Analytics and AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and analytics are indispensable in propelling digital transformation efforts, particularly influencing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). With the rapid progression of technology and computing power, organizations across various sectors are generating immense amounts of data daily, impacting ERP processes. The significance of this data lies in its potential to extract actionable insights, facilitate strategic planning, and drive innovation within the ERP framework. In this context, AI and analytics emerge as pivotal tools, facilitating the extraction of value from the vast amounts of data generated and collected across the enterprise, optimizing ERP functionalities. Analytics is commonly categorized into descriptive, prescriptive, diagnostic, and predictive types, enhancing the ERP landscape. AI algorithms contribute not only to predictive and prescriptive analytics but also empower companies to develop innovative ERP capabilities, exemplified by advancements such as Industry 4.0.

Analytics and AI

SAP, Fresenius Team Up to Drive AI-Enabled Digital Healthcare Transformation in Europe

SAP SE and Fresenius have launched a strategic partnership aimed at creating an AI-powered, interoperable healthcare ecosystem in Europe to enhance digital healthcare delivery by integrating SAP’s technologies with Fresenius’s healthcare expertise for improved data management and compliance.

Cloud Platform and Technology

Syngenta Deploys SAP Cloud ERP Private, SAP Business AI to Support Data-Driven Agriculture

Syngenta has partnered with SAP to integrate AI-driven capabilities into its operations, aiming to enhance decision-making, automate workflows, and support sustainable agriculture through advanced data analytics and ERP modernization.

Analytics and AI

Retail AI Hits NRF 2026: SAP, Microsoft, Workday Turn Agentic Platforms into New Operating System for Stores and Commerce

Retail tech giants SAP, Microsoft, and Workday are leveraging AI to transform commerce operations into integrated, agent-driven systems at the NRF 2026 event, showcasing a shift from isolated applications to comprehensive retail infrastructure.

ERP Strategy and Planning

RISE with SAP: Cloud ERP Adoption Accelerates Ahead of 2027 Deadline—SAPinsider Benchmark Report

SAPinsider’s RISE with SAP 2025 benchmark shows cloud ERP adoption accelerating as the 2027 end-of-maintenance deadline approaches. New data reveals how generative AI, security readiness, and organizational size are shaping SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private migration decisions.

Analytics and AI

Africa Races to Build AI Skills as Training Demand Surges While Budgets Lag

African organizations are rapidly developing AI-focused skills amid tightening training budgets, leading to a significant gap between the growing demand for AI expertise and the resources allocated for skills development.

Quality and Testing

The Cloud Velocity Trap for Testing

CIOs face significant challenges during ERP migrations due to inadequate testing strategies and a rush towards AI solutions, highlighting the necessity for continuous testing and thorough documentation to ensure successful system integration.

Supply Chain Management

Creating Supply Chain Value Through Analytics and AI

AI and analytics are transforming supply chain management by automating repetitive tasks, redefining planner roles into strategic storytellers, and providing decision intelligence to navigate disruptions.

Analytics and AI

Year in Review: Testing, Transformation, and the Race to AI-Ready ERP in 2025

In 2025, the conversation around cloud migration shifted from why to how. According to SAPinsider’s 2025 research report on SAP S/4HANA deployment, for instance, 31% of the organizations who responded to the survey have transitioned to SAP S/4HANA, while another 27% are in implementation. Additionally, 54% of respondents said they plan to incorporate AI or...

Analytics and AI

SAP, Partners Turn Embedded Business AI into Concrete ERP Wins

SAP and its partners are transforming AI from concept to implementation by integrating SAP Business AI and SAP BTP into workflows that enhance efficiency and collaboration, as illustrated by successful case studies from companies like FRoSTA and Aspen Pumps.

Analytics and AI

IBM Advances Generative, Agentic AI Deeper into SAP Operations with ICAMS

IBM announced its Application Management Suite for SAP (ICAMS), designed to enhance SAP transformation through generative and agentic AI, thereby streamlining management processes and improving operational efficiency across SAP environments amidst the complex transition to S/4HANA.

Human Capital Management

SAP, Oracle Lead the Charge as AI-Driven Performance Management Market Targets USD 6.33B by 2030

The employee performance management market is expected to grow from $3.52 billion in 2025 to $6.33 billion by 2030, driven by a shift towards continuous, analytics-enabled performance cycles embraced by major firms like Adobe and Microsoft, with AI-centric platforms at the core, as organizations increasingly link performance to skills-based talent strategies and digital transformation efforts.

SAP SuccessFactors

Human Capital Management

Global HR Agent Delivers Real-Time Advisory for SAP SuccessFactors

Globalization Partners' G-P Gia is now available on SAP Store, providing real-time, compliant global HR guidance through an integration with SAP SuccessFactors and Joule, enhancing efficiency for multinational companies.

SAP Sovereign Cloud

Analytics and AI

SAP Is Building a Sovereign AI Stack for Europe

Regulatory trends in the EU are fostering a shift towards sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure, highlighted by companies like SAP, which has invested in local partnerships with firms like Mistral AI to enhance digital autonomy and develop industry-specific applications.

Analytics and AI

SAP, Microsoft Tighten Their Data Fabric to Boost AI Value for the Enterprise

SAP and Microsoft are enhancing their partnership with SAP Business Data Cloud Connect for Microsoft Fabric to enable bi-directional data sharing without replication, facilitating immediate access to SAP data for analytics and AI within a unified platform that supports cross-cloud interoperability and improved user experience.

AI risk management

Analytics and AI

SAP Signavio AI Agent Mining Tackles Invisible Autonomy Risk

SAP users are increasingly incorporating AI agents into workflows, which introduce 'invisible autonomy' risks that necessitate oversight, prompting the launch of SAP Signavio's AI agent mining capability to enhance monitoring, efficiency, and performance assessment of these agents.

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ERP Strategy and Planning

New Basis Technologies Index Reveals Speed as Top Concern for SAP Change Managers

A Basis Technologies study revealed that while 84% of organizations hesitate to make SAP changes, the adoption of AI-assisted intelligent change management tools is empowering change managers to execute strategic initiatives more efficiently and effectively.

ERP cloud lifecycle management dashboard showing integration complexity and AI-driven automation

Cloud Platform and Technology

Amey Completes Cloud ERP Overhaul with SAP S/4HANA and NTT DATA Business Solutions

Amey has successfully migrated from a 20-year-old SAP ECC system to SAP S/4HANA Cloud on Google Cloud Platform as part of its modernization initiative while partnering with NTT DATA Business Solutions.

Analytics and AI

Why 70% of UK Businesses Are Stuck in Digital Limbo Despite Record SAP AI Investment

UK businesses face a significant AI skills gap that undermines their investment in technology, as many struggle with the challenge of effectively adopting and utilizing advanced AI systems like SAP, highlighting the need for dual expertise in both technical proficiency and organizational change management to achieve successful AI implementations.

Analytics and AI

How SAP and NVIDIA Are Rewriting the Enterprise AI Playbook

SAP's partnership with NVIDIA introduces 'Local AI from SAP,' allowing enterprises to harness over 100,000 AI models while ensuring data security and compliance, fundamentally transforming the deployment of AI in regulated industries.

Analytics and AI

SAP Designs for Human Empowerment: Sean Kask

At SAP Sapphire 2025, Chief AI Strategy Officer Sean Kask emphasized SAP's deep, ethically guided AI strategy, highlighting its focus on building competitive advantages through human empowerment and controlled experimentation amidst a landscape filled with AI hype.

Analytics and AI

From SAP Sapphire 2025: Sean Kask, Chief AI Strategy Officer, Opens SAP’s AI Playbook, Covers Agentic Intelligence, Strategic Differentiation, and the Race to Real Adoption

At SAP Sapphire 2025, Sean Kask, SAP’s Chief AI Strategy Officer, emphasized a customer-focused AI strategy that integrates various models and maintains ethical standards, showcasing the potential of tools like Joule to autonomously execute complex processes while leveraging proprietary knowledge graphs for contextual accuracy, positioning SAP as a leader in AI-powered enterprise solutions.

Analytics and AI

From SAP Sapphire 2025: How SAP and Google Cloud Are Accelerating Real-World Impact from AI

The collaboration between SAP and Google Cloud focuses on developing practical, AI-powered enterprise systems that enhance innovation and reduce project risk, leveraging tools like SAP Joule and Google’s Gemini models for real-time access to actionable data and robust infrastructure, exemplified by successful implementations at companies like AMD and Suzano.

Analytics and AI

From SAP Sapphire 2025: Joule Everywhere – How SAP Is Making Business AI Omnipresent and Proactive

SAP's upcoming Joule Everywhere update in 2025 integrates generative AI agents across its entire ecosystem, enabling intelligent co-piloting and seamless decision-making within workflows while enhancing security and governance.

Analytics and AI

From SAP Sapphire 2025: The New Operating System for Business AI

SAP introduces AI Foundation, a unified operating system for Business AI that simplifies enterprise AI development, reduces costs, and accelerates innovation through features like low-code tools and built-in governance, empowering organizations to quickly transform data into actionable insights.

Analytics and AI

From SAP Sapphire 2025: Agentic AI in Action – SAP’s New Network of Autonomous Business Agents

At SAP Sapphire 2025, SAP introduced a production-grade network of autonomous business agents integrated with SAP Joule, enabling organizations to execute end-to-end processes across finance, HR, procurement, and supply chain without custom code, while ensuring governance and compliance through SAP LeanIX.

Analytics and AI

AWS: Familiar AI Skills story with SAP Databricks twist

At the AWS London Summit, AWS announced a program to upskill 100,000 individuals in AI over five years, while also launching SAP Databricks on its platform, which enhances data accessibility and AI capabilities for SAP users, marking a significant step towards integrating advanced analytics and AI in enterprise resource planning.

A Streamlined Approach to Custom Gen AI Models with NTT DATA Business Solutions

Analytics and AI

A Streamlined Approach to Custom Gen AI Models with NTT DATA Business Solutions

NTT DATA Business Solutions' GenAI Connector simplifies the development of custom generative AI models for businesses, enabling faster and more effective integration of AI into operations, enhancing customer experiences, and driving growth.

Tech Transformation 2025

Analytics and AI

The 2025 Tech Transformation Playbook: Lessons from Leading CIOs

In a panel discussion featuring IT leaders, key trends highlighted include business process automation as a priority for 2024, the widespread yet uneven adoption of SAP S/4HANA, the ongoing challenges of AI integration, and the critical importance of data management for successful transformations, underscoring the need for bold organizational changes and a cultural shift towards digital and data-driven methodologies.

Inetum

Analytics and AI

The Future of Digital Transformation

Insights from Inetum UK CEO Kathy Quashie

MCP Platform

Analytics and AI

Vonage and SAP expand collaboration for AI-driven enterprise experiences

Vonage has expanded its partnership with SAP to integrate its communication APIs with SAP Business Technology Platform and Business AI, aiming to create intelligent applications that enhance enterprise automation and customer engagement, with a pilot demonstration scheduled for Mobile World Congress 2025.