Jan 3, 2025
•2 minute read
SAP Business Technology Platform
SAP BTP: The Integration and Extension Layer Powering SAP’s Cloud Future
SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) is the technical foundation underlying SAP’s entire cloud strategy. As the integration, extension, and data layer connecting SAP applications to one another and to third-party systems, SAP BTP enables organizations to modernize without abandoning existing investments. Whether deploying SAP Integration Suite to replace aging middleware before the 2027 SAP PI/PO end-of-maintenance deadline, building clean-core extensions that protect SAP S/4HANA upgrade agility, or embedding AI through SAP AI Core, SAP BTP is where enterprise architecture strategy gets executed. SAPinsider tracks how organizations are putting SAP BTP capabilities to work across industries.
What Is SAP Business Technology Platform?
SAP BTP is SAP’s unified cloud platform for database and data management, analytics, application development and integration, and intelligent technologies. Formerly known as SAP Cloud Platform, SAP BTP runs on AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure and supports runtime environments including Cloud Foundry, Kyma, and ABAP. Core services include SAP Integration Suite, SAP Build, SAP Datasphere, SAP HANA Cloud, SAP Analytics Cloud, and SAP AI Core. SAP BTP serves as the clean-core extension layer, enabling organizations to customize SAP functionality without modifying the ERP core and protecting upgrade agility across the enterprise.
SAP BTP: The Integration and Extension Layer Powering SAP’s Cloud Future
SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) is the technical foundation underlying SAP’s entire cloud strategy. As the integration, extension, and data layer connecting SAP applications to one another and to third-party systems, SAP BTP enables organizations to modernize without abandoning existing investments. Whether deploying SAP Integration Suite to replace aging middleware before the 2027 SAP PI/PO end-of-maintenance deadline, building clean-core extensions that protect SAP S/4HANA upgrade agility, or embedding AI through SAP AI Core, SAP BTP is where enterprise architecture strategy gets executed. SAPinsider tracks how organizations are putting SAP BTP capabilities to work across industries.
What Is SAP Business Technology Platform?
SAP BTP is SAP’s unified cloud platform for database and data management, analytics, application development and integration, and intelligent technologies. Formerly known as SAP Cloud Platform, SAP BTP runs on AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure and supports runtime environments including Cloud Foundry, Kyma, and ABAP. Core services include SAP Integration Suite, SAP Build, SAP Datasphere, SAP HANA Cloud, SAP Analytics Cloud, and SAP AI Core. SAP BTP serves as the clean-core extension layer, enabling organizations to customize SAP functionality without modifying the ERP core and protecting upgrade agility across the enterprise.
What Use Cases Are Referenced?
Eneco Moves to Event-Driven Architecture with SAP BTP Integration Suite
Dutch energy company Eneco replaced batch processing with an event-driven architecture using the SAP BTP Integration Suite. SAP specialist Marco Verhoef led the shift, enabling data events to broadcast in milliseconds. The result: unified data governance, real-time routing for wind farm field technicians, and a clean AI data foundation. Full case study at SAPinsider.
NEC Builds an AI-Native Enterprise on SAP BTP
NEC’s April 2026 strategic alliance with SAP demonstrates SAP BTP’s role as an AI platform. NEC is deploying RISE with SAP, SAP BTP, SAP Business Data Cloud, and Joule agents to enable autonomous operations across finance, supply chain, and HR while maintaining a clean core. SAPinsider examined what this means for CIOs.
Ahlstrom Uses BTP Extensions to Accelerate S/4HANA Public Cloud Rollout
Global specialty materials manufacturer Ahlstrom deployed SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud at one factory in four weeks using SAP BTP clean-core extensions, with no modifications to the ERP core. The replicable model now targets 36 factories across 13 countries. SAPinsider covered how this approach is reshaping rapid-deployment methodology.
Layer Seven Security Deploys Cybersecurity Extension via SAP BTP Cloud Foundry
Layer Seven Security’s Cybersecurity Extension for SAP is now deployable through SAP Build Work Zone on SAP BTP Cloud Foundry, moving beyond the embedded Fiori model. Controls are delivered through the SAP BTP extension layer aligned with clean-core architecture and SAP Fiori UX standards. SAPinsider documented the architecture and deployment approach.
Precog Addresses the AI-Readiness Gap in SAP BTP Data Environments
AI tools can access SAP data through SAP BTP, but often cannot produce reliable answers without business context. Precog’s Automated Semantic Modeling closes this gap by generating business-aligned models from user intent and data structure. SAPinsider explored why semantic modeling is a prerequisite for trustworthy AI output in SAP environments.
What SAPinsider Research Supports This Topic?
Technology Leader’s Strategic Agenda for 2026
In SAPinsider benchmark research published March 2026 (survey: December 2025 through March 2026), SAP BTP led planned investments beyond core ERP at 48%. More notably, 53% of technology leaders identified SAP BTP development and integration as the single most critical skill to acquire in 2026, outpacing direct AI investment priorities.
SAP BTP Data, Integration, and Application Development 2025
SAPinsider research found SAP Integration Suite adoption grew from 63% to 80% year over year, driven by the 2027 SAP PI/PO end-of-maintenance deadline. Integration ranked as the most important SAP BTP capability (85%). Some 65% rated AI capabilities in application development tools as important or very important.
ERP Migration and Transformation 2026
SAPinsider research found SAP BTP is the most commonly deployed solution post-ERP migration, cited by 57% of respondents. SAP Business Data Cloud debuted on the list in 2026 at 24%. SAP BTP was cited as a key technology by 47% currently and 48% for the next 24 months.
Discovery Center Uncovered – What’s in a Mission?The SAP Discovery Center provides organizations with structured Missions that offer actionable pathways, practical guidance, and community support to navigate digital transformation and fully leverage the capabilities of SAP Business Technology Platform.
Why Finding the Right Partner for Your SAP BTP Journey is CrucialAs organizations strive to enhance their data and analytics capabilities amidst competition, leveraging the SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP), utilizing the support from experienced partners like Qubittron can significantly streamline implementation and reduce costs.
Dec 16, 2024
•2 minute read
Embracing Data-Driven Decision-Making: Users’ Reviews of SAP Signavio Process Transformation SuiteThe SAPinsider report reveals that organizations increasingly prioritize data-driven decision-making and agility, with SAP's Signavio Process Transformation Suite enhancing process management. To find out its real impact, SAPinsider gathered feedback from users in this blog.
Dec 4, 2024
•2 minute read
Transforming Customer Experience with SAP Fiori: How Platinum DB Consulting Drives UX Innovation for Digital SuccessBusinesses can enhance customer loyalty and boost ROI through improved user experience, with SAP Fiori providing a robust solution that supports application development across devices, and Platinum DB Consulting offering specialized services for effective implementation.
Dec 3, 2024
•1 minute read
Build, Automate, and Scale Without Compromising Core Agility with SAP BTPSAP's Business Technology Platform (BTP) empowers organizations like Thames Water to innovate and automate processes using a no-code environment, enhancing operational efficiency while preserving the integrity of their core ERP systems.
Dec 2, 2024
•3 minute read
Build to Last! SAP BTP – Powering Innovation with Low-code, No-code SAP toolsSAP advocates for organizations to build and automate using the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) to enhance flexibility and innovation while ensuring a clean SAP Cloud ERP core, as demonstrated by Thames Water's successful use of SAP Build Process Automation to streamline workflows, improve productivity, and deliver superior customer service.
Dec 2, 2024
•3 minute read
Cracking the Code to SAP BTP Success: How the Discovery Center Drives AdoptionSAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) provides a comprehensive solution for companies adopting digital-first models, offering tools for data management, analytics, application development, and automation, yet many organizations underutilize its capabilities. The SAP Discovery Center serves as a vital resource for businesses to understand and adopt SAP BTP's extensive capabilities, enabling tailored solutions that enhance integration, application development, data analytics, automation, and AI-driven processes.
Nov 27, 2024
•5 minute read
Don’t Wait for SAP S/4HANA – Innovate Now with SAP BTPDespite the misconception that innovation requires a full transition to the cloud, businesses can leverage SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) to enhance existing SAP ECC systems and drive innovation at their own pace while addressing concerns over migration complexities.
Nov 19, 2024
•2 minute read
Become a Real-time Business: Bi-directional Apache Kafka® Data Streaming for SAP DatasphereSuccessfully growing a business in today’s digital-first climate requires real-time access to all of your most valuable data, within SAP and beyond. Businesses need a cost-effective solution for data streaming that connects SAP with an ecosystem of data systems.
Confluent Cloud connects ERP data from SAP S/4HANA and SAP ECC with any cloud or on-prem system to power real-time applications and high-value analytics. Fuel every corner of the business with real-time data leveraging a fully managed data infrastructure is your core business, you need a solution that lets you focus on innovation.
Built by the original creators of Kafka, Confluent delivers a real-time, bi-directional data streaming solution for SAP Datasphere, seamlessly integrating ERP data from S/4 HANA, ECC, and other SAP systems with any downstream destination—and back again. Connect SAP data with any cloud or on-prem system in real time while eliminating the costs and complexities of open source infrastructure management.
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Nov 18, 2024
•1 minute read
The Big Flex – Redefining Cloud Transformation with SAP BTPBusinesses must continuously adapt and transform their operations to succeed in today's digital landscape, leveraging technologies like SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) and SAP Datasphere to facilitate cloud migration, data integration, and innovative planning solutions amidst evolving market demands. SAP provides tailored cloud migration paths that aligns business goals and current on-premise solutions, offering approaches that best fit organization’s needs.
Nov 18, 2024
•4 minute read
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