Technology

Technology today plays a major role in supporting how organizations run today. Advances in computing power and technology are the primary driver behind the digital transformation that enterprises across industries are actively engaged in. Technology helps facilitate how organizations run their operations across functions like sales, marketing, operations, supply chain and finance. From helping streamline business processes to integrating people and processes across functions, the role of technology in helping businesses run and transform today cannot be overemphasized.

SAP and Partner Technologies

Technology today plays a major role in supporting how organizations run today. Advances in computing power and technology are the primary driver behind the digital transformation that enterprises across industries are actively engaged in. Technology helps facilitate how organizations run their operations across functions like sales, marketing, operations, supply chain and finance. From helping streamline business processes to integrating people and processes across functions, the role of technology in helping businesses run and transform today cannot be overemphasized.

SAP and Partner Technologies

Enterprise software technology companies like SAP have, for decades, helped provide organizations with technology tools that can help them run their businesses more effectively and efficiently. SAP and partner technologies today focus on technology solutions across various industries like energy & natural resources, service industries, consumer industries, discrete industries, financial services, and public services. Technology solutions offered range from Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions to technology platforms that can help organizations build intelligent enterprise capabilities.

Business Technology Categories

Enterprise Resource Planning: These solutions help organizations integrate business processes across their enterprise and facilitate a seamless information flow across the organization. These solutions generally have modules focused on various functions and sub-functions that exist within organizations such as finance, procurement, CRM and customer experience, HR and people engagement, and supply chain management. Best-of-breed ERP solutions integrate both transactional/operational as well as planning capabilities.

Specialized business operations point systems: These solutions are specialized solutions focused on certain functions or business processes within certain functions and are transactional systems that help capture business operations transactions. Examples are supply chain and logistics, accounting solutions, treasury management solutions, GRC solutions, spend management solutions, HR and payroll solutions, CRM systems etc.

Planning point systems: These systems focus on business planning, often leveraging data from transactional systems or modules for planning purposes. Examples of such systems are supply chain planning systems, financial planning and analysis systems, business intelligence (BI) tools, and advanced analytics solutions. These solutions or systems help generate insights from the data that can then help organizations run their operations more effectively.

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  1. GFT and Megawork

    AI for Leadership: New Survey Signals a Cultural Shift SAP Is Ready to Lead

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    A Google-commissioned study reveals that a significant majority of professionals use AI at work and see it as essential for overcoming task paralysis and enhancing leadership, prompting SAP to implement AI education initiatives for leaders to foster innovation and collaboration.

  2. Countdown to CMMC: Why SAP-Centric Defense Contractors Must Act Now

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    As the U.S. Department of Defense enforces CMMC 2.0, SAP customers in the Defense Industrial Base must navigate increased cybersecurity compliance requirements, facing significant technical, organizational, and legal challenges while preparing for potential procurement disqualification.

  3. SAP Custom Transaction Codes: ToggleNow Delivers Secure, Audit-Ready SoD Overhaul

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    ToggleNow’s project with a global luggage manufacturer demonstrated that a coordinated and automated approach to managing custom SAP transaction codes can significantly reduce risks like segregation of duties violations and unauthorized access while facilitating audit compliance.

  4. Bringing Zero Trust to SAP Landscapes: A Policy-Driven Approach to Digital Transformation

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    As businesses increasingly transition to hybrid and multi-cloud environments, Viasat Inc. collaborates with NextLabs to implement a Zero Trust Data-Centric Security model for effective access control and data protection across SAP systems, reflecting a broader industry shift toward dynamic, policy-driven security frameworks.

  5. Majority of Enterprises Still Rely on Manual Pricing Tools, Zilliant Survey Finds

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    A Zilliant report highlights a significant gap between pricing strategy and execution in B2B sectors, revealing that 84% of companies still use manual pricing methods, which hinders their ability to achieve planned price increases and take full advantage of ERP data, while indicating that AI adoption is on the rise.

  6. SAP Cloud ERP

    AWS Named Leader in SAP HANA Infrastructure Services by ISG

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    ISG’s latest report recognizes Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a leader for the seventh consecutive year in providing effective infrastructure solutions for SAP S/4HANA workloads, highlighting its performance, automation capabilities, and cost savings of around 30% for U.S. enterprises migrating to AWS.

  7. NetApp Becomes NFL’s Official Intelligent Data Infrastructure Provider

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    NetApp’s multi-year partnership with the NFL aims to enhance digital transformation by providing intelligent data infrastructure, which reflects significant implications for SAP customers needing real-time analytics and hybrid cloud solutions, while highlighting the industry’s shift towards advanced data architectures.

  8. There Is Life After Go-Live: cbs Strengthens SAP Operations with RUN & CARE

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    Corporate Business Solutions (cbs) emphasizes the importance of integrating Application Management Services (AMS) early in SAP transformation projects through its RUN & CARE framework to ensure post-launch success and mitigate common disruptions.

  9. AI-Powered QA Solutions for Seamless SAP Transformations with Tricentis Integrated Toolchain

    RISE with SAP Methodology: The Advantage of Adopting SAP’s Integrated Toolchain

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    The Integrated Toolchain of RISE with SAP, featuring tools like LeanIX, SAP Signavio, and Tricentis, aims to streamline migrations by improving risk management and accelerating time to value.

  10. SecurityBridge and CyberSafe

    SecurityBridge Acquires CyberSafe to Strengthen Cybersecurity Platform

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    SecurityBridge’s acquisition of CyberSafe enhances its SAP-native cybersecurity platform by integrating CyberSafe’s passwordless MFA and contextual authentication features, addressing the shortcomings of traditional SAP security in today’s threat landscape.