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Understanding the Grade Structure Inside an SAP Consultancy

A consultant's income, project scope, and career trajectory are all gated by decisions made against a framework that is not entirely visible. Treating the published ladder as the complete system…

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Evaluating an SAP Consulting Firm’s Client Portfolio Before Joining

The name on your offer letter tells you far less than you'd expect about who you'll actually work for day to day. A consultancy's brand gets built at group level,…

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Delivering an SAP Program Under Serious Budget Pressure

Conversations about budget cuts on SAP programs usually start because of something outside of the program itself. They might be necessary because of a disappointing quarter, a new CFO insisting…

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The EC’s Decision on SAP’s Maintenance Policies

EC Decision on SAP Maintenance Policies On 9 July 2026, the European Commission closed its antitrust investigation into SAP's on-premise maintenance and support practices. Case AT.40823 didn't end in a…

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SAP Financial Results Q2 2026

The Headline Numbers SAP published its second quarter and half year results on 23 July, together with the earnings call held that evening. Total revenue came in at €9.88 billion,…

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Why S/4HANA Sets the SAP Hiring Agenda

A newcomer to the SAP world could be forgiven for thinking AI has already replaced the migration story that has dominated the past three years. But recruiter data shows that…

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SAP Joule Adoption and What It Means for Your Career

How extensive is SAP’s rollout of Joule and how much has it been adopted by customers and consultants? Do you really need to allocate time to learning Joule as a…

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The ECC Deadline: What It Means for Your SAP Career

Mainstream maintenance for ECC 6.0 EHP 6 to 8 ends on 31 December 2027. SAP has pushed back maintenance deadlines before (the most recent extension moved the date from 2025…

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SAP Projects Are Getting Shorter

SAP's project landscape has split into two segments operating under fundamentally different rules, and the gap between them is widening every quarter. GROW with SAP deployments (SAP Cloud ERP Public…

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SAP Client Conversations on AI Readiness

How to Have a Conversation With a Client About Their AI Readiness

SAP Sapphire 2026 gave clients a compelling picture of where enterprise software is heading. The Autonomous Enterprise is SAP's vision of a business where agents run core operations and humans…

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Understanding the Grade Structure Inside an SAP Consultancy

Evaluating an SAP Consulting Firm’s Client Portfolio Before Joining

Delivering an SAP Program Under Serious Budget Pressure

The EC’s Decision on SAP’s Maintenance Policies

SAP Financial Results Q2 2026

Why S/4HANA Sets the SAP Hiring Agenda

SAP Joule Adoption and What It Means for Your Career

The ECC Deadline: What It Means for Your SAP Career

SAP Projects Are Getting Shorter

SAP Client Conversations on AI Readiness

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