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Explore critical topics shaping today’s SAP landscape—from digital transformation and cloud migration to cybersecurity and business intelligence. Each topic is curated to provide in-depth insights, best practices, and the latest trends that help SAP professionals lead with confidence.

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Discover how SAP strategies and implementations vary across global markets. Our regional content brings localized insights, regulations, and case studies to help you navigate the unique demands of your geography.

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What Is RISE with SAP?

RISE with SAP provides the components needed to implement its intelligent enterprise concept in a single contract. It combines business process intelligence with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP Business Network, technical services, cloud infrastructure, and consumption credit for the SAP Business Technology Platform. SAP has expanded the RISE with SAP package to include industry and line-of-business extensions.

According to SAPinsider’s RISE with SAP Benchmark Report, close to half (49%) of respondents said they see RISE with SAP playing the role of process transformation in their SAP S/4HANA projects. Forty-two percent said they see RISE with SAP playing a data transformation role in their SAP S/4HANA projects; 37%, a change management role; 32%, a program management role; 30%, an infrastructure environment role; and 29%, a quality assurance role. Only 18% did not plan to use RISE with SAP.

What Is RISE with SAP?

RISE with SAP provides the components needed to implement its intelligent enterprise concept in a single contract. It combines business process intelligence with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP Business Network, technical services, cloud infrastructure, and consumption credit for the SAP Business Technology Platform. SAP has expanded the RISE with SAP package to include industry and line-of-business extensions.

According to SAPinsider’s RISE with SAP Benchmark Report, close to half (49%) of respondents said they see RISE with SAP playing the role of process transformation in their SAP S/4HANA projects. Forty-two percent said they see RISE with SAP playing a data transformation role in their SAP S/4HANA projects; 37%, a change management role; 32%, a program management role; 30%, an infrastructure environment role; and 29%, a quality assurance role. Only 18% did not plan to use RISE with SAP.

Further Resources for SAPinsiders

RISE with SAP: 5 Things to Know in 2022. SAP introduced RISE with SAP in early 2021 as a one-stop shop to implement its intelligent enterprise. This article answers several questions SAP customers have about RISE with SAP, including cost, partners, security, contracts, and impact on SAP S/4HANA deployment.

Demystifying Contracts and Licensing with RISE with SAP. One of SAP’s goals in rolling out RISE with SAP is to simplify the implementation process for SAP S/4HANA and the cloud by reducing the number of contracts that SAP customers have to sign. In this article, Akash Kumar, Solutions Architect at HCL, explains RISE with SAP’s contract and licensing process and the best strategy to get the most out of the program at the lowest cost.

RISE with SAP Benchmark Report. The most important driver for businesses opting for RISE with SAP is the need for digital transformation requiring technologies that support process improvement, according to a survey of SAPinsider members in the RISE with SAP Benchmark Report.

Industry Focus on RISE with SAP. In this webinar, Dinesh Vandayar, Google Cloud’s Go-To-Market Lead for RISE with SAP, and Michael Harding, Google Cloud Partner Manager for SAP, explain industry-specific use cases for RISE with SAP. For example, Vandayar relates that French retailer Carrefour used RISE with SAP to move to SAP S/4HANA on Google Cloud.

Vendors that can help SAP customers with RISE with SAP include: Accenture, AWS, Capgemini, CBS Consulting, Deloitte, Google Cloud, Managecore, Microsoft, Navisite, NTT DATA Business Solutions, PwC, and RedHat.

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After an Extraordinarily Disruptive Year, 2021 Is the Time to RISEApr 1, 2021  —  Digital transformations were on the strategic roadmaps of many companies before COVID-19 — they just thought they had years to execute. Business disruptions in 2020 like interrupted supply chains and cash flows have resulted in the emergence of a new economy, and moving capital expenses to operational expenses and liquidity have become urgent for many organizations. Now, with less predictable revenue streams and less cash on hand, business transformation must be paid for as an operating expense. This is where cloud resources make more sense than capital-intensive, on-premise ones. According to SAP’s Chief Performance Officer, Robin Manherz, SAP customers are faced with a Catch 22: transform their businesses faster than they ever thought would be necessary while maintaining existing operations and shifting to the cloud. This article explains how SAP is stepping forward to address this challenge directly and help its customers rise above disruption. Read this article and learn: - How you can take advantage of RISE with SAP, the new subscription-based, concierge-inspired, digital-transformation-as-a-service offering, and gain agility and resiliency; - About free tooling available to help you re-imagine business processes and move at a measured pace from your legacy customized environments to more agile, cloud-based ones; - Ways to tap into your partner ecosystem and work with SAP to make your supplier, logistics, and asset networks an intrinsic part of your IT environment’s configuration — and extend this integration to your trading partners.
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SAP Answers Questions from the Community About Its New Offering: RISE with SAPMar 3, 2021  —  RISE with SAP is an offer that brings together everything you need to holistically transform your business at your own speed, on your own terms, and with a fast time to value — regardless of your point of departure. In this article, hear directly from SAP’s EVP & Chief Performance Officer, Robin Manherz, who recently sat down with SAPinsider to answer questions being asked by chief information and transformation officers around RISE with SAP.
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An Executive View on SAP’s RISE AnnouncementJan 28, 2021  —  By Rizal Ahmed, Chief Content Officer, SAPinsider Navigating the Digital Transformation Dilemma In an unprecedented approach to a major announcement, SAP CEO Christian Klein led a virtual event to unveil a new integrated offering called “RISE with SAP” aimed at facilitating companies’ digital transformation initiatives. The event featured comments from other key tech leaders such […]
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