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Guides, articles and news from TSP’s delivery teams: S/4HANA migration and ECC end of maintenance, SuccessFactors and HCM, analytics and planning, test automation, and agentic automation with UiPath.
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SAP S/4HANA Migration in 2027: Why 2026 Is the Decision Year
SAP ECC mainstream maintenance ends in 2027, and a large-enterprise S/4HANA migration takes 18 to 36 months. That makes 2026 the year to decide, not to wait: delay narrows the choice of experienced teams, raises costs and forces scope decisions under pressure. The Silicon Partners (TSP) recommends a structured readiness assessment first.
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The Silicon Partners partners with Tricentis to Deliver End-to-End Quality Assurance for SAP Transformations
In August 2026, The Silicon Partners (TSP) announced a partnership with Tricentis, the testing platform behind SAP's Intelligent Quality Platform. Together, TSP ARIA and Tricentis' SAP testing tools give enterprises one connected path from process discovery through automated testing and go-live, reducing handoffs, rework and risk in SAP transformations.
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Agentic AI Governance Gap
This article from The Silicon Partners (TSP) explains the governance gap between deploying AI agents in SAP environments and having the controls to run them safely. It is for SAP and IT leaders planning agentic AI, and sets out three principles: treat every agent as a governed identity, build orchestration first, and redesign the work.
SVP Agentic AI9 min read
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The Hidden Costs of Keeping Your Legacy ERP Another Year
This article breaks down five costs of keeping a legacy ERP another year beyond the maintenance invoice: specialist maintenance, security exposure, productivity drag, a ceiling on AI adoption and talent. It is for mid-market finance and IT leaders, including SAP ECC customers facing the December 2027 deadline. The Silicon Partners (TSP) offers an assessment of staying versus moving.
Head of SAP7 min read
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3 AI Use Cases You Can Activate on Day One of SAP Cloud ERP
This article explains three AI capabilities built into SAP Cloud ERP that work from go-live without custom code: automated invoice processing, AI-assisted financial close and automated B2B order entry. For mid-market finance and operations leaders, it covers how each works and what activation takes, configuration The Silicon Partners (TSP) handles during implementation.
Head of SAP6 min read
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SAP ERP HCM Also Loses Mainstream Maintenance in 2027. Almost Nobody Owns That Decision
SAP ERP HCM loses mainstream maintenance on December 31, 2027, the same day as SAP ECC, yet the deadline often has no owner. This article, for HR and IT leaders, explains what changes after that date, why payroll faces the sharpest risk, four paths forward, and how The Silicon Partners (TSP) helps with SuccessFactors migration and ongoing support.
VP of HCM5 min read
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Agentic SAP Delivery: The Intelligence that compounds with Every Transformation
The Silicon Partners (TSP) argues that AI matters as much in delivering an SAP S/4HANA transformation as in running SAP. For CIOs choosing a delivery partner before the 2027 ECC deadline, it explains agentic delivery, four questions to ask partners, and how TSP ARIA and TSP ATLAS, built on patterns from 200+ S/4HANA engagements, retain program knowledge.
Head of SAP8 min read
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The Autonomous Enterprise Is Not a Vision Statement. It’s an Architecture Decision.
Amit Tiwari, SVP of Agentic AI at The Silicon Partners (TSP), explains why becoming an autonomous enterprise is an architecture decision: a workforce model of agents, robots and people, an orchestration layer and governance, rolled out in three phases. It is for technology leaders, especially SAP customers, moving from task automation to autonomous outcomes.
SVP Agentic AI11 min read
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Steve Birgfeld Joins TSP’s Advisory Board
Steve Birgfeld, a former CIO of a major agricultural cooperative, has joined the Advisory Board of The Silicon Partners (TSP). He led enterprise-scale transformation in a complex operating environment, so TSP's customers navigating SAP transformations and AI adoption gain an advisor who has made the same kinds of decisions under real constraints.
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SAP Just Redefined What an ERP Company Looks Like
The Silicon Partners (TSP) team reports from SAP Sapphire 2026 in Orlando on SAP's Autonomous Enterprise: Joule Work, the SAP Autonomous Suite of Joule Assistants and agents, the unified SAP Business AI Platform and new partnerships. It is for SAP customers asking what to do next: move to S/4HANA, clean the core, map processes and plan change management.
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SAP S/4HANA Migration in 2027: Why 2026 Is the Decision Year
SAP ECC mainstream maintenance ends in 2027, and a large-enterprise S/4HANA migration takes 18 to 36 months. That makes 2026 the year to decide, not to wait: delay narrows the choice of experienced teams, raises costs and forces scope decisions under pressure. The Silicon Partners (TSP) recommends a structured readiness assessment first.
Head of SAP5 min read
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Clean Core in RISE with SAP
This article from The Silicon Partners (TSP) explains what a clean core means for RISE with SAP customers on SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud, why it lowers cost and simplifies upgrades, and TSP's four-stage roadmap: custom code clustering, selective data transition, an extension layer on SAP BTP, and governance. It is for SAP leaders planning a migration before 2027.
Head of SAP5 min read
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The Silicon Partners Wins First Place at SAP Connect 2025 for Its AI-Powered TSP Data Collection Solution
The Silicon Partners (TSP) won first place at the Partner Innovation Showdown at SAP Connect 2025 for TSP Data Collection, built on SAP BTP and integrated with SAP SuccessFactors. It uses AI-powered OCR and data validation to move candidate data from uploaded documents into SuccessFactors, cutting manual entry for HR teams onboarding new hires.
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SAP Analytics Cloud & SAC Planning: Your Strategic Advantage in a Data-Driven World
This article from The Silicon Partners (TSP) explains how SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) and SAC Planning combine analytics, planning and AI forecasting with SAP Joule. It is for finance and business leaders on SAP or non-SAP ERPs, and covers connectivity, SAP Business Data Cloud and a 90-day blueprint for getting started.
Head of Analytics5 min read
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The Silicon Partners Launches Near-Zero Cost Migration Program to Accelerate SAP S/4HANA Adoption
The Silicon Partners (TSP) launched its Near-Zero Cost Migration Program to help organizations move from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA with little to no upfront cost. Aimed at enterprises facing the 2027 end of ECC mainstream support, it combines TSP AutoMig, test automation and pre-migration analytics from TSP Kelvin to reduce migration risk and downtime.
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Robots vs. Agents: Who Wins the Automation Olympics?
This article from The Silicon Partners (TSP) compares traditional rule-based robots with agentic AI across autonomy, memory and learning, adaptability and collaboration, and explains where each fits: robots for structured, predictable work, agents for complex, changing environments. It is for business and IT leaders deciding how to take their automation programs beyond rule-based bots.
SVP Agentic AI5 min read
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Scott Parrish Joins The Silicon Partners as Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Scott Parrish has joined The Silicon Partners (TSP) as Chief Financial Officer, overseeing financial strategy, corporate finance, investor relations and strategic planning. He previously held senior finance roles at technology companies including F5 Networks and 2nd Watch. His appointment strengthens TSP's leadership team as the company grows its SAP and intelligent automation business for enterprise customers.
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Revolutionizing SAP and Salesforce with Agentic Automation
This article describes the agentic automation solution that won The Silicon Partners (TSP) second place at HyperHack 2024. It is for teams automating SAP and Salesforce processes, and shows how natural language commands, a central automation dashboard and UiPath automations can create SAP business partners without manual templates or spreadsheets.
SVP Agentic AI4 min read
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TSP Welcomes Michael Wang to Its Advisory Board
In October 2024, The Silicon Partners (TSP) added Michael Wang, a chief information and digital officer at a global technology company, to its Advisory Board. His experience in digital transformation, technology leadership and digital marketing will help shape TSP's strategic direction and service offerings for clients navigating enterprise technology change.
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Bruno Silva Appointed SVP and Head of HCM Solutions
In August 2024, The Silicon Partners (TSP) appointed Bruno Silva as Senior Vice President and Head of Human Capital Management (HCM) Solutions for the Americas. Previously TSP's Head of Latin America and the Caribbean, he will lead HCM strategy and growth across the region and plans to expand TSP's HCM team in the United States.
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Choosing Your Cloud Path: Rise With SAP vs Grow With SAP
A side-by-side comparison of RISE with SAP and GROW with SAP for companies choosing a cloud ERP path. It explains who each fits, from large enterprises with existing SAP systems needing hybrid deployment to mid-sized businesses new to SAP wanting a faster public cloud setup, and how The Silicon Partners (TSP), an SAP Gold Partner, helps decide.
Head of SAP4 min read
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Tips & Tricks when Migrating to SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding
This article from The Silicon Partners (TSP) offers practical advice for HR and HRIS teams migrating from SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding 1.0 to the new Onboarding solution. It covers reviewing your onboarding program, running an early fit-gap analysis, gains and losses of the new solution, building the right team and planning reporting.
VP of HCM6 min read
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TSP leads its first event in Trinidad & Tobago during the month of September.
In September 2023, The Silicon Partners (TSP) held its first event in Trinidad and Tobago, Xperience HR: Elevate the Future of Work, with in-person and hybrid attendance. Regional HR leaders, SAP representatives and TSP's Caribbean team shared HR trends, best practices and technology innovations with local business leaders and HR professionals.
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The Rise of Smart Manufacturing
This article from The Silicon Partners (TSP) explains how RPA and AI are changing manufacturing: the fixed, programmable and flexible forms of automation, where software robots help across supply chain, products, operations, customer engagement and employee work, and the gains in productivity, safety, quality and lead time. It is for manufacturing leaders planning automation with UiPath.
SVP Agentic AI7 min read
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UiPath Document Understanding: A Game Changer?
This article from The Silicon Partners (TSP) explains intelligent document processing and how UiPath Document Understanding works: taxonomy, OCR digitization, classification, extraction and export, using pre-trained, retrainable or custom machine learning models. It is for automation teams processing invoices, IDs and forms. TSP holds UiPath Services Network certification for Document Understanding.
SVP Agentic AI4 min read
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From Chaos to Control | Empowering Business Managers with RPA
An introduction to robotic process automation (RPA) for business managers. It explains how software robots work on top of existing systems, which repetitive, rule-based processes make good candidates, the gains in productivity, accuracy and scalability, and how to drive adoption through people, process and technology. The Silicon Partners (TSP) offers RPA consulting to plan it.
SVP Agentic AI7 min read
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TSP opens a new office in Colombia
In August 2022, The Silicon Partners (TSP) opened a new office in Cali, Colombia, expanding its presence in Latin America. The office draws on the region's technology talent to grow TSP's professional services and customer support teams, and helps it serve clients through a hybrid onshore and offshore delivery model.
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What is SAP S/4HANA? Editions, benefits and the 2027 deadline
What SAP S/4HANA is, how it differs from ECC, its editions, and what the 2027 deadline means.
Head of SAP6 min read
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TSP Payroll Solution Now Available on SAP® Store
The Silicon Partners (TSP) announced that TSP Payroll is now available on SAP Store. It integrates with SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central to run local payroll in countries without SAP country localizations, on one cloud platform with multilingual pay slips and statutory compliance. It is for companies on SuccessFactors that need payroll where SAP has no localization.
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TSP Earns UiPath Services Network Certification for Document Understanding
In July 2022, The Silicon Partners (TSP) earned UiPath Services Network (USN) certification for Document Understanding, a UiPath intelligent automation product. Awarded after UiPath's technical team tested TSP's skills and reviewed its project deliveries, the certification confirms TSP can deliver Document Understanding services at the quality UiPath sets.
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TSP’s CloudCare – Your One-Stop Solution for SAP SuccessFactors Support
CloudCare is the SAP SuccessFactors support service from The Silicon Partners (TSP). It is for HR and HRIS teams that struggle to keep up with SuccessFactors' twice-yearly releases, and it provides technical and functional support from certified consultants, release management, training on new features, and 24/7 ticket support with weekly check-in calls.
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TSP Joins the UiPath Services Network
In March 2022, The Silicon Partners (TSP) became a UiPath Services Network certified partner for RPA professional services and test automation, and is certified in UiPath Test Suite. For customers, it means TSP met UiPath's requirements for delivery quality and large-scale deployments, supporting automation programs from the start.
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Scale RPA at an Enterprise Level
This article from The Silicon Partners (TSP) explains how an Automation Operating Model (AOM) helps organizations move robotic process automation (RPA) beyond the proof of concept. It is for automation and business leaders, and covers program goals, process pipeline management, ROI and KPIs, training and adoption, and infrastructure and security.
SVP Agentic AI6 min read
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Amit Tiwari from The Silicon Partners Inc. Recognized as UiPath Most Valuable Professional
In March 2021, UiPath named Amit Tiwari, then Director and Head of Digital Practices (RPA and AI/ML) at The Silicon Partners (TSP), a UiPath Most Valuable Professional for his contributions to the automation community. For TSP's customers, it recognizes the product expertise behind the automation strategy, operating model and governance work he leads.
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Pankaj Banka from The Silicon Partners Inc. accepted into Forbes Technology Council
In January 2021, Pankaj Banka, Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of The Silicon Partners (TSP), was accepted into the Forbes Technology Council, an invitation-only community of technology executives. Membership lets him exchange ideas with peer leaders and publish articles on Forbes.com, giving TSP's leadership a wider forum for thought leadership in the technology community.
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