Welcome to your December News

It's always good to hear about people's success stories, their frustrations and plans for the future, this sort of information is important so that we can represent our membership and remain an independent voice for the SAP user community in the UK and Ireland. Will you be joining us at UKISUG Connect in 2020? Bookings are now open, and you can sign up as a delegate now for our lowest early bird rate of the year!

 

Over the last year we have increased the number of member presentations at our events by 10%, thank you to everyone that stepped forward this year. If you would like to be part of this growing band please get in touch, we can support you and help with refining the topic as well as running speaker workshops.

 

I would like to say a big thank you to our back office team and volunteers, without you we would not have delivered an amazing conference and numerous SIGs and webinars throughout the year. Planning is already well underway for next year and we have some great events lined up, including the launch of our SAP B1 Academy. We will also be unveiling some whitepapers to add further to the value of your membership (more news on those early in 2020).

 

Hopefully you all have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year!

 

 

Paul Cooper

Chairman
UK & Ireland SAP User Group

Are you looking to upgrade to SAP S/4HANA in the near future? 

 

Moving from ECC to S/4HANA is difficult for any organisation, and there are plenty of things to consider in order to have a smooth transition with minimal business disruption. How will your changes stay synchronised between the two SAP systems? How can you protect and maintain templates that might be used by both ECC and S/4HANA?

 

The answer is automation engineered for SAP. 

 

Whether you’re embarking on a major change project such as the move to SAP S/4HANA, responding to a drive for greater automation or simply looking for a way to make existing change control processes more efficient, Basis Technologies’ ActiveControl technology provides the speed, control and visibility that your SAP development team needs, without compromising on safety.

 

Benefits of ActiveControl: 

• Achieve DevOps and CI/CD in SAP to accelerate delivery and time to market
• Increase quality, resilience and system stability to minimise business risk
• Support the preparation for cloud and S/4HANA migrations by streamlining the upgrade of existing systems
• Enable ECC and S/4HANA systems to be run in parallel and automatically synchronised during transition
• Integrate SAP change delivery into the wider IT tool chain (ITSM, Agile, CI/CD, Testing)
• Dramatically reduce operating costs

 
To learn more about how we can help with your S/4HANA transition, and how we have supported other major global companies, visit our website.

Book your 2020 delegate pass now and take advantage of our winter early bird rate here

Could you host one of next year's SIGs?

We are planning our 2020 events calendar and would like to know if you can host a SIG for us next year?

 

Hosting provides many benefits to you and your organisation and we will help get everything you need organised. In return for hosting you will receive one free conference pass to UKISUG Connect 2020. If you are interested please contact [email protected].

 

Do you have a story to share?

 

It is really important to us that we include customer experiences in the SIGs. Please get involved and let us know if you are interested. You will be invited to attend a free speaker training workshop in the summer and you will also receive an exclusive speaker rate at our annual conference Connect 2020 as a thank you.

 

"I find that there is always at least one User Group member with an experience or an interest in new technology that resonates with the work going on in my company. The benefit of sharing is always two-way." - Michael Lochrin, Open Hydro

Finding Your Perfect Partner

Have you had a look at your new Affiliate Portal yet?

 

If you are trying to find a partner for your next SAP project you can now filter through 130 vendors in the SAP marketplace with just a few clicks whilst viewing their star rating and feedback given by your fellow User Group members! You’ll also have all the information you’ll need about that Affiliate to help in your decision including key contacts, news, documentation and case studies.

 

Is one of your partners a User Group Affiliate? Feel free to leave them a review to help your fellow members in their search.

 

We hope you find the Portal useful and if there’s any suggestions you’d like to make to improve the service, feel free to get in touch.

Membership Renewal

 

Is your membership currently due for renewal?

 

Why not take advantage of our great Membership Bundle Offer by purchasing conference passes for UKISUG Connect 2020 for the incredible price of only £450 in conjunction with your membership renewal.

(This offer is only available at time of renewal)

 

Contact Sarah for more information.

 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

We would like to take this opportunity to send you Best Wishes for an enjoyable festive period and a Happy New Year from all at UKISUG.

 

Our office will be closing from 4.30pm on Thursday 19th December 2019 and we will re-open at 8.30am on Friday 3rd January 2020.

 

Thank you for all your support over the past year and we look forward to working with you in 2020.

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