Oct 22, 2026
•4 minute read
Blogs
Stay up-to-date on the latest SAP news, SAPinsider events, and timely conversations around how customers are using SAP technology to get ahead. Learn what these updates mean for the SAPinsider Community and how they can be applied in the business world.
Stop Asking Whether You Need an AI AgentMany SAP customers are rushing to build AI agents before asking whether an agent is the right answer at all. Drawing on lessons from RPA, this piece argues that the real decision isn’t build versus buy but ownership, and offers three questions to help organisations route every business problem to the lowest-ownership option that reliably solves it.
SAP Announces Record Third QuarterIn its Q3 2026 earnings call, SAP reported over €10 billion in revenue for the first time, driven by a 13% year-over-year increase and significant contributions from AI initiatives, despite concerns about potential impacts from political and macroeconomic uncertainties on future performance.
Oct 21, 2026
•4 minute read
How SAP Teams Can Decide Which AI Agent Actions Still Need ApprovalSAP says its Joule Assistants work within a customer's existing authorizations and audit trails. How much review an agent's action needs depends on the cost of a wrong result, and SAP describes granting more autonomy as a track record builds.
Oct 20, 2026
•2 minute read
Who Should Own Enterprise AI Adoption? Leading Organizations Often Have a Clear OwnerSAPinsider research suggests organizations further along with AI are more likely to have named an owner for AI decisions. Business leaders answer for outcomes, technology teams keep the foundation reliable, and ownership continues after go-live.
Oct 20, 2026
•2 minute read
Companies That Build Their Own AI Own Its BillsBuilding a custom AI application avoids a license fee but replaces it with recurring costs for model usage, infrastructure, monitoring, and maintenance that move with the workload. Whether building is cheaper than buying depends on utilization, so companies need to model the lifetime cost of running the workload.
Oct 19, 2026
•3 minute read
SAP S/4HANA Migration Timelines: The Average, the Range, and the Factors Behind BothBenchmark research from SAPinsider, ASUG, and Panorama Consulting puts the typical SAP S/4HANA migration at 15 to 20 months, with scope deciding where a project falls. An average project starting now finishes after mainstream maintenance ends in 2027.
Oct 19, 2026
•3 minute read
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