SAP Solution: bots

Innovative Enterprise Assistants (EA) mean central access points for SAP-based procurement, making information from various applications available and automating routine tasks.

At least 85 percent of all large companies will be using robotic process automation (RPA) by the end of 2022, according to estimates by IT analysts at Gartner. Although RPA primarily has nothing to do with process optimization, the use of software robots in SAP solutions still makes sense.

Maintenance fee and license metrics are in focus. In addition, SAP introduced a new licensing model for "indirect use" in April. Orientation is now required! E-3 Magazine is hosting a licensing workshop with the leading experts - on September 18 in Heidelberg.

Indirect use is a mirage. If you believe the EU Software Directive, interoperability between computer programs is its most natural destination. What is supposed to be "indirect" here?

Once again, SAP CEO Bill McDermott is not moving fast enough. Hana and S/4 should have been ticked off and standard long ago. SAP Cloud Platform is the order of the day and Leonardo should be the revelation.

Even at the DSAG annual congress in Bremen, the issue of indirect use was not adequately resolved. Who will have to pay for licenses in the future and what do existing customers know about SAP's plans.

Workers in many industries today worry about robots taking their jobs. Paul Roehrig, Chief Strategy Officer, Cognizant, advises taking a pragmatic view of artificial intelligence.

Voice control, sensors, the Internet of Things, and machine learning are fundamentally changing shopping behavior and creating a paradigm shift in digitally supported commerce.

In recent weeks, the U.S. elections have been at the center of media attention. One of the much-discussed topics was the extent to which computer-generated posts had an influence on the election results. The parties campaigning for the election accused each other of doing just that.