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Hasso Plattner stepping down signals another turning point at SAP

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It’s difficult to imagine SAP without Hasso Plattner, who’s been there from the beginning and has significantly shaped the fortunes of Europe’s largest software manufacturer for more than five decades as founder, board of directors member, and, most recently, as chairman of the supervisory board. I spent every day developing software.

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SAP forecasts clarity in the cloud

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Christian Klein: I understand there’s some reluctance among [German-speaking SAP user group] DSAG and some other customers to embrace the cloud. SAP has a legacy of on-premise systems. That’s why I advise against simply replicating old processes into the new software world, or just hosting the ERP upgrade. We won’t change that.

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SAP, IBM Consulting partner to offer genAI-based services

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IBM’s consulting arm and SAP are partnering to offer generative AI -based services to enterprises to help accelerate digital transformation. The partnership, announced on Wednesday, will see both companies offer generative AI-based services via RISE with SAP offering , the companies said in a statement.

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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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The changing of the guard at the top of SAP’s supervisory board is anything but smooth. The German software company has announced that Punit Renjen, who it originally intended would become chairman of the supervisory board, is to be replaced. They have mutually decided to go their separate ways, SAP said in a statement.

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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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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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