Key Observations from SAP SAPPHIRE NOW 2018

Another SAP SAPPHIRE NOW Conference is in the books. The Approyo team enjoyed meeting new and old friends at the show and our After Party. This year featured a number of important announcement that will impact the entire SAP Ecosytem. We look forward to implementing these new solutions for our clients. Here are some of the top observations from the Approyo team.

Intelligent Enterprise - Powered by SAP HANA and the Cloud 
The "Intelligent Enterprise" was the biggest phrase of the conference. It was on all the signs and banners throughout the show floor and top keynote speakers like SAP CEO Bill McDermott and SAP co-founder Dr. Hasso Plattner.

In Plattner’s view, the intelligent enterprise is the “logical consequence” of what happens when modern technology meets traditional business processes. But make no mistake, the intelligent enterprise is much more than a re-vamp of traditional ERP, and it’s been a long yet worthwhile journey for SAP, whose significant investment in building out its intelligent enterprise — $50 billion since 2010 — is about to pay dividends on a multitude of levels.

“If you want to be intelligent, we have to react quickly,” Plattner said during his keynote presentation to thousands of customers and partners in attendance at SAPPHIRE NOW, SAP’s annual premier business and technology event this week in Orlando. “We have done a bunch of things to accelerate the development of our systems — and we should be much faster with the deployment of our services.”

For years, Plattner lectured about the virtues of SAP HANA, the company’s game-changing in-memory database whose unmatched speed and efficiency allows 22,000 of its customers to remove redundant aggregation from their IT systems, a root cause of bad performance. With SAP’s intelligent enterprise, Plattner promises unbelievable speed and simplified code and data for all.
“We are out of the woods and we can create apps now in real time,” said Plattner. “We have created a completely different kind of flexibility.

SAP HANA Data Management Suite
The SAP HANA Data Management Suite is based on the latest versions of the SAP HANA business data platform. It allows for secure, governed enterprise-class applications and analytics by providing an open, hybrid and multicloud-enabled solution suite that orchestrates all the data needed into a trusted, unified landscape. SAP HANA Data Management Suite is the foundation for building agile, data-driven applications that are always tapping into live data. With one query, SAP HANA Data Management Suite can deliver results from a single logical data set that covers the whole enterprise — turning the concept of universal data into a reality. Read our full blog post about the new SAP HANA Data Management Suite.

SAP C/4HANA
Building on the company’s reputation as an end-to-end business solutions provider, the new SAP C/4HANA suite will offer full integration with SAP’s business applications portfolio, led by its market-leading ERP suite, SAP S/4HANA. The combination of assets features new machine learning capabilities from SAP Leonardo, a set of intelligent technologies the company introduced last year, as well as the new SAP HANA Data Management Suite, which enables companies to gain visibility and control of their highly distributed data. The company’s overall strategy, focused on helping businesses run as intelligent enterprises, highlights the demand for a balanced approach to automation in the workplace.

SAP Leonardo: Intelligence Inside the Intelligent Enterprise
Innovation is not about using technology for technology’s sake, it’s about applying the right technology in the context of your business process to drive a better outcome from that process. Industry and business process expertise means that SAP can apply the right intelligent technologies at the right points in a business process to deliver tremendous value and improve the outcome. SAP customers get access to SAP Leonardo in three ways:

• Embedded in SAP applications: From SAP Ariba to SAP Hybris offerings and SAP S/4HANA, we are adding intelligence to SAP applications. When you use the intelligent capabilities of these applications, you are using SAP Leonardo.
• Industry innovation kits: Pre-integrated capabilities that repeatedly accelerate solutions to common industry problems.
• Open innovation:  Take a best-in-class approach to innovation, using intelligent technologies, on SAP Cloud Platform.

Regardless of how you access SAP Leonardo, you will gain intelligent capabilities, applied to business processes, that create better business results.

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Mirror Review Recognizes Approyo as one of the 10 Best SAP Solution Providers of 2018

Mirror Review has listed Approyo among the top SAP solution providers in its latest magazine, “The 10 Best SAP Solution Providers of 2018.”

The magazine has recently published its special issue, in which it has featured the most prominent companies that empower their clients with the most advanced SAP solutions and tools for enterprise operations.

Today, SAP is leading the world with industry expertise in providing high grade enterprise solutions. It is the unique characteristic of SAP that enable a strong digital core and an easy-to-use system that supports innovations planned by companies. Tools provided by SAP are helping businesses transform themselves and take themselves towards success, without jeopardizing the daily business operations.

In this yearly issue, Mirror Review has featured the most promising SAP solutions providers based on their prompt offerings, client testimonials, processes followed for client retention, and the policies they practice for employee contentment. Archana Ghule, Managing Editor of the magazine, commented that Approyo has been the most prominent technology enabler for its clients over the last few years. “The team at Approyo works to stay in-front of changing technology by providing the most effective solutions. They want to take SAP solutions to customers in the quickest and most effective way,” she added.

“We are excited to be part of this great list of companies" said Christopher Carter, CEO of Approyo. "Coming off the heels of a successful week at SAP SAPPHIRE NOW, this achievement continues to validate our success in the SAP and Cloud marketplace.”

View the full profile: http://www.mirrorreview.com/approyo-streamlining-sap-cloud/

The 10 Best Performing SAP Solution Providers list: http://www.mirrorreview.com/the-10-best-sap-solution-providers-of-2018/

About Mirror Review
Mirror Review is a magazine company that unwinds the untold stories of Enterprises and their Founders, VPs, CEOs, CXOs, etc., while focusing on the unique services offered by them. As this is a platform for technologists and business people, the company keeps its audience informed with all current affairs in the market. The magazine company focuses on technology sectors such as Big Data, Cloud, IoT, Mobility, Networking, Security, Software, and Virtualization, and has issued numerous successful projects.

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SAP Announces SAP C/4HANA

Major news from the first morning at the 2018 SAP SAPPHIRE NOW Conference. SAP CEO Bill McDermott announced a new suite of applications, SAP C/4HANA, to help businesses serve and retain customers. SAP also announced the SAP HANA Data Management Suite, the industry’s first comprehensive data management solution that enables companies to turn data sprawl into business value.

Here is the full announcement from SAP.com:

SAP C/4HANA is an integrated offering designed to modernize the sales-only focus of legacy CRM solutions. Following the completed acquisitions of market leaders Hybris, Gigya and CallidusCloud, SAP now ties together solutions to support all front-office functions, such as consumer data protection, marketing, commerce, sales and customer service.

“SAP was the last to accept the status quo of CRM and is now the first to change it,” McDermott said. “The legacy CRM systems are all about sales; SAP C/4HANA is all about the consumer. We recognize that every part of a business needs to be focused on a single view of the consumer. When you connect all SAP applications together in an intelligent cloud suite, the demand chain directly fuels the behaviors of the supply chain.”

Building on the company’s reputation as an end-to-end business solutions provider, the new SAP C/4HANA suite will offer full integration with SAP’s business applications portfolio, led by its market-leading ERP suite, SAP S/4HANA. The combination of assets features new machine learning capabilities from SAP Leonardo, a set of intelligent technologies the company introduced last year, as well as the new SAP HANA Data Management Suite, which enables companies to gain visibility and control of their highly distributed data. The company’s overall strategy, focused on helping businesses run as intelligent enterprises, highlights the demand for a balanced approach to automation in the workplace.

More About SAP C/4HANA
The SAP C/4HANA portfolio includes SAP Marketing Cloud, SAP Commerce Cloud, SAP Service Cloud, SAP Customer Data Cloud (including the acquired Gigya solutions) and SAP Sales Cloud (including the acquired CallidusCloud solutions). Additionally, SAP Sales Cloud unites the SAP Hybris Revenue Cloud solution and SAP Hybris Cloud for Customer (comprised of SAP Hybris Sales Cloud and SAP Hybris Service Cloud solutions).

These cloud solutions — formerly on the market under the SAP Hybris brand name — as well as SAP’s commerce and customer engagement organization are now consolidated under the SAP Customer Experience business unit to support a consistent brand experience.

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Approyo named one of The 10 Best Performing SAP Solution Providers by Insights Success

Approyo is excited to announce it has been named one of The 10 Best Performing SAP Solution Providers, 2018 by Insights Success.

Insights Success is a platform that focuses distinctively on emerging as well as leading companies, their confrontational style of doing business and way of delivering effective and collaborative solutions to strengthen market share. This magazine talks about leaders and orators from the world of technology, which includes CEOs, ClIOs, VPs, managers and other professionals who had set a benchmark in the revolution of the industry.

“We are honored to be part of this great list of companies" said Christopher Carter, CEO of Approyo. "This achievement continues to validate our success in the SAP and Cloud marketplace.”

"Starting their own business, while knowing all the difficulties, obstacles and competition one will have to face is the greatest challenge the brave entrepreneurs of today are accepting wholeheartedly. One such outstanding influential entrepreneur, who's running his venture while influencing the world is Chris Carter of Approyo," said Archana Ghule, Editor-in-Chief of Insights Success.

View the full profile: https://www.insightssuccess.com/approyo-evolving-sap-technology/

The 10 Best Performing SAP Solution Providers list: https://www.insightssuccess.com/the-10-best-performing-sap-solution-providers-2018-may2018/

About Insights Success
Insights Success is a forum where top leaders and executives talk and share about their experiences, views, and mantra for success which will help the young and dynamic bloodline of professionals to learn, cater and deliver business needs for customers in order to become futuristic market leaders.

Approyo CEO Chris Carter featured on Problem Solvers Podcast with Jason Feifer of Entrepreneur Magazine

Approyo CEO Chris Carter recently had the opportunity to sit down with Jason Feifer, Entrepreneur’s Editor in Chief, for the Problem Solvers Podcast. During this podcast, Chris talks about how he was able to keep a company stable while being pulled into a personal crisis.

Listen to the podcast: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/314056

Keep The Company Running During A Personal Crisis
It's a question almost every entrepreneur will at some point face: How do you keep a company stable while you're pulled into a personal crisis? For Chris Carter, founder of Approyo, that question came shortly after his startup launched -- when his daughter developed epilepsy. After working himself to exhaustion, Chris stepped back and retooled how his company operated and how he was treating himself. The result was a stronger company, a healthier founder, and a better balance for everyone.

About Problem Solvers
Problem Solvers with Jason Feifer features business owners and CEO’s who went through a crippling business problem and came out the other side happy, wealthy, and growing. Feifer, Entrepreneur’s Editor in Chief, pulls these stories out so other business can avoid the same crippling problems.

Ignite your Business - SAP HANA Sandbox as a Service

A sandbox is a type of software testing  environment that enables the isolated execution of software or programs for independent  evaluation, monitoring or testing. In an implementation, a sandbox also may be  known as a test server, development server or working directory.

Additionally, the sandbox technique is implemented in information security to evaluate suspicious software or files containing malicious code. Typically, the source code of sandboxed software is not tested prior to isolation, which reduces unexpected behavior.

Cloud Sandbox as a Service

Cloud Sandboxing are self-contained  infrastructure environments that can be
configured to look exactly like the final target deployment environment but can be created and run anywhere. For example, developers can create a sandbox that looks like the production environment - from network and hardware to OS versions and software to cloud APIs. They do their development in that sandbox for a short period of time and when they are done they tear down the sandbox.

Benefits of Cloud Sandbox as a Service 

• Enable frequent and comprehensive testing - Whether you’re developing modern applications involving multiple layers of interdependent components or practicing test driven  development, you need to test earlier and more comprehensively.
• Accelerate delivery - You’re building mobile apps, and they’re  connected to enterprise backend services.  During development most teams need to build new backend services, connect to existing  services, or create ‘front-end facades’ for  existing services. However, it might not be  possible to access those services, or they may not even be complete.
• Continuous everything - A critical component of continuous delivery and continuous integration is fully automated testing. You must be able to continually and automatically run test suites when your application changes in order to realize continuous delivery. If your app depends on other services those services must be available and setup with the correct test data each run to ensure the test suite runs the same way every time.
• Streamline test environment provisioning - Development, Test, QA and Performance Test teams all need full environments to complete their tasks. Ideally, they should be able to work in parallel however this requires an environment per team. Some systems in your environment might not be yours or even be associated with a cost per transaction to use. This can be very painful during testing and especially during  performance and load testing.
• Reduce risk and cost - Eliminate much of the concurrent demand for development and test environments and  pay-per-use service charges from third parties by using virtual services to create simulated environments.

Approyo Cloud Ignite: SAP HANA Sandbox-as-a-Service

Ignite delivers your team the solution you need and the services to enable continuous and  effective use of SAP HANA to meet strategic and daily needs of business operations. The cloud solution provides the services and tools that enable you to minimize the cost and risk  associated with having the SAP HANA systems up and running.

Developing a project? Our Cloud Ignite sandbox-as-a-service provides a hosted SAP HANA sandbox, for as long as your team needs it, for a fixed monthly fee.

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The Cloud Helpers Blog Series - Sandbox as a Service

Welcome to our blog series, The Cloud Helpers. This series will focus on cloud computing topics and help you understand how the cloud can impact your business today and in the future. Today we are going to focus on one of the most buzzworthy things from 2018 and will impact businesses everywhere in 2019 and beyond: Sandbox as a Service.

What is Sandbox?

A sandbox is a type of software testing environment that enables the isolated execution of software or programs for independent evaluation, monitoring or testing.

In an implementation, a sandbox also may be known as a test server, development server or working directory.

Additionally, the sandbox technique is implemented in information security to evaluate suspicious software or files containing malicious code. Typically, the source code of sandboxed software is not tested prior to isolation, which reduces unexpected behavior.

Cloud Sandbox or Sandbox as a Service

Cloud Sandboxing are self-contained infrastructure environments that can be configured to look exactly like the final target deployment environment, but can be created and run anywhere. For example, developers can create a sandbox that looks like the production environment - from network and hardware to OS versions and software to cloud APIs. They do their development in that sandbox for a short period of time and when they are done they tear down the sandbox.

SAP Sandbox as a Service - Powered by Approyo

As an SAP Certified Partner, Approyo will provide a custom SAP Sandbox Server to your needs in our Private Cloud. This solution is called Ignite.

Ignite delivers your team the solution you need and the services to enable continuous and effective use of SAP HANA to meet strategic and daily needs of business operations. The cloud solution provides the services and tools that enable you to minimize the cost and risk associated with having the SAP HANA systems up and running.
Why Approyo

• Fast deployments with no capital expense.
• Ability to scale based on your business needs. No need to purchase more capacity than what is required. 
• Your SAP applications get the benefits of a dynamic cloud infrastructure - making them behave more like cloud native applications. 

Developing a project? Our Cloud Ignite sandbox-as-a-service provides a hosted SAP HANA sandbox, for as long as your team needs it, for a fixed monthly fee.

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