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30 April

Bridging the Skills Gap: How SAP Learning Hub, Student Edition Empowers the Next Generation

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The next generation of workers is stepping into an environment unlike anything that came before it—where AI tools evolve faster than curriculums and job descriptions shift with every product update. According to a LinkedIn study, 34% of employees—particularly younger professionals—say they feel overwhelmed by the pace of change, citing a desperate need for support in adapting to new technologies and digital ways of working.

In response to this mounting pressure, SAP has launched SAP Learning Hub, student edition—a no-cost global program that can provide students and academic educators with all the curated resources needed to get and stay certified and stand out with proven skills in the latest SAP innovations. It offers guided learning resources, including expert-led live sessions, access to practice systems to get hands-on experience, and two SAP Certification exam attempts.

Available globally since April 2025, the program is designed to close the gap between classroom theory and real-world readiness, giving students access to all resources they need to future-proof their career with the latest skills and credentials.

Closing the global skills gap—one student at a time

The need for a program like this has never been higher. With AI-related course enrollments spiking by 117% in the last year alone and increased fears of digital obsolescence, students and early-career professionals are looking for practical, on-the-job experience—not just theoretical knowledge—to empower them to meet change with adaptability, not anxiety.

The timing of this initiative is critical, too. IDC projects that by 2026, over 90% of organizations will suffer from a shortage of IT skills, costing them trillions in missed opportunities. Employers are struggling to find graduates who not only understand digital technologies but can also use them effectively from day one. Dr. Katharina Schäfer, global head of SAP University Alliances, believes SAP Learning Hub, student edition will help bridge this skills gap: “SAP Learning Hub, student edition simplifies lesson planning and instruction for lecturers while also ensuring students gain practical experience with the latest SAP technologies to prepare them for today’s job market.”

Students, educators, and employers alike win

Designed for students, the site offers self-paced content and guided and tailored learning to help gain practical skills. Along with accessing the latest practice systems for SAP solutions, students can connect directly with SAP experts in live sessions to cover more complex topics. With SAP Learning Hub, student edition, students can gain the confidence to work on key SAP projects, drive innovation with their proven proficiency, and continuously develop the skills to stand out to employers.

Beyond students, the benefits of SAP Learning Hub, student edition extend to lecturers who can now have access to guided, practical resources to help empower their students to graduate with an SAP Certification. “This program lowers the barrier for me to teach with real SAP tools,” said Nancy Jones, a lecturer and curriculum developer. “My students are walking away not just with knowledge—but with proof that they can apply it.”

The solution can also give companies a powerful new lever to tap into certified, workforce-ready talent—many of whom have been trained in the technologies they use on a daily basis. HR leaders and hiring managers can also benefit from an efficient recruitment process by easily identifying candidates with validated SAP expertise. This also helps reduce the need for extensive training, shorten onboarding times, and ensure the company’s readiness for future challenges—a win for all.

Overcoming with future-ready skills

SAP Learning Hub, student edition arrives at a time when AI and digital transformation are redefining job requirements. This digital solution can give young talents—and the educators who support them—an effective way to keep pace. In doing so, they’re laying the foundation for a more resilient, skilled workforce that’s ready to meet the challenges and opportunities of the modern economy head-on.

More information can be found here:

Students: http://learning.sap.com/free-student-edition
Lecturers: https://learning.sap.com/lecturers

Andre Bechtold is president of SAP Industries & Experiences.

29 April

BUSINESS NEWS

Executing Excellence: Turning Procurement Strategies into Action with SAP Ariba Sourcing

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In our journey towards the triple crown of strategic procurement, we’ve explored how SAP Spend Control Tower can provide crucial insights and how SAP Ariba Category Management helps transform these insights into robust strategies. Now, we arrive at the final and perhaps most critical phase: action.

This is where the rubber meets the road, where well-crafted plans deliver tangible results. Enter SAP Ariba Sourcing, the powerhouse solution that can turn procurement strategies into reality.

***The triple crown of procuremen***t: It includes insights (from SAP Spend Control Tower), planning (with SAP Ariba Category Management), and action (with SAP Ariba Sourcing). In this article, we’re focusing on action and SAP Ariba Sourcing.

The power of precision execution

In the world of procurement, even the most brilliant strategy is only as good as its execution. SAP Ariba Sourcing is designed to help quickly bridge the gap between planning and results, empowering your team to act with precision, speed, and intelligence.

Let’s dive into how SAP Ariba Sourcing can bring your procurement strategies to life.

Seamless integration with category management

One of the most powerful features of SAP Ariba Sourcing is its tight integration with SAP Ariba Category Management. This connection helps ensure that the objectives and strategies developed in the planning phase are seamlessly carried forward into the execution phase.

Imagine your category managers have identified a need to diversify suppliers in a critical component category to reduce risk. With SAP Ariba Sourcing, this strategy can be immediately visible to the sourcing team, helping to guide their actions as they create and manage sourcing events.

AI-powered supplier selection

SAP Ariba Sourcing can leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to help select the right suppliers for each sourcing event. The system can analyze your existing supply base, market data, and your specific requirements to suggest suppliers that best fit your needs.

For instance, if your strategy calls for reducing carbon emissions in your supply chain, AI can highlight suppliers with strong sustainability credentials. Or if you’re looking to mitigate geopolitical risks, it can suggest suppliers from diverse geographical regions.

Real-time market intelligence

In today’s volatile market, having access to real-time market intelligence is crucial. SAP Ariba Sourcing can provide up-to-date information on market trends, pricing, and supplier performance, allowing your team to make informed decisions during negotiations.

For example, if there’s a sudden spike in raw material prices, your sourcing team can immediately adjust their negotiation strategy, potentially saving millions in costs.

Collaborative sourcing events

SAP Ariba Sourcing can enable truly collaborative sourcing events. Multiple stakeholders can participate in the process, from defining requirements to evaluating bids. This helps ensure that all relevant perspectives are considered, leading to better outcomes.

Picture a scenario where you’re sourcing a new IT system. With SAP Ariba Sourcing, your IT team can provide technical specifications, your finance team can set budget parameters, and your legal team can ensure compliance requirements are met—all within the same platform.

Advanced analytics and reporting

The solution can provide powerful analytics and reporting capabilities, allowing you to track the progress and success of your sourcing events in real-time. You can easily measure how well your execution aligns with your strategic objectives and make data-driven decisions to course-correct if needed.

For instance, you can track savings against targets, monitor supplier diversity metrics, or assess the impact of your sourcing decisions on risk profiles—all with the click of a button.

Continuous improvement loop

Perhaps most importantly, SAP Ariba Sourcing helps close the loop in the triple crown strategy. The results and insights gathered from sourcing events can feed back into SAP Spend Control Tower, providing fresh data for analysis and informing future strategy development in SAP Ariba Category Management.

This can create a virtuous cycle of continuous improvement, where each iteration of the process becomes more refined and effective.

The human element in action

While SAP Ariba Sourcing can bring powerful technological capabilities to the table, it’s crucial to remember that it’s designed to augment, not replace, human expertise. The solution can empower your sourcing professionals to focus on high-value activities like relationship building, complex negotiations, and strategic decision-making.

For example, while AI might suggest a list of potential suppliers, it’s your sourcing team’s expertise that will determine which suppliers are the best fit for your company’s culture and long-term goals.

Looking ahead: The future of strategic sourcing

As we conclude our exploration of the triple crown of strategic procurement, it’s clear that we’re at the cusp of a new era in procurement. With solutions like SAP Ariba Sourcing, we’re not just improving our execution—we’re reimagining it.

We’re moving from siloed decision-making to collaborative action, from gut-feel negotiations to data-driven engagements, from reactive purchasing to proactive value creation. We’re creating a future where procurement is a true strategic partner, driving innovation, sustainability, and competitive advantage for the entire organization.

The triple crown of strategic procurement—insights, planning, and action—represents a holistic approach to procurement excellence. By leveraging SAP Spend Control Tower for insights, SAP Ariba Category Management for planning, and SAP Ariba Sourcing for action, organizations can create a powerful, continuous cycle of improvement.

As we face an increasingly complex and volatile business environment, this approach provides the agility, intelligence, and precision needed to not just survive, but thrive. The race is on, and with the right tools and strategies you can be poised to win the triple crown of strategic procurement.

Are you ready to take action and transform your procurement function? The finish line awaits, and with SAP Ariba Sourcing, you’re equipped to cross it in style.

To learn more, check out this infographic outlining how to win the triple crown of procurement.

Sudy Bharadwaj is global vice president of Strategic Engagements for SAP Finance and Spend.
Cindy McKendry is director of Corporate Communications for Finance, Spend, and Supply Chain at SAP.

29 April

BUSINESS NEWS

SAP Cloud Application Services: The Hidden Engine Behind Trusted Cloud Operations

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Organizations rely on cloud solutions from SAP to power their most critical business processes. Yet too many IT teams find themselves caught in an endless cycle of maintenance, monitoring, and firefighting, leaving little room for the strategic work that truly moves business forward. SAP Cloud Application Services can change this equation.

Cloud solutions promise simplicity: turn them on, and they just work. But behind every successful cloud transformation lies a complex web of operational challenges. Businesses adopting cloud solutions, whether public or private, still need to address topics such as testing, application performance, security, monitoring, integrations, service and change requests, and issue resolution.

The reality? Cloud solutions eliminate hardware and infrastructure concerns, but the day-to-day operational workload remains. Without proper management, businesses face risks such as downtime, inefficiencies, and an inability to scale.

SAP Cloud Applicat ion Services can help put an end to this struggle. The offerings of expert-managed services are designed to help run, optimize, and innovate cloud applications—giving businesses the tools to help unlock the full potential of their business, human capital, and technology investments.

Why cloud application management matters

When businesses run on cloud solutions from SAP, our 24×7 cloud operations can provide more than just monitoring. We can also help to actively prevent issues before they impact your operations and to respond rapidly when minutes matter. Problems can not only be fixed but also anticipated—that’s the beauty of SAP Cloud Application Services.

Offered through an outcome-based, modular subscription model, the offerings can deliver hands-on support for smooth cloud operations. For IT teams, this can mean more time to focus on strategic innovation and business transformation, instead of being overwhelmed by routine maintenance. They can leverage SAP’s deep solution expertise to help ensure continuous security updates, proactive monitoring, intelligent automation, and data-driven optimization.

More importantly, SAP Cloud Application Services can help resolve key challenges associated with cloud-based operations, such as:

Expert-supported application management: Comprehensive cloud application management from SAP helps ensure stable and reliable operations and business continuity across the cloud landscape.
Interconnectivity and integration: Data and processes can flow with greater reliability and speed across cloud environments without losing business context.
Intelligent monitoring and performance optimization: Cloud applications can work together in ways that proactively prevent downtime and performance bottlenecks.
Issue resolution and incident management: Technical issues can be swiftly identified and resolved early.
An AI-first approach: The fusion of built-in AI and cloud application management can enable companies to focus more resources on solving business challenges effectively.
Security and compliance: Security, compliance, and governance standards can be maintained consistently and with confidence.
Automated testing: Regression, performance, or integration testing can be automated to help make innovation less burdensome for IT teams and the overall business.

Where more freedom drives a more strategic focus

All over the world, companies, such as Atem Distribuidora de Petróleo S.A. (Atem), are already opening the door to integrated, automated operations in the cloud with SAP Cloud Application Services.

“The unified engagement between the SAP Cloud Application Services offerings and our partner helped us deliver our upgrade of SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition in a very short timeframe,” shares Nayara Araujo, IT systems manager at Atem Distribuidora de Petróleo S.A. “This project is key to our innovation plan and will enable us to continuously enhance our software landscape for many years to come.”

The close relationship that Araujo describes led to a cloud environment that’s reducing the company’s energy consumption by 80% and data footprint by 87.5%. Business operations have also been improved—for example, monthly financial closing time has fallen by 40%.

Atem’s success underscores the importance of having a single point of accountability, supported by:

Predictable costs: Annual service packages are transparent, fixed-price, and outcome-based.
Guaranteed performance: The offerings are backed by contractually binding service-level agreements and 24×7 global support.
Embedded AI and automation: Intelligent monitoring, proactive issue resolution, and continuous improvements are included.
Continuous innovation: Cloud applications are aligned with the organization’s goals and SAP’s evolving road map.
Comprehensive governance: SAP manages everything from monitoring to security and compliance.

Atem didn’t need to deal with multiple vendors. Instead, SAP’s and the partner’s expertise, global support, and standardized service delivery were immediately accessible through one channel. This advantage led to 25% faster upgrades, 30% better usability, and 100% AI readiness.

With cloud success comes AI-driven innovation

Cloud success is more than increased uptime; it’s also about unlocking what’s next. With AI redefining everything in our world, businesses need clean, connected, and continuously managed data and AI-ready, intelligent, and scalable IT environments more than ever.

SAP Cloud Application Services can transform cloud operations into a foundation for AI-driven innovation. With intelligent monitoring, automation, and built-in AI capabilities, businesses can accelerate AI adoption, improve critical business KPIs, and scale dynamically with confidence, control, and continuous innovation.

Take the next step toward a smarter, AI-powered future today. Learn how SAP Cloud Application Services can maximize your cloud investment and contact your local service account executive to get started.

Arndt-Alexander Boehnert is global vice president for SAP Cloud Application Services at SAP.
Stefan Krampen is lead architect for SAP Cloud Application Services at SAP.

26 April

BUSINESS NEWS

SAP Build Apps Helped Improve High-Voltage Grid Maintenance in Germany

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50Hertz, part of Elia Group, plays a crucial role in managing the high-voltage grid in the north and east of Germany, covering nearly one-third of the country’s infrastructure. As a transmission system operator, 50Hertz maintains a stable energy supply for the region while actively integrating renewable energy sources to support Germany’s ambitious energy transition plans.

With more than 1,500 employees at 50Hertz alone, the company has a well-defined digitalization strategy in place that focuses on sustaining a clean core system. To meet this objective, it chose to utilize the no-code tool, SAP Build Apps, which aids its transformation journey with SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP).

50Hertz’s citizen developers implemented a mobile application for the company’s specialized maintenance electricians that significantly reduced both the manual effort and the risk of errors. This mobile application supports them by maintaining and calculating the master data of power circuits, which are represented in the SAP system as functional locations.

Why 50Hertz decided to use SAP Build Apps

In 2023, 50Hertz conducted an analysis of its plant maintenance processes. In summary, it concluded that it was time-consuming to create new entries in its plant maintenance system and fill in master and operational data. A lot of manual effort was invested in maintaining data in Excel files and value calculations for technical objects were prone to errors. Due to the complexity of the process, the responsibility for certain areas could only be shared between a few technicians.

After collaborating with the SAP AppHaus team in Berlin, the company identified a use case for its future accounting solution and evaluated different scenarios. Ultimately, the innovative capabilities of SAP Business Technology Platform convinced the 50Hertz expert team because the platform would allow them to scale up a new solution once it’s successfully piloted and rolled out across the entire corporation.

What’s more, in SAP Discovery Center, they discovered the “Keep the Core Clean Using SAP Build Apps with SAP S/4HANA” mission, which provides guidance and support with a repeatable actionable use case to solve exactly that. The analysis showed that SAP Build Apps could not only help enhance operational agility and speed responses to business requirements, it could also integrate seamlessly with existing SAP S/4HANA architecture.

Martin Glatzel, enterprise architect at SAP AppHaus Berlin, expressed his satisfaction with the collaboration with the 50Hertz team: “With only very limited support from our side, the 50Hertz citizen developers succeeded in using SAP Build Apps to solve their defined use case. Their four new apps will have an immense impact on the efficiency of the important high-voltage grid maintenance work in the future.”

Diagram showing the solution architecture of the 50Hertz maintenance apps

What the maintenance apps improved

SAP Build Apps enabled the team of 50Hertz citizen developers to implement the new maintenance applications with very limited support from SAP. Today, they cover the following maintenance tasks:

The electric circuit display app shows circuit attributes.
The circuit section display app allows users to look for a specific circuit and select it. All circuit sections of the selected circuit are shown, and users can view corresponding attributes and characteristics.
The circuit section adjusting app allows users to search for a specific circuit and select it. All circuit sections of the selected circuit are displayed, and users can modify corresponding attributes.
The circuit section design app allows users to select a circuit and create a circuit section by entering and saving necessary requirements and attributes.

After rolling out the new apps to the specialized electricians, they have benefited in different ways, such as:

About 15% shorter process duration for maintaining functional locations and a significant reduction in the use of both paper- and Excel-based process steps.
10% faster onboarding of new technicians because the app is very easy to use, leading to quick adoption by its end users, the specialized electricians.
Intuitive search for technical locations based on historical data.
Automatic calculation of business-critical numbers, thus improving accuracy significantly.

Looking back

Looking back, the 50Hertz team appreciates the opportunity to develop complex apps with SAP Build Apps in relatively short timeframes. Christian Salewsky and Desiree Possi, both working for the Maintenance Systems & Processes department at 50Hertz, shared about their experience: “While we still had to code at least to some extent in JavaScript and learn to keep track of all the different flows, the overall project experience was encouraging. The detailed product documentation allowed our team to grasp the basics quickly. Once we used the standard functionalities of SAP Build Apps, calculating electronic data became very simple. We found clear explanations of all the functions, and the tabular presentation of data was very helpful, too.”

Imke Vierjahn is communications lead at SAP AppHaus.

25 April

BUSINESS NEWS

KMD Brings the Public Sector to the Cloud with RISE with SAP

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WALLDORF — SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced KMD A/S, one of Denmark’s largest IT companies and a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, is moving its KMD Opus platform to SAP S/4HANA Cloud through its RISE with SAP journey on Microsoft Azure.

“The agreements with SAP and Microsoft primarily ensure long-term stability for our Opus solution. Opus customers will benefit from the most innovative technologies and a secure and compliant data and cloud setup. This will empower us to enhance the quality of our solution, and to provide even greater value in public administration, whether it concerns payroll, debtors or finances,” said Jan Gaardboe Jensen, Senior Vice President, KMD.

As a major player in the Danish IT market with operations in various European countries, KMD develops and delivers IT solutions and services, focusing on digitalization and IT infrastructure for municipal, state and business segments. By entering into a technology and cloud agreement between KMD, SAP and Microsoft, KMD will be enabled to elevate the operation of KMD Opus, its ERP system offering used by thousands of public employees in Denmark for managing payroll, debtors and finances.

By migrating to SAP S/4HANA Cloud, KMD is looking to develop a new user interface with increased AI integration to bring more automation to repetitive tasks and greater access to data-driven insights, making reporting easier and more accessible to users.

“For the past 27 years, KMD and SAP have worked together to digitize the public sector,” said Mikkel Stavnsbo, Managing Director, SAP Denmark. “It’s exciting to see KMD embark on its next chapter with a focus on new innovative technologies and automation with cloud services from SAP, such as AI. The shift to the cloud unlocks more opportunities for us to work together to contribute to an even better run society,” he added.

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24 April

BUSINESS NEWS

The Results Are In: See Who Won the 2025 SAP Innovation Awards

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Business innovation can have a tremendous impact economically, environmentally, and socially—not just for companies but also for communities and the world around us.

Businesses that have participated in the SAP Innovation Awards over the years have supported innovative solutions that meet challenges inside and outside their organizations. For instance, one previous award winner in the energy sector achieved sustainability with a new supply chain solution. Another previous winner in home appliance manufacturing successfully dismantled organizational silos to deliver better customer service.

That’s why I’m especially pleased to announce the groundbreaking winners of the 12^th annual SAP Innovation Awards.

What determines the winners?

This year, 217 companies entered the competition. Of that group, 46 were selected by our judges as finalists and 23 as winners.

Representing a variety of industries, the winners have demonstrated creativity, tangible outcomes, and, of course, innovation by applying SAP products and cloud technologies for the betterment of their customers, community, and organizations.

As technology constantly evolves, opportunities arise that can make the world a better place through sustainability, customer experience, and more. The winners demonstrate creative and innovative ideation that takes advantage of the following tools to make an impact:

Applications: Integrating and optimizing core business processes with SAP applications to generate semantically rich data that drives global economic growth
Data: Centralizing unmatched data from SAP and non-SAP sources into a unified semantic layer to unlock insights, advanced analytics, and AI capabilities
AI: Powered by accurate data, harnessing AI and generative AI to deliver a unique advantage in cross-function collaboration and enable smarter decisions and transformative outcomes

What comes with winning an SAP Innovation Award?

Award winners receive global recognition, which can add to their organization’s reputation and credibility with current and potential customers and the community. They’re also honored with a tribute event, trophy, and the option of choosing a $1,000 SAP4Good charitable donation voucher or an admission ticket to SAP Sapphire in Orlando, Florida, May 19-21, or in Madrid, Spain, May 16-28.

To everyone involved

I’d like to thank everyone who contributed to the success of the 2025 SAP Innovation Awards, especially the organizations that submitted applications and the participating SAP teams. I look forward to reading about the innovations presented at this year’s event that continue to positively transform business and the world.

Interested in participating in 2026?

In addition to global recognition, praise, and prizes, your organization will have the opportunity to receive:

Unique resources: Receive access to marketing materials, including full digital packages, and other branded support to help promote your greatest achievements.
Best of breed collaboration: Collaborate with other leading companies and industry leaders that are at the forefront of innovative change.
Inspiring stories: Learn about the accomplishments and creative genius of past winners and finalists to motivate your teams to foster a culture of innovation and strive for excellence.

Stay in the know

Subscribe to the SAP Innovation Awards newsletter for details on next year’s event. Want more inspiration? Watch this video and start planning how to leverage your innovative ideas for 2026.

Stephan de Barse is president of the SAP Global Business Suite Organization.

Image courtesy of SAP employee Rudragouda Sanakal.

23 April

BUSINESS NEWS

SAP Announces Q1 2025 Results

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WALLDORF — SAP SE today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2025.

Current cloud backlog of €18.2 billion, up 28% and up 29% at constant currencies
Cloud revenue up 27% and up 26% at constant currencies
Cloud ERP Suite revenue up 34% and up 33% at constant currencies
Total revenue up 12% and up 11% at constant currencies
IFRS operating profit of €2.3 billion; non-IFRS operating profit of €2.5 billion, up 60% and up 58% at constant currencies

“Q1 once again underlines that our success formula is working. Current cloud backlog expanded 29% at constant currencies and total revenue saw a double-digit increase. With a share of more predictable revenue of 86%, SAP’s business model remains resilient in uncertain times. Our AI-powered portfolio enables companies to navigate supply chain disruptions in over 130 countries and to unlock efficiencies with agility and speed.”

Christian Klein, CEO

“Q1 marks a solid start to the year in a highly volatile environment, with strong total revenue growth and outstanding operating profit expansion. These results are a testament to our cost discipline and focused execution. While we’re encouraged by this momentum, we remain mindful of the broader environment and are approaching the rest of the year with vigilance, continuing to safeguard both profit and cash flow. “

Dominik Asam, CFO

Read the Quarterly Statement

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23 April

BUSINESS NEWS

Introducing SAP Cloud ERP Private Package to Accelerate Transformation

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With more than four years in market, RISE with SAP has successfully helped thousands of SAP customers modernize their ERP systems, embrace the cloud, and drive meaningful transformation.

“Thanks to this successful transformation and the move to the RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition solution, we have become an innovation leader.”

Nils Krugmann, head of Architecture & Data, Commerz Real AG

The introduction of the RISE with SAP Methodology — along with the integrated toolchain that supports customers through their business and technical journeys — was a game changer to accelerate time to value and support the business case for transformation.

“Moving forward, we’re confident that the cloud transformation enabled by RISE with SAP will empower our organization to innovate and excel in today’s competitive healthcare market and contribute to our Fresenius vision of advancing patient care.”

Ingo Elfering, CIO, Fresenius Group

Today we announce a new commercial package that will support customers even further in this journey.

Introducing the SAP Cloud ERP Private package

The new SAP Cloud ERP Private package is designed to drive customers’ transformation, accelerate time to value, and enable business agility. It includes:

Business applications to modernize business processes with a comprehensive cloud ERP solution, integrated with applications designed to enhance financial agility across the entire supply chain
Transformation tools and services to accelerate time to value with expert support, and to streamline and transform business processes, landscape, and architecture using our comprehensive, integrated toolchain
Cloud optimization and extensibility services to advance the path to a clean core by eliminating data silos and ensuring custom code aligns with cloud compliance, enabling companies to continue building, extending, and innovating ERP for future growth

The package is designed to support customers every step of the way.

Business Applications

Customers can:

Benefit from modern cloud business applications with the latest standard capabilities
Continuously innovate with new features in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition in a private cloud operating model
Gain financial agility across the supply chain with SAP Business Network Supplier Portal for SAP Cloud ERP Private and the SAP Enterprise Service Management solution and SAP Taulia solutions

By integrating these applications, customers will enhance collaboration and agility to run operations, embodying the connected essence of the SAP Business Suite offering.

Transformation Tools and Services

The foundation of a successful transformation journey starts with a holistic assessment of the current systems and a clear understanding of the impact of transitioning to a cloud ERP. This data-driven analysis lays the groundwork for a robust foundation in the ERP transformation journey.

By including SAP LeanIX and SAP Signavio capabilities into the package, customers gain a comprehensive understanding of their current landscape helping to shape the target architecture. This results in a smoother, more agile ERP cloud transformation and long-term process efficiency. This data-driven approach ensures informed decision-making and continuous transformation monitoring, aligning perfectly with the RISE with SAP journey.

Embedded services from SAP include expert support to drive solution activation as well as onboarding and kick-off of the transformation project, ensuring that all critical aspects are addressed from the outset. It also includes workshops to align technology to the business goals that are strategic for the transition, tailored road map development, and adoption plans.

Cloud Optimization and Extensibility Services

The SAP Cloud ERP Private package includes SAP Build, enabling both on-stack and side-by-side extension of SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition with AI-powered application development and process automation. SAP Build allows customers to innovate while maintaining a clean core — a central principle of the RISE with SAP methodology. The deep integration with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, combined with the code-first, low-code, and generative AI capabilities of SAP Build, guarantees that extensions and personalization add value without complicating core operations.

This is aligned with the continual innovation and extensibility strategies encouraged by the RISE with SAP journey. SAP HANA Cloud is a cloud-native database for modernizing enterprise systems that allows customers to build and deploy intelligent data apps at scale. The package also includes the SAP Master Data Governance application to enhance data quality and help maintain a single source of truth, further aligning with the continual innovation and extensibility strategies

Summary and Next Steps

As businesses venture into the new digital era, SAP is committed to guiding and supporting every step of their journey toward integrated, cloud-powered operational excellence.

The SAP Cloud ERP Private Edition package is not just a solution; it is a gateway to a future of limitless potential and unprecedented business agility. Let us embark on this transformative journey together and redefine what’s possible for your business.

Learn more about the new offering and its bundled cloud capabilities here.

Maura Hameroff is senior vice president of Cloud ERP Product Marketing at SAP.

23 April

BUSINESS NEWS

Simplify Development with SAP Build, Included with SAP S/4HANA Cloud

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Businesses that innovate quickly do not just keep up in the market, they lead. Starting today, SAP S/4HANA Cloud customers gain a powerful competitive edge with full access to SAP Build.

This solution helps developers create, extend, and automate business applications faster using AI-powered, code-first, and low-code tools.

SAP Build has been designed as the optimal way to extend SAP S/4HANA Cloud and other business applications. Thousands of customers are already experiencing up to 3x faster development speeds with SAP Build according to recent analyst research — and now we’ve made it even better.

We are making it dramatically easier for SAP S/4HANA Cloud customers to develop with SAP Build. Starting today, all SAP Build capabilities, along with SAP HANA Cloud, are included in SAP S/4HANA Cloud.

Combined with deep technical integration, this unified offering empowers customers to quickly extend and personalize their SAP S/4HANA Cloud systems using AI-powered application development and automation, while maintaining a clean core and eliminating additional licensing or budgeting complexity.

SAP Build now fully included with SAP S/4HANA Cloud packages

New pricing and packaging for SAP Build provides customers with a frictionless way to innovate by gaining the freedom to choose the right tool for every job — whether it’s AI-powered code-first or low-code development, no more complexity of multiple licenses. Additionally, SAP Build and SAP HANA Cloud are now included in SAP Cloud ERP Private packages, meaning SAP S/4HANA Cloud customers can jumpstart all their development without needing to purchase additional licenses.

Lower total cost of ownership (TCO): The new commercial approach for SAP Build alongside SAP S/4HANA Cloud significantly lowers TCO through flexible and cost-efficient model, optimizing resource usage while reducing operational overhead. By integrating seamlessly with existing SAP S/4HANA Cloud investments and simplifying application management across the SAP ecosystem, organizations can drive greater business value.
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22 April

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SAP Signavio Marks Third Consecutive Year as a Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Process Mining Platforms

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SAP Signavio has once again been recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Process Mining Platforms, marking its third consecutive year of this prestigious acknowledgment.

In today’s dynamic business landscape, process mining is vital for gaining data-driven insights that boost efficiency, smarter decision-making, and business growth, and SAP Signavio maintains an ongoing dedication to innovation and customer satisfaction in the realm of process mining.

The Gartner Magic Quadrant research methodology highlights that “Leaders execute well against their current vision and are well positioned for tomorrow.” SAP Signavio has been recognized as a Leader among 16 vendors, evaluated based on ability to execute and completeness of vision.

“Our goal is to empower our customers to build transformation as an ongoing capability, rather than a one-off project,” said Dee Houchen, chief marketing officer for SAP Signavio. “As transformation never ends, our solutions help companies secure business success as they continuously adapt and analyze their operations, receive AI-assisted improvement recommendations, and monitor their business to establish continuous process optimization. Process mining is at the heart of this approach, and we feel being recognized as a Leader for the third consecutive year by Gartner reaffirms our unwavering commitment to innovation and customer satisfaction, with value realization as our north star.”

The repeated recognition provides useful context regarding the state of the process mining market. As a vendor, there are several fundamental aspects that differentiate SAP Signavio solutions from others:

Customer value realization: With customer value realization as its primary strategic goal, SAP Signavio considers process mining a crucial component for successful process transformation.
Enterprise observability: Customers achieve full enterprise observability, enabling them to centralize and manage transformation initiatives within a single solution.
AI innovations: SAP Signavio solutions offer AI innovations specific to the process world, fast-tracking and democratizing process mining for its customers.
Value accelerators and best practices: Thousands of value accelerators and best practices are available to expedite benefit realization in both SAP and non-SAP environments.
Bridging operations and experience: The gap between operations and experience is bridged, providing a clear understanding of how process execution impacts sentiment.

The Gartner Magic Quadrant equips businesses with valuable insights to make informed decisions.

Get a complimentary copy of the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant, featuring SAP Signavio solutions, here.

Lucas de Boer is Global Marketing program lead for SAP Signavio at SAP.

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