP is sharpening up its AI strategy: With acquisitions such as Reltio, Dremio and Prior Labs, the Group is focusing on better data integration, consistent databases and access to structured company data for analytics and AI.
SAP News
In collaboration with Deloitte, UiPath relied on agentic automation, test automation, and a clear separation between the SAP core and the agent layer, and used its own S/4 migration as a stress test for a new ERP operating model.
June 8, 2026
Data sovereignty may cost something
For the majority of companies in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, data sovereignty within the EU is a very important issue. More than half would even be prepared to pay more. These are the results of a recent study commissioned by SAP.
June 1, 2026
The new AI world: aspects of LLMs
E3 editor-in-chief Peter Färbinger spoke to the successful and long-standing member of the SAP community Wolfram Jost, CEO Scheer IDS, about the numerous challenges surrounding AI and LLMs in an SAP ERP architecture.
26 May 2026
Lessons learned: S/4 Public Cloud
Public cloud projects differ fundamentally from traditional SAP implementations. It is not just technology, but above all methodological and organizational changes that determine success. What challenges companies can expect and what is important now.
Business Management
June 15, 2026
Seamless Planning: Modern SAP Planning in Real Time
Companies need efficient, transparent, and responsive planning processes. Demands for timeliness, granularity, and integration are on the rise, particularly in integrated enterprise management systems. Against this backdrop, Seamless Planning is taking center stage in the SAP portfolio.
Why migrations from SAP BW to the cloud often fail due to a lack of understanding of the underlying data - and how a semantically guided top-down approach transforms existing legacy objects into reliable, business-relevant data products.
AI provides companies with tangible efficiency and competitive advantages - if it is used strategically and is based on a sound database.
May 13, 2026
Smart industry without the hype
AI provides companies with tangible efficiency and competitive advantages - if it is used strategically and is based on a sound database.
IT Management
SAP Build Apps as a standalone offering is a thing of the past. Why now, of all times, is still the right time to migrate—and which tools are best suited to reliably bring business, IT, and AI together for the long term.
Integrating AI into SAP is operationally necessary. Since many functions are tied to SAP, the side-by-side model offers a flexible alternative: It decouples AI from the core system and enables it to run in a separate architecture.
June 16, 2026
Clear data architecture makes AI effective
For companies to realize the potential of AI, more than just algorithms are needed—a robust data foundation and a well-designed architecture are crucial. Lars Hermanns, Head of SAP Analytics at Nagarro, explains what is required to achieve this.
June 9, 2026
Wrong question: greenfield or brownfield
A new study shows why the „greenfield vs. brownfield“ debate is the biggest planning mistake in modern data migrations. The biggest risk is not choosing the wrong starting point, but a path that cannot be changed later.
Economy
According to a recent study by Fivetran, only 15 percent of companies are fully prepared for the production-level deployment of agent-based AI—even though nearly 60 percent of companies are already investing millions.
June 22, 2026
Strategic Data Sovereignty
Data sovereignty has evolved from a compliance issue to a strategic prerequisite for data- and AI-driven core processes. This is the key finding of the global Barc study „Data Sovereignty 2026: Reality, Relevance, Roadmap,“ for which 320 companies were surveyed.
April 30, 2026
Digital sovereignty against the kill switch
European companies increasingly see their dependence on US cloud providers as a strategic risk. European cloud providers are competitive in terms of infrastructure, but lag behind when it comes to platform and AI services, according to the results of a recent Lünendonk study.
April 16, 2026
AI: increasing need for external support
The use of artificial intelligence is increasing the need for external support for data and analytics initiatives in many companies. This is shown by a recent study by BARC (Business Application Research Center) based on 972 participants.
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SAP S/4HANA - System Administration
Master the complexity of SAP S/4HANA administration and ensure stable and high-performance system operation. In this manual, Stefan Huber familiarizes you with the technical basics, processes and tools. Learn how to set up the ABAP platform and SAP HANA, assign authorizations, manage interfaces and ensure security. Thanks to checklists and practical tips on monitoring, error analysis and maintenance, you will master day-to-day administration.
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