Technology Insights

Technology insights are written by SAPinsider’s team of research analysts. Based on information gleaned from interviews with the SAP vendor community, technology insights deep dive into the technologies that support, integrate with, and extend SAP technology and enable businesses to innovate and transform.​

68 results

  1. Infrastructure

    Building Cloud Infrastructure in Your Landscape

    Reading time: 6 mins

    In order to run today’s SAP systems, you need infrastructure that will not just support SAP HANA, but that which will provide the foundation for future innovation. While some organizations are looking at the cloud to meet these infrastructure needs, others continue to invest in local infrastructure. But the option of a managed environment on-premise…

  2. SAP Landscape

    Improving Employee Experience with Modern Workforce Management

    Reading time: 5 mins

    Employee Experience has taken on a new level of importance as employees expect more from their employers. In our latest research on CIO priorities, retention and training both took massive year-over-year jumps in importance. Companies looking to improve employee experiences and modernize workforce management should take a closer look at the latest findings. Membership Required…

  3. SAP Landscape

    How Do You Improve Visibility Into Your SAP Landscape?

    Reading time: 8 mins

    IT landscapes continue to increase in complexity. A decade ago, all the enterprise solutions that an organization used were probably from the same vendor and were running on local systems and infrastructure. Today, that environment has changed completely. Few organizations are using just one vendor for all their solutions. Some solutions may still be running…

  4. financial processes

    Benefits of Bringing Consolidation and Financial Reporting Processes Online

    Reading time: 5 mins

    As businesses grow more complex, the need for accurate and timely financial reporting has never been greater. Unfortunately, legacy and manual methods for financial reporting often need help to keep up with the pace of business. Early findings from our Financial Close Transformation benchmark report, exploring the strategic priorities of SAP organizations across the financial...…

  5. financial reporting

    SimpleFi Talks Consolidation and Financial Reporting Quick Wins

    Reading time: 1 mins

    Recent years have seen a dramatic shift in how businesses operate, particularly across finance function automation and transformation. Multiple factors are driving this shift, including the need to improve efficiency and reduce costs. In fact, most SAPinsiders view increasing the efficiency of core finance functions, such as consolidation, financial reporting, and forecasting, as a core...…

  6. Digital Twins

    Building Intelligent Enterprise with AI, ML and IoT

    Reading time: 6 mins

    According to one market research company, it’s predicted that by 2025 there will be 55.7 billion connected devices worldwide, with 75% connected to an Internet of Things (IoT) platform. How much data does that equal? The company estimates that within that timeframe, 73.1 zettabytes of data will be generated from IoT devices, with a significant…

  7. Edge Computing Image

    Leveraging Edge Computing to Simplify and Scale

    Reading time: 8 mins

    Over the past decade, there has been a significant shift for many organizations in the infrastructure supporting their business activities. From an environment that was on-premise, many organizations are moving most of their operations to the cloud. There are several reasons for this move, including cost, ease of management, scalability, and flexibility of infrastructure, and...…

  8. Resilience challenges

    How Do You Better Manage Systems and Improve Resilience?

    Reading time: 6 mins

    How Do You Better Manage Systems and Improve Resilience? How do you better manage systems and improve resilience? Organizations today need to keep their business solutions up and running, and they have focused infrastructure providers on activities that help organizations speed up implementations and reduced both planned and unplanned downtime and increase resilience. However, enterprise...…

  9. Protection-Payment-Fraud

    Fraud Concerns Driving Payments Innovation

    Reading time: 5 mins

    In recent years, organizational structures and processes have changed dramatically, presenting new opportunities and challenges for modern CFOs and treasurers. Organizations shifting core business processes online and day-to-day operations to the cloud require payment efficiency and flexibility to stay competitive. As businesses expand globally and increasingly rely on electronic payment methods, the opportunities for fraud...…

  10. Serrala Talks Payments Modernization and Automation

    Reading time: 1 mins

    Regarding process improvement, there are many initiatives that CFOs and treasurers can tackle to increase efficiency and optimize performance. One such initiative is automating manual processes – an area particularly relevant for Accounts Payable (AP) teams. By automating manual and paper-based processes, AP teams can gain greater efficiencies and improve their overall performance. In addition,...…