E-3 Rubrik: MAG 18-07

New technologies are opening up unimagined business opportunities. Digitization is therefore advancing inexorably in many companies. This is clearly reflected, among other things, in the growing budgets for IT investments in the companies of DSAG members.

At Sapphire 2018, SAP made big announcements: the Intelligent Enterprise, C/4 Hana or the SAP Data Management Suite. The focus was also on the importance of the SAP Cloud Platform and the importance of integration - also of non-SAP systems, especially those from Microsoft.

At its Sapphire Now customer conference, SAP announced the availability of SAP Cloud Platform to major cloud infrastructure providers. In an exclusive E-3 interview, Hinrich Mielke, Director SAP at Alegri, reveals the new opportunities Azure opens up for SAP users.

Digital transformation is becoming the driver for the joint orchestration of SAP solutions and third-party software. In the E-3 exclusive interview, Patrick Theobald, Stefan Reuss and Peter Wohlfarth from Theobald Software show how solo concerts can be ended securely and stably.

General Electric protects fossil fuel intellectual property with unified data management and legacy decommissioning strategy - and saves big money.

International online trade is treated stepmotherly by many companies in Germany. Yet trade offers great potential, especially in the EU, but also outside it.

The flood of data cannot be managed without intelligent data management. Nevertheless, only a few companies take advantage of all the opportunities offered by new technologies.

SAP has introduced SuccessFactors Visa and Permits Management, a new HR solution. It is designed to support companies in international recruiting and visa management.

The demand for technical expertise will increase dramatically - further automation will require more social skills and creativity at the same time.

The software and business consulting company Orbis and the EPC provider Facton have agreed on a strategic partnership.

Christian Inzko heads Apsolut's Austrian subsidiary, Industrie 4.0. association with new managing director and a Bertelsmann supervisory board seat for Bernd Leukert.

In April, SAP introduced its new sales, audit and pricing model "ERP Pricing for the Digital Age". What steps are needed to ensure license-compliant SAP use?