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.

867 results

  1. The Future of Finance is … Great!

    Reading time: 2 mins

    The future of finance for SAP organizations has never been brighter. Today, many process and technology innovations are available that allow users to do more with less. Crucially, these innovations can often be adopted without significant disruption and risk.  Technology Innovations  Critical innovations include in-memory databases, high data-volume and data-dimensionality processing, and data models optimized…
  2. financial close

    Key Drivers and Strategies for Global Tax Management

    Reading time: 1 mins

    The global tax landscape is a complex and constantly evolving challenge. Organizations must keep up to stay competitive in the broader business world. There are challenges, both internally and externally, that make tax compliance an issue. In this blog, we will highlight some of those drivers that affect how organizations run their global tax management…
  3. SAPinsider: Now Publishing Daily

    SAPinsider: Now Publishing Daily

    Reading time: 1 mins

    SAPinsider is now publishing content daily on core topics like S/4HANA, BTP, and RISE with SAP. We will continue to address the most important themes of sustainability, security, automation, and transformation.
  4. Silicon Valley Bank (SIVB) Collapse a Wakeup Call for Treasury Teams 

    Reading time: 3 mins

    Despite the financial backstop provided to former customers of SIVB and SBNY, all organizations’ end-to-end treasury and cash management functions will be tested in the coming weeks and months. The lessons learned from SIVB’s collapse should remind organizations that treasury is still the keystone of financial operations, regardless of the size or complexity of their…
  5. SAP Strategy Insight Featured Image

    SAP’s Sale of Qualtrics Stake Signals Strategy Shift

    Reading time: 2 mins

    SAP announced on March 13 that it reached an agreement to sell its controlling stake of Qualtrics International Inc. to a consortium headlined by private equity investors Silver Lake and pension fund Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. After a negotiation process of more than six weeks, Silver Lake will acquire Qualtrics at a purchase price…
  6. Christian Klein image SAP Cloud Growth

    SAP Reports Cloud Growth in 2022

    Reading time: 1 mins

    In 2022, cloud revenue continued to be their main growth driver, increasing by 24%. SAP began this journey to moving towards a cloud company two years earlier. An important part of this initiative has been the implementation of RISE with SAP to enable organizations to become agile, intelligent enterprises. The SAP Business Network connects millions…
  7. Time to get serious about SAP Security Patch Management

    Reading time: 3 mins

    As the pandemic pushed businesses to adopt remote working, cybercriminals saw an opportunity to exploit the security vulnerabilities of millions of workers logging on to access sensitive business information from home. Phishing and ransomware attacks surged, and even hospitals dealing with the first wave of Covid patients were not safe from hackers. ERP systems became…
  8. finance automation

    Elevated Need for Financial Close Transformation Across Mid-Market Organizations

    Reading time: 2 mins

    Mid-market organizations recognize the need to transform their financial close processes to improve financial closing efficiency. Findings from SAPinsider’s Financial Close Transformation benchmark report show that 76% of mid-market survey respondents still heavily rely on manual methods and legacy tools during the closing cycle, resulting in financial close inefficiencies. It helps explain why automation is…
  9. Plattner

    Hasso Plattner To Step Down as SAP Chairman

    Reading time: 2 mins

    On February 22, 2023, SAP announced that Hasso Plattner would step down as the Chairman of the SAP Supervisory Board when his current term ends in May 2024. Nominated for election at the Annual General Meeting on May 11 is Punit Renjen, who was also proposed as Plattner’s designated successor as Chairman. Plattner has served…
  10. SAPinsider Vegas 2023 – 5 Reasons You Should Attend This Event

    Reading time: 5 mins

    SAPinsider Vegas 2023 attendees travel from across the globe to meet together in Las Vegas for the best and most comprehensive end-user education available. From Finance to BTP to the Cloud (and everything in between!), professionals convene at the Bellagio Hotel and Resort to learn and discuss the most important topics in SAP today. SAPinsider…