United VARs Blog

The Changing Face of HR

Data-driven decision-making, employee experiences and the rise of HXM

Over fifty years ago, Robert Kennedy said in a speech, “There is a Chinese curse that says 'May you live in interesting times.' Like it or not, we live in interesting times. They are times of danger and uncertainty, but they are also more open to the creative energy of people than any other time in history”.

Spotlight on…United VARs

Detlef Mehlmann is Managing Director at United VARs, the global alliance of SAP SAP solution providers for the midmarket. With over 70 members in 100 countries, the alliance implements all types of SAP rollouts and integrations across the world.

By Anna Colette, B2B Tech Writer

How SAP Partners are Accelerating the Adoption of SAP BTP

To become more agile, small and mid-market global organizations need a highly modular, cloud-based real-time environment. SAP created SAP S/4HANA as the core of its Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) to help achieve this.

By Nadia Casagrande, Partner Ecosystem Success, SAP Partner Readiness, Communications, SAP

Spotlight on…The Birchman Group

A United VARs member for United Kingdom

Richard Taylor is Partner at The Birchman Group, a SAP Global Platinum Partner head-quartered in the UK. The company has a focus on digital and business transformation through the SAP Business Technology Platform and was a ramp-up partner for SAP S/4HANA Cloud and winner of the prestigious SAP Pinnacle Award for SAP HANA in 2018. They recently won the United VARs award for ‘Newcomer of the year – OnPrem’.

By Anna Colette, B2B Tech Writer

Sustainability is Becoming a Business Imperative

Sustainability has become even more important over the last few years. Many growing organizations have set their own targets to reduce carbon emissions because it is the ethical thing to do. SAP has a Chasing Zero strategy to create a sustainable future through zero emissions, zero waste and zero inequality. SAP is set to achieve carbon neutrality by 2023, two years ahead of their original schedule

An Easy Way to Find Apps and Extensions for SAP Global Rollouts

The United VARs implementation members and solution partners have specific industry and business process knowledge that they’ve bundled into products. These products range from solutions for country-specific legal requirements to ways to improve specific processes within SAP systems. We wanted to make these SAP add-ons and extensions visible for the United VARs members and partners.

Why Midmarket Companies are Realising the Value of Electronic Signature

Before the pandemic, electronic signature was mostly used by large enterprises in their supply chain, procurement and finance departments. Due to the increase in remote working over the last 18 months, many other core functions such as HR have also started to use electronic signature.

Spotlight on…Acloudear

United VARs member for China

Tracy Zhou is the founder and CEO of Acloudear, an SAP Cloud specialist and the United VARs member for China. With offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hongkong. Acloudear provides digital transformation services and SAP Cloud technologies to both Chinese and international customers. In 2020, the company received the prestigious Pinnacle Award for ‘SAP Cloud Partner of the Year- Small and Midsize Companies’.

The Rise of Intelligent Bots in Procurement

apsolut Group is the United VARs solution partner for on-premise, cloud and hybrid procurement solutions and is widely recognised as an innovator in SAP-based procurement. The company creates bots, apps and add-ons to extend SAP solutions and provide the advanced functionality that United VARs considers important for SAP global rollouts. Read and watch the interview with Klaus Schuller and Jan Lipka about the rise of intelligent bots.

Business Transformation as a Service for the Midmarket

RISE with SAP

The ongoing restrictions and supply chain disruptions due to Covid-19 policies across the world mean organisations are having to respond to change faster than ever. To thrive in such uncertain times, it’s essential for businesses to become more agile and to have the right technology to help them uncover the insights from their data to drive process efficiencies and enable innovation so they can thrive.

Spotlight on... Seidor

United VARs member for Spain

Alejandro Daniel O'Davoren is Deputy Managing Director at Seidor and has spent his entire professional life involved in the technology sector, through Seidor, in positions of different responsibilities. In a way, Alejandro Daniel's story is the story of the company, as person and organisation have grown hand in hand with the passage of time and the technological transformation that has taken place in society.

​Innovate Like a Startup with SAP’s Business Technology Platform

According to a recent Global CEO study by the IBM Institute of Business Value, 56% of CEOs emphasize the need to aggressively pursue operational agility and flexibility. However, most midsize companies have complex technology landscapes and rigid systems which hold them back from being able to innovate quickly and cost-effectively. This makes it extremely difficult for them to respond appropriately to market changes and customer demands.

Automated Conversion and Data Migration to SAP S/4HANA

Improving user experience, getting real-time analytics and streamlining the technology landscape are just some of the key reasons why customers are choosing to move to SAP S/4HANA. A brownfield approach to converting from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA is generally straightforward, rapid and low risk, letting you keep your existing infrastructure and migrate your existing data. You take all your data with you to S/4HANA in the brownfield approach, but you may decide to archive some of your historical data prior to the migration.

Spotlight on…2BM

United VARs member for Denmark

Lars Bork Dylander is the CEO and founder of 2BM which he started in 2000 to support forward-thinking companies with HR and mobile business solutions. Since then, 2BM has grown to become a full, strategic service provider based on SAP and related technologies, helping companies to streamline business processes and deliver tangible value across SAP and associated technologies, platforms and products.

Moving to the Cloud for Faster Business Transformation

Gartner forecasts worldwide public cloud spending to rise by 18.4% in 2021 to total $304.9 billion, and survey data indicates that 70% of organisations plan to increase their cloud spending in 2021, mostly due to COVID-19 disruptions and the subsequent rise in homeworking.