Five Minute Briefing - SAP
April 26, 2017
Published in conjunction with the Independent SAP Technical User Group (formerly the International Sybase User Group), this monthly publication contains news, market research, insight for the SAP user community, as well as ISUG-TECH news and information.
News Flashes
Magic Software Enterprises Ltd., a global provider of software platforms for enterprise mobility, cloud applications, and business integration, is extending its Magic xpi 4.6 release to enable users access to a broader range of platforms including SAP. With over 100 pre-built connectors to leading applications and technologies, Magic xpi Integration Platform supports organizations' on-premise, cloud, and hybrid integration needs.
NextLabs, Inc., an SAP partner and provider of data-centric security software, released a new product in the Data Centric Security suite for SAP software, increasing access control and data security requirements. Entitlement Manager for S/4 HANA provides enhanced access control across all Fiori applications.
SAP is introducing SAP Fieldglass Live Insights, a new machine learning-powered, data-driven insights service that makes it possible for executives to benchmark, plan, predict and simulate external talent scenarios. The new SAP Fieldglass service is the result of partnering with SAP Data Network to create this capability that is powered by SAP HANA.
SAP is launching the SAP.iO Fund, seeded with an initial investment of $35 million, to encourage early-stage investments in software startups that will expand the SAP ecosystem. The fund is just one component of the SAP.iO open innovation model, which enables innovators both inside and outside SAP to use the power of SAP data, application programming interfaces (APIs), and platform technologies to unlock new value for customers.
Think About It
One of the significant changes enterprises should expect to gain speed this year is the expanding role of business users in IT. Fences around the IT landscape are slowly coming down and business users are playing an active part in the digital transformation. It's uncharted territory, driving an increased demand for information governance initiatives to help companies use data to navigate the transformation. Here are trends to watch as data and business users' roles evolve within IT and across the enterprise.
ISUG-Tech News and Information
Join SAP and ISUG-TECH on May 31st at the Marriott Bethesda to meet the experts for a half-day of sessions focused on SAP Data Management products. We'll provide in-depth, technical information on SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise, SAP IQ, SAP Replication Server software, and take a deep dive into the in-memory and cloud product features and capabilities.
This technical webcast will provide you with a detailed introduction to the backup and restore process with SAP ASE 16.0. You will learn more about database backup processes covering internal and external tools.