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SAP C/4HANA, SAP intelligent enterprise top trends in 2018

The top five SAP trends from 2018 start with SAP C/4HANA and end with the intelligent enterprise. Continue Reading
Planning a HANA big data strategy with SAP HANA Vora

SAP has worked hard to position HANA as a big data platform. To formulate a viable big data strategy, you need to know the tools, such as SAP HANA Vora. Continue Reading
SAP HANA cloud options abound, and that's a good thing

SAP HANA cloud options vary, and can be confusing. Here are the differences between HANA Cloud Platform and HANA Enterprise Cloud and what they mean for SAP deployments. Continue Reading
SAP data management must start with a conceptual framework

It's hard to make sense of the many SAP data management and business intelligence products -- let alone use them effectively -- without putting good data practices in place first. Continue Reading
SAP HANA implementation a multiple-choice question

SAP has pushed the in-memory database so hard that some users might have no way to avoid it. It's a nice problem to have, but SAP HANA implementation forces some hard decisions. Continue Reading

Sometimes the best SAP analytics tools aren't made by SAP

Having a detailed business intelligence game plan -- and a firm understanding of SAP and third-party tools -- is essential in any SAP analytics strategy. Continue Reading
Here's how to get started developing SAP mobile apps

Mobility is becoming a must-have feature of enterprise applications. Developing SAP mobile apps is a lot easier when you have the right tools. Continue Reading
SAP ERP HCM users contemplate new core HR system

After nearly three decades, SAP ERP HCM has proven to be a sound core HR system. But it might be time for companies to evaluate whether they need to change systems. Continue Reading
Reinvented SAP financial software could spur HANA adoption

Do the new Simple Finance apps lead the way to a compelling business case for buying HANA? Continue Reading
HANA injects SAP's predictive analytics lineup with speed, flexibility

As SAP clarifies its predictive analytics strategy, companies must take special care to match each product's complexity and target user to their business needs. Continue Reading
SAP and Ariba find synergies in mobility, analytics

It's less than two years since Ariba joined SAP, but users will soon see benefits: HANA analytics, social UIs and expanded supply chain data. Continue Reading

3-D visualization could be SAP's next unifying layer for applications

3-D promises users a more vivid representation of their entire business as SAP continues investing in APIs and other integration with ERP. Continue Reading
SAP Fiori: Putting a price tag on usability?

Fiori applications represent SAP's most serious attempt yet to improve the user experience of Business Suite, but some customers are unhappy about the costs. Continue Reading
ERP application ecosystem strategies for making it in a SaaS world

Analyst China Martens outlines a strategy for managing ERP application portfolios that blend SaaS and on-premises apps. Continue Reading
The answer's HANA: Now, what was your SAP ERP question?

Industry analyst China Martens offers guidance on where HANA might fit in an SAP ERP strategy. Continue Reading

Epicor debuts EVA, an AI virtual assistant for ERP

Epicor users will soon be able to talk to or text their ERP systems through Epicor Virtual Agent, a new AI-based voice command UI...

10 blockchain problems supply chains need to look out for

Blockchain is proving to be useful in the supply chain, but without a strong understanding of it and a viable use case, your ...

Del Monte Foods makes SAP ERP migration to AWS

Thanks to an acquisition, Del Monte Foods' IT had both on-premises and hosted systems, which proved costly and inflexible. It has...

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Oracle cloud adoption and hybrid cloud adoption pros and cons

More businesses are adopting cloud systems or thinking about it. But cloud and hybrid cloud setups have pluses and minuses that ...

Oracle Digital Assistant unifies use of enterprise chatbots

With Oracle Digital Assistant, users are able to create digital assistants with multiple chatbots that handle different tasks to ...

Oracle Database 19c new features and what users need to know

Oracle Database 19c is the last update to the 12c Release 2 line of Oracle's database software. This handbook examines its new ...

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Google takes a run at enterprise cloud data management

New Google Cloud boss Thomas Kurian is putting databases and data management at the forefront at Google. The vendor has forged ...

4 factors to consider in a Hadoop distributions comparison

Examine the key characteristics necessary to evaluate in a Hadoop distribution comparison, focusing on enterprise features, ...

Kafka at center of new event processing infrastructure

Events are as important as data in emerging applications underlying many e-commerce efforts. Streams of events tell a company ...

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Oracle vs. AWS: Compare cloud databases, PaaS and SaaS

Oracle and AWS gear their clouds toward different users, so it's important to know where your organization falls. See which ...

Decide if Amazon Corretto is the best fit for Java devs on AWS

AWS plans to support Java developers with Corretto, its OpenJDK distribution with longer free support than what Oracle offers. ...

Analyze Amazon S3 storage classes, from Standard to Glacier

Select the proper S3 class to improve your storage strategy. Learn the differences in cost and fit, such as which tiers offer ...

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How to integrate Power BI and SharePoint via embedded reports

Expert Brien Posey explains two methods for including Power BI reports on pages in SharePoint Online's cloud service: publishing ...

Data-rich organizations turn focus to ethical data mining

As data analytics have increasingly become a core component of organizations' strategies, concerns have arisen around how data is...

Cloud AutoML, BigQuery ML upgrades expand Google stake in ML

Google introduced a raft of updates to its cloud-based machine learning and AI products, including expanded capabilities for its ...

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Business software strategies strengthen the inbound marketing process

It's not enough to just purchase new marketing software. Your overall business strategy will determine your company's needs and ...

Sensible contact center infrastructure updates for 2017

Contact center infrastructure evolves quickly and updates are inevitably necessary. Here's how to identify and make the changes ...

Guide to call center operations

Call center operations have been affected in numerous ways by the growth of social media and mobile, particularly with new ...

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Business objects are the future of content services platforms

The focus of enterprise content management must shift from a CSP-based approach to a business object services model in order to ...

5 unusual ways to use AI in content management

AI offers great opportunity for enhancing enterprise content management. Here are some more unusual use cases for AI that ...

Use data to create personalized content customers actually want

As customers demand authentic, personalized content, CX teams have turned to personalization engines. But without the right data,...

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Diversity in hiring a key to eradicating AI bias

HR is turning to AI systems to help rank and sort job candidates. But the systems like these are mostly designed by men, who may ...

Technology can aid diversity and inclusion in HCM, with caveats

Vendors are increasingly building AI applications to be bias-free to address concerns around diversity and inclusion. The ...

As baby boomers exit, AR and VR tools help to capture their expertise

Demand for virtual and augmented reality tools is soaring, and the need to capture expertise from retiring baby boomers may be ...