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Addressing Interoperability for Composable ERP Success

The beauty of composable ERP is that everything is your choice. Instead of being confined to an ERP vendor’s offerings, you’re free to choose your best-fit applications and technologies. You can replace or add components in a modular fashion, and they all work together to enable better business outcomes. The results are more-tailored functionality, accelerated innovation, and a lower total cost of ownership for existing investments. Yet composable ERP can bring about interoperability issues triggered by changes in browsers, operating systems (OS), or email. Vendors may address the issues through code updates or patches, which can create disruption and risk. Or they may not address them at all, which is also a challenge. In this eBook, discover how to help future-proof against common issues like: compatibility issues that can arise from DIY composable ERP compatibility issues that can hinder IT modernization compatibility issues with browsers, OS, and email

How to Choose an Open-Source Database 

It might be time for a new database.  Growing data volumes, real-time analytics, and digital initiatives are driving the need for more modern data architectures and platforms.  As a result, many businesses are moving away from proprietary database software running on centralized servers in their own data centers and shifting to a newer generation of cloud databases that scale automatically and are much easier to deploy and manage.  These new databases are often based on open-source software, and in fact, as of January 2021, open-source databases surpassed commercial databases in popularity.1    So how should you choose your new open-source database? It pays to ask some critical questions such as:  what are my data characteristics?  how easy — or hard — will data migration be?  what capabilities do I need?  which database would fit well with my existing IT infrastructure?  For more insights, including benefits and potential risks of open-source databases, download the eBook.   1 DB-Engines  

Intermedium Research of Public Sector CIO Priorities 2022

The pandemic dispelled the notion that going digital was optional for Australian and New Zealand governments. Now that citizens, ministers, and employees have discovered the benefits of public sector digital transformation, agency CIOs are facing extra pressure to transform ICT environments even faster. Yet legacy systems, capability shortages, and high supplier costs can impede rapid progress. A new independent research report by Intermedium, captures key CIO priorities for 2023 and discusses third-party software support as a solution to help: expedite public sector digital transformation  close IT talent gaps  reduce costs  This new report was unveiled at the Gartner IT Symposium, Gold Coast, on September 12th. Register now to receive the report. 

Cure Your ERP Headaches through Consolidation and Third-Party Support

Has your ERP become complex, expensive, and labor-intensive? Are you balancing multiple ERP systems? Are you facing an IT talent shortage? If you answered yes to any of these, this Rimini Street-sponsored research report is for you. UK business technology publisher Computing surveyed organizations regarding their: current ERP setup and if it meets their needs plans for ERP cloud migration IT skills and resourcing challenges factors influencing ERP consolidation perspective on the role of third-party support in ERP consolidation The report takes a detailed look at responses to 12 survey topics, including the greatest benefits from consolidating multiple ERP systems and the biggest barriers to ERP consolidation. Based on the research findings, Computing explores ERP consolidation and third-party support as effective remedies for ERP headaches. For the complete analysis, read the full report.

A Smart Path to Holistic SAP Security

Malicious parties are constantly searching for new ways to breach enterprise systems and put your valuable data at risk. SAP announces new patches each month on Patch Tuesday. Hack Wednesday is when hackers go on the attack assuming security teams haven’t implemented those patches. And those patches usually only address vulnerabilities that have been identified by the good guys, not the ones that the bad guys are exploiting, zero-day attacks, or other sophisticated attacks.    If you’re still relying solely on vendor patches to protect your mission critical SAP assets, you could be putting your data at risk. To fully understand the risks of a patch management strategy alone, read this e-book. In the e-book, you’ll learn:  Why vendor patches don’t address all vulnerabilities   The benefits of a layered security, defense-in-depth approach   Solutions for implementing layered security to protect against zero-day attacks   Comparison of a layered security model against SAP patching alone  

3 Smart Paths to Innovation for Your SAP Roadmap

Composable ERP for SAP: Your Roadmap, Your Advantage

Life changed significantly during the pandemic. Companies that changed along with it were able to gain competitive advantage. Companies that couldn’t (or wouldn’t) are likely still ramping up to new consumer and business realities. For either type of company, a composable ERP approach for SAP may pave the way for breakthrough innovation. With composable ERP, enterprises can “plug and play” easily integrated, best-of-breed ERP elements to deliver improved user experiences in response to changing market conditions.* Composable ERP creates options to drive growth within a Business-Driven Roadmap, where all IT activities are aligned with business priorities. For SAP customers running ECC or S/4HANA, or those planning a move to S/4HANA, composable ERP and a Business-Driven Roadmap can be a smart path to even greater success. Download the eBook to learn more about composable ERP for SAP. *TechTarget. “Experts predict flexibility as a top ERP trend in 2022.” January 10, 2022, Jim O’Donnell

Why Choose Virtual Patching over Vendor Patching for Database Security

A traditional, vendor patch-oriented approach to enterprise software security could leave you vulnerable to unpatched threats and create resource constraints. Virtual patching offers organizations more effective protection when vendor patches are not available, not possible, or not practical. With ransomware attacks, data theft, and phishing attempts increasing in frequency and effect, businesses can’t afford to merely rely on vendor patches that are often released well after the threat has emerged or don’t cover the full threat spectrum. If you’re depending on your vendor to protect your software and the valuable data it holds, don’t. According to the Rimini Street sponsored Aberdeen report, “Why Adopt Virtual Patching Vs. Vendor Patching for Enterprise Software Security?” more than 22,000 vulnerabilities were disclosed in 2020, and nearly 5,000 had no vendor patch by year-end. The report compares the business outcomes, costs, and efficacy of virtual patching and vendor patching. Highlights of the analysis include: Why a traditional, patch-oriented approach to enterprise software security falls short How virtual patching works and use cases where it’s most applicable Tips for making the technical case for replacing vendor patching with virtual patching Quantifying the operational cost of a vendor patch-oriented approach to enterprise software patches and upgrades For complete datasets, analysis, and insights, download a complimentary copy of the full report.