Niklas Siemer sits down with Matthias Rosker (Head of SAP BTP Data Center Strategy & Geo Expansion) and Michael Schmidt (Head of PlusOne Central Engineering – SAP Cloud Infrastructure) to explain the “why” behind SAP BTP’s rapid regional expansion—and why sovereignty has become a defining pillar of cloud strategy.

You’ll hear how SAP is harmonizing global location strategy (hyperscalers + SAP-owned regions), why SAP BTP is increasingly the foundation layer for SAP’s cloud portfolio, and what’s driving demand for data residency, operational control, and technical independence—especially in public sector and regulated industries.

The episode also clarifies the difference between Sovereign Cloud (shared/community cloud with sovereign controls) and Sovereign Cloud On-Site (bringing the full stack to a customer’s data center with isolated control planes and flexible operations models). And in a big moment for long-time listeners, Niklas closes by sharing that this is his final episode as host.

In this episode, you’ll learn:
✅ What’s behind SAP BTP’s accelerated data center expansion pace and how SAP is closing “capability gaps” across regions
✅ Why SAP is offering BTP on SAP Cloud Infrastructure (SCI) again—and what customer demand made inevitable
✅ The four sovereignty dimensions: data, operational, technology, and legal sovereignty
✅ Sovereign Cloud vs Sovereign Cloud On-Site: what changes when SAP brings the stack into your data center
✅ How SAP approaches service availability: a “core services everywhere” model (e.g., Integration Suite, runtimes, persistence)
✅ Commercial reality: standardized pricing across public cloud options, with sovereign offerings priced differently based on added controls
✅ Practical ways to stay current: Discovery Center + Roadmap Explorer + SAP Community updates

0:40 – Meet the guests: Matthias Rosker & Michael Schmidt
2:20 – Why SAP BTP expanded so fast (and why it had to)
6:30 – Why offer BTP on SAP Cloud Infrastructure (SCI) again?
9:10 – What’s “under the hood” of SAP Cloud Infrastructure (SCI)
14:10 – The sovereignty shift: why it matters now
17:40 – The four types of sovereignty (data, ops, tech, legal)
21:10 – Sovereign Cloud explained (what it is—and what it isn’t)
24:10 – Sovereign Cloud On-Site: bringing the stack to the customer
28:10 – Who needs On-Site (defense, intelligence, public sector)
31:20 – Service availability across regions: “core services everywhere”
34:10 – Pricing + commercial impact (public cloud vs sovereign)
36:10 – Can customers migrate regions? (yes—no “one button” move)
38:30 – How to stay up to date: Discovery Center + Roadmap Explorer
40:10 – Guest recommendations (The Pitt / Better Than Us)
42:10 – Closing + Niklas’ final-host farewell

Discover, evaluate, and adopt SAP Business Technology Platform and SAP Business AI solutions: https://discovery-center.cloud.sap/
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Learn more about SAP Sovereign Cloud: https://www.sap.com/products/security-and-sovereignty.html
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Bosch Rexroth uses business process management to master complexity and enable better decisions across a global organization.

With operations spanning a sales and service network in 80 countries, 49 manufacturing locations, and customizing sites in 22 countries, Bosch Rexroth explains why SAP S/4HANA is a strategic move, not just a technical upgrade. The goal is a future-ready foundation that can support innovations like artificial intelligence, while creating a harmonized, scalable way of working worldwide.

A major driver is process harmonization through a global template, with implementation kept as close as possible to SAP standard. To align business and IT, Bosch Rexroth uses SAP Signavio to map processes clearly and make them easy to follow for developers and process experts. This helps reduce misunderstandings, cut errors, and speed up process design and approvals. They also highlight ROI through saved time, increased flexibility, faster responsiveness, and stronger scalability.

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From paperwork to AI-powered personalization, Metcash is transforming B2B commerce in Australia with SAP Commerce Cloud.

Metcash, Australia’s leading wholesaler for independent businesses, built a scalable B2B marketplace called Sorted in partnership with SAP Commerce Cloud. What used to be paper-heavy and hard to track is now simpler, faster, and more transparent, helping customers find and procure products with line-level detail.

Search and AI play a central role. With more than 75% of customers using the search bar to discover new products, Metcash is investing in intelligent search, personalization, and AI-driven recommendations to help time-poor customers discover products faster and order more efficiently.

Sorted now processes around 48,000 transactions per week and connects over 3,500 suppliers. Metcash reports that ordering through Sorted delivers a 75% time savings for customers, boosting efficiency and strengthening customer engagement. The result is a future-ready platform designed to scale and support growth.

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Want more from AI than one-size-fits-all results? SAP AI Foundation helps you build, run, and integrate custom AI solutions at scale, so your business can stand out with AI that’s tailored to your needs.

In this video, you’ll see how AI Foundation acts as the operating system at the heart of SAP Business AI, giving you a unified environment to take AI from idea to impact, fast. Prepackaged AI can be a great start, but when your requirements are unique, you need the flexibility to create AI that fits your processes, your data, and your standards for security and compliance.

In this video, you’ll learn how to:
✨ Build and extend Joule experiences with custom skills and agents
✨ Create and orchestrate AI workflows in one unified environment
✨ Scale with security, compliance, and governance built in
✨ Ground AI in business context by connecting SAP and non-SAP data

Because context matters, AI Foundation helps you embed your custom AI solutions directly into business applications and connect them to the data that drives decisions. The result is trusted AI outcomes across the entire AI lifecycle, from building and running to integrating and scaling.

Chapters:
00:00 – Why prepackaged AI isn’t always enough
00:15 – Build, run, and integrate custom AI
00:22 – What AI Foundation is
00:34 – Extend Joule with custom skills and agents
00:43 – Create workflows with generative AI hub
00:54 – Govern AI operations securely
01:02 – Use SAP Document AI and SAP HANA Cloud
01:12 – Connect AI to apps and data
01:29 – Create value across the AI lifecycle

Learn how to build, run, and integrate AI agents and custom AI solutions at scale with AI Foundation: https://www.sap.com/products/artificial-intelligence/ai-foundation-os.html

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Discover what’s new in SAP HANA Cloud Q1 2026 in under 7 minutes.

In this short update, Thomas Hammer (Lead Product Manager, SAP HANA Cloud) walks you through key innovations in the Q1 2026 release, focused on making it easier to explore enterprise data, integrate across SAP platforms, analyze performance, and build intelligent applications.

You’ll learn how the new Discovery Agent and Data Agent help reduce the barrier to working with enterprise data. Instead of relying on deep database expertise and manual SQL, you can describe what you need in natural language. The Discovery Agent uses a custom database object knowledge graph to find relevant data, while the Data Agent turns your request into SQL and executes it in SAP HANA Cloud. This enables a more intuitive path from question to insight.

Next, see how semantic onboarding brings existing SAP HANA Cloud calculation views into SAP Business Data Cloud, selectively and without data movement, using remote connectivity. This supports reuse of existing models while complementing them with SAP Business Data Cloud capabilities.

Thomas also introduces the new Performance Analysis application in SAP HANA Cloud, designed to simplify troubleshooting with guided workflows and predefined presets for common scenarios, like CPU bottlenecks, memory pressure, and lock contention. It also includes an on-demand chart library for deeper investigation. Finally, the release includes improvements to text classification in the predictive analysis library, enhancing performance, efficiency, and ease of use, including text feature processing with automated machine learning models.

Chapters:
0:00 – Intro
0:47 – Discovery Agent and Data Agent in SAP HANA Cloud
2:24 – Semantic Onboarding of calculation views into SAP Business Data Cloud
3:25 – Performance analysis application in SAP HANA Cloud
4:28 – Improvements in text classification capabilities
5:16 – Further innovations

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In this SAP Design Talks episode, Jonas Lempa, Managing Director of Future and Innovation at Taikonauten, shares how he approaches design as problem solving grounded in everyday observations. He explores why inspiration is everywhere, from how we cross the street to why some product experiences still feel outdated, and how that curiosity helps teams rethink what they build and why.

You’ll also hear why experimentation and prototyping matter so much for innovation. Jonas explains how “try and error” helps teams move beyond theory to test what is practically possible, and how to think clearly about trends vs. megatrends so product teams can spot real change early across business, technology, and user needs.

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Hear reasons why the Fabric of Data & AI is a must-attend.

As organizations adopt AI, the real challenge isn’t just the models. It’s ensuring AI has access to connected business data and context to make the right decisions.

On March 24, industry leaders will share how they’re building the data foundations required for AI to succeed. Take a look — and register to join the conversation.

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See how Bosch streamlines monitoring and boosts efficiency with SAP Cloud ALM.

Monitoring complex manufacturing processes can be challenging, but Bosch found a smarter way. In this video, discover how Bosch uses SAP Cloud ALM to tackle monitoring issues in SAP Digital Manufacturing, reduce workload, and accelerate production line go-lives.

Learn how Bosch improved alerting, integration, and exception monitoring, cutting workload by up to 50% and improving service and support response times. With SAP Cloud ALM, Bosch ensures visibility, automation, and readiness for future features like real user monitoring, empowering its digital manufacturing landscape.

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ZEISS Group, a global leader in optics and optoelectronics, found that outdated information and fragmented data access were slowing critical processes and limiting analytics value.

With SAP Datasphere and SAP HANA Cloud, core components of SAP Business Data Cloud, ZEISS is improving data accessibility, consistency, and real-time integration across SAP and non-SAP systems, giving teams trusted information exactly when decisions need to happen.

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DACHSER, a global logistics leader with 40,000 employees, faced challenges like talent shortages, demographic shifts, and evolving skill requirements. To attract and retain top talent, DACHSER needed modern HR processes and an exceptional employee experience.

In this video, learn how DACHSER uses SAP SuccessFactors to streamline recruiting, onboarding, and core HR processes. With Employee Central and recruiting modules, DACHSER harmonised data across countries, accelerated position openings, and improved its career page to attract talent.

Next steps include learning, succession planning, and performance management – all powered by SAP SuccessFactors and AI innovation. DACHSER is building a future-ready workforce with technology that supports employees from application to career growth.

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