Panaya Enables Enterprises to Optimize Their Testing Processes and Adoption of Agile & DevOps Methodologies Through its Unique Domain Expertise and AI-Powered Innovation

Panaya, the global leader in SaaS-based Change Intelligence and Testing, introduces its groundbreaking Codeless Test Automation Solution tailored for ERP & Cloud packaged applications. This revolutionary solution not only offers a simplified codeless approach, but also combines Change Impact Analysis, Test Management, and Test Automation in one native solution, making it the only full native end-to-end testing platform delivering a unified user experience and ensuring every aspect of testing is addressed comprehensively.

Panaya's all-in-one approach empowers organizations to optimize business – IT collaboration, and embrace cloud technologies seamlessly and with maximum synergy, and offers an array of key differentiators that set it apart as the ultimate choice for companies seeking to supercharge their testing processes:

Codeless Convenience: Gone are the days of complexity and coding challenges. Panaya's platform is designed to break down barriers, making it effortless for even non-coders to create robust automated scripts, and contribute to the testing process.

AI-Core Power: Panaya harnesses the power of AI Change Analysis to help identify the optimal candidates for automation, accelerating regression testing cycles and eliminating UAT bottlenecks by optimizing test scope.

Unrivaled Self-Healing: Panaya's smart technology and deep business applications expertise come together to create unrivaled self-healing algorithms. These algorithms not only optimize testing maintenance but also increase testing resiliency, ensuring your testing processes remain robust and dependable.

One-Click to Automation: No need to let go of the existing test repositories, Panaya allows for easy transit from manual tests to automated tests with just one click, enabling customers to embark on their automation journey swiftly, enriching their existing test repository, and boosting efficiency.

By seamlessly integrating Codeless Test Automation with the already superior - G2 leading  - Test Management platform, Panaya offers customers an unparalleled experience. The platform boasts smart and highly efficient defect management capabilities, empowering teams to identify and resolve issues swiftly. Actionable insights and real-time dashboards enhance visibility and decision-making while fostering IT/Business collaboration like never before. Panaya offers full traceability from Requirement to Test to Defect ensuring comprehensive and reliable testing processes that align with our customers' needs with best-in-class test evidence for compliance and documentation.

"Panaya's Codeless Test Automation Solution and approach is based on over a decade of experience and driven by our unwavering commitment to being a customer-facing company," says David Binny, Panaya CEO. "We relentlessly worked to understand our customers' challenges, tapping into our deep domain expertise and intimate understanding of ERP landscape complexity and dependencies. This allowed us to craft an automation solution that isn't generic but instead provides genuine value in every meticulously explored application. We are determined to be at the forefront of enterprise change intelligence & testing, combining our years of expertise in ERP & cloud-packaged applications, with our unique AI-powered technology and change impact analysis. Our ultimate goal is to empower enterprises, making them truly great by de-risking and accelerating their digital landscapes."

Evolution Digital partners with Plume to offer service providers a single commercial bundle combining OpenSync-certified hardware and Plume's cloud services

Cable-Tec Expo -- Network services and consumer experience pioneer Plume^® today announced a new go-to-market model for channel partners and Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs). Communications Service Providers (CSPs) can now make a one-time purchase of a fully-inclusive bundle combining both the latest OpenSync^®-certified consumer premises equipment (CPE) and subscriptions to Plume's award-winning consumer services. The package is accompanied by Plume's proactive support, operations, and marketing suites.

The new single pricing model brings additional operational options to service providers including simplified and streamlined procurement through a single contract signed with a preferred channel partner or ODM, and the flexibility to recognize the expenditure as CAPEX over the lifetime of the subscriber.

Plume's existing channel and ODM partner Evolution Digital, is the first to offer the new model to service providers throughout the Americas. As an OpenSync Certified Partner, Evolution Digital will also have early access to software releases, speeding up time to market for new features and CPE upgrades.

Under this new model, channel partners and ODMs—including Evolution Digital—can offer Plume's comprehensive portfolio of residential, very-small-business (VSB), and multi-dwelling-unit (MDU) suites of services:

• HomePass^®: Brings together advanced cyber-security, in-home motion sensing, device management, and parental controls in one place, building on the foundation of the most widely deployed advanced managed WiFi service in the world to deliver optimal internet experiences.
• WorkPass^®: Bespoke built to meet the connectivity, productivity, and security needs of VSBs. In addition to powerful front-end services, including Plume Adaptive WiFi^®, WorkPass brings unique operational insights and intelligence to help very small business owners thrive—without the cost and complexity of other products designed for medium-sized businesses and large enterprises.
• Uprise™: A unique, comprehensive solution offering property-wide seamless connectivity, secure access controls, and property management for the tenants and owners of MDUs. Whether tenants are exclusively residential or a mix of residential and small businesses, Uprise provides them with personalized experiences, cyber and physical security, and unified communications.

HomePass, WorkPass, and Uprise are integrated with Plume's Haystack^® Support Suite which helps service providers' support teams take the necessary proactive steps to monitor, predict, diagnose, and rapidly resolve issues, leading to fewer support calls, happier customers, and reduced churn.

"Our growing partnership with Plume is a testament to Evolution Digital's dedication to bringing cutting-edge technology and cost-effective solutions to the market," said Marc Cohen, Chief Revenue Officer from Evolution Digital. "We are excited to offer CSPs across North and South America a cost-optimized and efficient way to enhance their offerings with Plume's cloud-managed services."

"This expanded partnership with Evolution Digital provides CSPs with a one-stop solution for deploying Plume's services and OpenSync-enabled hardware," said Niall Robinson, Head of Sales for the Americas from Plume. "At a time of high demand, we are consistently looking at ways to streamline our commercial processes and ensure that service providers can deliver new consumer experiences as fast and as cost-effectively as possible."

Deloitte will rapidly scale its Google Public Sector resources, quadrupling the number of trained professionals and investing in new solutions using gen AI to enhance public services

Deloitte and Google Public Sector today announced a major expansion of their strategic alliance to accelerate innovation and harness new technologies like generative AI (gen AI) to help government and higher education clients solve complex problems. With deep experience at the federal, state, and local levels, Deloitte and Google Public Sector will launch a portfolio of new solutions that combine Google Cloud's leading AI/ML, gen AI, and data analytics capabilities with Deloitte's deep mission experience and engineering capabilities to enhance constituent engagement, improve geospatial planning, and drive better mission insights.

Through the expanded alliance, Deloitte will quadruple its Google Public Sector resources to better help public sector organizations adopt and scale vital transformation programs that achieve their mission-driven objectives. The organizations' initial focus will be on three critical areas primed for modernization:

• Enhance constituent engagement: Deloitte will bolster its innovative and empathetic Human Centered Design capabilities with Google Cloud's gen AI solutions, including Vertex AI, Document AI, and conversational AI, to help public sector organizations evolve services to better engage with their constituencies, build trust, and foster stronger community relationships. For example, applying conversational AI to state eligibility systems can help residents quickly check the status of their application and access other important information and resources.
   
• Geospatial scenario planning and monitoring: Deloitte will build new geospatial planning solutions that combine Google Earth Engine and Google Cloud's gen AI technology to improve operational resilience and help organizations proactively anticipate and plan for myriad challenges, such as urban planning, disaster response, and infrastructure development. Deloitte is one of the only global systems integrators in North America that is part of the Google Earth Engine Partner Initiative, with the skill set to utilize more than 1,000 earth observation datasets to enable more informed decision-making and sustainable planning capabilities, such as applying gen AI to sandbox and test community readiness for rising sea levels.
   
• Advanced data analytics to drive mission insights: Deloitte will apply Vertex AI and BigQuery to offer new solutions that enable advanced analytics capabilities. Utilizing enhanced data analytics and safe, responsible AI can help clients effectively identify valuable trends and insights, optimize operations, and enhance the delivery of services.

"With these new investments and our ongoing collaboration with Google Public Sector, Deloitte will help engineer advantage for our government, higher education and nonprofit clients so they can better address the most complex challenges facing their organizations," said Jason Salzetti, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP and Deloitte's government and public services industry leader. "Our keen understanding of market-specific issues and deep technology experience, combined with Google Cloud's cutting-edge technologies, will give our clients the confidence to seize opportunities to enhance their operations and improve the delivery of services for the people they serve."

"Google Public Sector has accelerated its work towards helping government and education customers transform with technologies that are easy to adopt, scale quickly, and enable organizations to achieve their missions," said Karen Dahut, CEO of Google Public Sector. "Our expanded alliance with Deloitte will significantly grow the tools and resources available to public sector clients, including new and innovative solutions that demonstrate the potential of gen AI and the services needed to successfully adopt them."

Deloitte AI Exploration Labs for Public Sector Clients 
Building on its experience applying the full breadth of Google Cloud technology, Deloitte and Google Public Sector will launch new AI Exploration Labs in Sacramento, Calif., and Rosslyn, Va., in addition to Deloitte's existing Austin location, dedicated to helping public sector organizations experience an AI-enabled digital future and creatively solve challenges with Google Cloud's technology. Using advanced AI technology and data, professionals will use the labs to focus on rapid experimentation, innovative use cases, and reusable frameworks that empower government employees at every level to improve their day-to-day work.

Global Public Sector Partner of the Year
Deloitte and Google Cloud have a longstanding alliance helping business and public sector organizations fundamentally improve how they operate. In 2023, Deloitte was recognized by Google Cloud as Global Public Sector Partner of the Year, Services Partner of the Year for North America, Specialization Partner of the Year for Security, and the Industry Solution Services Partner of the Year for Generative AI. These recognitions underscore Deloitte's ability to provide the resources, skills, and solutions to help clients succeed at any point in their digital transformation journey.

cloudSwXtch gives customers the ability to transfer and manage the most demanding systems on Google Cloud

swXtch.io LLC, today announced the availability of its cloud-native software solution, cloudSwXtch, on Google Cloud Marketplace. cloudSwXtch is a virtual overlay network that adds feature rich, high-performance networking to cloud or edge deployments at the simple touch of a button with no code changes to existing applications.

Google Cloud Marketplace lets users quickly deploy functional software packages that run on Google Cloud. Google Cloud Marketplace allows customers to easily start up a familiar software package with services like Google Compute Engine or Google Cloud Storage, with no manual configuration required.

cloudSwXtch provides many advanced features to the cloud, as well as in on-prem-to-cloud and cloud-to-cloud environments, not previously available on cloud networks. Some of these features include multicast, broadcast, SMPTE 2110 uncompressed video transport, and media transformation via Tachyon Live, ground-to-cloud bridging, network path redundancy for reliable transport, and more, helping companies scale without limitation and with sub-millisecond latency.

"Bringing these critical capabilities to Google Cloud Marketplace is a pivotal moment for companies looking to migrate live production workflows to the cloud," said Brent Yates, CEO of swXtch.io. "swXtch.io is uniquely positioned to support these demanding workloads because of the advanced features cloudSwXtch adds to Google Cloud and Google Cloud's inherent performance advantages. The high bandwidth and low latency needs of live media serve as a benchmark, proving Google Cloud's capability for any critical workflow. Multicast is easier to deploy on Google Cloud because of their simplified peering requirements compared to other clouds."

cloudSwXtch is available on Google Cloud Marketplace through both public and private offerings, including Bring Your Own License (BYOL). swXtch.io will offer pricing options that include pay-as-you-go and monthly or annual enterprise agreements.

"We are thrilled that swXtch.io is bringing cloudSwXtch to Google Cloud Marketplace," said Kip Schauer, Global Head of Media and Entertainment for Google Cloud. "Google Cloud's unmatched network performance, with ultra-low packet loss and high bandwidth, makes it the ideal platform for migrating demanding workflows to the cloud. The ability to bring on-premises broadcast workloads to Google Cloud that leverage PTP timing, multicast, and SMPTE 2110 uncompressed flows, unlocks new possibilities for media and entertainment companies looking to fully realize the benefits of cloud platforms."

Since the debut of cloudSwXtch in October 2022, swXtch.io has celebrated the global commercial launch of the product across multiple industries including financial services, media and entertainment, government, defense, artificial intelligence, and, most recently, the Internet of Things.

swXtch.io is a wholly owned subsidiary of IEX Group, Inc, which builds technology that levels the playing field to advance competitive markets and helps innovative businesses thrive. swXtch.io operates separately and distinctly from IEX Exchange (Investors' Exchange LLC).

Industry Leading Application GRC Platform Provides In-Depth Visibility Across Key ERP and LoB Applications

Pathlock, the leading provider of application governance, risk and compliance (GRC), today announced a new release of its Application Access Governance (AAG) product within the company's risk and compliance platform, Pathlock Cloud. Unlike other industry solutions that are focused on a single or limited number of applications, Pathlock AAG automates the vast majority of manual processes required to reduce the risks associated with application access across critical business systems. In addition to decreasing the cost of compliance for organizations, Pathlock AAG also provides the industry's most robust service solution for deep visibility insights into a wide array of applications.

Pathlock Cloud is a risk and compliance management platform that automates the controls testing and enforcement for enterprise resource planning (ERP) and business applications. With the industry's most robust library of controls content, it allows organizations to rapidly implement controls, analytics, and automated, AI-enhanced workflows to ensure granular and efficient compliance across diverse application landscapes. With today's release of AAG, users will have access to the following modules:

• Access Risk Analysis – automates the reporting and mitigation of Separation of Duties (SoD) violations and Sensitive Access Risks occurring across the business and IT.
• Compliant Provisioning – automates the process of user provisioning with the ability to ensure compliance with business and regulatory requirements through preventative risk checks and policy driven automated workflows.
• Certifications – automates user access reviews, risk and control revalidations, and more as part of the continuous refinement of entitlement assignments to manage and reduce risks.
• Elevated Access Management – facilitates temporary, time-bound, privileged access checkouts, monitors privileged use and collects action logs with the ability to enforce controls and automate log review.
• Role Management – facilitates the building of compliant technical and business roles with risk simulation analysis.

"Today's announcement is yet another step forward in achieving our vision of providing the industry's most comprehensive application GRC platform," said Piyush Pandey, CEO, Pathlock. "Our breadth of applications covered, combined with the depth of knowledge and capabilities within those applications, continue to be what sets Pathlock apart from our competition."

Organizations are increasingly struggling to maintain visibility across both the breadth and depth of their Line-of-Business (LoB) applications and are finding it difficult to ensure that employees only have access to what they need to do their jobs, especially within frequently shifting work environments. Companies are increasingly moving to a Zero Risk posture to manage the risk of material breaches, resulting in ongoing searches for an efficient way to enforce compliant provisioning and resolve SoD violations.

The new release of Pathlock AAG provides fine-grain visibility across the breadth and depth of LoB applications and harnesses automation to improve the productivity and efficiency of IT, business and audit teams in providing a risk-free environment. With AAG, controls testing costs and resource requirements are significantly reduced while providing a more robust audit trail and users can be onboarded and provisioned more quickly while providing a more secure environment. 

"The Pathlock platform is a leading-edge solution in the access control market for SAP and other LoB applications. While providing leading-edge support for SAP environments, its particular strength stems from the excellent support for a wide range of other LoB applications, thus serving the needs of customers running heterogeneous LoB application environments." – KuppingerCole Leadership Compass Access Controls for Multi-Vendor LoB Environments 2023 Report

Most recently, Pathlock was named an overall leader in KuppingerCole's Leadership Compass industry report titled 'Access Control Tools for Multi-Vendor LoB Environments' in recognition of the company's superior product capabilities, innovation and market reach.

Closer ties with Swedish software product company to enhance telecommunication testing and network transformation capabilities

UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company, has announced a strategic investment in VoerEir, a Swedish software product company specializing in the development of advanced software solutions for testing, benchmarking, and certifying the physical and virtual networks of Communications Service Providers (CSP). VoerEir solutions significantly streamline the process of deploying network infrastructure to the cloud. This investment strengthens UST's position as a leading provider of DevSecOps services in network engineering for 5G and beyond.

UST is expanding its presence in the rapidly growing telecommunications sector, partnering with innovative companies, and making strategic acquisitions positioned to address the primary challenges facing Tier-1 CSPs. Bolstered by the network engineering capabilities of the recently acquired telecom engineering firm MobileComm, UST's significant cloud, data, and DevSecOps expertise combines with VoerEir's Touchstone platform to ensure heightened network performance and reliability in a fully virtualized 5G network.

VoerEir's market-leading Touchstone platform helps telecom operators identify and resolve pain points in their telecom cloud environments, enabling greater Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). Touchstone is a comprehensive test system with extensive automated test cases and pre-packaged tools. It empowers its users to evaluate the performance, functionality, robustness, stability, and security of their cloud infrastructure for telecom applications. Furthermore, the dynamic solution supports Openstack and Kubernetes environments and offers deployment support for private and public cloud deployments.

UST's investment ensures that VoerEir is positioned to scale its business by leveraging UST's deep expertise in cloud solutions, artificial intelligence/machine learning, and the telecommunications sector.

"We welcome this strategic investment from UST, and believe that our closer relationship with the company will equip us with the capabilities and scale we need to continue growing as a credible and dependable partner in facilitating the transformation of CSPs from traditional legacy solutions to cutting-edge cloud based NFV architecture. UST shares our vision for transforming the telecommunications industry through cloud, data and DevSecOps, and our growing ties will allow us to improve at scale as we innovate to meet evolving demand in a growing sector," said Javier Garcia Gomez, Chief Executive Officer, VoerEir.

"This partnership further strengthens the growth strategy of UST's telecommunications vertical oriented around cloud, DevSecOps and data. We are excited to apply UST's experience and insights to VoerEir's innovative Touchstone platform to empower telecom operators. Our collaboration will simplify and streamline the evaluation of performance, functionality, robustness, stability, and the security of their cloud infrastructure for telecom applications," said Aravind Nandanan, General Manager, Telecommunications, UST.

VoerEir currently serves various marquee customers, including three of the top four Tier-1 Europe-headquartered multinational CSPs; and one of the top three Tier-1 US-headquartered hyperscaler cloud providers. VoerEir's Touchstone platform perfectly complements UST's telco network engineering, DevSecOps, and cloud capabilities, positioning these two leading companies to offer cutting-edge solutions to Tier-1 CSPs.

Industrial Design division crosses Rs. 100 crores for the first time in company history, grows 35.4% YoY. Tata Elxsi continues to invest in talent, adding 585 employees during the quarter.

Tata Elxsi, amongst the world's leading providers of design led technology services, announced its second quarter results for the period ending 30^th September 2023.

Highlights of the Quarter Ended September 30, 2023:

• Revenues from operations at Rs. 881.7 Cr, + 3.7% QoQ, + 15.5% YoY
• Operating revenue growth +3.4% QoQ and +10.1% YoY on constant currency basis
• Operating Margin at 29.9%; Net Margin (PBT) at 28.9%
• Profit Before Tax (PBT) at Rs. 263.9 Cr, +6.3% QoQ, +20.4% YoY
• Profit After Tax (PAT) at Rs. 200.0 Cr, +5.9% QoQ, +14.8% YoY
• Earning Per Share (EPS) at Rs. 32.12, +5.9% QoQ, +14.8% YoY

For the quarter ending 30^th September 2023, company reported Rs. 881.7 Cr of operating revenue, a growth of 15.5% over the same quarter of previous year (YoY).

Business Highlights:

• Transportation growth at 7.1% QoQ, 26.1% YoY, aided by large deals and strong traction in Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) engagements.
• Healthcare growth at 3.6% QoQ, 8.5% YoY, driven by new product engineering, digital health and regulatory services.
• Media and Communications grew marginally at 0.1% QoQ and 2.8% YoY, aided by platform-led deals and growth in key accounts, amidst widespread industry slowdown.
• Industrial Design revenue crosses Rs. 100 crores for the first time, growing 35.4% YoY.

Mr. Manoj Raghavan, CEO and Managing Director, Tata Elxsi, commenting on the company's performance in the second quarter of FY24, said:

"We are happy to report a healthy performance in the second quarter with a top-line growth of 3.7% QoQ and 15.5% YoY in a challenging quarter for the industry. Our EBITDA has grown 4.8% QoQ and 16.3% YoY and our EBITDA margin has improved by 31 bps to 29.9%. This underlines our strong focus on delivery and operational excellence, key account management and differentiated offerings.

Our Transportation business, which accounts for 46.2% of the revenue coming from three verticals, witnessed strong growth of 7.1% QoQ and 26.1% YoY. During the quarter, we also won a landmark multi-year large deal for SDV from one of the leading Automotive OEMs.

Our Healthcare & Lifesciences business too registered a healthy growth of 3.6% QoQ and 8.5% YoY. Our strong design capabilities are helping us win multi-year innovation deals with leading device manufacturers.

Our Media & Communication business continues to face a cautious industry environment and grew marginally at 0.1% QoQ and 2.8% YoY. We continue to closely engage with our key customers and are developing new offerings and relevant partnerships that will help them drive efficiencies and create new revenue streams in a challenging business environment.

Our Design-Digital strategy is playing out well and has helped our Industrial Design division to cross Rs. 100 crore revenue mark for the first time in company history. The division grew by 4.1% QoQ and 35.4% on a YoY basis, driven by strong demand for Design-Led engineering services.

We continue to invest in building our talent pipeline with a net add of 585 Elxsians in the quarter. Our employee engagement and talent retention strategies have contributed to attrition further improving to 13.7%.

We are starting our third quarter with the confidence in our differentiated Design-Digital capabilities and a strong deal pipeline."

NTT DATA Business Solutions AG publishes its first Sustainability Report, marking the start of regular annual reporting. Taking its cue from the guidelines of the German Sustainability Code (DNK), the report provides insights into the efforts made by the internationally operating SAP® consulting company to foster sustainability within the company and along the supply chain.

"I am proud of the publication of our first Sustainability Report. It is an important step for NTT DATA Business Solutions and illustrates our commitment to sustainability as a core element of our corporate strategy. For us as a company and for me as CEO, sustainability orientation and transparent communication of our actions are fundamental prerequisites. We have a responsibility towards our employees, business partners, and customers as well as towards the environment and society generally," explains Norbert Rotter, CEO of NTT DATA Business Solutions AG and EVP NTT DATA, Inc. "Technology can be an engine for positive change. As an IT service provider, we support our customers with innovative products and digital solutions that help them become more sustainable. While we recognize that we are still in the early stages of our journey, our first Sustainability Report is a clear statement of our aim to have a positive impact on our planet and on society."

One of the other crucial influencing resources is the international NTT DATA NET-ZERO Vision 2040, which the company is committed to as part of the NTT DATA Group. This stipulates that the NET ZERO target for Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions is to be achieved by 2035 – with an interim deadline of 2030 for the data centers.  By 2040, the NET ZERO target is then to be achieved along the entire value chain (Scope 3). The long-term sustainability strategy of NTT DATA Business Solutions has also been crucially informed by the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), which were adopted by the United Nations. Twelve of these are linked particularly closely to the company's business activities and are considered directly in the report. The report is divided into three sections, headed Environment, Social, and Governance, for each of which concrete figures, measures and sample projects from the company are provided.

Data centers under the spotlight

Based on the data for fiscal year 2022/23 (reporting period: April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023), the report focuses on the countries and business units that account for the majority of overall revenues and have a substantial influence on matters relating to sustainability. These also include the data centers in Germany, Denmark, the USA, Poland, and Malaysia. Here, the focus is clearly on energy-efficient operation and use of self-generated solar power, explains Jürgen Pürzer, CFO of NTT DATA Business Solutions. "In Germany, our data centers account for some 80 percent of electricity consumption. Their planning back in 2011 already included aspects of sustainability and they have been operated exclusively using green power since 2021." In parallel with the increased use of renewable energies, the Travel and Mobility Policy is being revised with the aim of reducing emissions. "To us, 'Green IT' does not just mean 'Green Energy'; we also promote careful use of resources and actively support our customers with their green transformation by providing innovative software solutions."

Sustainable thanks to innovative IT solutions

Heading towards a climate-neutral circular economy, the SAP Platinum Partner develops IT solutions that will enable its customers to record and reduce emissions, optimize business processes, and lower costs. This involves above all the use of SAP sustainability solutions as well as artificial intelligence, blockchain, and IoT; in every case aiming at facilitating new intelligent business models and more efficient use of business software. The company also promotes the use of software solutions to manage societal challenges; examples include the provision of assistance to people at risk of suicide with the "AI Suicide Helpline", the transportation of medical goods in inaccessible areas using drones, and the promotion of digital education. All these examples and projects are presented in detail in the report, providing insights into the sustainability work done at NTT DATA Business Solutions.

From fiscal year 2025/26, companies like NTT DATA Business Solutions will be subject to a sustainability reporting requirement. In order to develop a deeper understanding of its customers' needs and steadily expand its own capabilities in this area, the company made the decision to publish an annual sustainability report even before the above-mentioned requirement comes into force. With this decision, the SAP consulting company intends to create transparency internally and externally so that any improvement potential can be recognized and realized early on. "Transformation into a sustainable enterprise requires perseverance and long-term measures that go beyond short-term achievements. It is therefore necessary for companies to remain self-critical and to keep questioning the course they are on with the aid of sustainability reports and make adjustments if necessary," Norbert Rotter comments.