ZReport: SAP Weekly Market Insights & Contract Leads

🚀TL;DR - This Week in SAP

👋 Hey Zreaders, here’s the week in a flash:

• Critical SAP S/4HANA flaw (CVE-2025-42957) is being exploited in the wild — urgent patch required.

• SAP expands European Sovereign Cloud to unlock AI innovation with regulatory compliance.

• Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 adopts SAP Cloud ERP Private to prep for stricter FIA rules in 2026.

📈SAP Market Pulse

Security, compliance, and customer adoption dominated this week.

What it means for SAP pros:

• Basis & Security Teams → patch S/4HANA CVE-2025-42957 immediately, monitor RFC calls, and review authorization activity.

• Cloud Architects → Sovereign Cloud expansion = new demand for compliant AI workloads in regulated EU industries.

• Finance/ERP Consultants → Mercedes-AMG adoption signals rising interest in Cloud ERP Private + AI for cost control, compliance, and predictive insights.

📌 Featured Insight

Security + Cloud: Two Sides of SAP’s Future

• S/4HANA Alert → CVE-2025-42957 enables system takeover — exploitation confirmed.

• Cloud Expansion → Sovereign Cloud rollout provides regulated industries with AI innovation under compliance frameworks

• Customer Validation → Mercedes-AMG’s ERP adoption proves SAP Cloud ERP Private is moving from concept to mainstream.

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🎯 Consultant's Corner

Actionables for consultants this week:

• Apply SAP Security Note for CVE-2025-42957; restrict RFC usage with UCON and review SAP_ALL user creation.
  

• Build advisory decks around Sovereign Cloud for EU public sector clients.
  

• Use Mercedes-AMG’s adoption as a case study for clients evaluating ERP modernization under budget & compliance pressure.

💼Contract & Job Leads

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🛠️ Tools We Love

• SAP Security Notes – August 2025 → fix for CVE-2025-42957.

• SAP Sovereign Cloud Expansion → details on new deployment models.

• Mercedes-AMG F1 Case Study → Cloud ERP Private powering FIA compliance & AI-driven reporting.

🧠 Career Hack of the Week

Showcase SAP Security Notes management as a core skill on your LinkedIn profile — recruiters and hiring managers increasingly value proactive patch & compliance expertise.

♟️ ZThought

💡 “In SAP, resilience is measured by patch speed and innovation pace — those who master both win.”

📝Editor’s Note

This week shows both sides of SAP’s reality: security patching is mission-critical, but so is building for compliance + AI-driven growth. Consultants who can balance both will be indispensable.

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