{"id":56114,"date":"2019-02-14T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T07:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e3mag.com\/?p=56114"},"modified":"2024-01-19T14:50:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T13:50:50","slug":"cloud-computing-profitability-and-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/en\/cloud-computing-profitability-and-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud computing: profitability and growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ability to make real-time decisions and a consistent focus on profitability and long-term growth are key requirements for staying ahead of the game.<\/p>\n<p>This is precisely why companies are looking to cloud solutions for comprehensive network and spend management. \"Business decisions that used to take a year or more now need to be made in a matter of months or weeks,\" said Robert Enslin, President Cloud Business Group and member of the Executive Board of SAP SE.<\/p><div id=\"great-2632227177\" class=\"great-fullsize-content-en\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6yfv7eho3Gc\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Fullsize\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150.jpg\" alt=\"Fullsize\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-400x50.jpg 400w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-768x96.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-100x13.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-480x60.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-640x80.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-720x90.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-960x120.jpg 960w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-1168x146.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-18x2.jpg 18w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/banner_26_04_08_1200x150-600x75.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"150\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><em>\"Long-term success means that a company has the systems and networks in place, both inside and outside its borders, for full visibility and control. That's exactly what SAP delivers.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56115\" src=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Robet-Eslin-1812.jpg\" alt=\"Robet-Eslin-1812\" width=\"1000\" height=\"659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Robet-Eslin-1812.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Robet-Eslin-1812-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Robet-Eslin-1812-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Robet-Eslin-1812-480x316.jpg 480w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Robet-Eslin-1812-640x422.jpg 640w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Robet-Eslin-1812-720x474.jpg 720w, https:\/\/e3mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Robet-Eslin-1812-960x633.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ariba, Concur and Fieldglass solutions weave powerful business networks to manage procurement processes and supplier relationships, business travel and expenses, and human resources.<\/p>\n<p>Ariba Network is the world's largest B2B marketplace with more than 3.6 million trading partners in more than 190 countries.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past four quarters, more than 258 million transactions were processed using Concur's applications and services. Concur Travel is a corporate travel management solution.<\/p>\n<p>Fieldglass, which includes a cloud-based supplier management system, is used in over 180 countries. With its broad integration portfolio, it managed more than 6.2 million external employees in the third quarter of 2018.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With its end-to-end solutions for cloud-based network and expense management, SAP is trying to score points with existing customers, because the modern economy is no longer conceivable without cross-organizational cooperation and data 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