SAP Solution: HTML5

Best of services and platform economy are defining concepts of the next generation of asset management solutions. The basis for this is the SAP Cloud Platform and the Leonardo toolbox, incorporating SAP EAM services.

Many companies are still hesitant about switching to S/4 Hana. As a result, they are leaving the benefits of the new SAP environment untapped. Arvato Systems has developed a detailed step-by-step plan for secure conversion.

SAP partner Contrimo recently introduced TEM, a new tool for training courses and events. In an exclusive interview with E-3, Managing Director Matthias Roßbach reveals what is important when planning, conducting and following up on events.

With its MSB, Mobisys transfers the "batch size 1" principle to mobile applications for any area of a company, such as logistics or maintenance.

At the DSAG Annual Congress 2017, the Walldorf-based software manufacturer Mobisys will present the new UI framework of the MSB product line.

The greatest challenge in the area of security with Hana concerns role and authorization management. In contrast to previous SAP ERP environments, SAP is taking a completely new approach here. Administrators must therefore rethink their approach.

The topic of mobility of business applications and improved user acceptance continues to be an exciting topic with potential in the SAP universe. Not least because many companies are still working with the familiar, but not very user-friendly interfaces.

The demands on customer service are constantly increasing, whether due to the multitude of new devices, device types or improved services. To cope with this, field service employees need simple mobile solutions. These should provide the necessary information and enable easy data capture and its synchronization with an ERP system.

From a functional point of view, customers need not fear the change from SAP Solution Manager 7.1 to 7.2. All the functionalities of the older version will also be available in the new version and will not, as is repeatedly heard, be reserved for major customers only or be usable against additional licensing. Instead, new innovative themes and functions will be added.

If SAP has its way, it will be part of international AI research and development. SAP sponsors AI conferences and gives keynotes. But it confuses AI with intelligent systems. Complex mathematical and statistical formulas from Hana PAL are not AI.

We still make a print magazine - for over fifteen years. Because our success proves us right, it is our core competence, and the SAP community waits monthly for our information and education work.

The dawn has begun, even if the time span until 2025 still seems a long way off to some existing SAP customers. Topics such as Industry 4.0, IoT, Software Defined Datacenter, DevOps and Big Data require immediate engagement with current technologies and especially open source. With Michael Jores, Suse Linux Director Central Europe, and Jens-Gero Boehm, Director Suse Partner Sales Central...