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Key Takeaways What you need to know
  1. BTP turns AI into business action: It connects AI to enterprise data, workflows, integrations, and processes so AI can operate where work actually happens.

  2. The next phase of AI is industrialization: Customers are moving beyond pilots toward scalable, governed AI agents and custom AI extensions that support end-to-end processes.

  3. Governance is essential for enterprise AI: As agents become more capable, organizations need security, auditability, access controls, responsible AI practices, and clear guardrails built in from the start.

SAP customers are under pressure to modernize faster while keeping business-critical systems stable, secure, and ready for continuous innovation. In this episode, Robert Holland speaks with Steffen Pietsch, Head of SAP BTP Product Management at SAP, about the evolving role of SAP Business Technology Platform as the cornerstone of today’s SAP landscape.

Steffen shares SAP’s 2026 outlook for BTP, including expanded AI capabilities, simplified adoption, broader global availability, integration modernization, clean core strategy, and the relationship between BTP and SAP Business Data Cloud. Viewers will come away with a clearer understanding of where BTP fits in SAP’s strategy and what customers should prioritize as they move toward cloud, AI, and more flexible enterprise architectures.

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