Jul 8, 2026
•6 minute read
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The Data Problem SAP Customers Cannot OutrunThe article argues that while enterprise data problems like provenance, quality, heterogeneity, and volume are longstanding, AI, cloud economics, and faster M&A/divestiture cycles have compressed remediation from years to weeks, making continuous data readiness, selective migration, decommissioning, and ongoing microtransformations essential for SAP customers to support AI, S/4HANA, and future disruptions.
The Silicon Partners Extends AI Hub for SAP S/4HANA DeliveryThe Silicon Partners is extending its TSP AI Hub with ARIA and ATLAS to bring agentic AI into SAP S/4HANA delivery. The tools target documentation loss, ECC readiness analysis, and project intelligence gaps that can slow migration planning before build work begins.
Jul 7, 2026
•2 minute read
SAP BTP Didn’t Disappear at Sapphire. It Became the Foundation Everything Else Stands On.At Sapphire 2026, SAP BTP wasn't replaced by the SAP Business AI Platform. It became the governed foundation it runs on. SAP's Sylvie Sollod explains why existing investments carry forward and how build, contextualize, and govern reshape the path to the Autonomous Enterprise.
Jul 7, 2026
•5 minute read
Podcast: Sylvie Sollod, GVP of Platform Product Marketing, SAPHost 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 AI Platform. Sollod discusses how, rather than replacing the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), the SAP Business AI Platform consolidates SAP BTP, SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC), AI capabilities, and Business Transformation Management tools (like LeanIX and Signavio) into a single, unified environment designed for building and governing enterprise AI agents at scale. Sollod emphasizes three core pillars of this new architecture: "build" (intent-driven agentic development via Joule Studio), "contextualize" (grounding AI in SAP's semantic business data fabric), and "govern" (managing agent lifecycles through the AI Agent Hub to ensure compliance and security). This episode is highly relevant for SAPinsiders because it directly addresses widespread customer anxiety regarding past investments in SAP BTP, and Sollod reassures users that their existing SAP BTP skills and integrations remain the secure foundation of this modernized architecture. Furthermore, the conversation highlights practical next steps for developers and architects, pointing them toward Joule Studio trials and upcoming events to gain hands-on experience building intent-driven AI agents.
Jul 7, 2026
•1 minute read
A Clean-Core Approach to Indirect Tax Compliance for SAP EnterprisesAvalara is positioning AvaTax on SAP BTP as a clean-core tax layer for SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud customers facing real-time reporting, e-invoicing, and jurisdictional complexity. The approach moves tax determination outside the ERP core, centralizes validation, and reduces the IT burden tied to compliance upgrades, outages, and market expansion.
Jul 7, 2026
•3 minute read
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