SAPinsider Research

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  1. SAP S/4HANA Finance: State of the Market Benchmark Report

    Reading time: 1 mins

    Finance departments today face increasing demands to deliver real-time reporting and analysis from a broader array of sources on top of fulfilling their historical responsibilities. Whether this involves integrating data from multiple systems into one centralized platform in order to conduct that reporting, or streamlining operations to free up resources to perform these new tasks,…...…

  2. State of the Market: Payroll and Its Impact on Cloud HR

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    This SAPinsider benchmark study looks at customer payroll strategies and practices – including the solution landscapes and technologies they use – to understand the top issues facing payroll organizations and executives. The report also examines where customers are seeing business value in their payroll processes and the ways in which payroll technology may be impacting…...…

  3. Impact of Cloud and SAP HANA on Enterprise Security Strategy Benchmark Report

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    SAP's transition to an enterprise cloud company has changed the way SAP customers consider and implement their enterprise security strategy. The inclusion of SAP HANA-based systems adds further complexity to these considerations, particularly when these systems are running in hybrid or cloud-based environments. Organizations now need to find a way forward that doesn't rely on…

  4. One-Third of SAP Customers in the Software and Technology Sector Already Run SAP S/4HANA

    Reading time: 5 mins

    Industrial Sector Customers More Focused on Centralizing Financial Reporting on a Global Scale by Pierce Owen, Vice President of Research & Publishing, SAPinsider SAPinsider recently published its 2020 “SAP S/4HANA Migration Benchmark Report,” which explains how and why SAP S/4HANA adoption has progressed globally over the course of the past year. The report analyzes the…

  5. North America to Pull Ahead of EMEA with SAP S/4HANA Adoption in 2020

    Reading time: 6 mins

    by Pierce Owen, Vice President of Research, SAPinsider SAPinsider recently conducted a survey of its audience for the its “SAP S/4HANA Migration Benchmark Report,” which explains how and why SAP S/4HANA adoption has progressed globally over the course of the past year. Based on the findings of the survey, this research brief examines the differences…...…

  6. SAP S/4HANA Migration Benchmark Report

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    SAP recently announced that it would extend mainstream maintenance and support for SAP customers on SAP ERP 6 and Business Suite 7 until 2027, giving SAP customers two more years to migrate to SAP S/4HANA. This migration represents the biggest project of the decade for members of most IT departments, who must work with almost…...…

  7. Over One-Third of SAP Customers Do Not Have the Infrastructure They Need to Execute SAP S/4HANA Plans

    Reading time: 4 mins

    by Pierce Owen, Vice President, Research & Publishing SAPinsider published several research reports in 2019 including “SAP S/4HANA in the Cloud,” “Deploying SAP S/4HANA,” and “SAP S/4HANA: State of the Market,” all of which explored different aspects of SAP S/4HANA infrastructure and adoption. This research brief examines data trends from all three research projects to…...…

  8. Europeans Are Under Pressure to Centralize, While North Americans Are Demanding Agility in Their ERP Cloud Strategy

    Reading time: 5 mins

    By Robert Holland, VP Research and Publishing, SAPinsider In SAPinsider’s recently published research report on “SAP S/4HANA in the Cloud,” we explored the ERP cloud strategy of members of the SAPinsider community to gain insights into what they were doing. We were particularly interested in determining what was driving their strategy towards the cloud, how…...…

  9. Intelligent PLM Benchmark Report

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    Agile and Intelligent PLM is poised to take the use of data and intelligence across the product lifecycle to a whole new level. Discover what is driving adoption of Agile and Intelligent PLM, what sets Leaders apart, and what holds Laggards back. Gain the key requirements and steps to success. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) can…...…

  10. SAP S/4HANA in the Cloud

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    With the release of SAP S/4HANA and the current 2025 deadline for migration, SAP has specified what ERP software it wants its customers to run, and when it wants them to be running it. This report takes an indepth look at the data collected from surveyed SAPinsiders, including the outcomes organizations have experienced and the…...…