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SAP customers struggle with S/4HANA migration

CIO Business Intelligence

SAP user companies are up against the clock. Migration toS/4HANA must be completed by 2030, and thats only if they buy into SAPs special three-year reprieve beyond standard maintenance end-of-life at the end of 2027. In contrast, justunder 30%follow the standard set by SAP and have chosen the public cloud as their hosting option.

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SAP to give on-prem customers three-year reprieve — with a catch

CIO Business Intelligence

The clock is ticking for many SAP customers. The standard maintenance for SAP ERP and Business Suite is set to expire at the end of 2027. After that, SAP user companies would have the option to purchase the more expensive extended maintenance for an additional three years. S/4HANA migration postponed until 2033?

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SAP adoption surges in Europe as enterprises embrace cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

Enterprises in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland are accelerating their transition to cloud-based ERP solutions, with SAP playing a key role in their digital transformation strategies. However, there is a notable decline in organizations maintaining a stable SAP budget, with only 23% keeping spending unchanged compared to 32% in 2024.

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Celonis sues SAP for anti-competitive data access practices

CIO Business Intelligence

German process mining specialist Celonis has filed a lawsuit against ERP giant SAP. The Munich-based startup accuses SAP of abusing its market power and harming competition, and thereby negatively impacting customers, according to the 61-page indictment filed by Celonis in San Francisco District Court on March 13.

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Customized SAP platform serves as an advantage, not a challenge

CIO Business Intelligence

Youd be hard-pressed to find an SAP shop that doesnt rely on customizations to fine-tune the enterprise platform for specific business processes or industry requirements. According to a survey conducted by the American SAP User Group (ASUG) and Pillir, 91% of SAP users rely on custom code for essential business processes.

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SAP customers on Business Suite: New strategy, same old concerns

CIO Business Intelligence

SAP in February dusted off its legacy on-prem Business Suite label and resurrected it for the cloud era under a new strategic banner Business Unleashed. Because, by definition, a suite requires the seamless integration of the SAP solutions it contains, uniform operating models, and clear migration and implementation strategies along the way.

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What is S/4HANA? SAP’s latest ERP system explained

CIO Business Intelligence

S/4HANA is SAPs latest iteration of its flagship enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. The successor to SAP ECC, S/4HANA is built on an in-memory database and is designed to enable real-time data processing and analysis for businesses. SAP R/1 was designed as standard software that could be offered to other companies.

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