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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…
SAP’s first Global Alliance Partnership was established with IBM in 1989 but the relationship existed previously, extending right back to the creation of SAP in 1972 by five former employees…
Google migrates finance software from Oracle to SAP under its parent company Alphabet. CNBC reported on Monday that Google employees had received an email explaining that this move would complete…
In our previous article we discussed the openSAP learning platform. This week we will give an overview of the some of the other routes by which we can engage in…
As an IT professional it is essential to engage in lifelong learning. Staying up to date in your understanding of software and technology is an absolute necessity in order to…
From a management point of view the SAP portfolio of software solutions can be considered a toolkit for the creation and administration of businesses and organisations. The SAP Innovation Awards…
This week IgniteSAP is drawing attention to two more agreements that have been announced recently as IT corporations work together to facilitate the process of moving customers to the cloud….
Accenture Acquires Edenhouse, the independent SAP partner. The acquisition is intended to enhance Accenture’s ability to support clients in their digital transformation. It will also scale Accenture’s provision in the…
This week IgniteSAP is going to explore the implications of SAP’s acquisition of AppGyver. We will briefly introduce the platform and then discuss SAP’s intentions regarding how no-code development will…
Last week included several big events in SAP, each of which deserves a deep dive but this article from IgniteSAP is going to look briefly at each and explore how…
SAP and Microsoft have simultaneously announced an “extensive expansion of an existing strategic partnership” with the aim of accelerating the adoption of S/4HANA on Microsoft Azure. The companies have been…
Several tech industry commentators on sites like ChannelE2E, DataCenter Knowledge and Bloomberg are reporting on a rumour yet to be confirmed that SAP is in talks to acquire Signavio. According…
The initial review of financial results for the fourth quarter and for the full year 2020 have been released by SAP. These are approximate figures, giving an overview of the…
SAP has announced the Supervisory Board has made two new additions to the Executive Board: Julia White, previously a Microsoft Executive, will be joining as chief marketing and solutions officer,…
This week IgniteSAP will be discussing cloud application development, “Continuous Integration and Delivery”, and the associated implications for users of SAP and SAP-based IT consultants. SAP’s long-term plan, along with…
Welcome back and a happy new year! IgniteSAP wishes all of our community a safe and successful 2021. Although most of us are still subject to pandemic disruption there is…
This week IgniteSAP will be reviewing the methods SAP employs to provide users with a means to contribute to the development of S/4HANA Cloud and adjust its functionality to reflect the changing…
According to a report on theregister.com about the recent UK and Ireland SAP user group (UKISUG) survey, a third of SAP users in their membership have decided to delay implementation…
Following our last two articles covering a report on the growth of the global cloud analytics market over the next five years, and SAP’s recent announcement at their 3rd quarter earnings call that…
On October the 14th, during a busy week for SAP which included the ‘Procurement Reimagined’ online event (summarised here by IgniteSAP), Christian Klein (SAP CEO) introduced the new ‘SAP Customer…
In response to recent global business disruption SAP has made a substantial effort to address the emerging commercial landscape of procurement and supply chains. Recent appointments to the SAP executive…
On the 1st of October SAP announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire Emarsys, an ‘omnichannel customer engagement [market] leader’. The recent IPO of Qualtrics discussed in…
2020 was named “The Year of Climate Action” by the UK government in a grand public relations exercise designed to prepare the media groundwork for the UN Climate Change Conference…
On September the 9th SAP and Bosch announced a development in their partnership on the German language version of SAP news. With a simultaneous press release the two corporations appeared…
When constantly dealing with the fallout from global events we forget to take notice of the most immediate reality of experience: that is our internal thoughts and feelings. In concentrating…
In a previous IgniteSAP article, we discussed the apparent contradiction of IT consulting companies continuing to invest in acquisitions of smaller companies while simultaneously cutting back significantly on staff due…
The appointment of a new member of the SAP Executive Board has been announced today (3rd September 2020) in a press release from SAP SE headquarters in Walldorf, Germany. Sabine…
Accenture is cutting its global workforce of over 500,000, potentially by as much as 25,000. IgniteSAP extends its sincere commiserations to those who have lost employment through no fault of…
NO, of course not, but there is a serious point to be explored here and as a tech users and SAP evangelists, we at IgniteSAP feel it is worth investigating……
The June 2020 Global Economic Prospects report by the World Bank forecasts that the global economy will contract overall by 5.2% this year. In the UK the fall in the…
Over the last few months we have seen SAP expand their portfolio of software solutions through a series of strategic alliances with partners who may otherwise have developed into competitors…
Coronavirus is not limited by international borders but most responses to the Covid-19 pandemic have been organised by national governments. In an article in the German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche on…
The initial public offering in the United States of Qualtrics has been announced in this press release through SAP News. Though it has been publicised the announcement is qualified by…
On the 14th July 2020 Siemens and Sap simultaneously published a press release. These market leaders in PLM and ERP software have announced a new partnership. In effect they have…
In this year’s sapphire event, Christian Klein, the current SAP CEO, used his first keynote to stress on the significance of resiliency and increased automation in various enterprises against the…
Back in 2008, Google conducted research into what makes a good manager at the company. They identified eight key traits amongst their highest-performing employees at management level, and used their…
If you work a regular 9-6 office job, you spend 40 hours a week at your desk (or 45 if you don’t go elsewhere for your lunch). Accounting for 25…
The job market – much like the rest of our modern world – is constantly evolving. The shift into new industries (SAP and other SAAS products being one of them)…
SAP has said that it will only support its customers on legacy software up until December 31st, 2025. This means many existing SAP customers will be migrating over to the…
SAP Developer roles of various types are available for those looking to leverage their IT skills for a great career. If you are interested in qualifying as an SAP developer,…
Healthy Habits For SAP Consultants SAP Consulting is an extremely engaging and rewarding career, but it is also a highly competitive arena and can be stressful at times. By adopting…
SAP On-Premise Support Cost Increase SAP on-premise support cost is increasing again as SAP pushes cloud adoption. This is of course controversial among customers and user groups who have invested…
SAP Financial Results Q2 2023 SAP has announced its financial results for Q2 2023, showcasing a robust performance for the quarter. This week, IgniteSAP will summarize the numbers and analyze…
SAP Partners SAP partners make a huge section of the SAP services market. The number of accredited partners is now over 24,000 and the associated revenue of partners offering SAP…
The SAP Services Sector The SAP Services Sector is supporting German economic recovery. IT services and related industries are helping the economy directly and indirectly as more companies digitally transform…
SAP Signavio Consulting As more companies seek to optimize their business processes while minimizing risk, SAP Signavio consulting is becoming an increasingly important section of the SAP services market. SAP…
How To Unlock Your SAP Talent Acquisition Success In today’s fiercely competitive job market, the task of sourcing and attracting top talent for SAP positions is a daunting challenge. Exceptional…
Clean Core Implementations For SAP Clean core implementations for SAP are an essential aspect of successful SAP cloud deployments. This week IgniteSAP will discuss the importance of ensuring a clean…
Germany’s new immigration law has just been passed. It aims to ease the process for skilled workers from outside the European Union to immigrate to the country. This development is…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The SAP Services Sector The SAP Services Sector is supporting German economic recovery. IT services and related industries are helping the economy directly and indirectly as more companies digitally transform…
How To Unlock Your SAP Talent Acquisition Success In today’s fiercely competitive job market, the task of sourcing and attracting top talent for SAP positions is a daunting challenge. Exceptional…
Germany’s new immigration law has just been passed. It aims to ease the process for skilled workers from outside the European Union to immigrate to the country. This development is…
AI Innovations For HR in SAP Services AI Innovations For HR in SAP Services are changing the way that human resources departments source and manage SAP talent. Also, new innovations…
Being a valuable SAP professional is essential for success. Retaining and increasing that value is essential for career growth. As an experienced SAP professional, you have already established a solid…
How To Retain SAP Consultants in the long term In IgniteSAP’s recent article “Your SAP Workforce- Effective Strategies for SAP Talent Acquisition” we discussed how to build a team of…
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…
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 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…
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…
