E-3 Rubrik: MAG 16-03

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With S/4, SAP has launched an ambitious ERP project. Everything is new, so SAP does not want it to be understood as a successor to ECC 6.0. Scheer CEO Josef Bommersbach provides information about the requirements, tasks and plans in an E-3 interview.

Building services provider TECE was faced with the challenge of modernizing and consolidating its IT landscape. With an SAP-based industry solution, the prerequisite for continuous, transparent and standardized business processes was to be created.

SAP Switzerland appoints new head of sales and Fujitsu appoints new head of Germany. That and more now back here.

The HR department of globally active medium-sized companies is often left with hardly any room for its core tasks: Manual, non-harmonized processes and non-uniformly defined key figures make the work more difficult. Can HR services from professional full-service providers provide a remedy here?

SAP plans to extend the functionality of SuccessFactors Performance & Goals to include continuous performance management.

Talent management is considered a top priority by executives and HR managers if they want to stay ahead of the competition for qualified employees. But the players often make serious mistakes.

While the use of the public cloud for core SAP operations is currently not yet a real option, it is the projects in testing and development as well as the integration of the cloud into the backup and disaster recovery strategy that are particularly relevant for companies to improve efficiency and data security.

SAP applications are business-critical and must be restarted immediately and seamlessly in the event of a failure. Regularly validated backups are essential for this. This is precisely where a new comprehensive service package from Grandconsult, All for One Steeb and NetApp comes in.

SAP subsidiary Concur and T-Systems, a pioneer in information and communications technology, market the business travel management solutions hand in hand.

PwC continues to expand technology consulting in Europe. With the Outbox Group, a European IT consulting firm for innovative IT solutions, PwC complements its digital service spectrum.

In New York, SAP CEO Bill McDermott appeared with no less a claim than that SAP helps make the world and people's lives better. However, ERP is to remain the core competence.