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Enterprises in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland are accelerating their transition to cloud-based ERP solutions, with SAP playing a key role in their digital transformation strategies. However, the increased participation of larger enterprises in this years survey may have also influenced the budget trends.
SAP on Tuesday said it plans to announce a new offering in the next quarter that is based around SAP ERP Central Component (SAP ECC) and is designed to help the firms largest customers plan, execute and succeed in their cloud transformation. SAP HANA will be the only supported database for the new subscription offering.
The clock is ticking for many SAP customers. The standard maintenance for SAP ERP and Business Suite is set to expire at the end of 2027. After that, SAP user companies would have the option to purchase the more expensive extended maintenance for an additional three years. S/4HANA migration postponed until 2033?
The launch by SAP of new AI capabilities in its SuccessFactors HCM (human capital management) suite Monday is a case of “better late to the party than never,” according to an analyst with Info-Tech Research Group. Or because SAP missed the boat on this trend and is now playing catchup to Workday?” he asked. “It
German process mining specialist Celonis has filed a lawsuit against ERP giant SAP. The Munich-based startup accuses SAP of abusing its market power and harming competition, and thereby negatively impacting customers, according to the 61-page indictment filed by Celonis in San Francisco District Court on March 13.
S/4HANA is SAPs latest iteration of its flagship enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. The successor to SAP ECC, S/4HANA is built on an in-memory database and is designed to enable real-time data processing and analysis for businesses. It is available both in a cloud-based SaaS and an on-premises version.
Over the past few years, enterprises have strived to move as much as possible as quickly as possible to the public cloud to minimize CapEx and save money. In the rush to the public cloud, a lot of people didnt think about pricing, says Tracy Woo, principal analyst at Forrester. We see this more as a trend, he says.
SAP has announced a package of technologies and services under a single contract designed to ease enterprise CIOs' paths to digital transformation and its flagship software S/4HANA in the cloud.
IBM has broadened its support of Nvidia technology and added new features that are aimed at helping enterprises increase their AI production and storage capabilities. IBM Cloud instances with Nvidia GPUs In addition to the software news, IBM said its cloud customers can now use Nvidia H200 instances in the IBM Cloud environment.
With its new Business Data Cloud, SAP wants to help enterprises unify data held in its own systems with that in other vendors applications: Its goal is to expedite advanced analytics and AI use cases. Although enterprises can continue using Datasphere for now, SAP clearly wants them to move to Business Data Cloud.
Acumatica has released a new “edition” of its cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) software tailored to the needs of mid-size professional services firms. Time management is specific to the Professional Services Edition as it helps enterprises capture time spent by employees or crews on specific projects or services.
width="2500" height="1406" sizes="(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px"> With a new Business Suite in the cloud, in which all functional modules are integrated with each other along the process chains, SAP wants to build on old on-premises successes. The SAP manager therefore does not want to talk about a product announcement.
SAP in February dusted off its legacy on-prem Business Suite label and resurrected it for the cloud era under a new strategic banner Business Unleashed. Moreover, several points of SAPs strategy still need to be clarified.
Migration to the cloud, data valorization, and development of e-commerce are areas where rubber sole manufacturer Vibram has transformed its business as it opens up to new markets. Much of this growth is driven by investments in AI technologies, and IDC also expects cloud infrastructure spend to increase 26% compared to 2023.
1 No surprise then that SAP, along with other leading ERP vendors, is touting its AI capabilities. But many features — for example, the Joule AI copilot — are included only with the latest cloud solutions such as SAP S/4HANA Cloud and the RISE with SAP and GROW with SAP programs.
As IT professionals and business decision-makers, weve routinely used the term digital transformation for well over a decade now to describe a portfolio of enterprise initiatives that somehow magically enable strategic business capabilities. Ultimately, the intent, however, is generally at odds with measurably useful outcomes.
The cloud market continues to grow at an accelerated rate, defying the economic pressures that are stifling the rest of the industry. Spending on cloud services is in turn driving massive investment in equipment , which is good for the IT vendors because the on-premises data center market is largely flat.
In todays fast-paced digital landscape, the cloud has emerged as a cornerstone of modern business infrastructure, offering unparalleled scalability, agility, and cost-efficiency. As organizations increasingly migrate to the cloud, however, CIOs face the daunting challenge of navigating a complex and rapidly evolving cloud ecosystem.
On the contrary, vendors like IBM, Oracle and SAP remain very committed to continuing to support enterprise offerings that they first introduced decades ago. The first is migrating data and workloads off of legacy platforms entirely and rehosting them in new environments, like the public cloud.
Cloud-based enterprise resource planning solutions are transforming and enhancing business operations. Understanding the scalability and security of RISE with SAP deployments on Microsofts cloud, Wipro, SAP, and Microsoft entered a strategic alliance to enhance the speed and effectiveness of RISE with SAP migrations.
Options include getting off VMs altogether and shifting workloads to the public cloud, or going to a container-based platform like Red Hat OpenShift. Microsoft Azure Stack HCI For Microsoft shops, Azure Stack HCI is an option that leverages the Azure cloud and Microsofts Hyper-V hypervisor.
SAP is starting the 2025 financial year with a new executive board.The German software company announced that 39-year-old Sebastian Steinhuser will be promoted to the executive board. Steinhuser joined SAP in 2020 and has held various roles, including chief strategy officer. SAP introduced a new CTO and two new chief revenue officers.
The market for enterprise applications grew 12% in 2023, to $356 billion, with the top 5 vendors — SAP, Salesforce, Oracle, Microsoft and Intuit — commanding a 21.2% IDC attributed the market growth to the adoption of AI and generative AI integrated into enterprise applications. With just 0.2% With just 0.2%
SAP has announced additional integrations for Joule, the natural language generative artificial intelligence copilot that it added to its Business AI offerings last year. SAP also revealed additional capabilities for Joule. AI integrations But Joule isn’t the only AI in the SAP house.
SAP is an enterprise software vendor based in Walldorf, Germany. Its cloud and on-premises enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, including S/4HANA, helps organizations manage their business operations and customer relations. To change this, SAP wants to work more closely with the appliedAI initiative.
SAP has unveiled new tools to build AI into business applications across its software platform, including new development tools, database functionality, AI services, and enhancements to its Business Technology Platform, BTP. SAP is training its model on anonymized data from thousands of enterprises using its software, with their consent.
AI spending on the rise Two-thirds (67%) of projected AI spending in 2025 will come from enterprises embedding AI capabilities into core business operations, IDC claims. Cloud providers offer most organizations the least risky way to get started with AI, as they do not require upfront investments or long-term commitments.
IBM is six months into a massive ERP modernization, moving core on-premises systems to Power servers running in its own cloud as it upgrades them from SAP’s legacy ECC software to the cloud-ready S/4HANA. In February 2022, SAP named IBM as its first premium supplier for Rise. Largest business segment first.
At TechEd, SAP said that Joule will include multiple autonomous AI agents, each expert in a particular function, that will collaborate to execute complex workflows. “We But, noted Walter Sun, global head of AI at SAP, in an interview, there is always a human in the loop. SAP also announced that Joule is coming to more of its products.
SAP is doubling the time between major releases of S/4HANA Cloud private edition from one year to two — at the same time promising to release new feature packs every six months or so to keep up the pace of innovation. That’s just as well, as SAP is only promising mainstream support ECC through the end of 2027. “We
SAP is expanding its AI ecosystem with a partnership with AWS. Such AI partnerships are important for SAP, said Chief Technology Officer Jürgen Müller, pointing to other cooperations, for example with IBM, the chip manufacturer Nvidia and various universities. In addition, SAP is also working closely with Microsoft and Google on AI.
SAP is reorganizing its AI activities. Herzig now reports directly to CEO Christian Klein, and will oversee the entire value chain for SAP business AI from research and product development through to implementation at the customer. Herzig’s team will work closely with other innovators within SAP. percent of the total workforce.
There are not many organizations that can take a hit on net profit due to monstrous restructuring costs, yet at the same time raise their operating profit projections for 2025, but SAP is one of them, according to its latest quarterly results released this week. billion (US$9 billion), with cloud revenue up 25% for the quarter.
A new survey of SAP customer organizations shows that, despite AI experimentation, few have implemented AI and generative AI technologies across their enterprises. A small portion of SAP customers reported their organizations were using AI in many areas (6% DSAG, 7% ASUG, 5% UKISUG).
German tech major SAP has announced a 2 billion euro ($2.17 In 2024, SAP will further increase its focus on key strategic growth areas, in particular Business AI. Analysts believe the restructuring will help SAP find the right balance between experience and skills to grow in AI. billion Euros ($9.2 billion Euros ($2.72
The enhancements aim to provide developers and enterprises with a business-ready foundation for creating AI agents that can work independently or as part of connected teams. Llama is the most widely used open model across every enterprise, but it didnt have reasoning.
SAP wants to give new meaning to the resources in enterprise resource planning, going beyond the boundaries of the enterprise and accounting for its impact on the whole planet. SAP is addressing both of those by working with organizations like the World Business Council for Sustainable Development,” McComb said.
Chief Marketing and Solutions Officer Julia White and Chief Revenue Officer Scott Russell will leave the SAP Executive Board on August 31, 2024. SAP’s explanation for why it is restructuring its Executive Board remains vague. Russell has been with SAP since 2010 and has been a member of the Executive Board since 2021.
SAP CTO Juergen Mueller will step down from SAP’s executive board at the end of September. “I I recognize my behavior at that moment did not reflect our values at SAP. I wish the team continued success,” Mueller said in a statement issued by SAP on Tuesday.
IBM’s consulting arm and SAP are partnering to offer generative AI -based services to enterprises to help accelerate digital transformation. The partnership, announced on Wednesday, will see both companies offer generative AI-based services via RISE with SAP offering , the companies said in a statement.
Microsoft will end product support and updates for Dynamics GP, its legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) product for small and medium businesses, on September 30, 2029, the company announced on Tuesday. Microsoft isn’t the only company attempting to lure its legacy customers into the cloud.
Following the lead of its enterprise software rivals, SAP too has announced it will now be entering the agent era of AI. Agentic AI is being billed as the next wave of AI in the enterprise , with a focus on operational decision-making over content generation. AI is an application feature,” he said at TechEd, and he may be right.
Developer tools SAP’s clean core strategy is getting a boost with new capabilities in both SAP’s low-code and pro-code development tools. SAP Build Code , the low-code tool released last November, now uses SAP’s AI copilot, Joule, to help build Fiori front ends to SAP S/4HANA Cloud systems.
SAP announced today a host of new AI copilot and AI governance features for SAP Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC). With today’s announcements, SAP is building on that vision. Nearly every customer has an information architecture that expands beyond SAP. Customers should be encouraged.
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