SAP and Google Cloud: Shaping Open Data and AI for Enterprises

In a major announcement, SAP SE and Google Cloud have expanded their partnership to introduce a groundbreaking open data offering that aims to simplify data landscapes and unlock the full potential of business data. This strategic collaboration will empower enterprises to build an end-to-end data cloud, seamlessly integrating SAP and Google Cloud's data and analytics technologies. By combining the power of these two industry leaders, organizations can harness the true value of their data and accelerate their digital transformation initiatives.

Unleashing the Power of Data

Data lies at the core of digital transformation and AI development. However, businesses often face significant challenges in integrating complex data sources and extracting actionable insights. SAP Datasphere, coupled with Google's data cloud, enables organizations to merge data from various sources, including mission-critical data from SAP systems, into a unified and real-time view. This unified data foundation ensures that businesses retain complete business context and can expedite their digital transformation journey.

Christian Klein, CEO of SAP SE, emphasizes the value of this partnership: "Bringing together SAP systems and data with Google's data cloud introduces entirely new opportunities for enterprises to derive more value from their full data footprints. Our customers not only benefit from the business AI already built into our systems, but also from a unified data foundation."

Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud, echoes this sentiment: "SAP and Google Cloud now offer an incredibly comprehensive and open data cloud, providing a foundation for the future of enterprise AI. By deeply integrating SAP software data and systems with our data cloud, customers will be able to utilize our analytics capabilities as well as advanced AI tools and large language models to find new insights from their data."

Key Benefits and Features of the Offering:

1. Real-Time Access to Business-Critical Data: Integration between SAP Datasphere and Google Cloud BigQuery enables organizations to access their most critical data in real time, without the need for data duplication. This unified offering provides a comprehensive view of important data from SAP software systems, such as SAP S/4HANA and SAP HANA Cloud, on Google's data cloud.
   
   
   
   
2. Simplified Data Landscapes: Through co-engineered data replication and federation technologies, SAP and Google Cloud allow seamless integration of SAP software data with BigQuery environments. This integration eliminates data silos and enables organizations to federate queries across SAP Datasphere and BigQuery, combining data from SAP and non-SAP software. Businesses gain full visibility into various aspects, such as marketing, sales, finance, and supply chain.
   
   
3. Advanced AI and Machine Learning Capabilities: Leveraging Google's AI and machine learning services, organizations can train models on data from both SAP and non-SAP systems. This empowers businesses to derive valuable insights, enhance decision-making, and drive innovation across their operations.
   
   
   
   
4. Enhanced Analytics and Planning: By integrating the SAP Analytics Cloud solution with Google Cloud, organizations can perform advanced analysis and gain deeper insights into financial and business outcomes. The seamless integration of data from BigQuery and SAP Datasphere provides a comprehensive view of the business, enabling more accurate planning and decision-making.
   
   
5. Joint Solutions for Sustainability: SAP and Google Cloud are actively exploring ways to combine SAP Datasphere with broader Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) data sets and insights powered by Google Cloud. This collaboration aims to accelerate sustainability journeys by providing actionable insights to drive positive change.
   
   
6. Global Support and Expansion: SAP plans to expand regional support for SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) and SAP HANA Cloud on Google Cloud, including SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Datasphere. The partnership envisions launching SAP BTP in five new regions this year, with a total of eight regions supported by 2025.

The expanded partnership between SAP and Google Cloud marks a significant milestone in the journey toward unlocking the potential of open data and AI for enterprises. By integrating SAP's powerful software systems with Google Cloud's advanced data and analytics capabilities, organizations can simplify their data landscapes, enhance decision-making, and drive innovation across their operations. This comprehensive open data offering paves the way for a future where businesses can leverage the full power of their data and propel their digital transformation journeys to new heights.

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