Jul 10, 2024
•5 minute read
SAP BTP
ERP innovation with Hitachi Digital ServicesThe rapid pace of change towards cloud and digital strategies is driving businesses to modernize their digital core and adopt new cloud technologies, optimizing data and applications for cloud environments and enabling access to cloud-powered innovations. This ongoing cloud journey requires continuous adaptation to evolving business needs to ensure agility, governance, and cost benefits. A generic approach to cloud migration often falls short, making the selection of a strategic partner crucial. Hitachi Digital Services, a subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., excels in AI-driven digital transformation, integrating cloud, data, and IoT through innovative engineering and comprehensive implementation services. They offer tailored solutions with global delivery capabilities, focusing on advisory services, cloud migration, managed services, and enhancing ERP investments with advanced technologies like AI and analytics, ensuring customer satisfaction and strong market recognition.
Redwood’s RunMyJobs Powers SAP S/4HANA InvestmentRISE with SAP is a comprehensive solution designed to help customers transition from legacy ERP systems to the advanced SAP S/4HANA cloud ERP. It addresses key challenges and provides a holistic approach, incorporating Cloud ERP SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), and other cloud services. A core aspect of this transition is maintaining a "Clean Core," minimizing customization to enhance efficiency. Redwood Software’s RunMyJobs (RMJ) supports this by offering out-of-the-box connectors, pre-built automation templates, and advanced capabilities without custom code. RMJ's modern SaaS architecture ensures fully automated processes, supporting digital transformation and enhancing operational efficiency. For example, Kaeser Compressors successfully transitioned to RMJ from SAP BPA, optimizing critical business processes and reducing administrative efforts. As a trusted partner since 2004, RMJ provides seamless integration with SAP solutions, ensuring performance, reliability, and scalability.
Jun 25, 2024
•3 minute read
Microsoft and SAP – Redefining the Work ExperienceMicrosoft and SAP are strengthening their collaboration by integrating Joule with Microsoft Copilot, creating a seamless experience across both platforms. This integration enables the combined generative AI technologies to enhance user efficiency by facilitating quick access to information and streamlining workflows without switching platforms. Users can enjoy a consistent experience regardless of the copilot they choose, leveraging essential SAP data for business operations alongside Microsoft Cloud's reliability and integration capabilities. This synergy not only boosts productivity but also fosters customer-centric innovation, exemplified by new functionalities such as booking flights through SAP Concur and Joule while synchronizing schedules on Microsoft Outlook. The partnership, extending to include the SAP Business Technology Platform on Microsoft Azure, enhances AI capabilities within enterprise applications like Microsoft 365, and introduces new AI-driven security measures for SAP systems, demonstrating a significant leap in AI-driven business transformation.
Jun 12, 2024
•2 minute read
Extending the SAP Ecosystem with ABAP SDK for Google CloudMany organizations using SAP are eager to capitalize on cloud benefits before fully migrating their SAP workloads. While SAP's Business Technology Platform (BTP) delivers innovative and integrated solutions, it often does not fully meet all organizational requirements, leading users to explore additional capabilities offered by Google Cloud. Traditionally, integrating SAP with external services has posed significant challenges, compelling users to opt between native SAP functionalities or inefficient data migrations outside the SAP ecosystem. To address these issues, Google Cloud has introduced its ABAP SDK, which facilitates direct integration of its services within SAP applications, enhancing processes such as sales order automation with DocumentAI or shipping route predictions using BigQuery ML.
May 30, 2024
•1 minute read
SAP Dedicates New End-to-End Growth Area Focused on AISAP's intensified focus on business AI marks the onset of a transformative phase in enterprise innovation, driving forward the development and deployment of impactful, dependable, and ethical AI solutions that reshape core business operations. This strategic shift towards business AI heralds a pioneering era of change within the industry.
As part of this initiative, SAP has established a dedicated growth area for AI, with Dr. Philipp Herzig assuming the role of Chief AI Officer (CAIO). This appointment aims to spearhead the creation and implementation of potent, ethically sound AI solutions that redefine fundamental business functions. The formation of this division outlines a holistic approach to SAP's Business AI strategy, spanning product innovation, scientific research, and customer deployment. This endeavor is set to expedite the rollout of innovative AI-powered solutions and services for SAP's clientele, underscoring the pivotal role of business AI in SAP's future expansion and strategic direction.
May 6, 2024
•6 minute read
Retail’s New Dynamics: Adapting to Consumer Expectations with SAP S/4HANA and Rizing’s Industry ExpertiseThe future of retail extends beyond simple transactions, focusing on providing experiences that resonate with consumer values and digital sophistication. Retailers are increasing their investments significantly to utilize the capabilities offered by solutions like SAP S/4HANA(R) and solutions developed by Rizing on the SAP Business Technology Platform. These tools are utilized to address particular challenges in areas such as pricing strategies, promotions, and inventory management effectively. Through the adoption of technology and leveraging SAP solutions, retailers are preserving their competitive advantage, meeting the changing preferences of customers, and growing in the ever-evolving retail landscape.
Apr 15, 2024
•3 minute read
Biting BTP for Size with SAP’s Vivien BocheWhile SAP superstar Vivien Boche may prefer to introduce herself humbly as an “extroverted nerd”, her achievements speak for themselves: over 12,000 followers on LinkedIn, a regular keynote speaker and evangelist for platform technology and women in tech, and appointed before the age of 30 as a senior director at the SAP Center of Excellence.
Apr 12, 2024
•8 minute read
SAP’s Global AI Head on SAP Automation in ActionLast year was defined by AI on the software front in enterprise technology. SAP was no exception in this regard, appointing Walter Sun as its global head of AI in the fall. For 2024, the message from Insiders is clear - a need not just for product announcements, but tangible examples of results from machine learning and GenAI.
Apr 12, 2024
•6 minute read
Hilti Group’s Circularity Mission with SAP BTPHilti Group chose SAP BTP as the organization embarked on a mission to automate and track materials across its value chain. Whether driven by ever-expanding sustainability regulations or by initiatives at self-motivated companies, sustainability is quickly becoming a sign of purpose-driven and purpose-oriented organizations that doesn’t go unnoticed by forward-looking customers and boards.
It also seems that, among SAP partners, consumers are voting with their wallets around sustainability, especially when kept separate from the rest of organizational functions and strategically infused into the business.
Apr 12, 2024
•8 minute read
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