E-3 MAGAZINE INTERNATIONAL

Since the 10th of April of this year, everyone has been talking about the provisional licensing model agreed upon by SAP, ASUG and DSAG. There already is a rudimentary concept, a price list. What is still missing, however, is a technical evaluation.

Legacy SAP system shutdowns are becoming more and more important as a result of the transition from the Business Suite to S/4. Data must be extracted from a legacy system but it is important that this data can be used as required. Specifically developed standard solutions offer numerous advantages.

How can the extended functionality of S/4 be used in procurement without having to switch to S/4 Hana? How does EIM turn data into valuable information? How does the Edge approach lead to high performance in IoT projects? How can budgets for these innovations be freed up without conflicts? Alegri accompanies its customers holistically on their way into the world of S/4 Hana - neutrally and independently. The following four perspectives show how it is done.

Relying on blockchain for certain specific business processes makes sense. SAP supports companies from various industries with blockchain services. Hana and Linux are great examples for being blockchain compatible.

The news about GDPR has been everywhere. The real question is: What do you do about it? If you’re an SAP customer, the answers may already exist in your SAP landscape. Luckily, SAP Press’ new guide to data protection can lead you through the process using these tools to ensure compliance.

General Electric protects intellectual property in their fossil energy business unit with a unified strategy for data management and the decommissioning of legacy systems – and saves a lot of money.

The robots are coming - at least in the form of semi-autonomous programs that further automate ERP business processes. A possible result: SAP's ERP suites lose their novelty and attractiveness.

The recently adopted US Cloud (Claryfiny Lawful Overseas Use of Data) Act and GDPR regulation are putting a dent in - maybe even causing serious damage to - cloud computing. Could an end be in sight for freedom of choice for SAP customers? A risk analysis for the Chief Information Security Officer.

SAP announced the expansion of its strategic partnership with Thomson Reuters to simplify converting cross-border transaction prices into a single currency, no matter where or when the transaction happens.

SAP announced new financial planning and analysis (FP&A) capabilities in the SAP Analytics Cloud solution that are embedded with SAP S/4Hana Cloud.

SAP Business Planning and Consolidation is a powerful application, allowing users to forecast financial results using historical data and variable inputs, reconcile differences between budgeted and actual costs, perform month-end financial consolidation, and more. In the three years since SAP Press’ last foray into SAP BPC implementation, a lot has changed. All of this is covered in this new edition of a timeless FICO offering.

Centiq, the specialist responsible for SAP’s first Hana projects in the UK, recently announced a partnership with Microsoft Azure that is already delivering results for some of the largest companies in the UK. We had a chance to catch ups with Centiq's CEO Matt Lovell to find out more about what kind of answers the deal provides for the SAP community and their transformation projects.