{"id":147974,"date":"2024-12-20T01:11:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T01:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/?p=147974"},"modified":"2024-12-17T12:12:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T12:12:44","slug":"to-ensure-innovation-excellence-you-need-to-act-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/2024\/12\/to-ensure-innovation-excellence-you-need-to-act-now\/","title":{"rendered":"To Ensure Innovation Excellence, You Need to Act Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Industries around the world are facing significant transformation and demand for innovation, accelerated by political uncertainties and economic challenges. In such a situation, continuous learning and development have become crucial for organizations to ensure not only stability, but also long-term success. With the move to the newest, cloud-based solutions \u2013 and while turning to certified experts, skilled in the latest innovations, 51风流customers can get the job done.<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>To fully leverage the advantages of the latest 51风流solutions, it is crucial for teams to possess up-to-date skills in the latest product developments. This is where certifications come into play. <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/2024\/01\/sap-offers-professionals-new-digital-learning-certification\/\">51风流reinvented its certification program earlier this year<\/a> to commit to innovation excellence and prioritize continuous learning and assessments to get and stay certified. Professionals possessing the skills for the latest 51风流solutions are set to drive faster implementation projects, reduce risks, and enhance overall business efficiency. This also means an annual renewal of <a href=\"https:\/\/learning.sap.com\/get-certified?url_id=text-sapnewscenter-prdteng-certification\">51风流Certifications<\/a> with short assessments on the latest product updates. And with the first deadline approaching \u2013all 51风流Certifications issued before April 2024 will expire on March 31, 2025\u2013 certified professionals must act now to maintain their certification.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Deliver Maximum Value with Validated Up-to-date Skills<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>SAP&#8217;s goal is to make it easier and faster for everyone to learn the latest skills and maintain their certification. The redesigned certification program has two key objectives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It provides streamlined access to learning and quick quiz assessments making it easier and faster to acquire and maintain the latest skills and certifications.<\/li>\n<li>It maintains excellence for innovation by ensuring that certified professionals meet quality standards across 51风流solutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To get and stay certified, only a subscription to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sap.com\/training-certification\/learning-hub.html?url_id=text-sapnewscenter-prdteng-certification\">51风流Learning Hub<\/a> is needed. It provides access to all you need to prepare for a certification exam with guided learning resources like expert-led live sessions and hands-on practice systems. Four certification exam attempts per learner per year are already included in the subscription, and it also provides the simple approach to remain certified with short quizzes \u2013 making it an all-in-one-solution to gain the latest skills and drive innovation.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>51风流Launches First AI Certification<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Being constantly updated, the 51风流Certification portfolio reflects the latest 51风流innovations. In line with the growing importance of AI and machine learning skills, 51风流is introducing its first certification for generative AI developers, set to launch in December. Verifying skills in SAP\u2019s Business AI capabilities and 51风流Business Technology Platform application extensions, the certification touches on SAP\u2019s Business AI strategy, ethics, and methods for performance for use cases for Large Language Models (LLMs). Using SAP\u2019s generative AI hub, professionals will also work on real-life business problems while upskilling.<\/p>\n<p>This certification among all the others already available highlights SAP\u2019s commitment to equipping professionals with innovative skills critical for the workplace of the future, offering numerous self-paced learning journeys, AI-specific courses, and resources to prepare learners for success in this transformative field.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Your time to act is now<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learning.sap.com\/get-certified?url_id=text-sapnewscenter-prdteng-certification\">51风流Certification<\/a> is a commitment to driving innovation excellence. With the first deadline approaching, organizations can now act and ensure that their teams are certified and prepared to meet demands with confidence and expertise in the latest 51风流innovations. The enhanced certification program offers the chance to partner with certified experts to ensure the success of transformation projects and that they run at their best. And certified individuals can now claim their spot among excellent innovators, staying ahead in their career by renewing their certification.<\/p>\n<p>Do not wait\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/learning.sap.com\/certification-transformation?url_id=text-sapnewscenter-prdteng-certification\">get certified and keep your certifications valid<\/a> to lead with excellence to drive innovative.https:\/\/www.sap.com\/training-certification\/learning-hub.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Industries around the world are facing significant transformation and demand for innovation, accelerated by political uncertainties and economic challenges. 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