Five Minute Briefing - SAP
August 28, 2024
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
Collibra, the Data Intelligence company, is offering the general availability of its initial integration with SAP Datasphere, a comprehensive data service that delivers seamless and scalable access to mission-critical business data. The first phase of integration between Collibra and SAP Datasphere is for SAP Analytics Cloud. In addition, Collibra also announced the public launch of its integration support of SAP Datasphere models with general availability to follow next month.
SAP SE is offering new cloud capabilities for SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) solutions. In a strategic co-innovation with Hilti AG, a leading global provider of products and services for the construction industry, SAP is helping customers connect their business data to both engineering and research and development departments, enabling businesses to be more efficient and save money.
SAP is releasing new process AI capabilities for SAP Signavio—process recommender and performance indicators recommender. Embedded into SAP Signavio Process Transformation Suite, these novel capabilities deliver instant, tailored process and metrics recommendations that will help process owners and process analysts accelerate process model design, more readily define their process monitoring strategy, and improve the quality of business outcomes, according to SAP.
SAP announced that Xerox Holdings Corp. has chosen multiple SAP solutions to transform its enterprise architecture as part of its multi-year Reinvention. Xerox's Reinvention involves aligning its resources to improve and stabilize its core print businesses, increase productivity and efficiency, and focus on its emerging digital services and IT services capabilities to improve business outcomes for its clients.
Think About It
SAP platforms, used by 99 of the Fortune 100 companies and with over 280 million cloud subscribers worldwide, are among the most reliable business applications. As SAP administrators, your role in maintaining the security of these platforms is crucial. However, the platform's popularity makes it a prime target for hackers to exploit Structured Query Language (SQL) injections and directory traversal vulnerabilities, which are only two specific risks in a much larger group.