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Essential Insights for Large Organizations In the rapidly evolving business landscape, large organizations face the pressing need to align their technology infrastructure with the demands of the digital era. As…
Navigating SAP S/4HANA Upgrades SAP S/4HANA is a full scale ERP suite utilizing SAP’s core in-memory database SAP HANA, and it is used by companies of all sizes as the…
Effective Strategies for SAP Talent Acquisition Strategies for SAP talent acquisition are essential. A highly skilled SAP workforce is the primary asset required for any SAP project to remain on…
SAP Sapphire 2023 News Summary After the rush of news from SAP Sapphire 2023, this week IgniteSAP will provide a summary of the new products, services and partnerships that were…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has already made remarkable strides, and its development is set to accelerate in the next decade. AI and SAP consultants are already intrinsically related. As AI technologies…
Sapphire 2023 Day 2 Closing Keynote – Serena Williams As we conclude SAP Sapphire 2023, we reflect upon the incredible finale that left us inspired and motivated. Julia White, SAP’s…
Sapphire 2023 Day 2 Opening Keynote The SAP Sapphire 2023 Day 2 opening keynote was delivered by SAP’s Customer Success Lead and Member of the Executive Board, Scott Russell. He…
SAP Sapphire Day 1 Closing Keynote The SAP Sapphire day 1 closing keynote was delivered by Juergen Mueller, SAP CTO, and Thomas Sauseressig, SAP Product Engineering. Alongside them, several esteemed…
Day 1 Opening Keynote The SAP Sapphire 2023 event opened in Orlando with a keynote presentation by Christian Klein, Julia White, Dominik Asam, and special guests including Microsoft CEO Satya…
SAP And The EU Data Act SAP and Siemens are among five German technology companies who have questioned the draft EU Data Act, which covers all non-personal data: adding to…
SAP Sapphire 2023 SAP Sapphire 2023 events will be held in locations across the globe and virtually over the next four weeks. The SAP Sapphire 2023 flagship event will be…
The Expansion of the SAP Services Market The financial report for the first quarter of 2023 and the recent announcements by SAP of a wide variety of new products and…
SAP Financial Results Q1 2023 SAP has released its financial results for the first quarter of 2023. This week IgniteSAP will take a look at the numbers and discuss what…
SAP Innovation Awards 2023: Best Practice In Action SAP have announced the winners of the SAP Innovation Awards 2023. These awards celebrate the contribution of SAP customers and partners towards…
SAP Cloud Migration And The S/4HANA Consulting Market The landscape of the SAP ecosystem is changing as SAP becomes a cloud software services provider. Integral to this evolution of the…
German SAP Consulting: Now Hiring Although some global tech companies and consulting companies have recently been going through a period of cutting their work forces, the trend for jobs in…
Grow With SAP: For Midsize Scale-Ups Grow With SAP is a new package of services offered by SAP to enable midsize customers to gain access to cloud deployments of ERP…
From The DSAG Technologietage 2023 Keynote The DSAG Technologietage 2023 congress is currently in progress in Mannheim, Germany so this week IgniteSAP will share some of the themes and points…
DSAG Technology Congress DSAG, the German-language SAP user group is holding its annual technology conference DSAG Technology Days 2023, otherwise known as DSAG-Technologietage 2023, next week. The in-person event will…
SAP To Sell Qualtrics As expected, SAP will sell its 423 million shares in Qualtrics to joint buyers Silver Lake (a US private equity group) and CPP Investments (the Canada…
SAP Datasphere: A New Data Management Solution On 8th March 2023, SAP unveiled SAP Datasphere. SAP Datasphere is a new data management solution created in collaboration with the leading data…
The SAP Services Industry Needs Women IgniteSAP are celebrating International Women’s Day by discussing how to bridge the SAP skills gap bringing more women into the IT sector with equal…
SAP Sapphire 2023: Global And Virtual IgniteSAP is pleased to announce that the SAP Sapphire 2023 event is taking place on May the 16th and 17th this year. The in…
Women In SAP International women’s day is March 8th, and so over the next two weeks IgniteSAP will be discussing the changing role of women in the technology sector and…
Punit Renjen To Be Supervisory Board Chairman of SAP Hasso Plattner, Co-Founder and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of SAP is to be succeeded by Punit Renjen, who was previously…
AI + SAP Most people’s first glimpse of Artificial Intelligence has been through science fiction films and books, and so it has always held an aura of mystery, and sometimes…
SAP Partner Co-Innovation SAP has said it intends to help the world’s businesses run better as a network of sustainable and intelligent enterprises. This highly ambitious goal cannot be achieved…
Christian Klein On The Cloud SAP CEO Christian Klein gave an interview with Bob Evans recently on the Cloud Wars blog in which he discussed the three years of his…
Workforce Cuts In The IT Services Industry During last week’s financial report for the 4th quarter and full year of 2022 SAP CEO Christian Klein announced that the corporation would…
SAP Q4 and Full Year 2022 Results SAP has announced their financial results for the 4th quarter and the full year for 2022. This week IgniteSAP will be sharing the…
SAP Commerce Cloud and C/4HANA In the constantly evolving world of SAP software users and even consultants may be forgiven for getting a little confused about how all the components…
SAP SuccessFactors Consulting Careers SAP SuccessFactors is a cloud-based SaaS platform which is part of SAP’s portfolio of workforce management solutions and human experience management (HXM), including basic human resources…
SAP In 2023 IgniteSAP would like to wish all members of our community a happy, healthy and prosperous 2023. This week we will take a look at changes to SAP…
The S/4HANA Deadline: 2025… 2027… The S/4HANA deadline is approaching and SAP Consultants have the opportunity to be part of the solution to this issue for many companies using SAP…
SAP Security Extends Security and Risk Management SAP security consultants are becoming more valued because businesses depend on SAP systems to help maintain crucial business operations, and these can be…
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…
Essential Insights for Large Organizations In the rapidly evolving business landscape, large organizations face the pressing need to align their technology infrastructure with the demands of the digital era. As…
Navigating SAP S/4HANA Upgrades SAP S/4HANA is a full scale ERP suite utilizing SAP’s core in-memory database SAP HANA, and it is used by companies of all sizes as the…
Effective Strategies for SAP Talent Acquisition Strategies for SAP talent acquisition are essential. A highly skilled SAP workforce is the primary asset required for any SAP project to remain on…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has already made remarkable strides, and its development is set to accelerate in the next decade. AI and SAP consultants are already intrinsically related. As AI technologies…
Sapphire 2023 Day 2 Closing Keynote – Serena Williams As we conclude SAP Sapphire 2023, we reflect upon the incredible finale that left us inspired and motivated. Julia White, SAP’s…
Sapphire 2023 Day 2 Opening Keynote The SAP Sapphire 2023 Day 2 opening keynote was delivered by SAP’s Customer Success Lead and Member of the Executive Board, Scott Russell. He…
SAP Sapphire Day 1 Closing Keynote The SAP Sapphire day 1 closing keynote was delivered by Juergen Mueller, SAP CTO, and Thomas Sauseressig, SAP Product Engineering. Alongside them, several esteemed…
Day 1 Opening Keynote The SAP Sapphire 2023 event opened in Orlando with a keynote presentation by Christian Klein, Julia White, Dominik Asam, and special guests including Microsoft CEO Satya…
SAP And The EU Data Act SAP and Siemens are among five German technology companies who have questioned the draft EU Data Act, which covers all non-personal data: adding to…
The Expansion of the SAP Services Market The financial report for the first quarter of 2023 and the recent announcements by SAP of a wide variety of new products and…
SAP Sapphire 2023 News Summary After the rush of news from SAP Sapphire 2023, this week IgniteSAP will provide a summary of the new products, services and partnerships that were…
SAP And The EU Data Act SAP and Siemens are among five German technology companies who have questioned the draft EU Data Act, which covers all non-personal data: adding to…
SAP Sapphire 2023 SAP Sapphire 2023 events will be held in locations across the globe and virtually over the next four weeks. The SAP Sapphire 2023 flagship event will be…
The Expansion of the SAP Services Market The financial report for the first quarter of 2023 and the recent announcements by SAP of a wide variety of new products and…
SAP Financial Results Q1 2023 SAP has released its financial results for the first quarter of 2023. This week IgniteSAP will take a look at the numbers and discuss what…
SAP Innovation Awards 2023: Best Practice In Action SAP have announced the winners of the SAP Innovation Awards 2023. These awards celebrate the contribution of SAP customers and partners towards…
Grow With SAP: For Midsize Scale-Ups Grow With SAP is a new package of services offered by SAP to enable midsize customers to gain access to cloud deployments of ERP…
From The DSAG Technologietage 2023 Keynote The DSAG Technologietage 2023 congress is currently in progress in Mannheim, Germany so this week IgniteSAP will share some of the themes and points…
DSAG Technology Congress DSAG, the German-language SAP user group is holding its annual technology conference DSAG Technology Days 2023, otherwise known as DSAG-Technologietage 2023, next week. The in-person event will…
SAP To Sell Qualtrics As expected, SAP will sell its 423 million shares in Qualtrics to joint buyers Silver Lake (a US private equity group) and CPP Investments (the Canada…
Effective Strategies for SAP Talent Acquisition Strategies for SAP talent acquisition are essential. A highly skilled SAP workforce is the primary asset required for any SAP project to remain on…
SAP Cloud Migration And The S/4HANA Consulting Market The landscape of the SAP ecosystem is changing as SAP becomes a cloud software services provider. Integral to this evolution of the…
German SAP Consulting: Now Hiring Although some global tech companies and consulting companies have recently been going through a period of cutting their work forces, the trend for jobs in…
The SAP Services Industry Needs Women IgniteSAP are celebrating International Women’s Day by discussing how to bridge the SAP skills gap bringing more women into the IT sector with equal…
Women In SAP International women’s day is March 8th, and so over the next two weeks IgniteSAP will be discussing the changing role of women in the technology sector and…
AI + SAP Most people’s first glimpse of Artificial Intelligence has been through science fiction films and books, and so it has always held an aura of mystery, and sometimes…
Workforce Cuts In The IT Services Industry During last week’s financial report for the 4th quarter and full year of 2022 SAP CEO Christian Klein announced that the corporation would…
SAP Commerce Cloud and C/4HANA In the constantly evolving world of SAP software users and even consultants may be forgiven for getting a little confused about how all the components…
SAP In 2023 IgniteSAP would like to wish all members of our community a happy, healthy and prosperous 2023. This week we will take a look at changes to SAP…
SAP Security Extends Security and Risk Management SAP security consultants are becoming more valued because businesses depend on SAP systems to help maintain crucial business operations, and these can be…
SAP Sapphire 2023 News Summary After the rush of news from SAP Sapphire 2023, this week IgniteSAP will provide a summary of the new products, services and partnerships that were…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has already made remarkable strides, and its development is set to accelerate in the next decade. AI and SAP consultants are already intrinsically related. As AI technologies…
Sapphire 2023 Day 2 Closing Keynote – Serena Williams As we conclude SAP Sapphire 2023, we reflect upon the incredible finale that left us inspired and motivated. Julia White, SAP’s…
Sapphire 2023 Day 2 Opening Keynote The SAP Sapphire 2023 Day 2 opening keynote was delivered by SAP’s Customer Success Lead and Member of the Executive Board, Scott Russell. He…
SAP Sapphire Day 1 Closing Keynote The SAP Sapphire day 1 closing keynote was delivered by Juergen Mueller, SAP CTO, and Thomas Sauseressig, SAP Product Engineering. Alongside them, several esteemed…
Day 1 Opening Keynote The SAP Sapphire 2023 event opened in Orlando with a keynote presentation by Christian Klein, Julia White, Dominik Asam, and special guests including Microsoft CEO Satya…
SAP Sapphire 2023 SAP Sapphire 2023 events will be held in locations across the globe and virtually over the next four weeks. The SAP Sapphire 2023 flagship event will be…
SAP Innovation Awards 2023: Best Practice In Action SAP have announced the winners of the SAP Innovation Awards 2023. These awards celebrate the contribution of SAP customers and partners towards…
From The DSAG Technologietage 2023 Keynote The DSAG Technologietage 2023 congress is currently in progress in Mannheim, Germany so this week IgniteSAP will share some of the themes and points…
DSAG Technology Congress DSAG, the German-language SAP user group is holding its annual technology conference DSAG Technology Days 2023, otherwise known as DSAG-Technologietage 2023, next week. The in-person event will…