SAP - News, Features, and Slideshows

• SAP user community focuses on move to S4/HANA

  SAP users and experts from Europe and all over the world are meeting to discuss migrating to S/4HANA and the cloud.

• Culture change is the cutting edge of mental health benefits at work

  Many companies offer employee assistance programs, mindfulness apps or in-office counseling. But experts say a culture shift toward openness, from the C-suite on down, is most effective.

• SAP teams up on cloud sales with Microsoft

  The partnership, called "Embrace", will help clients to run operations hosted at remote servers supported by SAP's flagship S/4HANA database

• After nine years, Bill McDermott is stepping down as SAP CEO

  SAP has announced that CEO Bill McDermott will not be renewing his contract and will be stepping down as the CEO of SAP after a nine year tenure, with Christian Klein and Jennifer Morgan taking over, making Morgan the first ever female (co) SAP CEO.

• From solving ‘real world problems’ to ‘passion projects’ - how to get more young people involved in ICT

  CIO New Zealand takes an inside look at the ICT competition with the broadest mandate ever

• The evolving meaning of the 'I' in CIO

  The average tenure of CIOs has reached 5.8 years, according to CIO's 2015 State of the CIO study, but CIOs are still known for moving around a fair bit. When CIOs transition from one company to another, it's a great time to look into the future, reflect on the past and consider how the CIO's role is changing.

• This isn't your father's enterprise software

  When Patrick Benson joined Ovation Brands back in September 2013, he was given a tall order: modernize an array of legacy IT systems that could no longer keep up with the restaurant-chain conglomerate's business processes.

• How to Prepare Your Business (And Your Employees) to Work Remotely

  Hurricanes, blizzards, floods, earthquakes, even mundane events like employees' car troubles or family obligations can disrupt your business and put a damper on productivity. Here's how to prepare your business and your personnel for working remotely.

• SAP lays out its strategy for growth, with HANA at the forefront

  SAP's strategy event for the investment community on Tuesday offered few major surprises to anyone who's been closely monitoring the software vendor lately, but did serve to cement the company's future direction for product development, growth and customer retention. Here's a look at some of the highlights of the event.

• Enterprise apps in 2014: What's in store

  If recent history is any indication, 2014 will be a busy year for the enterprise applications industry as vendors jockey for position and customers ponder moves from legacy ERP (enterprise resource planning) and CRM (customer relationship management) implementations to cloud-based services. Here's a look at what some of the sector's main players are likely to do as the year unfolds.

Whitepapers about SAP

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  Thriving in the Digital Economy: How Small and Midsize Enterprises are Adapting to Digital Transformation

  Digital transformation is directly related to the changing digital economy with individuals, businesses, and society becoming interconnected in real-time, supported by technology. Almost all small businesses (firms with 10-99 employees) and midsize firms (with 100-999 employees) have some digital transformation resources in place: collaboration software, powerful computing and communications resources, cloud computing. But effective deployment and integration are needed to bring your firm to the next level of business performance.

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  Scaling SMEs, Building a flexible platform for growth: A report by the Economist Intelligence Unit

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  Case Study: EvoShield Gears Up For Growth With Integrated ERP

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  Sharpening the Small Business Competitive Edge: Is the Time Right for the Cloud?