14.10.2009
Keen to use the global financial crisis as an opportunity, around 600 participants gathered at the SAP Congress for Banks in Frankfurt, Germany at the start of October. During the two-day event, experts and reference customers explained strategies, presented solutions, and outlined methods to enable banks to emerge stronger from turbulent times.
21.08.2009
SAP software is hard at work across many areas of industry and the public sector, not least at Stadtwerke Düsseldorf, Aral, and SIMEON. SAP.info reports on the developments of week 34.
13.08.2009
Sanofi Pasteur leads the European market for vaccines. To stay successful in a complex and strictly regulated business, the company – a joint venture between the sanofi-aventis and Merck –manages its core processes with solutions from SAP.
31.07.2009
SAP software is hard at work across many areas of industry and the public sector, not least at Leifheit, Mercer or Esprit. SAP.info reports on the developments of week 31.
06.07.2009
To facilitate their centralized management, master and reference data must remain consistent across multiple systems and applications. The disadvantage: Users can view, but not maintain the data in downstream systems. Thanks to a bidirectional interface, HSH Nordbank has eliminated this problem.
29.06.2009
In 2006, the terms “microfinancing” and “microloan” made headlines. The collaboration between SAP and PlaNet Finance is part of SAP’s long term commitment to sustainability, and more particularly to corporate social responsibility.
24.02.2009
The global financial meltdown has littered the financial landscape with an ever growing list of casualties. Among the reasons for their death are not least internal frauds and control system failures. These failures can be prevented by implementing a biometric system.
23.09.2008
Given the latest developments in the financial service industry and the consequent challenges it faces, the number of networked and specialized service providers is rising. The tailored service packages previously offered by banks are increasingly becoming the responsibility of service providers that mass-deliver standardized services using industrial-like processes. Traditional and outdated application landscapes are unable to effectively support these diverse requirements. A service architecture enables banking processes to be mapped in software applications. At the 5th Value Chain Forum in October in St. Gallen, Switzerland, “The Networked Bank of 2015” workshop will explore the advantages and disadvantages of various approaches.
22.09.2008
One of the leading banking groups in Spain will transition its human resource management processes onto the SAP ERP Human Capital Management (SAP ERP HCM) solution. Banco Sabadell will utilize the solution for more than 10,000 employees in its financial group. A key aspect of the project will be the implementation of Duet software.
30.04.2008
SAP AG, together with Microsoft, today announced a significant milestone in its mission to help banks establish a service-oriented architecture (SOA) for their business operations. SAP and Microsoft, along with other founding members, have created the Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN). The goal of BIAN is to help banks ease the transition to an SOA by gathering together a community of industry leading players and global banks who will openly share domain and technical expertise to apply SOA principles and methodologies. In employing these principles, banks globally will be able to better respond to changing customer needs and reduce risk and cost of re-engineering legacy systems towards a more flexible operational environment.