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. The German multinational also offers a vast array of software solutions tailored to specific facets of the enterprise, including data management, analytics, and supply chain management, as well as solutions aimed at specific industry verticals.
AI is an area of increasing emphasis for SAP, which has a market cap of $295 billion, making it the 14th largest technology vendor in the world.
Here is the latest SAP news and analysis:
December 13, 2024: A review of four years of threat intelligence data, presented Friday at Black Hat by Yvan Genuer, a senior security researcher at Onapsis, reports a spike in hacker interest in breaking into SAP ERP systems.
December 6, 2024: The future of SAP architectures is hybrid. But according to a survey conducted by the Financials subgroup of the German-speaking SAP User Group (DSAG), where exactly the journey will go has not yet been decided for many organizations.
October 28, 2024: 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.
October 22, 2024: SAP’s strategy of offering AI innovations only in the cloud continues to attract a lot of criticism from its user base. Here’s what SAP customers would like to see happen.
October 22, 2024: Employee engagement is suffering from the ongoing restructuring at SAP, although the software company reported good figures and has raised its outlook.
October 21, 2024: Enterprise CIOs are under increasing pressure from global regulators to rein in sustainability shortfalls due to partner problems. SAP’s pitch is that most enterprise partners are already using SAP, so it’s in an ideal position to collect and distribute partner data.
October 9, 2024: SAP is expanding its generative AI copilot Joule to include AI agents. Deeply embedded in SAP systems, the company’s agents aim to solve increasingly complex tasks.
October 8, 2024: SAP’s promised collaboration between its AI copilot, Joule, and other agents will become reality in the fourth quarter of 2024, the company announced at its 2024 TechEd conference Tuesday.
October 8, 2024: SAP wants developers to view its Build platform as the one extension solution for all of SAP’s applications, according to Michael Aneling, chief product officer for SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP).
September 24, 2024: German software giant SAP is under investigation by US officials for allegedly conspiring to overcharge the US government for its technology products over the course of a decade. The probe, led by the Department of Justice (DOJ), is focused on whether SAP and its reseller, Carahsoft Technology, colluded to fix prices on sales to the US military and other government entities
September 3, 2024: Juergen Mueller is leaving SAP’s executive board, saying his behavior at a company event was incompatible with company values.
August 15, 2024: Many companies find it difficult to incorporate AI into their business processes. To change this, SAP wants to work more closely with the appliedAI initiative.
August 14, 2024: Both the vulnerabilities score above 9 on CVSS and can allow access to sensitive data if not patched immediately.
July 30, 2024: Head of sales Scott Russell and head of marketing Julia White are unexpectedly leaving SAP; White will not be replaced.
July 24, 2024: The restructuring at SAP affects almost a tenth of its workforce. The company estimates the cost of the internal restructuring at around €3 billion.
July 24, 2024: It “had a direct impact on our bookings,” company CEO says during second quarter earnings call.
July 19, 2024: Joule AI is now available to all Rise with SAP customers, but customers not using SAP Cloud solutions remain out of luck.
July 18, 2024: Cloud security firm Wiz has published a detailed report about SAP security holes, now patched, that raises alarming questions about the secondary role AI efforts are having on cybersecurity defenses.
June 27, 2024: SAP has made five commitments — make consistent contributions to the community, champion open standards, strive to adopt an open-first approach, nurture open source ecosystems, and adopt a feedback-driven approach.
June 21, 2024: The software giants were neck-and-neck as the overall enterprise software market grew 12% in 2023, said IDC.
June 5, 2024: After Signavio and LeanIX, SAP is acquiring the Israeli provider WalkMe to help user companies with their digital transformation.
June 5, 2024: SAP CEO Christian Klein kicked off the company’s Sapphire customer conference with the promise of a real productivity boost from AI.
June 4, 2024: Behind the scenes, SAP is also using AI to extend the capabilities of its Business Technology Platform.
June 4, 2024: Joule could communicate with other AIs to complete more complex tasks spanning multiple applications, SAP suggests.
May 29, 2024: SAP wants to work more closely with AWS on AI, complementing existing partnerships with Google and Microsoft.
May 20, 2024: With SAP’s end of mainstream maintenance for SAP Business Suite 7 set for 2027, recent findings from the US SAP user group reveal that companies are increasing focus on shifting to S/4HANA and embracing AI.
May 15, 2024: The departure of CEO Hasso Plattner marks the end of the founding era at SAP, and adds further complexities for the German software multinational as it faces ongoing restructuring efforts, among many other challenges to solve.
May 7, 2024: After customers and user groups that adopted S/4HANA early accused SAP of bait-and-switch tactics, CIO editor-in-chief in Germany Martin Bayer recently sat with Christian Klein, CEO of the multinational software company, to clear the air on cloud reassurance, using gen AI as a migration accelerant, and positive growth for the future.
March 22, 2024: Deutsche Telekom will move its SAP infrastructure to Rise with the help of its own IT services subsidiary, T-Systems.
March 21, 2024: Customers want more information about cloud and AI strategy from the German ERP giant.
March 18, 2024: SAP is embedding Nvidia’s generative AI foundry service into SAP Datasphere, SAP BTP, RISE with SAP, and SAP’s enterprise applications portfolio to equip customers with greater and more simplified access to the technology.
March 6, 24: SAP adds new generative AI and data governance features to SAP Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud, enabling customers to incorporate non-SAP and unstructured data when creating AI-based planning models and scenarios.
February 16, 2024: It’s a small promotion and a change of title for one man, and a sign of a larger change in strategic focus for many others at SAP.
February 12, 2024: As SAP continues to position itself as a leader in generative AI and innovative technologies, customers must prepare to navigate new service offerings and an inevitable move to SAP RISE.
February 12, 2024: SAP’s board wants to bring former Nokia chairman Pekka Ala-Pietilä on board to succeed founder Hasso Plattner as chairman.
February 5, 2024: Air India failed to adhere to the rules while awarding an ERP contract worth $27 million to SAP India and IBM India.
January 30, 2024: The restructuring at SAP affects almost a tenth of its workforce. The company estimates the cost of the internal restructuring at around €3 billion.
January 24, 2024: The restructuring program will focus on AI and impact about 7.4% of SAP’s total workforce.
January 10, 2024: Product engineering head Thomas Saueressig will take on a new role to maximize potential for customers in the cloud, but that’s cold comfort for on-premises users.
January 11, 2024: With a $220 million fine, SAP is drawing a line under a long-standing investigation by US authorities. The company is alleged to have bribed officials.
December 5, 2023: The company’s plan to offer future innovations in S/4HANA only to subscribers of its Rise with SAP offering is alienating customers, user conference hears.
November 1, 2023: SAP Build Code suite combines new and existing developer tools, while a foundational AI model trained on anonymized customer data will be available to help automate tasks.
October 12, 2023: The ERP vendor is adding a new pricing tier to its Rise with SAP offering with an opaque mix of bundled and usage-based pricing for generative AI functionality.
October 11, 2023: SAP is offering free migration consultations, more frequent feature releases and two years’ additional maintenance to entice customers to update to S/4HANA Cloud private edition and, ultimately, adopt Rise with SAP.
September 26, 2023: Like Salesforce and ServiceNow, SAP is promising to embed an AI copilot throughout its applications, but planning a more gradual roll-out than some competitors.
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