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Cover story February 2024

Steampunk and BTP

The Next Big Thing: 
On the BTP, SAP Business Technology Platform, there is the Abap development environment Steampunk for future modifications. In future, most S/4 enhancements will be implemented on the BTP with Abap take place - Keep the Core Clean! An SAP partner from the USA, who has been experimenting and training with steampunk and BTP for a year, explains how this works.

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CIOs, CTOs and, above all, Chief Technology Officers don't always have it easy at SAP. The turnover is high and the rewards are few. What is going wrong here?
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The use of AI and ML is continuously increasing. However, it is associated with numerous challenges, ranging from development to provision and management.
Today, a data warehouse architecture is not enough to implement market requirements and adapt processes, but modern data strategies make it possible to gain valuable insights from the multitude of information.
The transformation to S/4 is a central component of the innovation and sustainability strategy of the German steel group Salzgitter. After reaching important milestones together with cbs Corporate Business, the project is now nearing completion.

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Governance, risk management and compliance (GRC) are closely linked, essential areas of a company. A mix of on-premises and cloud is now increasingly being used for business applications. This increases the number of networked applications, but also the security risks.
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Working on the SAP basis is crucial for successful S/4 conversion. 

This gives the Competence Center strategic importance for existing SAP customers. Regardless of the S/4 Hana operating model, topics such as Automation, Monitoring, Security, Application Lifecycle Management and Data Management the basis for S/4 operations.

For the second time, E3 magazine is organizing a summit for the SAP community in Salzburg to provide comprehensive information on all aspects of S/4 Hana groundwork.

Venue

More information will follow shortly.

Event date

Wednesday, May 21, and
Thursday, May 22, 2025

Early Bird Ticket

Available until Friday, January 24, 2025
EUR 390 excl. VAT

Regular ticket

EUR 590 excl. VAT

Venue

Hotel Hilton Heidelberg
Kurfürstenanlage 1
D-69115 Heidelberg

Event date

Wednesday, March 5, and
Thursday, March 6, 2025

Tickets

Regular ticket
EUR 590 excl. VAT
Early Bird Ticket

Available until December 20, 2024

EUR 390 excl. VAT
The event is organized by the E3 magazine of the publishing house B4Bmedia.net AG. The presentations will be accompanied by an exhibition of selected SAP partners. The ticket price includes attendance at all presentations of the Steampunk and BTP Summit 2025, a visit to the exhibition area, participation in the evening event and catering during the official program. The lecture program and the list of exhibitors and sponsors (SAP partners) will be published on this website in due course.