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SAP sells 423m shares of Qualtrics in $12.5bn acquisition

SAP has agreed to sell all of its 423 million shares of Qualtrics International Inc as part of the acquisition of Qualtrics by funds affiliated with Silver Lake as well as Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments).

SAP’s Datasphere brings new order to chaos in the world of data

SAP has announced the launch of Datasphere, the next generation of its data management portfolio, and an evolutionary step forward from SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, helping customers utilize the power of data in the modern world.

SAP and Microsoft join fight for digital future with Nottingham University

SAP has announced the launch of a NextGen Lab at the University of Nottingham to help students receive the necessary skills for the future.

Punit Renjen to replace Hasso Plattner as SAP chairman

Punit Renjen, the former global CEO at Deloitte, is set to replace Hasso Plattner as the new SAP chairman. Prof. Dr. Hasso Plattner, who co-founded SAP in 1972 with Dietmar Hopp, Claus Wellenreuther, Klaus Tschira, and Hans-Werner Hector, is the only remaining founder still involved in an operational role at the German software company and will retire from his position at the end of his current term. His departure heralds another new era for SAP which will be confirmed at the company’s AGM in May this year.

SAP’s cloud chief quits

Brian Duffy, president of Cloud at SAP, has announced he will be handing back the reins after 13 months in the role. This follows 3000 job cuts and a proposed sale of SAP's stake in Qualtrics. Despite extraordinary cloud growth in recent quarters, the world's biggest enterprise technology vendor is not immune to the pressures of a toughening economy.

BMW Group drives new growth with RISE with SAP

BMW Group have expanded its strategic partnership with SAP to accelerate its digital transformation.

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Lockheed Martin reaches for the moon with SAP

Lockheed Martin Corporation and SAP have expanded their strategic partnership to transform the mission-critical business systems that power Lockheed Martin’s OneLM Transformation Program (1LMX).

SAP drives continued cloud momentum with Q4 results

SAP has announced its Q4 and FY 2022 results, with figures suggesting continued results are coming from the cloud after Q4 S/4HANA cloud revenue grew 101 percent.

Sugar cane firm Florida Crystals sweetens SAP estate with AWS Cloud

Florida Crystals Corporation (FCC), a vertically integrated cane sugar company based in West Palm Beach, Florida, has entered into a collaboration with Lemongrass, the SAP on cloud company, to move its SAP estate to AWS.

Why can’t SAP keep a UK MD for longer than two years?

SAP has announced that yet another UK MD is moving on. Michiel Verhoeven will step down as managing director of SAP UK and Ireland at the end of Q1 2023. The announcement comes 2 years and 7 months after his appointment. The latest departure marks the twelfth UK&I managing director to leave SAP in 16 years.

Orica and UiPath global partnership enables deep digital mining

Orica, one of the world’s largest mining and infrastructure solutions providers, has announced a global alliance with UiPath to scale application testing and automation.

New PwC and SAP strategy supports ESG enterprise targets

PwC and SAP have announced a new co-innovation strategy to make sustainability an integral part of standard business operations and address key environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) business-wide challenges.

Pandora and SAP to add a new sparkle to retail

Pandora, the world’s largest jewelry brand has partnered with Accenture to implement a S/4HANA digital transformation using RISE With SAP.

SAP Q3 results light up the cloud sky

SAP Q3 results have been announced for this year, with a cloud revenue boost expected to continue accelerating through 2023.

SAP moves first to control costs in wake of economic uncertainty

A certain existential crisis of the employee sort has been spreading across enterprise as of late. Microsoft announced small layoffs as part of a business realignment this week, while a staff-wide email on Tuesday from Google's CEO warned employees of consolidation due to the “uncertain global economic outlook.”

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DIC pilots GreenToken by SAP for supply chain transparency

DIC Group is launching a pilot of GreenToken by SAP, using blockchain technology to boost sustainable outcomes and increase circularity in the chemicals industry by better recovering waste plastics.

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Copado expands robotic testing solution for SAP and ServiceNow

Copado has expanded Copado Robotic Testing to fully support continuous testing across SAP and ServiceNow platforms.

SAP report reveals gap to going green

Recent research by Oxford Economics and SAP SE has uncovered significant barriers to corporate sustainability initiatives.

Ducati accelerates innovation and customer experience with SAP

The Italian motorcycle manufacturer, Ducati has chosen RISE with SAP to enable a business transformation covering its key business processes.

SAP and Apple deliver apps to solve the supply chain crisis

The iPod may be officially ‘dead’ as of this week, but that doesn’t mean Cupertino’s days of innovation are over. Announced yesterday, SAP and Apple have expanded their partnership with the creation of two new mobile apps, SAP Warehouse Operator and SAP Direct Distribution.

EY launches energy industry cloud for SAP solutions

Announced to coincide with SAP Sapphire 2022, EY has launched EY Energy Industry Cloud for SAP solutions, a product aiming to help energy organizations around the world accelerate their digital transformation. The partnership between EY and SAP will help companies identify mitigate implementation risks during their transformation, overcome challenges and build long-term value.

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IBM to transform its operations with RISE with SAP

IBM and SAP have extended their long-standing partnership as IBM undertakes ‘one of the world’s largest corporate transformation projects’ based on SAP ERP software, designed to fuel the company's growth and better support its clients.

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Google Cloud and SAP expand partnership

Google Cloud and SAP are expanding their partnership and have unveiled new integrations between Google Workspace and SAP’s flagship cloud ERP, SAP S/4HANA Cloud.

Wipro acquires SAP consulting firm Rizing for $540m

Wipro LTD has acquired SAP consulting firm, Rizing Intermediate Holdings, for $540m, significantly expanding its breadth of capabilities in helping businesses transform into intelligent enterprises. The deal is expected to close before June 30, 2022.

Kyndryl expands SAP partnership to boost digital transformation

The world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider, Kyndryl, has expanded its strategic partnership with SAP to focus on developing new solutions to assist its customers in solving its most complex digital business transformation challenges.

Microsoft and SAP share the love in new mega deal

Microsoft has chosen RISE with SAP on Microsoft Cloud, making it the first public cloud provider to adopt the solution. Microsoft and SAP have a long track record of collaboration and the Redmond giant has run large parts of its internal operations on SAP ERP for decades. However, the announcement that Microsoft has signed up to RISE with SAP to deploy S/4HANA Cloud (private edition) is still a huge endorsement of SAP’s cloud credentials - considering Microsoft has its own cloud ERP solution in the form of Dynamics 365.

SAP replaces own legacy system at UK council for £7.3m

Gloucestershire County Council (GCC) is implementing a major upgrade to its ERP system using SAP’s RISE service. The UK authority signed a £7.3m contract with the German software giant, marking a milestone in SAP’s push with its RISE with SAP program into the UK’s public sector.