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Clean Core Invoice Workflows for SAP S/4HANA CloudThis free white paper demonstrates how finance and IT teams can automate invoice processing in SAP S/4HANA Cloud through a Clean Core approach, utilizing SAP BTP, standardized workflows, and intelligent automation to ensure compliance and scalability.
Feb 11, 2026
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Apr 24, 2026
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Data Readiness, the 90-Day Playbook, and Why Zero-Touch Planning Isn’t the GoalHigh-tech SAP IBP implementations rarely fail on technology — they fail on data alignment and organizational readiness. CloudPaths Director Kiran Fernandiz shares a prescriptive 90-day foundation framework and explains why zero guesswork, not zero-touch, should be the real goal.
Apr 24, 2026
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Live from SAPinsider Las Vegas 2026: An Interview with Nathan Weaver of MicrosoftMany SAPinsiders may think primarily of Microsoft as a hosting partner, but Microsoft plays a significant role in supporting SAP innovation. In this conversation, which was recorded at SAPinsider Las Vegas in March 2026, host Robert Holland talks with Nathan Weaver, a Senior Director in Microsoft's AP Business Unit. The conversation covers support for SAP Business Data Cloud and SAP Business Technology Platform on Microsoft Azure, as well as Microsoft's commitment to security and the role Microsoft Entra and Microsoft Sentinel play in securing SAP landscapes. Weaver also discusses AI use cases and the importance of governance and value in AI implementations and the integration of Joule and Microsoft Copilot. Lastly, Weaver talks about what Microsoft has learned from being customer zero when it comes to running SAP and how those experiences help make the SAP customers they work with more successful.
Apr 24, 2026
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SAP’s Q1 Beat Expectations, but Slower Growth Questions Still Shadow the Cloud and AI StorySAP’s Q1 2026 results beat expectations with solid revenue, profit, cloud growth, and backlog expansion, but management signaled that some gains were boosted by temporary factors and may slow ahead, while AI remains a strategic focus that is still early in adoption and will increasingly shape SAP’s future revenue model and execution priorities.
Apr 24, 2026
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SAP, Google Cloud Target AI-First Customer ExperiencesSAP and Google Cloud are expanding their partnership to deliver an open, agent-driven AI customer experience that combines SAP business data, Joule assistants and Google’s Gemini models across marketing, sales and service.
Apr 24, 2026
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Modern Identity Management for SOX: Closing Control Gaps Across SAPSolving the SoD and user administration challenge for human and agentic actors As SOX compliance expectations rise, many organizations still lack complete visibility and control over who — and what — has access to critical SAP and SOX-relevant enterprise applications. The root issue is structural. Enterprise IAM is designed to manage identity at scale, but […]
Apr 23, 2026
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Next-Generation SAP Ariba Brings AI-Driven Procurement to Enterprise SourcingSAP has introduced next-generation SAP Ariba with embedded AI, Joule integration and SAP BTP capabilities to help organizations automate sourcing, improve spend visibility and drive faster procurement decisions.
Apr 23, 2026
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Strengthening the Foundation: Why SAP BTP and Analytics Dominate Q2 2026Core ERP consumes the largest share of IT budgets, but how leaders allocate the rest reveals their true strategy. In Q2 2026, technology executives are prioritizing SAP BTP and advanced analytics to build resilient, data-driven architectures.
Apr 23, 2026
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Apr 23, 2026
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Beyond Code Translation: A Semantic Approach to SAP BW Cloud MigrationsThe article explains that SAP BW migrations are best accelerated and de-risked by using a top-down, semantic consolidation approach that first clarifies legacy business meaning and converts it into governed data products before migration, rather than copying code and complexity object by object.
Apr 23, 2026
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Is Your AI Audit-Ready? The New Requirements for Finance and GRCFinance teams are adopting SAP AI to speed close, forecasting, and automation, but the article argues that the real priority is audit-ready governance—complete with lineage, approvals, controls, and evidence—so AI can be scaled safely across finance, tax, and GRC processes.
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