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SAP-Solution: S/7

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.
The last will be the first. The last R/3 users who customize the promised Hana beyond 2020 will get a mature, stable version X. Everyone else is a guinea pig.
After importing the latest Support Package Stack (SPS), Hana reports to the existing customer with, "The doomed greet you!"
At 9,000 euros, the existing SAP customer is on board when the time comes to start the S/4 release change. What awaits users, however, is unfortunately completely uncertain. Because S/4 Hana is not an R/3 successor!
What was considered impossible for a long time is now commonplace. The maintenance fee can be reduced through negotiations with SAP. The Axel Susen trick is applied, this time with the Rimini Street lever. Or one does without maintenance - then there are also no problems with indirect use.
A year ago at the SAP Fkom in Barcelona (Field Kick-off Meeting), they tried to save what can be saved, because S/4 and HEC are pipe creapers in Europe.
The succession of Gerd Oswald by Michael Kleinemeier holds and is thus solved in the best possible way. The start of the year is about more painful things. The SAP document Simplification List for S/4 states unequivocally that new license fees are due. S/4 is not a successor to ERP/ECC 6.0.
I forgot, what was I going to write here? Something about SAP. Well, the right to be forgotten has been demanded on the web and Google is trying to abide by it - others are shamelessly exploiting it. Was it SAP?

Working on the SAP basis is crucial for successful S/4 conversion. 

This gives the Competence Center strategic importance for existing SAP customers. Regardless of the S/4 Hana operating model, topics such as Automation, Monitoring, Security, Application Lifecycle Management and Data Management the basis for S/4 operations.

For the second time, E3 magazine is organizing a summit for the SAP community in Salzburg to provide comprehensive information on all aspects of S/4 Hana groundwork.

Venue

FourSide Hotel Salzburg,
Trademark Collection by Wyndham
Am Messezentrum 2, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
+43-66-24355460

Event date

Wednesday, June 10, and
Thursday, June 11, 2026

Early Bird Ticket

Regular ticket

Subscribers to the E3 Magazine Ticket

reduced with promocode CCAbo26

Students*

reduced with promocode CCStud26.
Please send proof of studies by e-mail to office@b4bmedia.net.
*The first 10 tickets are free of charge for students. Try your luck! 🍀
EUR 390 excl. VAT
available until November 30, 2025
EUR 590 excl. VAT
EUR 390 excl. VAT
EUR 290 excl. VAT

Venue

Hotel Hilton Heidelberg
Kurfürstenanlage 1
D-69115 Heidelberg

Event date

Wednesday, April 22 and
Thursday, April 23, 2026

Tickets

Early Bird Ticket
Regular ticket
EUR 390 excl. VAT
available until 30.11.2025
EUR 590 excl. VAT
Subscribers to the E3 magazine
reduced with promocode STAbo26
EUR 390 excl. VAT
Students*
reduced with promocode STStud26.
Please send proof of studies by e-mail to office@b4bmedia.net.
EUR 290 excl. VAT
*The first 10 tickets are free of charge for students. Try your luck! 🍀
The event is organized by the E3 magazine of the publishing house B4Bmedia.net AG. The presentations will be accompanied by an exhibition of selected SAP partners. The ticket price includes attendance at all presentations of the Steampunk and BTP Summit 2026, a visit to the exhibition area, participation in the evening event and catering during the official program. The lecture program and the list of exhibitors and sponsors (SAP partners) will be published on this website in due course.