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SAP names Philipp Herzig as chief artificial intelligence officer

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SAP is reorganizing its AI activities. Herzig now reports directly to CEO Christian Klein, and will oversee the entire value chain for SAP business AI from research and product development through to implementation at the customer. Herzig’s team will work closely with other innovators within SAP.

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SAP has a new succession plan

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They have mutually decided to go their separate ways, SAP said in a statement. At SAP’s Annual General Meeting on May 15, 2024, Renjen will also step down from his seat on the company’s supervisory board, which he only took up at last year’s AGM. With 67-year-old Ala-Pietilä, SAP believes it has found the right man.

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SAP and Nvidia expand partnership to aid customers with gen AI

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SAP and Nvidia announced an expanded partnership today with an eye to deliver the accelerated computing that customers need in order to adopt large language models (LLMs) and generative AI at scale. Herzig notes that SAP has a large ecosystem of partners and various LLM providers, with new LLMs popping up seemingly every day. “We

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Deutsche Telekom calls on SAP for Rise all-in-one offer

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SAP has won another convert to its Rise with SAP managed software offering. Self-service In Deutsche Telekom’s case its IT services subsidiary, T-Systems, is an SAP premium supplier for Rise and operates its own private cloud, Future Cloud Infrastructure (FCI), in which to host its parent’s applications.

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SAP 2024 outlook: 5 predictions for customers

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SAP customers have a lot to navigate in 2024. Here are five predictions about what will play out for SAP customers as the year goes on, along with follow-on effects and questions SAP customers will have to address in their wake.

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SAP unveils tools to help enterprises build their own gen AI apps

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SAP has unveiled new tools to build AI into business applications across its software platform, including new development tools, database functionality, AI services, and enhancements to its Business Technology Platform, BTP. That’s a big investment effort that we’re making at SAP.”

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SAP faces breakdown in trust over innovation plans

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Ever since SAP CEO Christian Klein (pictured) told financial analysts in July that the company would only offer its latest AI and “green ledger” innovations to customers running its flagship S/4HANA ERP platform through its subscription-only, cloud-based Rise with SAP offering, the company has been on the back foot.

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