Apr 1, 2026
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Microsoft
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Microsoft Cuts Web Agent Latency, Human Escalations with Multi-Agent Copilot Studio ArchitectureMicrosoft revamped its 'Ask Microsoft' web agent using Copilot Studio's multi-agent orchestration, achieving a 61% reduction in latency, a 70% decrease in human escalations, and a tenfold increase in service sign-ups among engaged users.
Apr 1, 2026
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SAPinsider Technology Leaders Benchmark Report Finds Cost Pressures Define 2026SAPinsider’s latest benchmark report shows how technology leaders are prioritizing cost efficiency, ERP transformation, and AI adoption in 2026. The research highlights a shift toward platform and data investments as organizations balance competing demands under tighter constraints. These findings point to a year defined by execution across overlapping priorities.
Apr 1, 2026
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Is Your SME Ready for Public Cloud or Better Suited for SAP Business One?The choice between SAP Cloud ERP and SAP Business One hinges on the tradeoff between standardization for operational efficiency and flexibility for specialized processes, impacting how small and mid-sized businesses manage growth and complexity.
Apr 1, 2026
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SAP Sees Cloud, AI, and ERP Driving Next Phase of African SME GrowthAfrican SMEs are entering a critical phase where cloud, AI, and ERP adoption will determine competitiveness. SAP highlights how these technologies are reshaping growth, efficiency, and digital participation.
Apr 1, 2026
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The ‘Zero-Copy’ Reality: Bi-Directional Federation with SAP Business Data Cloud and BigQuerySAP and Google Cloud introduce bi-directional zero-copy federation between SAP Business Data Cloud and Google BigQuery, enabling organizations to access and analyze data directly without physical movement, thus reducing costs, latency, and duplication while enhancing AI and planning capabilities.
Apr 1, 2026
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Turning Finance into a Growth Engine with SAP Business AIAccenture's innovative use of AI in finance, leveraging SAP’s data cloud and advanced analytics, provides a strategic framework for finance leaders to enhance decision-making, operational efficiency and scalability through data-driven automation and insights.
Apr 1, 2026
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SAPinsider Benchmark Research – Technology Leader’s Strategic Agenda for 2026Technology leaders in the SAP space must balance the need to continuously innovate and remain current on SAP solutions and technology while supporting the needs of business teams and achieving organizational goals. In 2026, these leaders face significant challenges. Geopolitical instability and global macroeconomic uncertainty must be weighed against the need to complete and optimize ERP transformations, deploy AI within SAP applications, and manage costs effectively. This can make supporting business priorities while driving innovation a challenge that should be explored and understood.
To understand the strategic agenda for technology leaders in 2026, SAPinsider surveyed its community between December 2025 and March 2026 to identify their key priorities for 2026, what they are doing to support business goals, the biggest challenges they are facing as a technology leader, their SAP priorities and planned investments, the status of their ERP journey, and their planned use of AI in SAP-related initiatives. Additionally, respondents were also asked about the global factors they expect will impact their strategies in 2026.
Not surprisingly, increasing operational efficiency and reducing costs were identified by 70% of respondents as their top priority. Managing costs has long been important for technology leaders, even as they strive to implement technologies that support new or changed business requirements. While it is not always possible to manage costs, it may be more possible to increase the efficiency of existing processes, which can, in turn, bring cost savings. Technologies that help achieve these goals are crucial from a business priorities standpoint.
Download the benchmark report to read the full data analysis and receive recommendations for your own plans.
- Discover why foundational investments in SAP BTP are currently outpacing direct spending on artificial intelligence.
- Learn how macroeconomic volatility and geopolitical tensions are actively forcing IT leaders to restructure their SAP roadmaps.
- Understand the critical danger of deprioritizing cybersecurity during rapid ERP transformations and AI deployments.
Mar 31, 2026
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SAPinsider Benchmark Research – ERP Migration and Transformation 2026The move to SAP S/4HANA continues to accelerate. While this has largely been driven by a need to transition to a fully supported product before the end of mainstream maintenance in 2027 and a growing number of organizations planning to use cloud-based ERP, this year’s data has also revealed that access to generative AI in SAP systems, in addition to SAP’s announcements on AI, are having a considerable impact on the overall transition.
While there has been rapid growth in the number of organizations that have deployed SAP S/4HANA over the past year, a significant proportion of respondents (36%) are still in the process of implementing, evaluating, or building a business case for the transition. A further 4% report that their project is on hold, while 5% currently have no plans for SAP S/4HANA.
SAPinsider has not previously listed SAP S/4HANA Cloud as a separate answer choice when tracking the move to SAP S/4HANA, and the fact that nearly as many respondents (26%) reported that they were using this version compared to a more traditional SAP S/4HANA deployment (29%) provides some interesting insights. First, it confirms the fact that many early adopters of SAP S/4HANA have been transitioning to a RISE with SAP (now SAP Cloud ERP Private) contract as their existing versions have ended mainstream maintenance.
It also shows that those moving to SAP S/4HANA now appear more likely to be moving to SAP S/4HANA Cloud. This is likely due to the challenges with securing traditionally licensed SAP S/4HANA contracts.
However, the fact that 55% of respondents report that they have completed an SAP S/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA Cloud deployment does not mean that these organizations have completed a transition. Since many organizations have complex existing landscapes, some may continue to run multiple systems in parallel to ensure that everything is working correctly before making a final switch to the new software. Larger customers may also be running multiple ERP instances, and a single SAP S/4HANA deployment does not mean that all their systems have transitioned. An SAP S/4HANA deployment may also represent just a proof of concept or a pilot project while the organization evaluates
the solution.
Just over a third of the survey’s respondents (34%) report having completed a transition to SAP S/4HANA due to these factors. This is consistent with overall numbers that SAPinsider has been tracking over the last five years, showing continued growth in adoption.
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Mar 31, 2026
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