SAPinsider EMEA 2023 | On-Premise + Cloud Operations

SAP solutions help organizations drive digital transformation to grow revenue, increase customer retention, and improve operational excellence. SUSE enables your SAP systems to deliver uninterrupted access to business insights and improve time to market for new services. Learn how to meet time-to-market requirements with SUSE automated deployment that delivers new services faster and for migrations to SAP S/4HANA. Deploy the full SAP software stack in the cloud or on-premises with best practices to reduce errors. Gain real-time access to business insights to make timely SAP operations decisions with SUSE tuning and performance optimization.

You will:

• Learn how to deliver SAP services faster, more efficiently, and with less risk.
• Gain insights into how to simplify and automate deployment for resource-constrained environments.
• Manage and monitor all your Linux distros wherever they are located.

Sven-Olof Åhman SUSE SAP Alliance Director Nordics Sven-Olof Åhman is working as SAP Alliance Director Nordics at SUSE and with +25 years as IT evangelist he can translate business demands into IT solutions and back. In specific, Sven-Olof can share his knowledge to the SAP ecosystem around choice of platform, migration to the cloud and how to receive operational excellence for your SAP landscape.

Peter Wiotti Implema

Learn about the robust capabilities of SAP Cloud ALM catering to SaaS services and custom-built applications integrated with SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP). Discover how SAP Cloud ALM serves as a centralized hub offering a single entry point for managing and monitoring the health, integrations, exceptions, and performance of SAP BTP services and applications. Gain insights into the product roadmap getting a sneak peek at innovations set to enhance your operational prowess. Join this session to unlock the potential of SAP Cloud ALM optimizing your SAP Business Technology Platform operations for productivity and success.

You will take away:

• Gain comprehensive insights into the functionalities and features of SAP Cloud ALM.
• Learn how to manage and monitor various SaaS services integrated with SAP BTP using SAP Cloud ALM.
• Discover best practices to enhance the performance of custom-built applications on SAP BTP by leveraging SAP Cloud ALM’s monitoring and management tools.
• Explore how SAP Cloud ALM acts as a centralized hub to handle integrations, exceptions, and overall health of SAP BTP services and applications.

Stefan Lahr SAP Support Expert Stefan is a member of the SAP Focused Run and SAP Cloud ALM product management team and responsible for the coordination of the rollout activities globally. In this role he is delivering all kind of pre-sales services to customers and also developing the material for events like ALM Summit, SAP TechEd, etc.

See how SAP Landscape Management Cloud software lets you optimize and automate your SAP system management, such as for SAP S/4HANA. Combine SAP Landscape Management Cloud with other SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) services using provided events and REST APIs, and automate your landscape management use cases.
Key takeaways:

• Gain an understanding of the features and functionalities of SAP Landscape Management Cloud and SAP system management processes with a focus on SAP S/4HANA landscapes.
• Learn how to integrate SAP Landscape Management Cloud with other SAP BTP services using provided events and REST APIs.
• Discover where SAP Landscape Management Cloud can be leveraged to automate landscape management operations.
• Explore how the integration of SAP Landscape Management Cloud with SAP BTP can lead to enhanced productivity, streamlined operations, and improved system management efficiency.

Michael Jilg SAP Director of Solution Management Michael has been working as Director Solution Management in the SAP Cloud and Lifecycle Management organization for 10 years now. In that role he has a focus supporting customers on their journey to the hybrid SAP Cloud and with that experience he helps also defining services and product functionalities. Michael joined SAP in 2010 as Business Development Manager Platform Technology, bringing over 20 years’ prior experience in various roles in project management, SAP IT-architecture, product and partner management gained while working with customers around Europe in various industries.

Daniela Schmidt SAP Developer Daniela Schmidt is a developer at SAP and is responsible for the development of the SAP product – SAP Landscape Management Cloud (LaMa Cloud). Additionally, she is functioning as Security Champion and Threat Modeling Expert in her team. She has special knowledge in the field of network architectures and how to ensure a secure communication because of her degree in Computer Science (M. Sc.) and Information and Communication Technology (M. Sc.).

Breakout Session IT Infrastructure + Operations On-Premise + Cloud Operations

Transitioning to SAP Cloud ALM is a priority for customers to improve operations, service, and implementation in 2023. In this presentation, attendees will learn about transition scenarios and obtain guidance from SAP on how to plan and execute their transition to SAP Cloud ALM. Attendees will come away with an understanding of the benefits of transitioning to SAP Cloud ALM as well as the available resources and guidance from SAP to support their transition. They will also gain insight into why adopting SAP Cloud ALM is important and how it can help manage implementation, operations, and change at their own pace. Key takeaways include the prioritization of moving to SAP Cloud ALM for operations and service in 2023, the importance of adopting SAP Cloud ALM overall, and the support and resources available from SAP during the transition process.

You will:

• Define your roadmap for SAP Cloud ALM.
• Avoid maintenance issues with SAP Solution Manager.
• Leverage monitoring in SAP Cloud ALM to reduce your TCO Start your transition journey with the SAP Readiness Check.

Tim Steuer SAP Vice President Application Lifecycle Management Tim Steuer is an accomplished SAP professional with over 25 years of experience, including two decades focused on application lifecycle management (ALM). As Vice President for ALM, Tim leads a dynamic team of customer communication and relations experts, responsible for ensuring the successful implementation and adoption of SAP Cloud ALM solution, SAP Solution Manager, and Focused Run. Tim’s extensive knowledge and expertise in the field of ALM make him a valuable asset to any organization looking to optimize their software development processes. His leadership, strategic planning, and customer-centric approach have resulted in numerous successful rollouts, delivering measurable business benefits to his clients. With a proven track record of building strong relationships with customers, Tim is passionate about driving innovation and helping organizations to realize their full potential. His deep understanding of SAP products and services, combined with his technical expertise, has made him a trusted advisor.

Stefan Lahr SAP Support Expert Stefan is a member of the SAP Focused Run and SAP Cloud ALM product management team and responsible for the coordination of the rollout activities globally. In this role he is delivering all kind of pre-sales services to customers and also developing the material for events like ALM Summit, SAP TechEd, etc.

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) is driving innovation. SAP recognizes this and is re-imagining how it supports its customers through its ALM solutions. In this session, attendees will learn about the benefits of SAP Cloud ALM, SAP Solution Manager, and SAP Focused Run in supporting cloud transformation. Overall, attendees will come away from the session with a better understanding of which ALM solution is right for their current and future landscape. They will also be equipped with the knowledge to plan to adopt SAP Cloud ALM as SAP’s go-to solution for ALM and how to use SAP Solution Manager and SAP Focused Run.

You will:

• Find out the value of SAP’s updated ALM portfolio.
• Get the latest in SAP Solution Manager development.
• Redesign your ALM strategy together with your business strategy.
• Find out who benefits from SAP Focused Run.

Tim Steuer SAP Vice President Application Lifecycle Management Tim Steuer is an accomplished SAP professional with over 25 years of experience, including two decades focused on application lifecycle management (ALM). As Vice President for ALM, Tim leads a dynamic team of customer communication and relations experts, responsible for ensuring the successful implementation and adoption of SAP Cloud ALM solution, SAP Solution Manager, and Focused Run. Tim’s extensive knowledge and expertise in the field of ALM make him a valuable asset to any organization looking to optimize their software development processes. His leadership, strategic planning, and customer-centric approach have resulted in numerous successful rollouts, delivering measurable business benefits to his clients. With a proven track record of building strong relationships with customers, Tim is passionate about driving innovation and helping organizations to realize their full potential. His deep understanding of SAP products and services, combined with his technical expertise, has made him a trusted advisor.

Stefan Lahr SAP Support Expert Stefan is a member of the SAP Focused Run and SAP Cloud ALM product management team and responsible for the coordination of the rollout activities globally. In this role he is delivering all kind of pre-sales services to customers and also developing the material for events like ALM Summit, SAP TechEd, etc.

Infrastructure and Application Automation is a key skill and technology set every IT professional needs. SAP applications can be demanding to manage and thus helpful to automate. This session will show how to harness the power of SAP Landscape Management and SAP Cloud Appliance Library to develop extensive automation capabilities that simplify the configuration, provisioning, monitoring, and management of SAP applications and associated infrastructure and services.

You will:

• Learn about Cloud cost optimization.
• Hear about SAP application management automation workflows.
• Explore rapid provisioning of SAP applications.
• Understand simplified management of SAP applications.

Michael Jilg SAP Director of Solution Management Michael has been working as Director Solution Management in the SAP Cloud and Lifecycle Management organization for 10 years now. In that role he has a focus supporting customers on their journey to the hybrid SAP Cloud and with that experience he helps also defining services and product functionalities. Michael joined SAP in 2010 as Business Development Manager Platform Technology, bringing over 20 years’ prior experience in various roles in project management, SAP IT-architecture, product and partner management gained while working with customers around Europe in various industries.

Numerous SAP applications allow users to attach and upload files. Not securing these uploads puts your organization at risk, technically, compliance-wise, and legally. Learn how to protect your SAP application layer from malware and other file-based threats, leveraging SAP’s built-in Virus Scan Interface. This lab focusses on Cloud installations – see our other lab-session On-Premises installations.

You will:

• Understanding the architecture of the SAP Virus Scan Interface.
• Activating the Virus Scan Provider to your SAP-kernel.
• Connecting to a cloud-based Anti-Malware service
• Creating Virus Scan Profiles for simple malware detection.
• Expanding Virus Scan Profiles for advanced threat detection.
• Monitoring and Logging using SAP standard tools and Web-based analytics.

Joerg Schneider-Simon bowbridge Software GmbH CTO With over 25 years of experience in the cyber-security market, Joerg Schneider-Simon, CTO of bowbridge Software, combines a deep technical understanding of cyber threats with a passion for creating solutions to real-world customer problems. Before co-founding bowbridge Software in 2005, Joerg held technical and product marketing positions at industry-leading companies like Check Point, Barracuda Networks, and Trend Micro in Europe and Silicon Valley.

In this session, you will explore and reflect on over 100 successful SAP to Cloud and S/4HANA conversion engagements. The focus will be on how you should prepare for your SAP S/4HANA transformation journey or Cloud Migration, what are your options, and the best path for success.

You will:

• Acquire essential insights and valuable lessons that you can readily integrate into your project for immediate application and success.
• Understand the core areas of preparation for SAP S/4HANA transformation journey or Cloud Migration.
• Review tangible actions in the areas of licensing, infrastructure, data, customizations, business processes, and stakeholders engagement.

PF Grillet SofwareOne Global Lead, SAP Services Pierre-Francis (PF) has been associated with SAP for more than 30 years, first as a customer, building and rolling out an SAP template as Group CIO of the world leader of small home appliances, as an SAP employee setting up the Business Consulting and Value Engineering practice for SAP Australia and New Zealand, and as a partner with leading GSSIs, responsible for serving customers and growing their SAP services practices. PF is passionate about deploying technology to create better business outcomes, with a focus on optimising the use of technology to deliver tangible business benefits. Pierre-Francis leads SoftwareOne Global SAP Services practice, with presence in 30 countries across North & South America, Europe and Asia Pacific with a focus on helping SAP customers in their journey to the cloud and to S/4HANA. Pierre-Francis holds a Master Degree in Nuclear Engineering and a Ph. D in Nuclear Chemistry.

The session will showcase the experience and things to consider for DRC to work after an SAP S/4HANA brownfield conversion. H. Lundbeck A/S has implemented the eDoc, SAF-T, and other statutory reports for various countries in ECC and will share lessons learned and practical advice from their experience.

You will:

• See the solutions built in ECC for eDoc, Advanced Compliance Reporting (ACR) reports and more.
• Learn about the errors encountered in eDoc, ACR reports, and more in S/4 conversion.
• Understand how to bridge the GAP between ECC solution, and S/4 solution for DRC.

Mae Wang H.Lundbeck Senior Solution Architect Mae Wang has been working with SAP FI/CO/SD for around 15 years in pharma and shipping industries. She is the senior IT solution architect in Lundbeck for finance application. During the past 10 years in Lundbeck, she has been working with SAP Roll-out worldwide, implementation of product costing, cash management, eDoc, etc. The most recent project is S/4 conversion where Lundbeck is undergoing a brown field conversion from ECC to S/4.