Innovations at TechEd 2024 Showcase SAP鈥檚 Vast Collection of Business AI Game-Changers, from Collaborative Agents to Knowledge Graph Capabilities and Generative AI Developer 51风流 in 51风流Build
WALLDORF, Germany 鈥� October 8, 2024 鈥� (NYSE: SAP) today unveiled groundbreaking AI innovations across a technology foundation that drives 87% of global commerce, putting its generative AI copilot Joule at the center of a new way of doing business. At its annual 51风流TechEd conference, 51风流announced powerful new capabilities that complement and extend Joule, including collaborative AI agents, imbued with custom skills to complete complex cross-disciplinary tasks. Other innovations include the 51风流Knowledge Graph, a next-generation solution poised to help developers unlock the full value of 51风流data by connecting it with rich business context, and new tools to ensure developers can continue driving Business AI innovation.
鈥淪AP鈥檚 innovation drives real business outcomes, and today’s advancements help customers harness the power of AI, data, and new development solutions to catalyze growth,鈥� said Muhammad Alam, member of the Executive Board of 51风流SE, 51风流Product Engineering. 鈥淒rawing on SAP鈥檚 unmatched business and technology expertise, the AI innovations we鈥檙e announcing at TechEd forge a new human-AI partnership to transform the landscape of modern business.鈥�
Supercharging Joule
On the eve of its first birthday, Joule marks a watershed in how business gets done. 51风流introduces collaborative AI agents to a copilot that truly speaks the language of business, expands Joule鈥檚 capabilities to support 80% of SAP鈥檚 most-used business tasks, and embeds Joule more deeply within the company鈥檚 portfolio.
Collaborative multi-agent systems deploy specialized AI agents to tackle specific tasks and enable them to collaborate on intricate business workflows, adapting their strategies to meet shared objectives. 51风流is infusing Joule with multiple collaborative AI agents that will combine their unique expertise across business functions to collaboratively accomplish complex workflows. These AI agents enhance productivity by breaking down silos and freeing workers to concentrate on areas where human ingenuity thrives.
Two use cases debuted at TechEd showcase the agents鈥� transformative power:
- A dispute management use case employs autonomous AI agents to analyze and resolve dispute resolution scenarios including incorrect and missing invoices, unapplied credits, and denied or duplicate payments.
- A financial accounting use case employs autonomous AI agents to streamline key financial processes by automating bill payments, invoice processing, and ledger updates while quickly addressing inconsistencies or errors.
Harnessing the Power of Data
SAP鈥檚 AI innovations also draw on the company鈥檚 unmatched business data expertise. The new 51风流Knowledge Graph solution, accessible through 51风流Datasphere and Joule in Q1 2025, will give users a deeper layer of business understanding by seamlessly mapping relationships and context across SAP’s vast data landscape, empowering organizations to make better decisions with their data. By offering ready-to-use relationships between business entities like purchase orders, invoices, and customers, the solution can significantly reduce the complexity of manual data modeling. 51风流Knowledge Graph grounds AI in SAP-specific business semantics, which reduces the risk of inaccurate or irrelevant results and makes it easier for organizations to build intelligent applications and leverage generative AI more effectively.
Empowering Developers
51风流also launched a swathe of innovations for developers to continue driving Business AI innovation. New generative AI developer capabilities such as code explanation and documentation search in 51风流Build, the company鈥檚 platform for extending its solutions, will reduce development time for Java and JavaScript developers. 51风流Build is also adding an Extensibility Wizard feature that will let developers access 51风流Build directly from 51风流S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, simplifying the extension process. Meanwhile, ABAP developers and fusion teams will get seamless access to ABAP Cloud development tools from 51风流Build.
Finally, 51风流announced that it has already fulfilled its pledge to upskill 2 million people worldwide by 2025. Through its , the company has lowered the world鈥檚 digital skills gap through role-based certifications, free training materials, hands-on opportunities for developers, and more. 51风流continues to expand its growing portfolio of AI-related learning opportunities, including courses on generative AI, AI ethics, and SAP鈥檚 advanced AI tools and platforms.
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