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whitePaper | March 29, 2023

On the 8th of March 2023 SAP announced the evolution of SAP Data Warehouse Cloud (DWC) into SAP Datasphere during its ‘Data Unleashed’-digital event. Although this whitepaper has been updated to reflect all the changes and new developments, some of the images may still carry SAP Datasphere’s old name (Data Warehouse Cloud), in cases where no similar visualizations with the new namesake were available. If you have read this whitepaper before, you might just be interested in the topics that SAP highlighted in the days preceding and during the March event. In the section below you will find the most important takeaways in a nutshell, but we encourage you to read on if you want to know more!

whitePaper | July 1, 2022

Data is an extremely valuable asset in today’s world. After all, there are entire industries based on it. Because of this, it’s important to evangelize the value of data within your organization.

whitePaper | April 19, 2023

Unplanned downtime is one of the most significant pain points for industrial manufacturers today, costing them an estimated $50 billion each year. The risk is even greater for process manufacturing, where a critical equipment failure could result in the loss of an entire batch, environmental hazards, or safety risks. The adoption of digital technologies, such as the industrial internet of things (IIoT), promises to mitigate these threats by forecasting equipment failures and catching faults before they lead to unscheduled shutdowns. However, in practice, several challenges arise when maintenance personnel and operations leaders work to implement an IIoT solution aimed at eliminating unplanned downtime.

whitePaper | October 18, 2022

We talk about striving to be data driven. But in doing so, we’ve skipped an important step. Today, we must first aspire to be data-sharing organizations. That means becoming businesses where data is easily and proactively shared with every relevant person. Otherwise, there will be no driving possible. We’ll be left in the dust, lacking the gas — the data — to fuel us ahead in the digital economy. Gartner® said, “According to the Sixth Annual Gartner Chief Data Officer Survey,1 respondents who successfully increased data sharing led D&A teams that were 1.7 times more effective at showing demonstrable, verifiable value to D&A stakeholders.”

whitePaper | November 26, 2019

There has been much said about the Internet of Things (IoT) and what it can bring to business and society - creating a more deeply connected world, informed by data sourced from connected things, made better by smarter, more meaningful actions and interactions. These views often focus on how IoT technical solutions can deliver this new future, emphasizing the technology DNA of IoT devices, networks and applications. We have found, however, both through research and experience, that while technology is, in fact, the core of IoT’s DNA; it is just a piece of the puzzle needed to deliver on IoT’s promise. With 60% of IoT projects still struggling to move out of proof-of-concept and scale successfully2 there is more to IoT success than technology alone. What is needed and how can business leaders plan better for IoT success?

whitePaper | November 18, 2022

For decades, the lack of visibility into the health of our data has led to data downtime in companies around the world. When data is missing, inaccurate, or erroneous, data quality initiatives are doomed to fail, leaving enterprises at a privacy compliance and business disadvantage.