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Author: Philipp Latini, Sivis

Philipp Latini is Managing Director at Sivis. The company specializes in software for authorization management, user administration and compliance. Before Philipp Latini took over the position as CEO in 2020, the IT systems businessman initially worked as Sales Manager and Head of Consulting at Sivis.
Cybercrime reports have been ringing alarm bells.Tthreast to ERP systems have also been intensifying. According to a study, the number of cyberattacks on SAP landscapes will reach an all-time high by 2023.
SAP implementations, migrations to S/4, or preparation for audits and compliance certifications: SAP experts are well utilized, often overworked. The topic of authorization concepts is also on many to-do lists - unloved, but indispensable.
SAP's authorization concept has been a challenge for the SAP Basis team since the beginning, because it has to be done quickly at the beginning of customizing and downstream no one wants to maintain the roles and authorizations.
The definition and assignment of roles and authorizations is crucial for ERP systems. This allows access authorizations not only to be formally assigned, but also to be firmly implemented in the company's processes and workflow.
The colleague has forgotten his password. Or an employee is hired and needs to be created as a user: Usually, an SAP support base team deals with the tickets that arise from such requests regarding authorizations and users.
SAP support teams concern themselves with tickets about access management and accounts - which often gets in the way of their actual work. AM services can help.

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.