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SAP’s 2024 Approach to Generative AI
SAP’s 2024 Approach to Generative AI

SAP’s 2024 Approach to Generative AI

By Elianna Wood|January 29th, 2024|

As SAP establishes its main focus points for 2024, a large priority for the ERP company is generative AI. SAP recognizes the benefits that the emerging technology has not only for its own systems, but also the ERP and technology industries as a whole. To further understand how generative AI will benefit businesses that use an ERP system, we will explore SAP’s fundamental approach: SAP’s Goals and Approach A brief interview with Rahul Vig (Senior Director at S [...]

Make M&A Transition & Integration Easier
Make M&A Transition & Integration Easier

Make M&A Transition & Integration Easier

By Bill Wood|May 21st, 2019|

Merger & Acquisition Integration is hard work, but the rewards can be significant. Fortunately, we can accelerate the first hundred days to gain rapid benefits. Anyone who has done M&A work knows it can be difficult. Mergers and Acquisitions involve integrating the people, existing processes, technology, assets, products/services, cultures, and a whole host of other key items. None of this effort is trivial. Mix in aggressive TSA (Transitional Service Agreement) terms from an acquired d [...]

Break Away from the Competition with Subscription Business Models
Break Away from the Competition with Subscription Business Models

Break Away from the Competition with Subscription Business Models

By Bill Wood|May 17th, 2019|

Using S/4HANA for innovation and business transformation! Subscription models represent an additional sales channel. Companies that do not pursue them give up that customer segment to competitors embracing subscriptions. Subscriptions are not silver bullets that solve all problems, but they do improve customer retention with deeper customer and market insight. Subscription business models are part of a digital journey and help you connect with your customers. Subscription management has unique [...]

What is IT Strategy?
What is IT Strategy?

What is IT Strategy?

By Bill Wood|July 7th, 2014|

We hear it almost every day: IT Strategy, Business Strategy, strategic customer accounts, strategic widgets, etc. Strategy is applied to so many areas with so little understanding that the word has almost become meaningless. I decided to build my own research-based model around strategy because of all of the buzz and the lack of clarity or simplicity. I wanted to answer a key question: How do you determine if you are being strategic or just using tactics you are calling a strategy? Wha [...]

SAP & IT Outsourcing – RESULTS MATTER!
SAP & IT Outsourcing – RESULTS MATTER!

SAP & IT Outsourcing – RESULTS MATTER!

By Bill Wood|June 24th, 2014|

Business today is looking for a way to provide shareholder value. Outsourcing has become a popular method to boost stock values because shareholders believe it will reduce costs. While your share price may increase in the short term, you may not see the cost savings, and your share price will suffer later as your cost basis increases. Unfortunately, the cost saving "dream" presented during all those sales pitches often become a "nightmare" of spiraling costs and management headaches. I [...]

Dear SAP — IT’s Past HANA TIME
Dear SAP — IT’s Past HANA TIME

Dear SAP — IT’s Past HANA TIME

By Bill Wood|June 16th, 2014|

In-Memory DB Recently there has been a lot of activity around in-memory database processing. Oracle announced in-memory which it is positioning as a direct competitor to HANA [Fn1]; IBM, Microsoft, and others are getting on the "in-memory" bandwagon as well [FN2]. A quick check of Wikipedia indicates there are numerous companies claiming "in-memory" database processing as well [FN3]. Then there is the huge performance difference between Solid State Drives (SSD) and physic [...]