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Increasing Threats Highlight the Need for Robust Enterprise Risk Management
In the face of challenging micro and macro events, companies need to be able to anticipate and better manage risks that impact their core business objectives. Additionally, legacy business models and IT landscapes don’t contain all of the capabilities necessary to manage risk across the entire enterprise. For example, intelligent technologies like robotic process automation…
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Shift to Remote Work Underscores Need for a Robust Identity and Access Management Program
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, remote workforce models are likely here to stay. This shift magnifies the importance of organizations guaranteeing that only authorized individuals can access their network and data. The best way to avoid unauthorized users from entering SAP systems is through a robust and automated identity and access management (IAM)…
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Technologies and Strategies Driving Trends in Finance
Finance and accounting serve as the centerpieces of a company’s ERP strategy. SAPinsider’s research consistently shows that new upgrades and innovations related to SAP technology — whether related to SAP S/4HANA or automation — start with finance. Automation has been identified as a priority for the finance function. A majority of finance and accounting survey respondents — 87% — said in the latter half…
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Cybersecurity and Data Protection: Taking an Integrated Approach
By Fred Donovan, Senior Editor, SAPinsider “The threat actor only needs to be right once. We need to be right every time,” says Scott Margolis, Managing Director for the Data Privacy and Protection Practice at Ernst & Young (EY). The best way to stay ahead of threat actors, considering the global shift to remote work, is to implement an “integrated approach” to…
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SAP Records Strong Q1 Performance
On April 22nd SAP announced very strong Q1 results, with an increase in cloud revenue in all regions and particularly strong growth in EMEA and APJ. Led by RISE with SAP and described by CEO Christian Klein as “an amazing start to 2021”, SAP saw some of the strongest cloud growth that it has experienced…
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Q&A: How Protiviti’s Identropy Acquisition Meets Growing Identity and Access Management Demands
by Annie Kennedy, SAPinsider In the past year, a global shift to remote working and transformations to digital environments have amplified business’ need for more efficient and secure access governance. SAPinsider spoke with management and technology consulting firm Protiviti about how their recent acquisition of Identropy, which specializes in identity and access management (IAM), can…
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SAP Pre-Announces Q4 Results and Executive Board Changes
On January 14, SAP pre-announced Q4 results, and this was followed on January 15 by the announcement that Executive Board member Adaire Fox-Martin and CMO Alicia Tillman would be leaving the company. Fox-Martin will be replaced by Scott Russell, current President of SAP Asia-Pacific and Japan, while Tillman will be replaced by new Executive Board…
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Impact on Analytics and Visibility
SAP S/4HANA, for many organizations, is the single sources of truth for finance and business functions. As organizations conduct their SAP S/4HANA transition projects, they are consolidating data from multiple systems across the enterprise. This has an impact on the business capabilities of making critical decisions, conducting analysis, and understanding the direction of the business…
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SAP S/4HANA Project and Deployment
The SAP S/4HANA project and deployment track focuses on the deployment of SAP S/4HANA. It will cover decisions from selecting the infrastructure, choosing your deployment models, and the actual deployment itself. During these sessions you will learn about key features, best practices on making your deployment run smoothly, how to best utilize your environment and…
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Business Case and Strategy
Building the business case and strategy is one of the most difficult steps in building towards your SAP S/4HANA transformation. The SAP S/4HANA transformation is about understanding the product features, how they can be applied and used in your organization, how to plan for your deployment, and the day-to-day impact on your business. Building the…
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