Unlock New Value: Why RISE with SAP on Google Cloud is Your Next Strategic Move

As a business technology decision maker, you’re constantly evaluating how to drive innovation, optimize costs, and leverage data for competitive advantage. With the 2027 end of support for SAP Business Suite 7 rapidly approaching, the decision of where to deploy your upgrade to cloud-based S/4HANA and RISE with SAP is critical. This transition isn’t just an upgrade; it’s a prime opportunity to unlock unprecedented value from your enterprise data through the powerful partnership between Google Cloud and SAP.

Harness the Power of Unified Data and AI Innovation

RISE with SAP on Google Cloud provides a secure, reliable, scalable, and high-performance infrastructure to accelerate your ERP transformation. A cornerstone of this offering is the deep integration between BigQuery, Google Cloud’s AI-ready data analytics platform, and SAP Datasphere. This powerful combination allows you to access your most critical data in real-time without duplication, thanks to co-engineered data replication and federation technologies.

This integration offers significant advantages:

· Simplified Data Landscapes: Federate queries across SAP Datasphere and BigQuery to blend data from SAP and non-SAP systems, breaking down silos across marketing, sales, finance, supply chain, and more.

· Improved Decision-Making: Gain a holistic view of your business by connecting SAP data to powerful analytics tools like Vertex AI, enabling better planning and more accurate model analysis.

· Enriched Analytics: Easily integrate Google and third-party data sources like Trends, Weather, and Maps with your enterprise data using Google Cloud Cortex Framework’s pre-built accelerators.

Google Cloud also provides powerful and user-friendly tools to incorporate your SAP data into predictive and generative AI initiatives. For example, Vertex AI offers a unified platform to build sophisticated AI agents and experiences faster, without manual ETL processes. You can also leverage Model Garden’s curated collection of over 150 machine learning models and Gemini, Google’s most capable family of LLMs, accessible through SAP GenAI Hub. You can also enhance your models by grounding them with SAP data using the Vertex AI Model Builder and easily deploy and manage AI agents with Vertex AI Agent Builder.

Built on a Foundation of Robust Infrastructure and Security

Google Cloud infrastructure is specifically designed for AI, cloud-first, enterprise workloads, emphasizing security, scalability, and data sovereignty. You can leverage superior scale-up machine types, including 32TB SAP-certified machines and memory-optimized X4 instances supporting up to 32TB SAP HANA workloads. This eliminates architectural complexities and simplifies deployments.

Google Cloud also offers on-demand scalability, allowing you to adjust resources based on evolving business needs, providing crucial agility. The infrastructure is engineered for high performance and reliability, leading to faster processing times and reduced latency for your SAP applications. Google Cloud’s robust security features and compliance certifications offer peace of mind in an era of increasing cyber threats.

Real-World Success

Leading organizations are already realizing the benefits of RISE with SAP on Google Cloud. Hunkemöller, a major European lingerie brand, migrated its SAP environment to Google Cloud, leveraging data and analytics capabilities to enhance customer experience and personalize recommendations, leading to improved customer satisfaction and reduced returns.

“By moving our on-premise data to the cloud and leveraging Google Cloud technologies, we can provide our customers with the best possible customer experience—digitally driven and supported by data. Developments happen at lightspeed in retail, and we want to be a market leader when it comes to digital applications and use of data for a better customer experience and operation of the business. We worked intensively with experts from Google Cloud and partners to realize the blueprint for cloud migration,” said Gordon Smit, Global IT Director at Hunkemöller.

What this means for SAP insiders

The time to act is now. The approaching end of support for SAP Business Suite 7 presents a strategic inflection point. By choosing RISE with SAP on Google Cloud, you’re not just upgrading your systems; you’re unlocking the power of unified data, advanced AI capabilities, and a world-class infrastructure to drive innovation and achieve tangible business results.

Integration simplifies the landscape. A core benefit of RISE with SAP on Google Cloud is the powerful integration of BigQuery and SAP Datasphere, enabling real-time access to critical data without duplication through co-engineered technologies. This integration simplifies data landscapes by federating queries across SAP and non-SAP systems, breaking down data silos. It also improves decision-making by connecting SAP data with

advanced analytics tools like Vertex AI for holistic business insights and more accurate planning.

Sustainability is on the roadmap. Looking ahead, SAP and Google Cloud are exploring ways to combine SAP Datasphere with broader ESG data sets, powered by Google Cloud, to accelerate sustainability initiatives. As of 2023, approximately 70% of companies are prioritizing sustainability initiatives in their tech ecosystems, according to a McKinsey & Company report, which highlights the growing focus on reducing environmental impact and achieving long-term resilience.