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  1. Beyond the Buzz: Everything You Need to Know About SAP C/4HANA as the Intelligent Customer Experience Management Team Kicks Off 2019 Research Agenda

    Published: 07/February/2019

    Reading time: 2 mins

    You’ve heard the buzz about SAP C/4HANA — but how are your peers implementing and using this suite of solutions in the real world? The SAPinsider Intelligent Customer Experience Management (CXM) team will uncover just that in the coming weeks, as we launch the first of a series of upcoming surveys to our insider community,…

  2. Insights for Your Emerging SAP Security Strategy

    Published: 06/February/2019

    Reading time: 3 mins

    Security is at the forefront for many IT leaders and their technical teams. Between regulations such as GDPR and mounting cyberattacks, most enterprise businesses want to know that they are doing the right things on a daily basis to protect their critical assets. SAPinsider had the pleasure of sitting down with key leadership from SAP…

  3. How to Simplify Business Role Integration in SAP Identity Management and SAP Access Control

    Published: 04/February/2019

    Reading time: 8 mins

    IT organizations typically use identity management solutions to handle a large amount of personnel changes to provision and de-provision users throughout an enterprise. The process contains technical roles that manage different resources. SAP Access Control provides a business role concept that users define (i.e., users or administrators manage the roles) and use to manage a…

  4. SAP C/4HANA and SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance: Unified Identity Management

    Published: 01/February/2019

    Reading time: 1 mins

    Audio pioneer Dolby Laboratories, which has been delivering audiophiles a superior sound and sight experience since the 1970s, decided in 2016 that it wanted an equally stringent level of quality assurance for its business process testing. The business sought a risk-based automated testing solution to reduce or eliminate regression test coverage gaps and lengthy testing…

  5. 3 Use Cases for Blockchain in the Supply Chain

    Published: 31/January/2019

    Reading time: 3 mins

    As companies evolve in the digital era, so too are their supply chain challenges. In many cases this means digitization of outdated processes, and blockchain technology is a key driver to facilitate digital transformation in the supply chain. As an immutable, distributed ledger, blockchain offers unprecedented levels of security and helps forge more trusting relationships…

  6. SAPinsider Unveils New Research and Content Strategy for 2019

    Published: 31/January/2019

    Reading time: 3 mins

    “Life is flux,” according to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus, and this well-known assertion that all things change applies just as readily to businesses, which must constantly adapt to changing user needs. The current push for digital transformation, for example, is centered on enabling the efficiency and flexibility required to instantly and effectively meet the changing…

  7. SAP Rolls Out SAP S/4HANA-Based Subledger

    Published: 30/January/2019

    Reading time: 1 mins

    Earlier in January, SAP announced its new SAP S/4HANA for financial products subledger. Aimed at handling the complex regulatory and reporting requirements for financial institutions, insurance companies, and fintech companies, the subledger uses a central data hub for information between operational and finance systems. Regulatory changes like IFRS 9 and 17 have added new wrinkles…

  8. SAP Sets the Stage for New XM Frontier With Qualtrics Acquisition

    Published: 29/January/2019

    Reading time: 3 mins

    SAP has taken a giant step forward in setting the stage for the future of the experience economy. Last week, SAP announced that it had completed its acquisition of Qualtrics International, the global pioneer of the experience management (XM) software category. Ryan Smith will continue to lead Qualtrics, which will retain its current leadership and…

  9. New Horizons: An Outline of the SAPinsider Digital Supply Management New Research Approach

    Published: 29/January/2019

    Reading time: 2 mins

    I’m reading a book titled The Barons of the Sea, which is an account of the 19th century merchants and trading companies that battled for supremacy in importing tea from China in exchange for shipments of opium. The goal of these entrepreneurs was to find a way to shorten a traditional six-month journey from China…

  10. Cloud Continues to Lead SAP Growth: SAP Sets Aggressive 5-Year Outlook

    Published: 29/January/2019

    Reading time: 4 mins

    On January 29, 2019, SAP officially announced its financial results for Q4 2018 and the full year of 2018. Cloud revenues continue to power SAP’s overall revenue growth — SAP reported that cloud revenue for the year reached €4.9 billion and overall revenue edged up 5% to €24.71 billion. Overall cloud and software revenue fell…