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by Raymond Homan, SAP SAPinsider In an unpredictable business environment, agility is invaluable. And cloud computing enables an unprecedented level of agility when deploying technology and introducing new business processes. The cloud brings the flexibility, scalability, and targeted functionality organizations need to make the most of their opportunities and solve complex business challenges. In this article, you'll learn more about SAP's cloud platform and how cloud technology benefits from a strong ecosystem.
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by Dr. Prasad Akella, SAP SAPinsider Approximately 80% of SAP’s customers fall into the small and midsize enterprises (SME) category—a surprise for those who usually associate SAP software with large businesses. In this first installment of the new “SME Insights” column, SAP’s Dr. Prasad Akella explains why SMEs are flocking to SAP’s solutions, what impact these solutions are having on their businesses, and what this might mean for your company—large or small.
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by Dr. Prasad Akella, SAP SAPinsider Small businesses and midsize enterprises (SMEs) face three key challenges that impede their ability to make good, data-driven decisions: ensuring the integrity of information, democratizing the availability of information, and controlling the cost of ownership. This article sheds light on how the key components of SAP's SME portfolio — SAP BusinessObjects Edge Business Intelligence software and SAP BusinessObjects Edge Rapid Marts packages — address these challenges.
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by Carney Vensel, LORD Corporation, in conversation with SME Insights Columnist Prasad Akella and Sheila Zelinger, SAP SAPinsider Subsidiaries, which make up an important portion of the small business and midsize enterprise (SME) population, face a unique challenge: these companies need solutions that will fit their SME needs, but will also integrate with the corporate solutions that their headquarters uses. In this Q&A, you'll find out why LORD Corporation chose SAP Business One to integrate its subsidiary operations and provide profit accounting, quality, and WIP management capabilities to all of its plants.
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by Hande Bolukbasi, SAP SAPinsider iPhone users already thought their devices were smart, but now, with the SAP Business One mobile application for iPhone, they can access alerts, approvals, inventory information, customer data, and reports in real time, while away from the office. Uncover the advantages of this new offering, which extends the functions of the on-premise SAP Business One 8.8 release to benefit companies small and large.
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by Rahul Asthana, SAP SAPinsider Get the inside scoop on the on-demand solution portfolio for lines of business. Find out how SAP’s on-demand portfolio addresses various customer challenges, pain points, and rapidly evolving needs. Covering everything from rapid cost savings to improved sales effectiveness, this article gives a complete overview of the portfolio’s key benefits.
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by Jeff Stiles, SAP SAPinsider It's a little known fact that the majority of SAP customers fit into the small business and midsize enterprise (SME) market. Learn why SME customers are flocking to SAP solutions, and what opportunities SAP's solutions for SMEs afford larger enterprises, as well.
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by Mindy Fiorentino and Wei Wang, SAP SAPinsider Explore how new capabilities in SAP BusinessObjects Edge BI, as well as two new performance management applications in the SAP BusinessObjects Edge solution portfolio, help midsize companies convert their strengths over their larger counterparts into a sustained competitive advantadge.
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by SAP and Recent Small and Midsize Partner Award Winners SAPinsider
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by Thomas Fleckenstein, SAP AG, and Tim Murphy, SAP Labs, LLC SAPinsider The analytics and reporting requirements of SMEs are wholly different from those of their larger counterparts. To provide a solution that meets those unique needs, the SAP Design Services Team and SAP Solution Management closely observed end users at 49 small and medium-sized businesses to identify the optimal analytics environment for such companies. This article details what they found.
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