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. The Essential SAP Basis Roles in RISE with SAP

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    The cbs SAP Basis team is essential for organizations transitioning to SAP S/4HANA under RISE with SAP, providing continuous support through planning, go-live, and post-go-live phases to ensure optimal system configuration, operational excellence, and strategic collaboration.

  2. Managing Uncertainty

    Fortune 500 Energy Giant Saves 45,000 Hours with SAP Finance Automation

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    Energy Transfer enhanced operational efficiency by automating finance processes with Redwood Software’s platform integrated into SAP S/4HANA, saving 45,000 hours annually and significantly reducing bank reconciliation times, thus enabling the finance team to focus on analysis instead of data handling.

  3. How Protiviti is Preparing Businesses for the End of Encryption as We Know It

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    In a recent podcast with Protiviti’s Dean Kassman, IonQ’s Konstantinos Karagiannis warned that powerful encryption systems could become obsolete in five years due to advancements in quantum computing, emphasizing an urgent need for businesses to adopt post-quantum cryptography to avoid severe cybersecurity risks.

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    Cutting Through Compliance Noise: How Jabil Tackled SAP Risks

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    With approximately $28.9 billion in FY 2024 revenue and operations in over 100 global locations, Jabil processes millions of SAP transactions daily. For this Fortune 200 supply chain leader, ensuring Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) compliance across such vast transaction volumes was a major challenge: how to detect genuine segregation of duties (SoD) violations without being overwhelmed…

  5. CVA

    Layer Seven Launches New Edition of Cybersecurity Extension for SAP

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    Layer Seven Security has launched the Cybersecurity Extension for SAP, replacing reliance on ALM platforms like SAP Solution Manager, addressing urgent cybersecurity needs as organizations prepare for SolMan’s end of maintenance in 2027.

  6. How Int4 APITester Accelerates SAP S/4HANA Migrations

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    Global Systems Integrators are increasingly adopting Int4 APITester to automate testing processes in S/4HANA transformation projects, significantly reducing dependency on external systems and project timelines while enhancing integration quality and compliance.

  7. Why Manufacturers Are Ditching Legacy Systems for RFgen’s Mobile Barcoding

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    RFgen's new ebook outlines the shift manufacturers are making from outdated legacy inventory systems to mobile barcoding solutions, highlighting the benefits of enhanced productivity, traceability, and customer satisfaction. Membership Required You must be a member to access this content.View Membership LevelsAlready a member? Log in here

  8. IBM Power SAP Business Data Cloud

    Zero-Risk Data Migration With SAP Enterprise Data Integrity Testing by Tricentis

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    SAPinsider’s research highlights that organizations prioritize swift migration to SAP S/4HANA over comprehensive transformation, yet this may incur higher long-term costs due to potential unnecessary data issues; thus, implementing automated data integrity solutions like SAP EDIT is crucial for ensuring trust in data and readiness for AI initiatives.

  9. Unlocking Business Value with Hyperconnected Data Products

    Unlocking Business Value with Hyperconnected Data Products

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    An organization’s data strategy must evolve to treat data as a strategic, reusable asset through hyperconnected data products that enable real-time insights and automation, overcoming current limitations posed by traditional ERP systems like SAP.

  10. Layer Seven Launches New Edition of Cybersecurity Extension for SAP

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    Layer Seven Security has launched the Cybersecurity Extension for SAP, NetWeaver Edition, enabling organizations to secure their SAP environments without reliance on aging Application Lifecycle Management platforms like SAP Solution Manager.