Analyst Insights
Analyst Insights are written by SAPinsider’s research team. Based on information gleaned from surveys of the SAPinsider Community, conversations with experts, SAP employees, vendors, and SAPinsiders, Analyst Insights provide a thoughtful analysis of critical topics, technologies, and challenges that SAP customers face today.
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Cybersecurity for Today’s SAP
Organizations must evolve their SAP security strategies to address new cybersecurity challenges posed by increased ransomware, social engineering, and AI-driven threats, focusing on effective patch management, continuous monitoring, and cross-team collaboration to protect sensitive data.
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SAP Business Data Cloud Unifies Enterprise Data
SAP has announced SAP Business Data Cloud, a new solution that aims to unify SAP and third-party data across an organization. The company sees the offering as an evolution of data, analytics, and planning strategy that addresses the challenges SAP is seeing in the data market today. Some of those hurdles include data silos, the…
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SAP Provides Details on ERP Transition Option
SAP has introduced a new cloud subscription transition option for large and complex ERP customers to help them manage their move to SAP S/4HANA Cloud while extending maintenance support until 2033, though this offering will not be available for purchase until 2028 and comes with significantly higher fees, necessitating prompt planning for organizations still using…
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Key Technology Investments to Facilitate Indirect Tax: An Expert Interview with Avalara
SAP customers are increasingly investing in tax technology, emphasizing automation and AI to manage complex global regulations, with 63% of tax teams expanding their budgets, as highlighted in recent research indicating the need for seamless integration of tax transformations into ERP projects like SAP S/4HANA.
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SAP Announces Leadership Changes Alongside Strong 2024
SAP’s FY2024 earnings call revealed a strong financial performance alongside significant leadership changes, including the appointment of Sebastian Steinhaeuser as Chief Operating Officer, while also confirming a focus on AI integration and strategies aimed at enhancing cloud growth.
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Will SAP Offer an Extended Maintenance Alternative?
Ever since SAP S/4HANA was announced, SAP ERP customers have faced a deadline. While the deadline was not initially specified, it soon became clear that SAP ECC or SAP Business Suite users had until 2025 to transition to SAP S/4HANA. Although SAP later extended this to the end of 2027, those running SAP ECC 6.0…
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Applying Agentic AI in Finance and Accounting
Tungsten Automation is leveraging AI across its solutions—particularly in finance and accounting—to streamline business processes with advanced features like AI agents, enhancing efficiency and adaptability beyond traditional automation.
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Preparation Strategies for SAP S/4HANA: An Executive Perspective
Recent research highlights that SAP S/4HANA is a critical investment for organizations, requiring extensive planning and management to navigate its unique complexities and drive significant transformation.
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2025 Plans for SAP Business AI
2024 was the year of AI capabilities for SAP. SAP’s business AI-related capabilities accelerated rapidly in the last quarter of 2024 as SAP rolled out final iterations to features announced earlier in the year and also introduced new, expanded functionalities. While much of SAP’s business AI announcements were centered on generative AI copilot Joule—now integrated…
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The State of Automation in the Financial Close Process
A preliminary SAPinsider study highlights the urgent need for companies to automate financial close processes due to inefficiencies caused by disparate systems, with over half of financial teams planning further automation, while the current average closing time remains at eight days.
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