Technology Insights

Technology insights are written by SAPinsider’s team of research analysts. Based on information gleaned from interviews with the SAP vendor community, technology insights deep dive into the technologies that support, integrate with, and extend SAP technology and enable businesses to innovate and transform.​

55 results

  1. Digital Twins

    Building Intelligent Enterprise with AI, ML and IoT

    Published: 16/September/2022

    Reading time: 6 mins

    According to one market research company, it’s predicted that by 2025 there will be 55.7 billion connected devices worldwide, with 75% connected to an Internet of Things (IoT) platform. How much data does that equal? The company estimates that within that timeframe, 73.1 zettabytes of data will be generated from IoT devices, with a significant…

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    Leveraging Edge Computing to Simplify and Scale

    Published: 14/September/2022

    Reading time: 8 mins

    Over the past decade, there has been a significant shift for many organizations in the infrastructure supporting their business activities. From an environment that was on-premise, many organizations are moving most of their operations to the cloud. There are several reasons for this move, including cost, ease of management, scalability, and flexibility of infrastructure, and…

  3. Resilience challenges

    How Do You Better Manage Systems and Improve Resilience?

    Published: 14/September/2022

    Reading time: 6 mins

    How Do You Better Manage Systems and Improve Resilience? How do you better manage systems and improve resilience? Organizations today need to keep their business solutions up and running, and they have focused infrastructure providers on activities that help organizations speed up implementations and reduced both planned and unplanned downtime and increase resilience. However, enterprise…

  4. Protection-Payment-Fraud

    Fraud Concerns Driving Payments Innovation

    Published: 09/August/2022

    Reading time: 5 mins

    In recent years, organizational structures and processes have changed dramatically, presenting new opportunities and challenges for modern CFOs and treasurers. Organizations shifting core business processes online and day-to-day operations to the cloud require payment efficiency and flexibility to stay competitive. As businesses expand globally and increasingly rely on electronic payment methods, the opportunities for fraud…

  5. Serrala Talks Payments Modernization and Automation

    Published: 04/August/2022

    Reading time: 1 mins

    Regarding process improvement, there are many initiatives that CFOs and treasurers can tackle to increase efficiency and optimize performance. One such initiative is automating manual processes – an area particularly relevant for Accounts Payable (AP) teams. By automating manual and paper-based processes, AP teams can gain greater efficiencies and improve their overall performance. In addition,…...…

  6. Deploy SAP HANA in Azure Faster with Less Risk and Higher Quality

    Migration to SAP HANA – A Strategic Perspective

    Published: 29/July/2022

    Reading time: 1 min

    A large number of SAP customers are either moving or planning their migration to SAP HANA to meet the SAP deadline. This is a expensive and risky project that requires a well-planned approach and making critical choices. How should SAP customers view this migration? Is it simply a technical move to meet SAP mandates or…...…

  7. Test Data – A Key Factor for Rapid, High Quality Applications

    Published: 27/July/2022

    Reading time: 1 min

    With the increasing demand for rapid rollout of applications with high quality and reliability, testing functions are forced to look for solutions. Generating production-quality test data while adhering to compliance, across all platforms is crucial. Deepa Salem, Vice President of Research at SAPinsider, talks to Alex Hesterberg, Chief Strategy Officer at Delphix for a in-depth…...…

  8. Security

    Security For Your SAP Future

    Published: 01/July/2022

    Reading time: 7 mins

    The number one factor impacting decisions around security for SAP systems is the need to protect access to the sensitive and confidential data in those systems. Attacks are becoming more common, particularly for organizations located in APJ,  and some of the challenges that were identified by respondents to recent SAPinsider research were detecting those threats…

  9. Spend Management

    PwC Talks Spend Management Innovation, Supply Chain Complexity

    Published: 24/May/2022

    Reading time: 1 mins

    The globalization of business has led to a boom in procurement. To stay competitive, organizations must now source goods and services from all over the world. The way an organization procures goods and services directly impacts its bottom line. This has created a need for a new breed of procurement functionality to help navigate the…...…

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    Reducing Transformation Risk Using Automation

    Published: 04/May/2022

    Reading time: 7 mins

    Transformation is a key topic for the majority of organizations operating in the SAP space today as organizations must transform and modernize if they are to remain competitive in today’s rapidly changing business environment. But while the risks in updating infrastructure are generally understood, those around transforming applications and programs are often less well known…....…