Tag: sap

January 30, 2024

SAP’s strategy to prioritise its RISE cloud customers for the latest innovations, was met with widespread confusion and frustration. It represented a departure from the expectations of a loyal user base that had invested heavily in SAP’s on-premises solutions. The […]

January 30, 2024

As SAP shifted from a licensed on-prem software delivery model to SaaS, some customers balked at the cost, complexity and potential business continuity risks associated with ERP systems modernization. “We had a lot of customers that were faced with a […]

January 26, 2024

SAP has put the spotlight on its artificial intelligence (AI) plans in its latest results, but persuading customers to move to the cloud is still the most important part of its strategy. SAP said the full-year revenue stood at €31bn, […]

January 25, 2024

Like most enterprise tech vendors, SAP is embracing the generative AI shift and the disruption that accompanies it. While SAP is focused on reskilling internally, the company also anticipates investing nearly $1.09 billion into developing AI use cases for customers […]

January 11, 2024

The announcement comes on the heels of the company raising software support fees by roughly 5% this month, and scaling back updates for on-prem deployments. “Our new innovations will not be available for on-premises or hosted on-premise ERP customers on […]

January 10, 2024

SAP is reshuffling its executive board to place even more emphasis on serving its cloud customers. Executive board member Thomas Saueressig, previously responsible for product engineering, will soon take on a new role as head of customer services and delivery, […]

December 6, 2023

When speaking with IT leaders from the world’s largest companies about their greatest business challenges, there’s one thing I hear often. They all want to be future proof, where their operations become more flexible and resilient so they can bounce […]

November 3, 2023

Generative AI updates have come in waves. The first cycle tackled generalized capabilities as an intro to the technology, but vendors have turned their focus to tailoring solutions for specific job functions and industries. Other technologies have followed similar patterns. […]

November 1, 2023

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. The news came at SAP TechEd, its annual conference […]

October 11, 2023

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 […]

August 29, 2023

Enterprise software vendors are hustling to infuse generative AI into existing enterprise systems, deploying ready-to-use tools and trainable models on the ERPs, CRMs and data systems their customers already depend on. SAP has aggressively pursued the new technology. In addition […]

July 27, 2023

First came the carrot of lower costs in the cloud with the bundled Rise with SAP offering. Now here comes the stick. SAP said Thursday it will raise the cost of support for users of its on-premises software for the […]

July 21, 2023

Since SAP RISE came to the market, it seems that SAP’s goal is to force organizations into a relatively unproven and inflexible RISE model. To do so, they are obfuscating reality, limiting transparency, and changing their historic business practices to […]

July 11, 2023

In a time when organizations can seamlessly access the cloud to unearth tools like analytics and artificial intelligence (AI), “collaboration with customers and partners around the globe can drive sustainable, impactful innovation,” Timo Elliott, SAP’s global head of partner digital […]

May 11, 2023

Google Cloud and SAP want to make it easier for enterprises to view their entire business data estates in real-time through the roll-out of a jointly created open data offering. The two companies are long-standing technology collaborators, with Google Cloud […]

February 14, 2023

“I inherited a gift from the previous CIO,” says Florida Crystals CIO Kevin Grayling. “I had a modern S/4HANA landscape for the majority of the business.” That would have been an enviable situation for many of his contemporaries in the […]

February 13, 2023

SAP recently marked its two-year anniversary of RISE with SAP, SAP’s comprehensive solution of products and services to help customers successfully move to the cloud. So far, more than 2,500 customers have put their trust in SAP and its partners […]

January 26, 2023

SAP’s revenue rose 11% in 2022 with the cloud component of that climbing 33%, but net income dropped 68%, prompting restructuring and layoffs in its CRM activities. The company is also exploring selling its majority stake in Qualtrics, the experience […]

December 12, 2022

It’s human nature — as well as the nature of this magnificent planet — that change is constant. But sometimes, change can be perceived as bad. We see and feel this in the form of climate change, supply chain issues, […]

October 25, 2022

Fueled by strong sales of cloud-based software that more than offset a decline in revenue from on-premises applications, SAP revenue jumped in the third quarter compared to the year-earlier period. Total revenue for the quarter ending Sept. 30 was €7.84 […]