Blogs about SAP

AWS: Familiar AI Skills story with SAP Databricks twist

At the AWS London Summit, AWS announced a program to upskill 100,000 individuals in AI over five years, while also launching SAP Databricks on its platform, which enhances data accessibility and AI capabilities for SAP users, marking a significant step towards integrating advanced analytics and AI in enterprise resource planning.

Security

Critical Zero-Day Vulnerability Impacts SAP

SAP has issued critical Security Notes including a highly severe vulnerability in SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer that allows unauthenticated attackers to upload malicious files, prompting organizations to urgently patch or implement workarounds to protect their systems.

A wide angle view of an NTT DATA building, taken on an evening | NTT Sapphire

ERP Strategy and Planning

NTT DATA Business Solutions Positions for the Platform Era: SAP, ServiceNow, and the New Face of Enterprise Transformation

NTT DATA Business Solutions is uniquely positioned to bridge SAP and ServiceNow through a pragmatic transformation framework that emphasizes customer proximity, platform integration, and outcome-driven innovation, making it a top-tier partner for organizations seeking comprehensive business transformation.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Accelerating Digital Impact: Inetum and SAP Drive Future-Ready Transformation

Inetum, a European leader in digital services, is enhancing its strategic partnership with SAP under new leadership to drive agile, AI-integrated business outcomes, while prioritizing clean data governance, pragmatic cloud transformation, and the importance of human-centered processes.

Cloud Platform and Technology

NTT DATA Business Solutions gets SAP certification for Finance Accelerated package

NTT DATA Business Solutions has achieved SAP-qualified partner packaged solution certification for its Finance Accelerated for GROW with SAP, a scalable financial solution designed to aid high-growth businesses by leveraging SAP S/4HANA Cloud and industry best practices, promising rapid implementation and enhanced operational efficiency through advanced analytics and automation.

Supply Chain Management

Oracle AI Agents Help Transform Supply Chain Workflows

Oracle has introduced new role-based AI agents within Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM, set for release in January 2025, to automate routine supply chain tasks, enhance productivity, and enable professionals to focus on strategic initiatives, thus transforming operational efficiency across various supply chain functions.

ERP Strategy and Planning

Microsoft Announces 2025 Release Wave 1 Plan for Dynamics 365

Microsoft's recently announced 2025 Release Wave 1 for Dynamics 365, scheduled for April to September 2025, introduces various AI-integrated enhancements aimed at improving user productivity across sales, customer service, finance, supply chain management, and business central applications, while also emphasizing the importance of thorough planning and user training for effective implementation.

Human Capital Management

Skillsoft expands SAP SuccessFactors partnership

Skillsoft is set to launch a new integration with SAP SuccessFactors in early 2025 that enhances workforce skills management by providing personalized learning paths, improved talent mobility, and strategic workforce planning through a centralized talent intelligence hub.

Business Process Management and Automation

Digital transformation: Why it matters for the food and beverage industry

The food and beverage industry faces pressing challenges from outdated legacy systems that hinder compliance and efficiency, significantly pushing the need for digital transformation and the adoption of modern ERP solutions to meet new regulations and improve operations through enhanced data accuracy, automation, and sustainability initiatives.

J.P. Morgan & Oracle Deepen ERP Integration for Finance

Supply Chain Management

The power of 4: How Blue Diamond Growers solved supply chain issues

Between 2022 and 2023, Blue Diamond Growers enhanced its supply chain efficiency through the integration of SAP Transportation Management with SAP Integrated Business Planning, improving logistics visibility and forecasting while also exploring AI for sustainability and innovation.

Supply Chain Management

Accenture SAP deal cements its supply chain ambitions

Accenture's recent acquisition of SAP consultancy Camelot Management Consultants strengthens its supply chain capabilities, particularly in the DACH region, complementing previous acquisitions aimed at boosting its presence in the global supply chain optimization landscape.

Analytics and AI

The biggest reveals and announcements from Amazon re:Invent 2024

At Amazon re:Invent 2024, AWS unveiled significant advancements in AI technologies, including the launch of Amazon Nova foundation models, integration of GenAI with GitLab via Amazon Q Developer, a collaboration with SAP for cloud ERP solutions, enhanced capabilities in the next generation of SageMaker and the introduction of a 'Buy with AWS' button, all aimed at solidifying AWS's position in the competitive AI and cloud services market.

close up of someone's hands typing at a laptop | S/4HANA

Application Development and Integration

Five ways to master an SAP S/4HANA migration

Migrating to SAP S/4HANA poses significant challenges for enterprises, as evidenced by costly failures like Lidl and Revlon, highlighting the need for meticulous planning, risk management and effective data integration strategies to ensure successful transitions before the 2027 deadline.

ERP Strategy and Planning

What Julia White’s appointment to CMO means for AWS and SAP

Amazon has appointed Julia White, formerly of SAP and Microsoft, as its new CMO and VP of AWS, where she is expected to leverage her extensive cloud and AI experience to strengthen AWS's position in the competitive cloud market, particularly against Microsoft Azure, while potentially deepening the partnership with SAP.

Service Management

Be All and End All? The be one solutions SEA Expansion

SAP service partner be one solutions has expanded its Southeast Asia presence through the acquisitions of Netika Business Solution Vietnam and Inecom, enhancing its product offerings and expertise for SAP clients while prioritizing the region for future growth.

Human Capital Management

The SAP HCM Roadmap: WeChat, Microsoft – and no AI agent hype

SuccessConnect, the annual flagship event for SAP SuccessFactors, pitched up in Lisbon, Portugal to share the latest updates to the SAP HCM suite.

ERP Strategy and Planning

SAP now Europe’s Tech MVP with Q3 showing: The Expert View

SAP announced a strong Q3 performance and raised its annual revenue and earnings guidance performance, gaining $26bn in market value to grab the top spot as Europe’s most valuable tech company.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Under Armour and the strength in going over to cloud

Under Armour successfully migrated its SAP environments to AWS in 2021, modernizing its cloud infrastructure while minimizing disruption and ensuring security through a focused internal team and AWS Professional Services, ultimately enhancing its operational performance and innovation capabilities.

Cloud Platform and Technology

SAP Concur Fusion Exchange highlights innovations for European travel management

At Fusion Exchange, Concur aimed to showcase how its AI is enhancing its business travel management solutions for EMEA users.

Governance, Risk, and Compliance

Citizen developers and governance in enterprise software today

The integration of AI into ERP systems heightens concerns over governance and security as citizen developers leverage low-code and no-code solutions, prompting enterprises to seek a balance between empowering these developers and maintaining compliance, illustrated by Mendix's approach to providing a structured platform that supports full software development lifecycle management.

An image of a black car and text written over it | Star Automotive Hellas data migration journey with DXC & Jivs

Data and Data Management

Star Automotive Hellas: Critical data migration journey

The Mercedes-Benz dealer in Greece had the task of extracting the necessary data in a human-readable format and finding a suitable method to retain and archive the information needed.

A moody image of a darkened server room with a large amount of connecting cables | Celonis S/4HANA

Application Development and Integration

Facts are friendly, data delivers – the smarter route to S/4HANA migration

Maximizing the value out of S/4HANA takes preparation and careful planning. Creating greater visibility across all business processes and improving user adoption rates are just some of the methods a business can use to prepare itself for the incoming digital transformation.

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Cloud Platform and Technology

SAP S/4HANA: To wait or not to wait, that is the question

On December 31 2027, SAP maintenance for previous ERP systems will expire, leaving those who have not yet migrated to S/4HANA – as the saying goes – "in the dust". So, what options are out there for those still on the verge about what steps to take?

Analytics and AI

SAP Sapphire Barcelona: Bring out your Best

Following on from its Orlando event, at SAP Sapphire Barcelona the theme was clear: "bring out your best."

photo of a sunset sky with clouds and a mountain alongside a row of supercomputers | cloud migration with the help of DMI JiVS

Data and Data Management

Data does not have to be a burden during cloud migration, here’s how

In this blog, ERP Today spoke to Thomas Iseler, global strategic partnerships advisor at Data Migration International (DMI), about his views on the transformation possibilities in retrospect of the SAP Adoption Catalyst event held in the spring of this year.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Stick or twist? As SAP lays its cards on the table, the time is coming for customers to decide

SAP’s cloud shift via RISE with SAP creates division: customers must choose between costly cloud migration or seeking alternatives.

Construction site Enerfab SAP RISE Smarter Projects AI

Analytics and AI

The Potential of Smarter Projects with Enerfab’s Rajesh Kapoor

Enerfab's Rajesh Kapoor speaks with ERP Today to shed light on how his company is leveraging SAP and Microsoft tech for smarter projects.

Image of a couple on top of a snowy mountain, looking out at the landscape | SAP and IBM

Application Development and Integration

A long marriage made in innovation: What’s next for IBM and SAP?

IBM’s global head of SAP, Mike Perera, shares the wins and next step wonderings of an over 50-year-strong partnership, with cloud migration and emerging GenAI and Quantum technologies high on the roster.

Lake - SAP Datalakes AI data lakehouses - and dilemma | SAP Data

Analytics and AI

SAP customers’ dilemma in the data and AI ecosystem

SAP's offerings continue to evolve, aiming to provide a unified approach to data management and analytics, solving age old user dilemma.

A mirrored view upwards towards a blue square of sky | tax Vertex

Financial Management

Getting financial transformation success from an SAP cloud migration

Tax teams must do their due diligence and raise any concerns to the IT teams in charge of a migration process, ensuring that any move to ERP cloud migration is completed successfully. Your business will continue growing so long as the decisions you make are backed with the correct knowledge.