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The S/4HANA Skills Gap The SAP S/4HANA skills gap is increasing according to the annual member survey by the UK and Ireland User Group (UKISUG). Of those organisations responding to…
Business Planning With SAP Any business selling goods or services is to some extent required to predict the future. Many businesses are predicated on the assumption that this is possible….
SAP TechEd 2022 SAP TechEd 2022 took place this year as a virtual event and also as a live event in Las Vegas. Following our discussion of what to expect…
TechEd 2022 TechEd 2022 will be taking place next week on Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th of November. The event promises to bring together “developers, tech visionaries, innovators and leaders”…
SAP Energy SAP energy management solutions are contributing to the world’s attempt to transition to more efficient renewable energy schemes: taking up the slack as global sustainability initiatives by governments…
SAP’s Q3 2022 Performance SAP has announced the financial results for the 3rd quarter 2022. This week IgniteSAP will be sharing some of those results and providing context regarding how…
DSAG Survey and Annual Congress Last week the German-speaking SAP user group DSAG held its annual congress and released a DSAG member survey that was conducted in June. This week…
AI and Machine Learning In SAP AI and machine learning are changing the worldwide digital landscape. As the drive towards digital transformation across all forms of industry and commerce progresses,…
S/4HANA is a Leader SAP S/4HANA Cloud has been named as a leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Product-Centric Enterprises after it’s evaluation of S/4HANA. Gartner recognised SAP S/4HANA Cloud…
Block Change Blockchain is now a viable and complimentary technology for ERP systems and has the potential to disrupt many businesses. After many years of hype in the arena of…
New Release and Maintenance Strategy The release and maintenance strategy for S/4HANA is changing. In a recent announcement SAP said the changes will give customers more flexibility preparing for the…
SAP Support Fees Up The price of SAP support fees is increasing for a range of agreements to compensate for the effect of inflation on business costs. SAP released a…
“S/4HANA Yes, SaaS Maybe” Adoption of SAP S/4HANA is gradually becoming more attractive to German businesses but the SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) delivery format is still being treated with caution. A new…
SAP’s new Chief Financial Officer SAP has announced that the Supervisory Board has chosen Dominik Asam as its new CFO, and as a new member of the Executive Board of…
Public Sector Digitisation The size of the regional and national government IT services market worldwide has been valued recently at as much as $16.5 billion U.S. by Statistica. There has…
SAP Consultant Income Sustainability The worldwide recession is taking hold and so the salary that you initially negotiated as an SAP consultant with your employer is no longer going to…
Automotive Sustainability Innovation The US climate spend package, which was passed on the 12th of August marks a change in the world’s attitude to carbon footprints. This legislation provides $369bn…
Global Recession in 2022 The headwinds facing businesses are accumulating and many respected sources of information regarding economic affairs are revising their outlook and predicting a global recession. These predictions…
SAP Concur for a Changing World As the world has opened up after the Coronavirus pandemic, business travel is now an option so employees are again making spend decisions on…
Manufacturing the Future Traditional manufacturing processes were designed to achieve the greatest productivity with the greatest degree of efficiency. Now manufacturing must meet new market challenges and new customer demands….
SAP Q2 and Half Year Results SAP announced financial results for the second quarter and half-year 2022. This week IgniteSAP will provide a summary of the quarterly statement and put…
HR Processes Transformation Some SAP SuccessFactors implementations can fail to achieve their intended aims if sufficient planning is not carried out. However, if an implementation is carefully carried out with…
Rise with SAP as a Consultant Rise with SAP is almost 18 months old and has gained substantial momentum as the intended market is now understanding the multiple benefits of…
An Evolution in Banking The world’s first global clearing, agency and transaction bank, The Bank of London, is collaborating with SAP Fioneer, a global financial services, software solutions and platforms…
SAP BTP: A Cloud ERP Tool kit SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform) was introduced in March 2021 as a replacement and expansion of SAP Cloud Platform. It is a modular…
SAP Partner Talent Initiative To address the SAP skills gap, SAP has begun a new Partner Talent Initiative intended to select and train new talent and talent already in existence…
SAP GRC: Governance, Risk, Compliance Every digital enterprise needs a GRC strategy. This will ensure that the business or organisation can keep itself focussed on achieving its business objectives while…
SAP Quality Awards 2022: The Winners The winners of the 2022 SAP Quality Awards have been announced. Speaking at a live virtual event, Sven Mulder, SAP Germany’s managing director congratulated…
Why learn SAP CX? In our last article on SAP Customer Experience, IgniteSAP explored the evolution of SAP CX solutions with reference to their role for businesses in mitigating the…
IT for SMBs Is SAP for small to medium-sized businesses? What are the options available, and how big is the market for IT consultants catering for this section of the…
SAP made some announcements about new SAP Industry Cloud partnerships during the Sapphire virtual event for 2022, so this week IgniteSAP is going to take a closer look at SAP…
The sessions on the third day of SAP Sapphire Virtual 2022 were split across several pathways but all sessions content can be found on demand so sign up for access….
SAP Sapphire Virtual Event 2022: Wednesday 11th May The second day of the virtual event began with an introduction and preview of what to expect by Katie Linendoll. She introduced…
SAP Sapphire Virtual Event 2022: Tuesday 10th May IgniteSAP is attending the online sessions for SAP Sapphire Virtual Event 2022, and providing our community with a summary of the day’s…
An S/4HANA Integrated Cloud Workspace SAP and Google Cloud have announced new integrations between SAP S/4HANA Cloud and Google Workspace. This will enable customers to connect fundamental business processes running…
SAP Sapphire Virtual Event The SAP SapphireNow global event is starting in just under a week and although not everyone can get to Orlando, or one of the eight other…
Earth Day 2022 Last Friday was Earth Day 2022. It is the 52nd year of this event (since 1970) which celebrates the modern environmental movement. Initially started by an America…
SAP Financial Results Q1 2022 Today IgniteSAP is going to take a look at the SAP financial report for the first quarter 2022. We will quickly share an overview of…
Process Mining and RPA: A Goldrush? SAP has been acquiring process mining startups to improve capabilities in workflow management and automation for some years. This week IgniteSAP will be asking…
A Modular Platform-as-a-Service SAP Business Technology Platform is a Platform-as-a-Service which can be used to integrate SAP and non-SAP systems in the cloud and on-premise (with SAP Integration suite), or…
SAP Is Now 50 Years Old. SAP has been growing for 50 years! From a German start-up comprising of just five members in the 70’s, to global technology giant: SAP…
Microsoft adopts Rise with SAP Microsoft will adopt Rise with SAP on Microsoft Cloud in the latest development of the strategic partnership between SAP and Microsoft. This internal transformation of…
SAP Extends Reaction to Ukraine War SAP has announced it is withdrawing cloud service provision in Russia in a further statement of solidarity with the people of Ukraine. This move…
SAP Innovation Awards 2022: The Finalists The winners of the SAP Innovation Awards will be announced this year on the 14th of April. The shortlist of 60 entries for selection…
SAP CFO Luka Mucic remains for one year The SAP Supervisory Board has reached agreement with CFO and Executive Board Member Luka Mucic that he will be stepping down from…
SAP Central Finance This week IgniteSAP is going to discuss SAP Central Finance: what it is, how it relates to S/4HANA, and the market for SAP Central Finance consultants. Central…
Ukraine: a Link in a Chain The war in Ukraine is not just a humanitarian disaster of gigantic proportions: it is another shock to the global economy. Businesses should now…
SAP pauses Russian Sales SAP has responded to the Putin regime’s occupation of Ukraine with a variety of measures demonstrating practical support and solidarity with the Ukrainian people. This includes…
IgniteSAP would like to express our solidarity with the people of Ukraine and are brainstorming ways in which we can help. To start with we would like to make an…
IDC Report on SAP Concur: Driving Business Value The IDC has published a report this month titled “The Business Value of SAP Concur Solutions for Optimizing Travel and Expense Operations”…
SAP Customer Experience in a Changing Economy Through the course of the pandemic, customer data and customer experience solutions have been evolving at a steadily accelerating rate in order to…
Employee Experience in a Changing Society Employee experience is now fundamental. Every company and organisation benefits by considering their strategy regarding the people and culture of their business. Historically, companies…
SAP Acquires Taulia Following the official release of SAP’s full year and 4th Quarter financial results for 2021, SAP has announced the acquisition a majority stake in the working capital…
SAP Business Technology Platform and Rise with SAP SAP Business Technology Platform is part of SAP’s Rise with SAP package. As we approach a year since the introduction of Rise,…
SAP Q4 and Full Year Report 2021 The SAP Q4 and Full Year Report 2021 has been released in a preliminary summary. The full report is expected at the end…
SAP Business Process Intelligence is one of the main components of the Rise with SAP offering so this week IgniteSAP is sharing an overview of SAP BPI. It is almost…
SAP AppHaus: Creating from Home A very happy new year to our IgniteSAP community! To get us all looking to the future this week we are going to explore some…
Supply Change The end of the year is always a time when we look back and look forwards simultaneously. 2021 has been a strange year to say the least and…
Early assessments of Rise with SAP As we come to the end of 2021, IgniteSAP is taking the opportunity to review the impact of Rise with SAP, though it is…
New Solutions by SAP Partners The portfolio of SAP solutions is a Swiss Army knife for ERP: full of useful attachments which can achieve complex tasks. SAP aims to provide…
10% Higher S/4HANA Adoption Over Lockdown The UKISUG survey shows 10% Higher S/4HANA Adoption: there is the good news, but there is a complex picture emerging from user groups around…
SAP TechEd 2021 This week IgniteSAP is attending the online virtual event SAP TechEd 2021, and we would like to share with the IgniteSAP community a summary of the themes…
SAP Responsible Design and Production SAP has announced the release of SAP Responsible Design and Production: a new solution for sustainably designing products and moving to a circular economy. Over…
TechEd 2021 is Around the Corner TechEd 2021 is not just for SAP developers. Being at the forefront of technological innovation in our profession is essential. Particularly when the success…
SAP is a Leader in P2P and CPQ SAP has announced it has been named a leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Procure-to-Pay suites, and also for the…
A New CX Chief Product Officer SAP has announced that Ritu Bhargava will be joining SAP in November as SAP Customer Experience chief product officer. SAP CX allows companies to…
All Aboard for COP26 COP26, otherwise known as the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties is starting next week. COP26 will be the largest conference on climate change, and…
Xooming Ahead In it’s latest acquisition, Accenture acquires Xoomworks for an undisclosed amount. Xoomworks Group is a consulting and technology company that creates procurement technology, digital innovation and software solutions…
Significant Cloud Momentum SAP announced the preliminary financial results for the third quarter 2021 last week. The full results of the SAP 3rd Quarter Financial Review will be issued on…
Industry 4.0 is a crucial concept for the modern business but how do we ensure businesses are ready for the digital future? IgniteSAP would like to draw attention to some…
The New VP of S/4HANA Cloud SAP’s new senior vice president of product management for S/4HANA Cloud is Arpan Shah. As an MIT graduate and a 20 year veteran marketing…
Securing the Future of Farming Following on from our article “How to Save the World with SAP” , which discussed how SAP consultants could use their skills to help businesses…
DSAG Members on SAP The DSAG German-speaking SAP user group, which includes Germany, Austria and Switzerland, holds their annual conference this week. As a prelude to this event DSAG published…
The Value of Remote Work It was reported by Reuters in August that Google has been considering cutting the pay of remote workers. Facebook and Twitter have also cut pay…
New Options for SAP BTP SAP BTP partners will now have access to a pay-as-you-go licensing option and a free tier of Business Technology Platform services, Using the new licensing…
Acquiring talent analytics SAP has announced it has acquired the intellectual property of SwoopTalent, a leader in talent analytics. Talent analytics, also known as HR analytics or people analytics, helps…
The IPCC Report 2021 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released its most worrying report. Although the four horsemen of the apocalypse are not with us yet there…
The Rise with SAP and Google Cloud partnership The Rise with SAP and Google Cloud partnership has been extended. Last week IgniteSAP shared SAP’s announcement of strong cloud revenue growth….
SAP Transportation Management and SAP Yard Logistics SAP Transportation Management and SAP Yard Logistics is the subject of our IgniteSAP blog post this week. It follows our recent discussion of…
The SAP Financial Report Q2 2021 has described raised revenue for the quarter and increased expected profits in their outlook for the second half of this year. Today IgniteSAP will…
SAP Extended Warehouse Management This week IgniteSAP will be discussing SAP Extended Warehouse Management. We will look at the changing role of warehousing and how SAP EWM helps meet these…
DSAG board members gave an interview on the reception of Rise with SAP and their members’ thoughts on how SAP strategy is . IgniteSAP provides a digest and commentary.
SAP GRC and Cybersecurity: Balancing Access and Security SAP GRC and cyber security softare is provided among SAP’s ERP solutions. Most corporations and organisations require huge databases of information in…
SAP CEO Christian Klein: the Employees Choice Last week SAP CEO Christian Klein won an Employees’ Choice award from Glassdoor for the top CEOs of 2021. Glassdoor is an online…
Automation for the Future SAP Intelligent Robotic Process Automation is becoming more important for businesses with SAP sytems. One of the main themes of SAP Sapphire Now 2021 was that…
IgniteSAP at Sapphire Now 2021 Over the past week IgniteSAP has attended the SAP Sapphire Now 2021 online event for the EMEA and Americas regions. For those in the IgniteSAP…
Ignite SAP is delighted to share with our community our fifth transcript from the SAP Sapphire Now 2021 event. This program of interviews, taken from the finance content track from…
In our next choice from SAP Sapphire Now 2021 to share with our community, IgniteSAP has prepared a transcript of the main presentation from the Customer Experience content track called…
With our next selection from the SAP Sapphire Now 2021 online event, IgniteSAP has created another transcription of this presentation for those in our community who were unable to attend…
In the second of our selections transcribed from the SAP Sapphire Now 2021 presentations, we have a program of interviews with SAP executives and partners called “Building a Resilient and…
As SAP Sapphire Now 2021 progresses over the next week, Ignite SAP will be making available some transcripts of our pick of the highlights of the Sapphire Now 2021 event…
For those of our community who were unable to view the SAP Sapphire Now 2021 keynote presentation, IgniteSAP has created this transcription of the event. The presentation, called “The Enterprise…
Sapphire Now is starting tomorrow with a keynote speech from SAP CEO Christian Klein and special guest interviews from 3:00pm BST (4:00pm CEST). It is not too late to register…
This week IgniteSAP is going to give a quick overview of the SAP Fiori UX design language for those of you who are considering broadening your skillset and training in…
Here at IgniteSAP we like to keep up to date with the ever-changing world of business and technology and sometimes there is a rush of events so that it is…
In all areas of business and industry (not just the stock market) we are obliged to make predictions about the future. This is of course in many cases a recipe…
In a world where there are constant shifts in geopolitics and global events like the Coronavirus pandemic cause sudden dramatic changes to society, taking action on climate change can be…
SAP has announced that in a joint venture with the investment firm Dediq GmbH they have set up a new unit dedicated to the financial services industry. As part of…
It has been almost three months since the Rise with SAP introductory event so IgniteSAP is looking this week at how it has been received and what questions are being…
SAP has made a preliminary announcement on the results of its financial performance for the first quarter of 2021. While this initial report is approximate and more detail will follow…
The S/4HANA Skills Gap The SAP S/4HANA skills gap is increasing according to the annual member survey by the UK and Ireland User Group (UKISUG). Of those organisations responding to…
Business Planning With SAP Any business selling goods or services is to some extent required to predict the future. Many businesses are predicated on the assumption that this is possible….
SAP TechEd 2022 SAP TechEd 2022 took place this year as a virtual event and also as a live event in Las Vegas. Following our discussion of what to expect…
TechEd 2022 TechEd 2022 will be taking place next week on Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th of November. The event promises to bring together “developers, tech visionaries, innovators and leaders”…
SAP Energy SAP energy management solutions are contributing to the world’s attempt to transition to more efficient renewable energy schemes: taking up the slack as global sustainability initiatives by governments…
SAP’s Q3 2022 Performance SAP has announced the financial results for the 3rd quarter 2022. This week IgniteSAP will be sharing some of those results and providing context regarding how…
DSAG Survey and Annual Congress Last week the German-speaking SAP user group DSAG held its annual congress and released a DSAG member survey that was conducted in June. This week…
AI and Machine Learning In SAP AI and machine learning are changing the worldwide digital landscape. As the drive towards digital transformation across all forms of industry and commerce progresses,…
S/4HANA is a Leader SAP S/4HANA Cloud has been named as a leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Product-Centric Enterprises after it’s evaluation of S/4HANA. Gartner recognised SAP S/4HANA Cloud…
Block Change Blockchain is now a viable and complimentary technology for ERP systems and has the potential to disrupt many businesses. After many years of hype in the arena of…
SAP TechEd 2022 SAP TechEd 2022 took place this year as a virtual event and also as a live event in Las Vegas. Following our discussion of what to expect…
SAP’s Q3 2022 Performance SAP has announced the financial results for the 3rd quarter 2022. This week IgniteSAP will be sharing some of those results and providing context regarding how…
S/4HANA is a Leader SAP S/4HANA Cloud has been named as a leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Product-Centric Enterprises after it’s evaluation of S/4HANA. Gartner recognised SAP S/4HANA Cloud…
Block Change Blockchain is now a viable and complimentary technology for ERP systems and has the potential to disrupt many businesses. After many years of hype in the arena of…
New Release and Maintenance Strategy The release and maintenance strategy for S/4HANA is changing. In a recent announcement SAP said the changes will give customers more flexibility preparing for the…
SAP Support Fees Up The price of SAP support fees is increasing for a range of agreements to compensate for the effect of inflation on business costs. SAP released a…
“S/4HANA Yes, SaaS Maybe” Adoption of SAP S/4HANA is gradually becoming more attractive to German businesses but the SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) delivery format is still being treated with caution. A new…
SAP’s new Chief Financial Officer SAP has announced that the Supervisory Board has chosen Dominik Asam as its new CFO, and as a new member of the Executive Board of…
Automotive Sustainability Innovation The US climate spend package, which was passed on the 12th of August marks a change in the world’s attitude to carbon footprints. This legislation provides $369bn…
SAP Q2 and Half Year Results SAP announced financial results for the second quarter and half-year 2022. This week IgniteSAP will provide a summary of the quarterly statement and put…
The S/4HANA Skills Gap The SAP S/4HANA skills gap is increasing according to the annual member survey by the UK and Ireland User Group (UKISUG). Of those organisations responding to…
Public Sector Digitisation The size of the regional and national government IT services market worldwide has been valued recently at as much as $16.5 billion U.S. by Statistica. There has…
SAP Consultant Income Sustainability The worldwide recession is taking hold and so the salary that you initially negotiated as an SAP consultant with your employer is no longer going to…
Global Recession in 2022 The headwinds facing businesses are accumulating and many respected sources of information regarding economic affairs are revising their outlook and predicting a global recession. These predictions…
SAP Concur for a Changing World As the world has opened up after the Coronavirus pandemic, business travel is now an option so employees are again making spend decisions on…
Manufacturing the Future Traditional manufacturing processes were designed to achieve the greatest productivity with the greatest degree of efficiency. Now manufacturing must meet new market challenges and new customer demands….
HR Processes Transformation Some SAP SuccessFactors implementations can fail to achieve their intended aims if sufficient planning is not carried out. However, if an implementation is carefully carried out with…
SAP Partner Talent Initiative To address the SAP skills gap, SAP has begun a new Partner Talent Initiative intended to select and train new talent and talent already in existence…
SAP GRC: Governance, Risk, Compliance Every digital enterprise needs a GRC strategy. This will ensure that the business or organisation can keep itself focussed on achieving its business objectives while…
SAP Quality Awards 2022: The Winners The winners of the 2022 SAP Quality Awards have been announced. Speaking at a live virtual event, Sven Mulder, SAP Germany’s managing director congratulated…
SAP TechEd 2022 SAP TechEd 2022 took place this year as a virtual event and also as a live event in Las Vegas. Following our discussion of what to expect…
TechEd 2022 TechEd 2022 will be taking place next week on Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th of November. The event promises to bring together “developers, tech visionaries, innovators and leaders”…
DSAG Survey and Annual Congress Last week the German-speaking SAP user group DSAG held its annual congress and released a DSAG member survey that was conducted in June. This week…
SAP Quality Awards 2022: The Winners The winners of the 2022 SAP Quality Awards have been announced. Speaking at a live virtual event, Sven Mulder, SAP Germany’s managing director congratulated…
The sessions on the third day of SAP Sapphire Virtual 2022 were split across several pathways but all sessions content can be found on demand so sign up for access….
SAP Sapphire Virtual Event 2022: Wednesday 11th May The second day of the virtual event began with an introduction and preview of what to expect by Katie Linendoll. She introduced…
SAP Sapphire Virtual Event 2022: Tuesday 10th May IgniteSAP is attending the online sessions for SAP Sapphire Virtual Event 2022, and providing our community with a summary of the day’s…
SAP Sapphire Virtual Event The SAP SapphireNow global event is starting in just under a week and although not everyone can get to Orlando, or one of the eight other…
SAP Is Now 50 Years Old. SAP has been growing for 50 years! From a German start-up comprising of just five members in the 70’s, to global technology giant: SAP…
SAP Innovation Awards 2022: The Finalists The winners of the SAP Innovation Awards will be announced this year on the 14th of April. The shortlist of 60 entries for selection…
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