Blogs

• SAP HANA

Simplify and Automate SAP HANA

SAPinsider Events and sponsors SAP, VMware, and Intel teamed up to create a 4 part online video series recorded at their live, one-day custom events. This exclusive series, Simplify and Automate SAP HANA gathers top experts from SAP and VMware to share critical insights and in-depth details on SAP HANA’s business impact, key customer stories…

• SAP Infrastructure

Modernize Your SAP Landscape

SAPinsider Events has released a second online video series: Modernize your SAP Landscape that was recorded at a series of live events produced by SAPinsider Events and sponsors SAP, SUSE, VMware, HPE, and Intel. This exclusive sequence explores the changing SAP solution landscape and the limitations of traditional client-server architecture to handle new software capabilities…

• SAP Access Control

SAP HANA Security: Preventing the Internal Threat

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…

• SAP HANA

SAP HANA Then and Now: A Smarter Way to a System of Insight

The recent Forrester Research survey “Evolve Your Business Intelligence To Systems of Insight” defines a system of insight as one where traditional business intelligence (BI), agile BI, and big data converge to “deliver actionable insights necessary to win, serve, and retain customers.” It should come as no surprise to the SAP customer that – as…

• SAP Basis

Running SAP HANA? What You Need to Know from a Basis Perspective

SAP HANA is becoming a reality for many SAP customers. As a Basis Administrator, DBA, or System Architect, you may be asking yourself what that will mean for you. What are the key decision points during the planning phases that will require your input? What skills will you need to attain and leverage during implementation,…

• SAP Accounting

What New Mandates Mean for Multinationals in Latin America

Governments throughout Latin America take tax collection seriously, and several countries are implementing comprehensive steps to reduce tax evasion, prevent fraud, and maximize their revenues. In fact, Mexico recently withheld more than $384 million in value-added tax (VAT) refunds to three multinationals, including Colgate and Unilever, as it carefully scrutinized their operations. Multinational companies operating…

• SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud

Cost Benefits of SAP HANA in the Cloud

A lot of business owners who have already invested in an SAP installation may not think SAP HANA is a viable option for them due to the costs to procure the enterprise class equipment needed to support the powerful in-memory database, but are eager to leverage all of the capabilities that SAP HANA has to…

• SAP Application Development and Integration

Why SAP HANA or S/4HANA? Key Enablers That Will Drive Value to Your Business

With the announcement of SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA (SAP S/4HANA), SAP has asked its customers to take a leap of faith. Emphasizing the suite’s benefits, SAP has shared with customers how this latest generation of ERP will address their needs — with SAP S/4HANA you can run simple and reduce the complexity of…

Brazil Nota Fiscal – Insider Tips for Procure-to-Pay

In my previous article, we discussed the importance of contingency for your orders-to-cash process flow. In today’s blog, I wanted to focus on the importance of end-to-end automation from an accounts payable (AP) perspective. Many companies are not addressing the opportunity that the Brazilian invoicing model creates for AP and inbound logistics teams. While there are unique…

• SAP ERP

SAP Lumira – An Introduction

Last year SAP enhanced their tool called Visual Intelligence and made it much more user friendly. In general, the graphs became more advanced, while the self-service data visualization development effort was simplified. They also renamed the tool Lumira. In this blog I’ll take a quick look at some of the features of this tool and…