Results for Search Submit Filter by: Advanced Filter All results Solutions Industry Typelist People Client Story Insights/Blogs Sort by: Relevance Date Filter Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Blog November 16, 2022 Develop an Effective SAP Automated Controls Benchmarking Strategy Organizations are continuously working to improve their internal controls environments, increase efficiencies and reduce the cost of compliance activities. Internal controls, compliance and audit professionals are also looking to align organizations’ processes to important risk and industry trends. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) releases auditing standards that establish… Blog December 14, 2022 What You Read Most: Top Five SAP Insights from 2022 This year, our leading experts came together to address some of the most game-changing topics in the SAP space. Here are Protiviti’s most popular SAP insights from 2022 as you look ahead to the new year. By and large, these topics will remain important for your success in 2023. Read our top five most-read pieces below. #1. Case Study: Selecting a Conversion Type for SAP BW/4HANA Migration By… Blog January 4, 2023 Talent, Culture and Disruption Are Top-Ranking Risks for CFOs, Survey Shows I love to learn new words. Whether or not CFOs are familiar with this term, they undoubtedly know its connotation and are dealing with its effects every day. Permacrisis — named by the UK-based Collins English Dictionary as the 2022 word of the year — is defined as “an extended period of instability and insecurity, especially one resulting from a series of catastrophic events.” In essence, it’s a… Blog January 11, 2023 A 5-Step Plan to Operationalize DEIB As senior leadership teams evaluate their diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) strategies and objectives for 2023, they might consider the Second Law of Thermodynamics. This fundamental physics principle states that the entropy of an isolated system increases over time. This concept also applies to DEIB programs that fail to become institutionalized despite being launched with great… Blog January 12, 2023 ESG: Nine Actions CFOs and Finance Leaders Can Take Today Findings from our latest Global Finance Trends survey reveal that environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy and reporting are taking center stage as a top priority of CFOs today. Case in point: In 75% of organizations, the finance team has taken on ESG risks and issues as part of its role. With their unique blend of financial management fundamentals, risk intelligence and access to… Podcast February 8, 2023 Podcast | The Real Date of the Quantum Computing Apocalypse and What the White House Says We’ll Do About It Will quantum computers be able to crack RSA this decade? Maybe. But figuring out that exact date is not what you and your organisation should be worried about. A memorandum issued by the White House reveals when the quantum computing apocalypse will begin as far as information security boots on the ground are concerned. Join Host Konstantinos Karagiannis for a deep dive into the NSM-10 memo and… Podcast Transcript February 7, 2023 Transcript | Quantum Networking with memQ Quantum computing requires quantum networking to reach its full potential. But there are engineering challenges to overcome. Learn about how repeaters that extend entanglement between qubits are really just application-specific quantum computers of their own. Also, learn how connecting these devices will pave the way for interconnect and other advances. Join host Konstantinos Karagiannis for a… Blog July 23, 2021 How SAP S/4HANA Finance Simplifies ERP Challenges for Manufacturing and Distribution Clients Enterprise resource planning (ERP) can prove to be a tough nut to crack for many manufacturing and distribution (M&D) clients. Keeping up with the challenges facing the industry in a soon-to-be post-pandemic world can cause even the most seasoned manufacturing leader to wonder how to effectively deal with the major issues facing his or her enterprise. While we see our M… Podcast Transcript February 7, 2023 Transcript | Topological Quantum Computing with Microsoft Azure Quantum An 85-year-old idea may hold the key to nearly error-free qubits. The Majorana fermion has taken on almost mythical status, but Microsoft recently solved a critical technical hurdle to creating topological qubits with the particle. How close are we to quantum computers with this technology? What other future developments can we expect from Azure Quantum? Join host Konstantinos Karagiannis for a… Podcast Transcript March 10, 2023 Transcript | Quantum-Inspired Approaches for Advantage Today with Multiverse Computing As NISQ-era quantum computing improves, we’re on the cusp of practical advantage within a couple of years. But some companies want to see impressive performance today. That’s where quantum-inspired solutions can provide up to triple the power, all on classical hardware. Learning quantum-inspired programming could even help coders migrate to real quantum computers in the future. Could these… Load More