Unlocking the Power of SAP Cloud ERP Private with Dell: Accelerating AI and Data-Driven Transformation

Enterprises today face increasing pressure to modernize their ERP environments while maintaining strict control over their data. SAP’s S/4HANA Cloud, private edition – Customer Data Center (CDC) provides a compelling solution by enabling cloud-managed ERP that is deployed directly within the customer’s own infrastructure. This unique deployment model offers organizations the performance, control, and compliance of on-premise systems with the flexibility and innovation of cloud technologies. 

Dell Technologies plays a central role in making this model work. With proven infrastructure solutions, next-gen data architectures, and AI acceleration platforms, Dell helps SAP customers move beyond ERP modernization into a broader transformation of how data and intelligence drive value across the enterprise. 

Building a Secure Foundation 

The SAP Cloud ERP Private – CDC model gives enterprises the best of both worlds: cloud agility and lifecycle management delivered by SAP, running securely within their own four walls. This is especially critical for organizations in regulated industries, such as defense, utilities, healthcare, and government, where data must remain on-premise or in sovereign environments. 

Dell Technologies offers a suite of SAP-certified infrastructure, including PowerEdge servers, PowerStore storage, and APEX as-a-Service solutions. These enable SAP workloads to run with high performance and resilience while simplifying operations through automation, monitoring, and enterprise-grade support. Organizations also gain flexibility to scale as needed while remaining fully compliant with regional data residency and cybersecurity requirements. 

Accelerating AI and Data Innovation with Dell’s Data Lakehouse and AI Factory 

SAP customers are increasingly looking to unlock more value from their ERP data, and Dell’s Data Lakehouse architecture makes that possible. By bridging the gap between structured SAP data and unstructured data sources, the Dell Data Lakehouse allows organizations to consolidate information into a single platform for real-time analytics, reporting, and predictive modeling. 

Dell’s AI Factory further accelerates time-to-value by providing integrated AI/ML frameworks, optimized infrastructure for large language models, and streamlined MLOps pipelines. Whether the goal is to enhance demand forecasting, detect fraud, or optimize supply chains, organizations can now deploy AI applications faster—while maintaining visibility and governance across all data flows. 

Unlocking Value through SAP Business Data Cloud and Edge Integration Cell 

The vision of SAP Business Data Cloud—unifying enterprise data for real-time insights across applications—requires seamless data access, movement, and integration. Dell’s data platforms support this vision by ensuring SAP data is stored, processed, and accessed securely and efficiently across hybrid environments. 

Additionally, with Dell’s Edge Integration Cell, organizations can deploy SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) and tools like SAP Joule in “any premise” environments, from on-site manufacturing plants to regional data hubs, delivering cloud-native innovation at the edge without compromising control. 

By combining SAP’s modern ERP architecture with Dell Technologies’ infrastructure, data, and AI expertise, enterprises can confidently modernize core business systems while accelerating innovation. Whether the priority is compliance, performance, or futureproofing, the SAP-Dell partnership delivers a clear path forward. 

What This Means for SAPinsiders 

Run cloud ERP where your business needs it most. SAP Cloud ERP Private Edition – Customer Data Center (CDC), powered by Dell Technologies, delivers the scalability and agility of cloud while keeping ERP workloads securely hosted on-premise. This model is especially beneficial for organizations in regulated industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, finance, and the public sector, where data residency, sovereignty, and latency are critical concerns. Dell’s validated infrastructure platforms ensure optimized performance, simplified deployment, and full support for SAP’s evolving cloud ecosystem, all within the customer’s own data center. 

Turn your ERP into an engine for AI and real-time analytics. Dell’s Data Lakehouse architecture allows enterprises to unify operational and analytical workloads from SAP and non-SAP sources, creating a single, high-performance data foundation for insight generation. Paired with Dell’s AI Factory, organizations can deploy, train, and manage AI models faster using pre-integrated tools and MLOps pipelines. This means faster time-to-value for use cases like real-time fraud detection, automated forecasting, and intelligent process automation—turning SAP data into a competitive differentiator. 

Enable hybrid SAP landscapes anywhere with seamless edge-to-cloud integration. Tools like Edge Integration Cell powered by Dell, extend SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) capabilities to virtually any environment—whether that’s a customer’s private data center, an edge location, or remote plant floor. This enables businesses to build and deploy extensions, analytics, and innovations locally while still leveraging SAP’s cloud-native services. This hybrid approach gives technology leaders the flexibility to modernize legacy environments incrementally, without a full re-platform, while maintaining centralized governance and security.