SAP S/4HANA

SAP S/4HANA has created a stir in the data analytics space, representing a significant shift in SAP’s business suite platform and offering noteworthy advancements in real-time analytics capabilities. As with any new technology, customers have questions about how an SAP S/4HANA implementation will affect them. This article explores three common questions that data analytics professionals are asking about SAP S/4HANA and examines strategies for implementation. 

The pace of innovation is fast, and it’s only getting faster. As technology continues to change every aspect of daily life, including the way businesses operate, organizations need to digitize to succeed. SAP S/4HANA provides companies with a proven path toward the digital transformation they need to keep up with the pace of innovation. Learn how SAP S/4HANA addresses the unique challenges of running a business in the digital age and the role that partners can play in making a successful transition to running live.

Freudenberg IT (FIT), one of the world’s largest IT services and cloud providers for SAP applications, is no stranger to the world of SAP software. With its diverse customer base rapidly moving to SAP HANA, FIT realized it needed to evolve with the technological improvements to keep up with customer demand. This led the company to adopt Lenovo Solution for SAP HANA, which earned the company 25% savings on total cost of ownership, a significant decrease in the overall data center footprint, and the flexibility needed to easily scale-out systems for its customers. Learn how this customer-focused company teamed up with Lenovo to cut costs and pass those savings on to its customers.

While many data warehouses are based on a clustered, multi-node system, the new era of real-time business demands less latency and faster transactional workloads. One way to achieve this is by setting up a single-node system that can scale up rather than scale out. New technologies, such as SAP S/4HANA, bring game-changing capabilities and the architecture behind the scenes must be able to keep up. Learn how the in-memory capabilities of SAP HANA are greatly improving uptime and application availability as well as how leveraging the cloud and various consumption models can take the pressure off IT departments to deliver business value.

In a manner of speaking, companies have been “digital” for a long time: Few enterprises still use paper-based processes. But simple automation barely scratches the surface of the digital transformation. Enterprises are looking to seamlessly integrate their automated processes across the enterprise, eliminate all manual processes, and enrich business with embedded insights. And SAP S/4HANA is the digital core that will help organizations to do so. Discover how SAP S/4HANA is revolutionizing how organizations do business by leading them further along their digital transformation journey.

The launch of SAP S/4HANA marked SAP’s most significant release to date, and the technology is only improving. SAP S/4HANA now covers 10 lines of business, making it an essential part of the digital core that powers modern enterprises. In this exclusive interview, Dr. Markus Schwarz, Senior Vice President and General Manager of SAP S/4HANA at SAP, discusses these new improvements. Get the inside look at SAP S/4HANA’s latest capabilities and SAP’s future plans for the technology.

The fast-paced digital economy requires an unprecedented level of agility. If customers can’t enjoy speed or personalization in their experience, they will quickly move elsewhere. But the dynamic agility needed for this agility can’t be achieved with legacy systems. It can only become a reality with a flexible digital core. This article explores how SAP S/4HANA can provide that digital core and how SAP S/4HANA Enterprise Management brings together core processes in one system to enable end-to-end enterprise agility. Read on to discover what you can achieve with a flexible digital core.

As organizations across the globe consider adopting SAP S/4HANA, many realize that they can’t do it alone. Luckily, there are over 3,000 consultants and over 6,500 partner resellers dedicated to helping them. These partner companies — from small organizations focusing on SMEs to enterprises that employ thousands of SAP professionals and consultants — help ensure that every organization has the resources it needs for a successful SAP S/4HANA implementation. In this article, three SAP partners share their insights on what it means for a partner to successfully help an organization on its SAP S/4HANA journey.