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. SAP Financial Close

    The AI Revolution: How Artificial Intelligence is Driving the Future of Liquidity Management and Treasury Operations

    Reading time: 4 mins

    Liquidity management and Treasury Operations, once a back-office function, has become a critical, strategic operation for navigating today’s complex financial landscape. Modern treasurers are expected to do more than track cash flow—they must optimize liquidity to enhance working capital, manage risk, and support growth. In a recent discussion with Kyriba, and April Moh, Chief Marketing…

  2. TechEd

    TechEd Announcements Focus on AI and SAP Build

    Reading time: 9 mins

    Innovation continues at SAP, with TechEd 2024 showcasing SAP’s unrelenting focus on business AI and its seamless integration across SAP systems and applications. Announcements were made on how Joule is enhancing everything from troubleshooting errors in invoices to accelerating ABAP development, how SAP Build now includes ABAP development capabilities, the role of cloud ERP in…

  3. Concrete AI Use Case that Generates Significant ROI for the Financial Close

    Reading time: 3 mins

    Like many other areas in business, the financial close is facing stagnation. Outdated manual processes drain time and resources. Many newer professionals entering the workforce are not interested in doing things how they have always been done. Instead, they want to work for innovative organizations leveraging newer technologies that drive efficiency. Trintech is leveraging advanced…

  4. pathlock

    SAP IDM Is Ending—Are You Ready for the Future of Identity Management?

    Reading time: 5 mins

    The end of SAP Identity Management (IDM) is looming, and it’s not just another “turn it off and on again” moment. With mainstream support wrapping up by 2027, this is a wake-up call. But don’t worry—it’s not all doom and gloom! In this article, I walk you through how to assess your current setup, preserve…

  5. cloud erp

    SAP Announces Cloud ERP Option on Microsoft SQL

    Reading time: 3 mins

    SAP ERP, private edition, option for Microsoft SQL is now available for customers that want to lift and shift their SAP ERP system into SAP cloud infrastructure that is supported by Microsoft Azure. While this is only applicable to those that are running their ERP system on Microsoft SQL Server, a relatively small proportion of…

  6. executive board

    Julia White and Scott Russell to Depart SAP

    Reading time: 2 mins

    SAP announced on July 30th, 2024 that Chief Marketing and Solutions Officer Julia White and Chief Revenue Officer Scott Russell would be departing the company’s Executive Board as of August 31st. Given that SAP had just reported another very strong quarterly performance, the news that two board members who have contributed significantly to this success…

  7. cloud revenue

    Cloud Revenue and AI Powers SAP to Strong Q2

    Reading time: 6 mins

    SAP continued their strong performance in the first quarter with an equally robust performance in the second quarter of 2024. The current cloud backlog increased by 28% to €14.8 billion at constant currencies. Currently cloud backlog is defined as the contractually committed cloud revenue that SAP expects to recognize over the upcoming 12 months based…

  8. business AI

    Business AI Drives the Cloud ERP Future at Sapphire

    Reading time: 5 mins

    Over the past year, SAP has focused on integrating artificial intelligence (AI) to unify data from solutions across the enterprise. This started with generative AI assistant Joule’s announcement and was further developed through the AI Foundation in the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP). This year, part of SAP restructuring has been to focus on bringing…

  9. image of woman holding a blue book titled "RISE with SAP, The Insider View"

    RISE with SAP: Research And Trends

    Reading time: 7 mins

    When it was announced in 2021, many were confused about RISE with SAP. RISE with SAP was initially presented as a Business-Transformation-as-a-Service offering that aimed to provide capabilities to transform organizations both from an infrastructure, as they moved to SAP S/4HANA Cloud, and process perspective, utilizing capabilities from newly acquired SAP Signavio.

  10. Insights from Anurag Barua on SAP AI’s New Direction Following Walter Sun Appointment as Global Head of AI 

    Reading time: 5 mins

    SAP recently announced that Dr. Walter Sun will take over as SAP's Global Head of Artificial Intelligence. Sun's experience includes Microsoft, Apple, and leading financial institutions such as BlackRock Financial Management. His expertise encompasses areas like machine learning, deep learning, and operations research. In this article, SAPinsider spoke with Anurag Barua to gain insights into…