Apr 27, 2026
•4 minute read
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The CIO’s 2022 Transformation Report CardThe CIO’s 2022 Transformation Report Card Digital transformation and innovation remain a top priority for tech executives, but how are these projects going? And, are they delivering tangible benefits to the business? Read this report to: Discover how leaders are measuring ROI from their transformation initiatives related to efficiency, productivity, and the ability to support […]
Dec 30, 2022
•1 minute read
Support Regulatory Compliance Across Your SAP Landscape with SAP Data Privacy IntegrationWhile it is important for businesses to ensure data privacy to gain the trust of both customers and business partners, the protection of this data is critical for adhering to the regulations that countries are introducing at a growing rate, with more data privacy bills introduced in 2020 compared to 2019. These regulations — such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and the Cybersecurity Law of the People’s Republic of China — are designed to protect citizens by ensuring that their data is stored, processed, and deleted in a transparent and legally compliant manner. To comply with these types of regulations, businesses need to make sure that the applications they use to process personal data provide the required privacy protections. SAP offers SAP Data Privacy Integration for this purpose. In this article, you will:
• Learn how SAP Data Privacy Integration supports data privacy compliance across SAP customer landscapes.
• Gain an understanding of important data privacy concepts.
• Walk through the data privacy and integration features the service provides to support compliance across multiple applications throughout the enterprise.
Jan 28, 2021
•13 minute read
Extend Your Core Business Applications and Drive Your Business Forward with SAP Extension SuiteThe ability to significantly tailor SAP solutions to address different requirements has long been a valued characteristic of SAP software. However, as customer landscapes move toward modern technologies and the cloud, and the pace of business requires a real-time response, maintaining customizations of applications can become an increasingly complex task. Emerging technologies need to be adopted, changing business needs must be addressed rapidly, and new regulations keep up the pressure on development teams. To enable its customers to address their business requirements in a modern, maintainable way, SAP offers SAP Extension Suite. This article introduces developers, projects managers, and architects to SAP Extension Suite.
• The basic concepts around extending SAP applications and the capabilities of SAP Extension Suite
• What it looks like to use SAP Extension Suite, based on a real customer solution in productive use
• The steps involved in building the extension shown in the example
Jan 28, 2021
•11 minute read
The Rise of Integration as a Strategic ImperativeA successful business case for integration hinges on a company’s ability to start viewing it as a strategic imperative at the heart of digital transformation, which will not just save costs but generate revenue. This article uncovers what is driving the increased focus on integration today. It also shares and details some guiding principles SAP customers can follow to improve their business outcomes. The strategic advice in this article will help you discover:
- The importance of securing executive support for integration projects
- How establishing an integration center of excellence is the key to success
- Details on a framework for conducting an integration maturity assessment
--Tips for the best way to devise and execute your integration strategy
Jan 7, 2021
•11 minute read
Technical Guide: Introducing SAP Business Application StudioOver the last few years, SAP Web IDE has been the dominant development environment for developing SAP Fiori applications for SAP Cloud Platform, SAP S/4HANA, and SAP S/4HANA Cloud. While it offers a variety of tools, editors, frameworks, and wizards to boost developer productivity, SAP Web IDE is hosted in the Neo environment and has some limitations. To overcome these limitations and extend support for modern application development in intelligent enterprise scenarios, SAP has introduced a new environment for developing and extending SAP solutions: SAP Business Application Studio, which is hosted in the Cloud Foundry environment and is based on open standards. This article introduces developers and professional key users to using SAP Business Application Studio for SAP Fiori application development. You will:
• Get a feel for the simplified, modernized developer experience provided by SAP Business Application Studio.
• Walk through the tasks involved in setting it up, developing an SAP Fiori application using an SAP Fiori template, and deploying the application.
• Learn how to create a launchpad for the application for display in SAP Fiori launchpad using the Eclipse-based ABAP development tools in SAP Cloud Platform ABAP environment.
Nov 11, 2020
•18 minute read
How to Build a Strong Security and Compliance Foundation for Your SAP LandscapeWhile most successful cyberattacks are carried out on a company’s application layer, many security departments see the SAP application layer as a “black box,” and its security as the responsibility of their Basis or SAP application colleagues or of a service provider, making the security of this layer a blind spot within many organizations. Compounding this issue are myriad other factors, such as the company size, deployment model, and varying auditor expectations. This article helps SAP decision makers (CIOs, CFOs, and CISOs) and IT operations managers overcome these challenges and secure their SAP landscapes. You will:
• Get an overview of how security frameworks can help lay the foundation for a strong security strategy.
• Walk through SAP’s portfolio of security and compliance solutions through the lens of the Cybersecurity Framework provided by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and how to use them to create a comprehensive security strategy.
• Learn how to control security activities with a security infrastructure to meet compliance and business requirements and to provide insight that helps those at the C level make better decisions.
Nov 6, 2020
•19 minute read
Jump-Start Your Process Automation Projects with Cloud-Based Artificial Intelligence TechnologiesFor many organizations, artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a future vision. It is already a key part of their plans for transforming into high-performing digital businesses with a competitive edge driven by automated processes and operations. To help its customers take advantage of AI to improve the efficiency of their business processes, reduce manual and repetitive work, and solidify the resilience of their operations, SAP offers SAP AI Business Services, a portfolio of cloud services that provide machine learning and AI capabilities for business applications. In this article, you will:
• Get an overview of how SAP AI business services fit into a comprehensive digital process automation strategy.
• Learn how these services can help SAP customers drive end-to-end process automation.
• Walk through two examples of how these services can improve processing time and quality: in a shared service center framework and in a business document processing scenario.
Nov 6, 2020
•14 minute read
Session Recap: Options for Extending and Integrating SAP S/4HANA with SAP Cloud PlatformOn the third day of the SAPinsider Virtual Conference Experience, Reddy Venumbaka, Senior Director of Product Marketing at SAP, led an informative session on the options available for extending SAP S/4HANA and integrating with SAP and non-SAP applications using SAP Cloud Platform.
Aug 21, 2020
•4 minute read
Make the Move to SAP Cloud Platform ABAP Environment with ConfidenceA fully digital approach to operations enables not only efficiency, but also resiliency and stability during disruptive times, such as the COVID-19 crisis. Cloud-based solutions allow businesses to continue running at any time and from anywhere, and cloud-delivered software updates continuously add new features and improvements to help organizations run better. With SAP Cloud Platform ABAP environment, these capabilities extend to the application development and runtime environment for SAP software.
This article introduces features delivered with the latest release of SAP Cloud Platform ABAP environment, version 2005, to help SAP customers start moving their ABAP development to the cloud with confidence. Topics include:
• An overview of the major new features delivered with version 2005
• A deep dive, using a step-by-step example, into one of the new integration features, which enables a simplified approach for connecting on-premise back-end systems with the cloud-based ABAP environment
• A closer look at a key new infrastructure feature — flexible sizing options for supporting the cloud-based ABAP environment
• A preview of the features planned for delivery with versions 2008 and 2011 of SAP Cloud Platform ABAP environment
Aug 15, 2020
•18 minute read
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