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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  1. SAPinsider 2022 Vegas : Data & Analytics Session Themes

    Reading time: 3 mins

    SAPinsider events have been the most widely attended, independent networking and knowledge-sharing events in the SAP technology ecosystem for decades. After taking a hiatus from in-person events for a couple of years, due to the pandemic, SAPinsider was back with a bang this year. SAPinsider 2022 saw 3000+ members in attendance in Vegas in July…

  2. Culture of feedback employee experience

    Building a Culture of Feedback to Optimize Pulse Surveys

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    Pulse surveys can provide valuable employee data, but to ensure they are successful your company needs to build a culture of feedback.

  3. NLP

    Maturation of NLP : SAP’s AskData Acquisition

    Reading time: 4 mins

    Fortune Business Insights estimates that the global big data analytics market will reach $655.5 billion by 2029, at a CAGR of 13.4% from 2022 to 2029. To tap into this pie and create additional categories, companies will have to increasingly build capabilities through acquisitions and partnerships in the technology ecosystem. SAP's acquisition of AskData is…

  4. Vulnerabilities

    What Vulnerabilities do Attackers Exploit?

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    According to research recently released by Palo Alto Networks, attackers do have vulnerabilities that they prefer to target. In the 2022 Incident Response Report, just six CVE categories accounted for 87% of vulnerabilities being exploited, and in 55% of incidents where the vulnerability was identified it was the ProxyShell category that was targeted. And in...…

  5. cybersecurity security GRC

    Cybersecurity’s Impact on Driving GRC Strategies

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    Cybersecurity is increasingly becoming a responsibility on the GRC side of the house. We explore how that and other drivers are impacting strategies.

  6. Supply Chain Optimization

    Supporting Corporate Strategy Through Supply Chain Optimization

    Reading time: 4 mins

    Supply chains exist and collaborate with other functions to help fulfill that customer expectation. A key question then arises - how do you determine what will help enhance your customer experience? The initial answers to this question start evolving at the corporate strategy level. Supply chain strategy, ideally, then gets derived from the corporate strategy.…

  7. Inventory Planning

    Inventory Planning Complexities

    Reading time: 2 mins

    Inventory planning and management have taken a whole new form in the COVID era. Optimal inventory planning and management were never easy, but the challenges have now increased manyfold. As organizations changed their inventory strategies, many of them moving from just-in-time to just-on-case, the associated planning, and management challenges also need to be addressed. In this…

  8. Supply Chain Analytics

    Analytics Journey in Supply Chain Planning

    Reading time: 2 mins

    In the responses for SAPinsider research, Supply Chain Planning in The Cloud, advanced analytics emerged as a key technical requirement as well as a key technology . Lack of relevant and timely data and insights was identified as a major pain point with current planning solutions portfolio as well . Analytics plays a key role…

  9. Cloud planning

    Cloud-Based Planning Enablers in Supply Chain

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    83% of SAPinsiders, in their responses to the SAPinsider research survey for Supply Chain Planning in The Cloud, indicated that they plan to or are currently using some cloud-based planning solution in their planning portfolio; in this article, we explore why and how the cloud plays a critical role in helping execute the strategies identified…

  10. cyber attack

    Are You Prepared For A Cyber Attack?

    Reading time: 2 mins

    In SAPinsider’s latest Cybersecurity focused research, the biggest factor for organizations when it comes to securing their SAP systems is the need to protect access to the data in those systems. However, almost as important is pressure to keep systems secure from ransomware and malware attacks. And when asked to rank the top cybersecurity threats...…