SAP solution: Azure Cloud

It all started with IBM mainframes. The resounding success came with SAP R/3 and a lot of help from Hewlett-Packard. Today, SAP has the broadest B2B software offering and users are looking for the optimal infrastructure. Parallel to SAP's success, Microsoft developed an open IT ecosystem: cloud computing for all SAP business processes. With Sabine Bendiek, Chairwoman...

There is a tradition when it comes to the outsourcing of IT work processes in SAP infrastructure operation. Anyone can access Managed Service SAP on Azure as an external service and practically keep their back free in the Hybrid Cloud era so they can concentrate on core activities.

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.

Follow-up to the 1st Handelsblatt Conference "Artificial Intelligence". Artificial intelligence is all the rage and hardly a week goes by without a conference on the subject. The peak of information and education was already reached in March this year with the 1st Handelsblatt Conference "Artificial Intelligence", organized by Euroforum in Munich.

Traditional data center and hosting providers are currently facing new competition from hyperscale cloud providers such as Microsoft and Amazon with their Azure and AWS platforms. But can a monetary advantage also be gained from this?

Cloud computing has become indispensable in the SAP environment. As the level of service increases, the flexibility to freely design the application decreases and, in turn, the degree of automation increases.

Public clouds can lead to a significant reduction in the operating costs of SAP systems. Before using them, however, important issues such as data privacy and support must be examined.