SAP Business Data Cloud news

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SAP Business Data Cloud — data products, capacity units, Databricks integration and the BW migration path.

Analytics Legends has indexed 82 SAP Business Data Cloud stories published 2024-07-12 to 2026-09-28, from 18 sources. Each row links to the publisher and to the concept cards the story touches.

• Leading with SAP Business Data Cloud innovation and roadmap

  What happens when a customer asks, “How should we approach our data strategy now?” That’s where SAP Business Data Cloud can become an important part of the conversation. Join us for “Leading with SAP Business Data…

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-28

  Concepts: SAP Is Targeting The AI Data Control Plane · BARC — Data Sovereignty 2026: Reality, Relevance, Roadmap · SAP Datasphere vs SAP Analytics Cloud — Which Layer Owns What

• Need to Know: SAP Business Data Cloud

  A plain English guide for SAP customers of SAP Business Data Cloud - what it is, what it does, and why it matters

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-27

  Concepts: SAP Business Data Cloud vs Datasphere — What BDC Actually Adds · From SAP Analytics consultant to SAP AI specialist — the skills map · SAP Business AI — data privacy and data usage

• SAP BDC → Databricks: Sharing SAP Data Products with Enterprise Databricks and SAP Databricks

  SAP BDC → Databricks: Sharing SAP Data Products with Enterprise Databricks and SAP Databricks

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-24

  Concepts: SAP Business Data Cloud data products as AI context · Databricks · SAP Business Data Cloud Use Cases — The Six Jobs It Is Bought For

• SAP Business Data Cloud customer adoption: Teaming up for success

  SAP Business Data Cloud can help customers turn fragmented data into a foundation for smarter decisions and AI innovation. But getting there takes the right adoption journey. Join our live session, “SAP Business Data…

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-24

  Concepts: MCP for SAP — Adoption & Integration Strategy · BARC on SAP Business Data Cloud: data integration in the SAP ecosystem · Joule Inside Business Data Cloud — Embedded AI in Daily Data Work

• [DEMO] End-to-end governance in action with SAP Business Data Cloud and Collibra

  The demo scenario is a CFO preparing to sign off on a five-million-dollar capital shift. The report she's relying on has a certification failure. Nobody manually caught it. The governance layer did.

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-21

  Concepts: SAP Datasphere Catalog (governance layer) · From proof of concept to production — the SAP AI delivery lifecycle · Agents in SAP Build Process Automation

• Charting the Course for A Future-Proof Human Resources Space

  The white paper explores how organizations can future-proof their HR operations by transitioning from legacy SAP HCM environments to modern solutions such as SAP H4S4, SAP SuccessFactors, and hybrid cloud…

  sapinsider.org · 2026-09-21

  Concepts: Joule Inside Business Data Cloud — Embedded AI in Daily Data Work · BDC Joule Agents (Agentic Workflows in Business Data Cloud) · SAP × Google Cloud — Multi-Agent AI and A2A Interoperability

• AWS and SAP Expand Collaboration for SAP Business AI Platform

  At SAP Sapphire 2026, AWS announced a Strategic Collaboration Agreement (SCA) with SAP to expand the availability of SAP Business AI Platform on AWS worldwide. The 5-year agreement will bring SAP Business AI Platform’s…

  aws.amazon.com · 2026-09-18

  Concepts: SAP × Anthropic — Claude in SAP Business AI Platform · Anthropic Claude (2026 line-up) — Architecture, Capabilities, Enterprise Positioning · SAP × Google Cloud — Multi-Agent AI and A2A Interoperability

• SAP BW Modernization with SAP Business Data Cloud Expert-Guided Implementation

  Ready to modernize SAP BW? Join this revamped 3-day virtual EGI workshop to explore SAP Business Data Cloud, modern data architectures, integration patterns, and practical migration strategies—with expert guidance from…

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-18

  Concepts: Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) Architectures — Mixtral / DeepSeek / Grok · Hybrid Architecture Patterns · SAP BW Data Product Generator — The BW Modernization Path

• SAP Business Data Cloud: A Practical Guide to Capacity Unit Optimization

  10 Golden Rules for BDC Capacity Optimization

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-18

  Concepts: BDC Capacity Units · SAP Business Data Cloud vs Datasphere — What BDC Actually Adds · SAP AI Core

• Leveraging SAP Business Data Cloud discovery workshop framework for your customers

  A customer says, “We need to get more value from our data”. What happens next? That conversation is where a good discovery workshop can make a real difference. In this 60-minute SAP Partner enablement session, we’ll…

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-17

  Concepts: AI use-case discovery and prioritisation for SAP clients · Multi-Agent Orchestration in Joule Studio · SAC Smart Insights

• Safeguarding the Transition from SAP Data Intelligence to SAP Business Data Cloud and SAP Datasphere

  With SAP Data Intelligence maintenance coming to an end, customers need to rethink existing scenarios and define the right path forward. Our latest blog explores the key transition challenges and how SAP can support…

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-17

  Concepts: From SAP Analytics consultant to SAP AI specialist — the skills map · SAP Data Intelligence · SAP Ariba Analytics & Procurement Intelligence

• User Insights: SAP Business Data Cloud practitioner’s recommendations for modern FP&A

  The first in a 4-part series exploring SAP landscape patterns, architecture decisions, and implementation practices emerging from real user experiences with SAP Business Data Cloud . This article focuses on the FP&A…

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-16

  Concepts: Human-in-the-Loop Checkpoints for Autonomous Workflows · MCP Server Architecture — Tools, Resources, Prompts · MCP — Model Context Protocol in SAP (mechanics)

• Selling SAP Business Data Cloud: Sales plays, bill of material and sizing

  Ever looked at a customer landscape and thought, “Where do I even start with SAP Business Data Cloud?” This webinar is built to answer that question. We’ll explore how to match SAP BDC sales plays to real customer…

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-16

  Concepts: MCP — Model Context Protocol in SAP (mechanics) · SAP S/4HANA · Planning & Predictive — SAP IBP for Supply Chain

• Fueling unrivaled AI and thriving with SAP Business Data Cloud

  AI is moving fast. For enterprises, the real question is how to turn that momentum into business outcomes. Join our webinar, “Fueling unrivaled AI and thriving with SAP Business Data Cloud”, to explore how SAP Business…

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-16

  Concepts: SAP Is Targeting The AI Data Control Plane · Knowledge Core — Business Data Cloud as the Context Layer for AI · SAP-RPT — How the Relational Pretrained Transformer Works (Architecture)

• Team Liquid Levels Up Coaching With SAP Business Data Cloud

  SAP announced on September 15, 2026, that Team Liquid is using SAP Business Data Cloud and Joule to connect gameplay, wellness, biometric and operational data for World of Warcraft's Race to World First. SAPinsider…

  erp.today · 2026-09-15

  Concepts: SAC Smart Insights · Atlassian Team ’26: The New Logic Of Work · Five Eyes Cybersecurity Agencies’ Careful Agentic AI Adoption Guidance, Operationalized By AEGIS

• How SAP BDC Gives Team Liquid a Unified View of Player Performance for Race to World First

  SAP announced on September 15, 2026, that Team Liquid is using SAP Business Data Cloud and Joule to connect gameplay, wellness, biometric and operational data for World of Warcraft's Race to World First. SAPinsider…

  sapinsider.org · 2026-09-15

  Concepts: SAP × Google Cloud — Multi-Agent AI and A2A Interoperability · Grounding & RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) · Databricks-in-BDC Lakehouse Pattern

• Playing the Long Game: Why Team Liquid’s Race to World First Runs on SAP Business Data Cloud

  In esports, success can be measured in milliseconds.

  news.sap.com · 2026-09-15

  Concepts: SAP AI Core resource groups, scenarios and executables · KV Cache Optimization — PagedAttention, Quantized KV, Speculative Cache · Positional Encoding

• SAP BDC Helps Team Liquid Optimize Player Performance

  WALLDORF — SAP BDC allows the team to make decisions backed by data rather than intuition.

  news.sap.com · 2026-09-15

  Concepts: Databricks-in-BDC Lakehouse Pattern · BDC Connect for Snowflake (+ SAP Snowflake solution extension) · SAP × Dremio — Iceberg-Native Lakehouse for Agentic AI (acquisition closed July 2026)

• SAP BW Query vs. SAP Datasphere Analytic Model: Why Migration Often Means Rebuilding

  The world of SAP Data & Analytics is undergoing major change: With SAP Business Data Cloud and its new AI capabilities, modernizing established reporting landscapes is becoming increasingly important. For many…

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-15

  Concepts: SAP Data Intelligence · Live vs Import Connections · Joule in SAP Analytics Cloud — Just Ask & generative analytics

• Partner Learning Accelerator: SAP Certified - Data Architect - SAP Business Data Cloud

  You’ve completed the learning journey. You’ve built the skills. Now comes the moment when preparation meets the exam. Join our Partner Learning Accelerator: SAP Certified - Data Architect - SAP Business Data Cloud for…

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-14

  Concepts: From SAP Analytics consultant to SAP AI specialist — the skills map · SAP AI Talent Gap — The Skills SAP AI Programmes Actually Need (2026) · SAP HANA Automated Predictive Library (APL)

• Converging Every AI Workload on a Single Database

  Join us for a technical session with SAP HANA Cloud, the AI database at the core of SAP Business Data Cloud. Learn how its converged, multi-model architecture powers both AI agents and applications across your SAP…

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-11

  Concepts: Knowledge Core — Business Data Cloud as the Context Layer for AI · SAP HANA Cloud Multi-Model (Graph, Spatial, JSON Document Store) · MCP Streaming HTTP Transport — For Production Multi-Tenant Deployments

• Explore and reuse SAP Datasphere models from Databricks

  As more organizations build on the SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC), a recurring challenge emerges: how do you bring Databricks workloads and ML pipelines closer to the semantic models that already live in SAP Datasphere…

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-11

  Concepts: SAP Datasphere vs SAP Analytics Cloud — Which Layer Owns What · SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) · The semantic layer as LLM context — analytic models, business semantics

• SAP BDC: Best Practices for SAP BW Modernization, Episode 3: Data Product Generator

  What happens when BW modernization becomes less about moving data and more about creating data products that can evolve with the business? That’s where the Data Product Generator comes in. Join us for Episode 3 of the…

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-11

  Concepts: SAP BW Data Product Generator — The BW Modernization Path · Data Product Studio in SAP Business Data Cloud · BW Data Product Generator

• Connected Data Is Not the Same as Trusted Data

  Join us for an interactive, hands-on introduction to SAP Reltio in SAP Business Data Cloud and learn how to turn fragmented master data into trusted golden records.

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-11

  Concepts: Knowledge Core — Business Data Cloud as the Context Layer for AI · Autonomous Enterprise · AI-ready data — quality, semantics and lineage for AI

• Foundational Support Guidance for SAP Reltio

  Where to start with SAP Reltio as a Master Data Management capability inside SAP Business Data Cloud? Read this blog about Foundational Support guidance.

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-10

  Concepts: Knowledge Core — Business Data Cloud as the Context Layer for AI · SAP Snowflake — solution extension · BDC Connect for Microsoft Fabric

• Introducing the SAP Business Data Cloud Modernization Option for SAP BW NetWeaver

  If you are running SAP BW NetWeaver 7.5, private cloud edition, you are likely thinking about what happens to your BW system beyond 2030, when extended maintenance is planned to end. For many customers with large,…

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-10

  Concepts: SAP BW (Business Warehouse) · SAP BW End of Support — What Is Actually Ending, and the Four Migration Paths · SAP BPC (Business Planning and Consolidation)

• Choosing the Right BYOD Database Option for SAP PaPM Cloud in SAP Business Data Cloud

  When deploying SAP Profitability and Performance Management Cloud (SAP PaPM Cloud) with the Bring Your Own Database (BYOD) approach in SAP Business Data Cloud, one of the key architecture decisions is whether to use…

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-10

  Concepts: SAP Datasphere — Open SQL Schemas · Hybrid Grounding on HANA Cloud — Vector Engine + Knowledge Graph Engine · Embeddings and vector search from Datasphere and HANA Cloud tables

• SAP Live Sessions coming up in September

  Looking to expand your SAP expertise? Join our upcoming live sessions in September and dive deeper into key topics across SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Business Data Cloud, Embedded Analytics, SAP Datasphere, and SAP HANA…

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-10

  Concepts: SAP HANA Automated Predictive Library (APL) · SAP AI Services — prebuilt AI on BTP (Data Attribute Recommendation, Translation Hub, Personalized Recommendation, Document AI) · Embeddings and vector search from Datasphere and HANA Cloud tables

• What SAP Reltio in SAP Business Data Cloud means for your data

  The data quality problem has never been contained to one system. SAP Reltio in SAP Business Data Cloud is built for that reality. This post covers what SAP Reltio brings to the table, how SAP Master Data Governance and…

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-09

  Concepts: Knowledge Core — Business Data Cloud as the Context Layer for AI · Autonomous Enterprise · AI-ready data — quality, semantics and lineage for AI

• SAP BDC: Best Practices for SAP BW Modernization, Episode 2: Greenfield Datasphere approach

  Building a modern analytics platform starts with the right foundation. In Episode 2 of our SAP Business Data Cloud and SAP Business Warehouse modernization miniseries, we’ll take a practical look at a greenfield and…

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-09

  Concepts: SAP Datasphere vs Databricks — Decision Frame for the SAP Data Platform · Joule Inside Business Data Cloud — Embedded AI in Daily Data Work · Datasphere Catalog Hygiene for Joule Grounding

• SAP Business Data Cloud: Best Practices for SAP BW Modernization, Episode 1: Introduction

  Thinking about SAP BW modernization for your customers? Start with the questions that matter. Where does the current landscape stand? What needs to be sized? Which interfaces need attention? How do you reduce data…

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-08

  Concepts: SAP Business Data Cloud vs Datasphere — What BDC Actually Adds · From SAP Analytics consultant to SAP AI specialist — the skills map · Joule in supply chain (SAP IBP, S/4HANA supply chain)

• SAP Business Data Cloud and Datasphere News in August

  August brought two releases of SAP Business Data Cloud and SAP Datasphere, covering eight top features across file spaces, navigation, replication flows, transformation flows, capacity monitoring, and a new partition…

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-08

  Concepts: SAP Datasphere · Datasphere Replication Flows for AI Grounding · Replication Flows

• Provisioning of SAP BDC Connect for Snowflake

  Overview: This blog demonstrates how to provision SAP BDC Connect for Snowflake. Prerequisites: Access to SAP for Me (me.sap.com) with the appropriate authorizations. SAP Business Data Cloud Core must be enabled.…

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-08

  Concepts: BDC Connect · SAP Snowflake — solution extension · BDC Connect for Snowflake (+ SAP Snowflake solution extension)

• Leveraging SAP Business Data Cloud test, demo, and development license

  What could your next partner solution look like if you had the right data foundation to test and develop it? That’s where SAP Business Data Cloud comes into the conversation. Join us for “Leveraging SAP Business Data…

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-04

  Concepts: AI Red-Teaming for SAP — Adversarial Prompt Testing · Joule for Consultants for SAP Partners — Buying, Deploying and Using It · MCP for SAP — Adoption & Integration Strategy

• SAP Developer News, September 3rd, 2026

  In this week’s SAP Developer News: Public Release of the MCP server for SAP BTP administration, Architecture Center - Agentic AI & AI Agents, Top New Features in SAP Business Data Cloud Q3 2026, SAP Connect UX Day

  community.sap.com · 2026-09-03

  Concepts: SAP LeanIX — BTP Landscape Discovery, AI Assistance and the SAP AI Agent Hub · Joule for ABAP — SAP Joule for Developers, ABAP AI Capabilities (ADT, SAP Build, SAP-ABAP-1) · MCP stdio Transport — For Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Local Agents

• NTT DATA Turns Its Own HR Systems Into an SAP Business AI Proving Ground

  NTT DATA is leveraging SAP SuccessFactors, Business Data Cloud, and Joule to overhaul its global HR systems. This internal deployment showcases its SAP expertise and provides a real-world proving ground for AI-driven…

  erp.today · 2026-08-31

  Concepts: EU AI Act + Schrems-II for Joule Deployments · Joule Agents Library and Agent Catalogue · Change management and adoption for Joule

• Danwor Positions SAP Business Data Cloud as the Foundation for Agentic AI

  Danwor, an Argentina-based consultancy, is leveraging its SAP Silver Partner status to drive modernization efforts around SAP Business Data Cloud. They position BDC as the essential foundation for agentic AI,…

  sapinsider.org · 2026-08-19

  Concepts: SAP × Dremio — Iceberg-Native Lakehouse for Agentic AI (acquisition closed July 2026) · Autonomous Enterprise · SAP × Google Cloud — Multi-Agent AI and A2A Interoperability

• NTT DATA Selects SAP SuccessFactors and Business Data Cloud to Consolidate Global HR

  NTT DATA is unifying its global HR operations with SAP SuccessFactors and Business Data Cloud, integrated with SAP's AI orchestrator, Joule. This 12-month internal deployment aims to replace multiple legacy HR systems…

  sapinsider.org · 2026-08-19

  Concepts: Joule in SAP SuccessFactors · Joule Agents Library and Agent Catalogue · Change management and adoption for Joule

• Before Data Products: Why SAP BDC Depends on Getting Hybrid Infrastructure Right

  SAP Business Data Cloud promises a governed data foundation for agentic AI and enterprise analytics, but its success depends on hybrid infrastructure decisions made first. This article examines how SAP teams should…

  sapinsider.org · 2026-08-17

  Concepts: Grounding & RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) · Data Product Studio in SAP Business Data Cloud · Knowledge Core — Business Data Cloud as the Context Layer for AI

• Deloitte Australia Shows How SAP Partners Are Rebuilding Around Cloud and AI

  Deloitte Australia’s SAP service catalog shows how major systems integrators are reshaping ERP delivery around SAP’s cloud and AI roadmap. The firm’s alignment with RISE, GROW, Business AI, Business Data Cloud, and…

  erp.today · 2026-08-05

  Concepts: Cloud ERP Intelligence + People Intelligence — The Executive Surfaces · MCP — Model Context Protocol in SAP (mechanics) · SAP S/4HANA

• Customer Case Study: Establishing BDC as the Future-ready Enterprise analytics platform at Reynolds Consumer Products (RCP)

  Enterprise analytics teams are being asked to rethink their tools, architecture, and processes all at once — aging SAP BW landscapes, fragmented reporting, rising demand for AI-ready data, and business teams that will…

  sapinsider.org · 2026-08-01

  Concepts: Data Product Studio in SAP Business Data Cloud · Data Products · SAP Business Data Cloud data products as AI context

• Announcing general availability of SAP Business Data Cloud Connect for BigQuery

  Traditional data replication techniques often struggle to deliver the data freshness that modern workflows require. To help organizations overcome this challenge, SAP and Google Cloud are announcing that SAP Business…

  cloud.google.com · 2026-07-28

  Concepts: SAP Business Data Cloud data products as AI context · SAP × Google Cloud — Multi-Agent AI and A2A Interoperability · Databricks Mosaic AI inside SAP Business Data Cloud

• Webinar: Supercharge SAP AI – Connecting and Harmonizing Your Business Data for Smarter HR I

  In today’s data-driven world, HR leaders need more than just isolated systems—they need unified, real-time insights to make strategic workforce decisions. Join us for an exclusive webinar exploring how SAP Business…

  sapinsider.org · 2026-07-15

  Concepts: SAP × Google Cloud — Multi-Agent AI and A2A Interoperability · MCP Authorization — OAuth 2.0 + Tier-Based API Gating · SAP × Prior Labs — Frontier AI Lab Europe

• GyanSys Puts BW Modernization and BDC at the Center of Its SAP 2026 Agenda

  At SAP Sapphire 2026, GyanSys spotlighted BW modernization, SAP Business Data Cloud, and licensing optimization. With SAP BW support ending in 2027, the agenda maps the work still ahead for most SAP customers. The post…

  sapinsider.org · 2026-07-15

  Concepts: Knowledge Core — Business Data Cloud as the Context Layer for AI · SAP BW End of Support — What Is Actually Ending, and the Four Migration Paths · SAP BW Data Product Generator — The BW Modernization Path

• SAP Business Data Cloud Turns ERP Data Readiness Into the Real Test

  SAP Business Data Cloud promises a governed foundation for analytics and AI—but ERP data readiness, fragmented legacy architectures, and budget pressure mean most organizations aren't ready to capture that value. With…

  erp.today · 2026-07-11

  Concepts: The SAP AI business case and value tracking · SAP Is Targeting The AI Data Control Plane · Cloud ERP Intelligence + People Intelligence — The Executive Surfaces

• SAP Business Data Cloud Raises the Stakes for ERP Data Readiness

  SAP Business Data Cloud positions itself as the governed foundation for AI-driven analytics. But adoption is still early, data fragmentation remains the norm, and only 3% of organizations have achieved a unified data…

  erp.today · 2026-07-10

  Concepts: The SAP AI business case and value tracking · SAP S/4HANA · Data Product Studio in SAP Business Data Cloud

• Podcast: Sylvie Sollod, GVP of Platform Product Marketing, SAP

  Host Robert Holland speaks with Sylvie Sollod, Global Vice President of Platform Product Marketing at SAP about the strategic evolution of the SAP landscape following the Sapphire 2026 announcement of the SAP Business…

  sapinsider.org · 2026-07-08

  Concepts: SAP × Google Cloud — Multi-Agent AI and A2A Interoperability · SAP Business AI Platform — Build, Contextualize & Reason, Govern · Autonomous Enterprise

• Prospecta Extends MDO Governance Into SAP Business Data Cloud

  Prospecta connects MDO to SAP Business Data Cloud, giving SAP Datasphere, SAC, and Joule access to governed master data without duplication. The post Prospecta Extends MDO Governance Into SAP Business Data Cloud…

  sapinsider.org · 2026-07-08

  Concepts: SAP Business Data Cloud data products as AI context · Autonomous Enterprise · SAP Datasphere Catalog (governance layer)

• Anthropic raises $65B Series H at $965B post-money valuation

  Primary source — Anthropic announces a $65B Series H round at a $965B post-money valuation, with annualised revenue exceeding $47B. Round led by Altimeter, Dragoneer, Greenoaks and Sequoia. Material for SAP analytics:…

  anthropic.com · 2026-05-28

  Concepts: SAP Knowledge Graph · SAP × Anthropic — Claude in SAP Business AI Platform · Anthropic Raises The Stakes For Digital Wealth Management Platform Vendors

• Anthropic approaches $1 trillion valuation after record funding round

  Anthropic closes a $65B Series H (including $5B from Amazon) at a $965B valuation. Annualised revenue exceeds $47B, reflecting enterprise adoption of generative AI — material context for the SAP BDC roadmap which uses…

  tradingsat.com · 2026-05-28

  Concepts: SAP Knowledge Graph · Anthropic Claude (2026 line-up) — Architecture, Capabilities, Enterprise Positioning · SAP × Anthropic — Claude in SAP Business AI Platform

• Where SAP Business Data Cloud’s Architecture Fits in a Modern SAP Landscape

  SAP Business Data Cloud helps modern SAP organizations eliminate fragmented data by connecting transactional, operational, and analytics systems into a governed, unified foundation that enables real-time insights,…

  sapinsider.org · 2026-05-25

  Concepts: Anthropic Claude (2026 line-up) — Architecture, Capabilities, Enterprise Positioning · Transformer Architecture · SAP LeanIX — BTP Landscape Discovery, AI Assistance and the SAP AI Agent Hub

• Guide: Att gå från SAP BW till SAP Business Data Cloud.

  Att gå från SAP BW till SAP Business Data Cloud. Modernisera i din takt, utan att tappa kontrollen. Många CIO:er, CTO:er och CFO:er står i samma sits just nu. SAP BW 7.5 har burit verksamheten i många år och är spridd…

  implema.se · 2026-05-19

  Concepts: Intelligent Scenario Lifecycle Management (ISLM) in S/4HANA · Joule in SAP Analytics Cloud — Just Ask & generative analytics · SAP Lumira (Discovery & Designer)

• SAP + AWS AI Co-Innovation Program at Sapphire 2026: Joule Agents on AWS + Bedrock + SageMaker — Accenture, Capgemini, Cognizant, Deloitte as GSI Partners

  SAP and AWS launched the AI Co-Innovation Program at Sapphire 2026. GSI partners: Accenture, Capgemini, Cognizant, Deloitte. Combines Joule on AWS with Bedrock and SageMaker for hybrid analytics joining non-SAP data to…

  aws.amazon.com · 2026-05-19

  Concepts: SAP × Anthropic — Claude in SAP Business AI Platform · Anthropic Claude (2026 line-up) — Architecture, Capabilities, Enterprise Positioning · SAP BDC Connect — Standard Service for Partner Integrations

• SAP Is Targeting The AI Data Control Plane

  As enterprises move from copilots to agentic AI, they are no longer constrained by model selection; rather, they are limited by governed activation of business data. SAP’s planned acquisitions of Dremio and Prior Labs…

  forrester.com · 2026-05-16

  Concepts: SAP Is Targeting The AI Data Control Plane · SAP × Dremio — Iceberg-Native Lakehouse for Agentic AI (acquisition closed July 2026) · Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

• Sapphire 2026- Your SAP ERP Just Got an AI Brain. Now What? – Seven questions every leader must answer

  The Stakes SAP Sapphire 2026 was not an incremental update it was a strategic declaration. CEO Christian Klein did not announce features; he reframed the company’s identity: “SAP is becoming a business AI company.” The…

  sapinsider.org · 2026-05-16

  Concepts: SAP Business AI Platform — Build, Contextualize & Reason, Govern · Autonomous Enterprise · The semantic layer as LLM context — analytic models, business semantics

• SAP Continuous Enterprise Planning: Joule Agents Replace Fixed FP&A Cycles on SAC + BDC, GA Q3 2026

  SAP Continuous Enterprise Planning embeds Joule Agents in FP&A via Sense-Reason-Act: agents monitor signals, model KPI impact, simulate and orchestrate with governance. Built on SAC + BDC. GA Q3 2026. SAC consultants…

  news.sap.com · 2026-05-14

  Concepts: BDC Joule Agents (Agentic Workflows in Business Data Cloud) · Grounding & RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) · SAP Joule Agent Builder

• SAP Announces Autonomous Supply Chain Agents: Adaptive, Connected, AI-Driven Logistics

  At Sapphire 2026, SAP detailed its autonomous supply chain vision with new AI agents making supply chains more adaptive, connected and responsive. Joule agents within SAP Integrated Business Planning and SAP Supply…

  news.sap.com · 2026-05-14

  Concepts: SAP Autonomous Suite — Five Autonomous Domains, Assistants and Agents · Joule in supply chain (SAP IBP, S/4HANA supply chain) · Planning & Predictive — SAP IBP for Supply Chain

• RISE with SAP on Azure: 60%+ of New Deployments H1 2026 — Sovereign Cloud Live in Germany, France, UK; US + Japan Q4

  Azure hosts 60%+ of new RISE with SAP deployments in H1 2026 — largest hyperscaler footprint. Programme doubles in customer count in 2026 with free go-live readiness support. Production customers: Nestlé, Migros,…

  news.sap.com · 2026-05-14

  Concepts: SAP Datasphere for a Décisionnel Practice — Mapping the Classical Model Without Breaking It · OpenAI GPT-6 Family (Astra, Sol, Luna) — Architecture, Reasoning, Enterprise Trade-offs · BDC Connect for Microsoft Fabric

• ERP Today: SAP Business AI Platform Consolidates BTP Stack — Context, Build, Governance in One Entitlement

  SAP Business AI Platform consolidates BTP into three layers: Context (BDC data unification), Build (Joule Studio 2.0, June 2026), Governance (AI Agent Hub, Q3 2026). Previously four separate licensing tracks. One…

  erp.today · 2026-05-14

  Concepts: SAP Business AI Platform — Build, Contextualize & Reason, Govern · SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) · SAP AI Foundation on SAP BTP — the three-layer map

• The Next Web: SAP Sapphire 2026 — 200+ AI Agents, Anthropic Partnership, €100M Partner Fund in One Announcement Wave

  TNW identifies Sapphire 2026's three headlines: 200+ Joule agents, €100M partner fund, Anthropic embedding Claude. SAP's structural argument: data moat (BDC) + process context (S/4HANA) no hyperscaler can replicate.…

  thenextweb.com · 2026-05-14

  Concepts: SAP Knowledge Graph · SAP × Google Cloud — Multi-Agent AI and A2A Interoperability · SAP Sapphire 2026: The Autonomous Enterprise Is Credible, But It Comes With Concentration Risk

• Computer Weekly: SAP Heralds Dawn of Autonomous Enterprise at Sapphire 2026 — Analysts Cite Production Evidence but Warn of Competition

  Computer Weekly synthesises SAP Sapphire 2026 as SAP's most cohesive strategy since S/4HANA. SAP argues it owns the data moat (BDC) plus process context (S/4HANA semantics). Analyst Holger Mueller: 'first time this…

  computerweekly.com · 2026-05-14

  Concepts: Autonomous Enterprise · SAP Sapphire 2026: The Autonomous Enterprise Is Credible, But It Comes With Concentration Risk · SAP × Google Cloud — Multi-Agent AI and A2A Interoperability

• SAP Sapphire 2026 Keynote: Business AI Platform Merges BTP, BDC and Business AI — 50+ Joule Assistants, 200+ Agents

  At Sapphire 2026, SAP consolidated BTP, BDC and Business AI into one layer. Three tiers: Context (data unification), Build (Joule Studio 2.0, June 2026), Governance (AI Agent Hub, Q3 2026). Over 50 Joule Assistants and…

  news.sap.com · 2026-05-13

  Concepts: SAP Business AI Platform — Build, Contextualize & Reason, Govern · Autonomous Enterprise · SAP Autonomous Suite — Five Autonomous Domains, Assistants and Agents

• SAP BDC at Sapphire: Joule Agents in Data Cloud, Fabric Connect GA Q3, BDC Reaches 13 Azure Regions

  SAP Business Data Cloud announcements at Sapphire 2026: Joule Agents in BDC can create data products, prepare datasets, generate dashboards and build planning/analytics models via natural language. Conversational data…

  news.sap.com · 2026-05-13

  Concepts: SAP Business Data Cloud data products as AI context · SAP BDC Roadmap 2026 — Q2 / Q3 / Q4 Delivery Calendar · Knowledge Core — Business Data Cloud as the Context Layer for AI

• SAP and Snowflake: Unlock the Power of Your Data to Unleash Enterprise-Ready AI – Webinar

  SAP and Snowflake are partnering through SAP Snowflake and SAP BDC Connect to unify SAP and non-SAP data, simplify governance, and deliver trusted, context-rich data for scalable AI and intelligent applications, with…

  sapinsider.org · 2026-05-12

  Concepts: SAP Business Data Cloud data products as AI context · SAP Is Targeting The AI Data Control Plane · SAP Snowflake — solution extension

• Live from Las Vegas 2026 Nipun Mahajan, Senior Cybersecurity Analyst – Lonza

  In this podcast, Nipun Mahajan, Senior Cybersecurity Analyst at Lonza, shares how organizations are integrating cybersecurity into their AI and data strategies to enable secure digital transformation. He highlights the…

  sapinsider.org · 2026-05-07

  Concepts: Context Is The New Competitive Edge: Takeaways From ServiceNow Knowledge 2026 · Live vs Import Connections · Task Chains & Scheduling

• Live from Las Vegas 2026 James Rapp, Office of the CTO, SAP

  In this podcast, James Rapp, Office of the CTO at SAP, shares insights on how organizations are navigating SAP migration and cloud strategy in the era of AI and data-driven transformation. He highlights the role of SAP…

  sapinsider.org · 2026-05-07

  Concepts: Context Is The New Competitive Edge: Takeaways From ServiceNow Knowledge 2026 · SAP Is Targeting The AI Data Control Plane · SAP Data Products — The 300+ Catalogue

• Live from Las Vegas 2026 Don Loden, Managing Director – Data & Analytics, Protiviti

  In this podcast, Don Loden, Managing Director – Data & Analytics at Protiviti, discusses how organizations are leveraging SAP’s AI and data ecosystem to accelerate transformation. He highlights the role of SAP BTP as a…

  sapinsider.org · 2026-05-07

  Concepts: Context Is The New Competitive Edge: Takeaways From ServiceNow Knowledge 2026 · SAP Is Targeting The AI Data Control Plane · SAP Business AI Platform — Build, Contextualize & Reason, Govern

• SAP and Reltio: Strengthening the Data Foundation for Enterprise AI

  In March 2026, SAP announced its plans to acquire Reltio, a provider of cloud-native master data management (MDM), to help customers make enterprise data AI-ready across both SAP and non-SAP environments. The deal is…

  clarkstonconsulting.com · 2026-05-04

  Concepts: Autonomous Enterprise · Knowledge Core — Business Data Cloud as the Context Layer for AI · SAP × Dremio — Iceberg-Native Lakehouse for Agentic AI (acquisition closed July 2026)

• SAP and AWS Enable Next-Generation AI with Bi-Directional Zero-Copy Data Sharing with SAP Business Data Cloud

  AWS and SAP are making it easier for customers to access mission-critical SAP data products across AWS services.

  news.sap.com · 2026-05-01

  Concepts: SAP BDC Connect — Standard Service for Partner Integrations · Databricks Mosaic AI inside SAP Business Data Cloud · SAP Business Data Cloud data products as AI context

• Accelerate the Autonomous Enterprise with SAP Business Data Cloud

  New innovations move organizations closer to becoming autonomous enterprises.

  news.sap.com · 2026-05-01

  Concepts: SAP Sapphire 2026: The Autonomous Enterprise Is Credible, But It Comes With Concentration Risk · Autonomous Enterprise · SAP Business AI

• SAP BW 7.5 — extended maintenance to end of 2030 (BW/4HANA aligned to Business Suite 2040)

  SAP extended SAP BW 7.5 extended-maintenance window to 31 Dec 2030 (was 2027) in response to customer feedback on BW migration readiness. SAP BW/4HANA mainstream maintenance is independently aligned with the SAP…

  community.sap.com · 2026-04-21

  Concepts: SAP BW End of Support — What Is Actually Ending, and the Four Migration Paths · BW Bridge: The Migration Arbitration · SAP BW Data Product Generator — The BW Modernization Path

• SAP Business Data Cloud — the 2026 umbrella for Datasphere, SAC, BW bridge and embedded Databricks

  BDC is SAP's unified cloud data platform combining Datasphere, SAP Analytics Cloud, federated access to SAP Business Warehouse content, and the embedded Databricks engine. For consultants: this is now the canonical…

  sap.com · 2026-04-07

  Concepts: Joule Inside Business Data Cloud — Embedded AI in Daily Data Work · SAP Datasphere vs Databricks — Decision Frame for the SAP Data Platform · Threat-First SAP Analytics Architecture (the T in GSTACK)

• SAP BW/4HANA — authoritative help docs and the Datasphere migration runway

  BW/4HANA remains the on-premise data-warehousing line for SAP customers not yet on BDC. The canonical forward path is the BDC bridge from BW content to Datasphere. Authoritative product docs live here. Freelance angle:…

  help.sap.com · 2026-04-04

  Concepts: SAP Data Intelligence · SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) · SAP BW Data Product Generator — The BW Modernization Path

• SAP Business Data Cloud — help portal, architecture references and setup guides

  BDC's help portal — landing page for admin guides, integration patterns, Databricks onboarding flow and the data-products catalogue. Bookmark for any BDC scoping or PoC: the SAP-native architecture diagrams here are…

  help.sap.com · 2026-04-02

  Concepts: SAP Business Data Cloud Use Cases — The Six Jobs It Is Bought For · Threat-First SAP Analytics Architecture (the T in GSTACK) · BDC Connect for Snowflake (+ SAP Snowflake solution extension)

• RISE with SAP — the cloud-ERP bundle that governs where analytics work actually lives

  RISE is SAP's cloud-ERP transformation bundle: S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, BTP credits, embedded BDC entitlement in higher packs. For consultants the RISE contract now gatekeeps analytics work: inside RISE credits…

  sap.com · 2026-03-28

  Concepts: Joule for Finance in S/4HANA Cloud · Embedded AI Scenarios in S/4HANA Analytics · Scoping and pricing SAP AI engagements

• SAP Business Technology Platform — the umbrella for BDC, AI Foundation, Build and Integration

  BTP is SAP's extensibility, integration and AI layer. The 2026 narrative: every new thing SAP launches — BDC, AI Foundation, Joule Agents — lives on BTP. Analytics consultants should be fluent in the BTP commercial…

  sap.com · 2026-03-26

  Concepts: SAP Business AI Platform — Build, Contextualize & Reason, Govern · MCP for SAP — Adoption & Integration Strategy · SAP Business Suite 2026

• Databricks Data + AI Summit — the 2026 stage for SAP-Databricks joint roadmap items

  Data + AI Summit, San Francisco in June 2026, is the venue where SAP and Databricks co-announce BDC-related roadmap items. For consultants: the keynote plus a handful of partner sessions are the fastest way to…

  databricks.com · 2026-03-18

  Concepts: SAP Business Data Cloud vs Datasphere — What BDC Actually Adds · SAP BDC Connect — Standard Service for Partner Integrations · SAP BDC Roadmap 2026 — Q2 / Q3 / Q4 Delivery Calendar

• Databricks Unity Catalog — the governance layer the BDC-Databricks integration plugs into

  Unity Catalog is Databricks' cross-workspace governance layer: lineage, access policies, row-level security, fine-grained audit. In BDC deployments sharing data with Databricks, Unity Catalog is where permissions for…

  databricks.com · 2026-03-15

  Concepts: SAP Business Data Cloud data products as AI context · Databricks Mosaic AI inside SAP Business Data Cloud · SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC)

• Databricks customer stories — filter for SAP joint references before scoping a BDC-Databricks PoC

  Databricks publishes customer success stories filterable by industry and product. Filter for SAP joint references to ground client conversations in concrete architecture patterns (lakehouse plus SAP ERP, Datasphere…

  databricks.com · 2026-03-12

  Concepts: SAP Business Data Cloud vs Datasphere — What BDC Actually Adds · SAP Datasphere vs Databricks — Decision Frame for the SAP Data Platform · BDC Connect for Snowflake (+ SAP Snowflake solution extension)

• PwC + SAP — advisory and implementation alliance, strong on S/4HANA finance transformations

  PwC's SAP alliance blends tax and finance advisory with implementation. Sweet spot: CFO-led S/4HANA programs where finance transformation and BDC adoption ship together. For freelance consultants — PwC tends to ramp…

  pwc.com · 2026-03-03

  Concepts: Joule for Finance in S/4HANA Cloud · Change management and adoption for Joule · SAP Analysis for Microsoft Office (AfO)

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