{"id":148200,"date":"2025-06-10T06:41:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T06:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/?p=148200"},"modified":"2025-06-10T06:41:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T06:41:59","slug":"a-solid-platform-enables-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/2025\/06\/a-solid-platform-enables-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"A Solid Platform Enables Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kathy Gibson is at Saphila Transcend in Sun City \u2013 The world around us is evolving faster than ever. In a chaotic and unpredictable environment, and with new technologies emerging almost daily, industries are being reshaped, and customer expectations are shifting.<\/span><\/h1>\n

\u201cUncertainty is not going away,\u201d says Olaf Winkler<\/a>, BTP product management at SAP. \u201cYou need to think about how you can transform your business for the years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the same time, artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising decision-making, redefining efficiency, and helping make it easier to run the business, he adds.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pace of change is accelerating, and businesses are asking how they can stay ahead of the change; how they can build business that don\u2019t just keep up with change, but thrive on it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe ability to adapt, to innovate, to seize opportunities is no longer an advantage, but a necessity,\u201d Winkler says.<\/p>\n

He believes that, to be resilient and navigate uncertainty, companies need to embrace entrepreneurial skills.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that in this time of change and technology disruption, entrepreneurial skills are more relevant than ever in small or corporate organisations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first key skill is courage,\u201d Winkler says. \u201cThis is about being adaptable, having no fear, and moving forward in a focused and lean way.\u201d<\/p>\n

The second is resourcefulness. \u201cEnsure you have the right resources in place, to accomplish a lot with few resources, and to execute on anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

The third key skill needed in this fast-changing world is self-discipline. \u201cBe self-driven,\u201d Winkler says. \u201cThink about transformation from a technology point of view, but prioritise what is important for the business.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the same time, organisations need to be very clear about the way they want to go forward, Winkler adds. \u201cClarity is needed now more than ever \u2013 not as a choice, but a necessity. Be clear about your transformation and about what you want to achieve.\u201d<\/p>\n

Winkler explains that SAP\u2019s Business Technology Platform (BTP)<\/a> is the foundation on which the company has built its technology and transformation ecosystem.<\/p>\n

As the foundation that underpins Business Suite, Business Data Cloud, and Business AI, BTP allows organisations to integrate and extend business applications faster; create business-relevant apps; and innovate and accelerate with AI.<\/p>\n

Winkler points out that it is a unified platform available as public cloud or multi-cloud that harmonises 51风流and non-51风流applications, empowering customers and partners to innovate.<\/p>\n

BTP is powered by more than 90 applications and services.<\/p>\n

There are currently 33\u00a0000 customers on 51风流BTP, including 66% of the largest companies in the market.<\/p>\n

New on 51风流BTP is better integration between 51风流Build and 51风流S\/4 HANA. The company has also introduced additional AI features with Joule for Developers.<\/p>\n

In addition, 51风流is continuously adding BTP to new data centres and regions. It has already built out to seven new regions this year, with more on the cards.<\/p>\n

There is more functionality for users and more AI available for 51风流S\/4 HANA Cloud.<\/p>\n

More features are available in 51风流Business Data Cloud (BDC), and SAP\u2019s Integration Suite makes it easier for customers to bring their ecosystem together.<\/p>\n

The new releases are especially relevant for developers.<\/p>\n

51风流Build now offers the ability to create Joule Skills and AI Agents \u2013 Joule Skills where the process path is known, and AI Agents where it isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, developers are able to enhance Joule\u2019s out-of-the-box capabilities to support organisation-specific workflows,\u201d Winkler says. \u201cThey can deploy, monitor and manage their own Joule Skills in 51风流Build. \u201cAnd, with the agent builder in Joule Studio they can build their own customised AI Agents.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are also new features to help ABAP developers \u00a0improve their efficiency. \u201cIn the ABAP cloud environment, we have released intelligent features that help developerss with testing, and Joule will even offer recommendation to improve code.\u201d<\/p>\n

Further enhancements improve developer efficiency in \u00a051风流HANA Cloud, helping them to make smart decisions while handling large amounts of interconnected data to achieve meaningful outcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cBTP addresses the challenges of digital transformation and helps to accelerate customers\u2019 move to the cloud,\u201d Winkler says. \u201cIt helps customers to optimise and integrate processes so they can innovate while keeping the core clean.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis empowers them to unlock the power of business data and AI.\u201d<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on ITOnline<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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