Dec 3, 2025
•2 minute read
SAP Cloud Platform
SAP Cloud Platform launched in 2012 as a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) environment designed to help organizations build, extend, and integrate SAP applications in the cloud. Originally called SAP HANA Cloud Platform, it gave enterprises a governed space to develop custom applications, connect heterogeneous systems, and deploy extensions to SAP S/4HANA without touching the core. In 2021, SAP Cloud Platform was retired as a standalone product and absorbed into SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP), consolidating its capabilities into a unified platform that now serves as the technical backbone for SAP’s cloud strategy.
What Is SAP Cloud Platform?
SAP Cloud Platform was SAP’s primary PaaS offering for cloud-native development and integration through most of the 2010s. Built on Cloud Foundry, it provided runtime environments, IoT capabilities, analytics services, mobile development tools, and integration middleware under one roof. Its clean-core philosophy allowed organizations to extend SAP S/4HANA without embedding custom code directly in the ERP, preserving upgrade paths and reducing technical debt. Though the SAP Cloud Platform name was officially retired in 2021, its architecture, services, and design principles live on in SAP BTP, making it the direct predecessor of today’s enterprise cloud platform layer.
SAP Cloud Platform launched in 2012 as a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) environment designed to help organizations build, extend, and integrate SAP applications in the cloud. Originally called SAP HANA Cloud Platform, it gave enterprises a governed space to develop custom applications, connect heterogeneous systems, and deploy extensions to SAP S/4HANA without touching the core. In 2021, SAP Cloud Platform was retired as a standalone product and absorbed into SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP), consolidating its capabilities into a unified platform that now serves as the technical backbone for SAP’s cloud strategy.
What Is SAP Cloud Platform?
SAP Cloud Platform was SAP’s primary PaaS offering for cloud-native development and integration through most of the 2010s. Built on Cloud Foundry, it provided runtime environments, IoT capabilities, analytics services, mobile development tools, and integration middleware under one roof. Its clean-core philosophy allowed organizations to extend SAP S/4HANA without embedding custom code directly in the ERP, preserving upgrade paths and reducing technical debt. Though the SAP Cloud Platform name was officially retired in 2021, its architecture, services, and design principles live on in SAP BTP, making it the direct predecessor of today’s enterprise cloud platform layer.
What Use Cases Are Referenced?
Cintas Reduces SAP Database Footprint 68% on Google Cloud
Cintas modernized its SAP landscape by migrating to Google Cloud, achieving a 68% reduction in database footprint. CIO Matt Hough described the migration as a foundation for accelerated AI and analytics initiatives, with improved user experience and innovation capacity. SAPinsider covered the transformation in detail.
Volaris Deploys SAP Cloud ERP Private for Finance, HR, and Procurement
Mexican airline Volaris adopted SAP Cloud ERP Private to modernize core operations across finance, procurement, and workforce management, integrating SAP Ariba, SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Concur, and SAP Datasphere. The move addressed fragmented data and shadow IT while establishing a scalable, data-driven operating model. SAPinsider reported on the deployment.
SAP Launches Sovereign Cloud in France with Bleu
SAP and Bleu, a French cloud provider co-founded by Orange and Capgemini, launched a sovereign cloud that enables SaaS workloads to be hosted and operated in France under SecNumCloud alignment. Public sector agencies, utilities, healthcare providers, and critical infrastructure operators can run SAP workloads while maintaining data residency and national governance. SAPinsider reported the launch.
Haleon Adopts SAP Business Suite to Replace Legacy ECC
Haleon, the consumer health company behind Sensodyne, Advil, and Panadol, chose SAP Business Suite to replace its legacy SAP ECC environment and build an AI-ready enterprise. The migration deploys SAP Business Data Cloud for governed data harmonization and leverages SAP BTP’s clean-core extension model. Transition begins later in 2026. SAPinsider covered the program.
SAP Business Data Cloud and BigQuery: Zero-Copy Federation
SAP Business Data Cloud and Google BigQuery support bidirectional zero-copy federation, allowing SAP data to be queried directly in BigQuery without physical movement and BigQuery datasets to be accessed from SAP planning tools without ingestion delays. Finance, supply chain, and AI teams share one data foundation with no replication lag. SAPinsider examined the implications.
What SAPinsider Research Supports This Topic?
Technology Leader’s Strategic Agenda for 2026
SAPinsider surveyed its community between December 2025 and March 2026, finding that 70% of technology leaders identified increasing operational efficiency as their top priority. The report also found that foundational investments in SAP BTP are currently outpacing direct spending on artificial intelligence, reflecting the continued primacy of cloud platform infrastructure.
SAP BTP Data, Integration, and Application Development 2025
SAPinsider surveyed 151 respondents in early 2025 and found 80% using or evaluating SAP BTP. SAP Integration Suite, the successor to SAP Cloud Platform Integration, was used or evaluated by 80% of respondents, up from 63% in 2024. Integration ranked as the most critical SAP BTP capability at 85%.
Cloud Architecture for SAP
SAPinsider research published in November 2025 found that 69% of cloud-forward organizations are already using SAP BTP, and 62% of those same leaders are running SAP S/4HANA Cloud. The data reflects how organizations that progressed furthest in cloud adoption have consolidated around the platform layer, with SAP Cloud Platform established.
SAP Business Data CloudBehind the hype: Discover what this innovative solution means for your business. SAP Business Data Cloud is at the heart of SAP’s vision for enterprise data. And it provides a powerful solution to some of our clients’ biggest business challenges. Bringing SAP and non-SAP data together SAP Business Data Cloud provides a central place for […]
AWS Named Leader in SAP HANA Infrastructure Services by ISGISG's latest report recognizes Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a leader for the seventh consecutive year in providing effective infrastructure solutions for SAP S/4HANA workloads, highlighting its performance, automation capabilities, and cost savings of around 30% for U.S. enterprises migrating to AWS.
Jul 28, 2025
•2 minute read
Groupe Rocher’s sustainability strategy blooms with Boomi integrationGroupe Rocher, a sustainable beauty and lifestyle retailer, looked to keep up with demand and deliver a better customer experience using the Boomi low-code integration platform to align IT with sustainability goals.
Oct 28, 2024
•3 minute read
From On-Premise to Cloud Success: Cintas’ SAP Digital Transformation on Google CloudCintas CIO Matt Hough and Google Cloud's Mike Harding discuss how Cintas modernized their SAP landscape with Google Cloud, achieving a 68% reduction in database footprint while enhancing innovation and user experience.
Oct 17, 2024
•1 minute read
And Boomi! You’re integrated: Composing an SAP partnershipEd Macosky, chief product and technology officer at Boomi, talks SAP partnerships, the iPaaS offering, and why composability is here to stay. SAP users are making friends elsewhere. With SAP users very, very rarely able to stick to that one specific software ecosystem entirely, they bring in hyperscalers like AWS or Google Cloud, Azure or […]
Aug 22, 2024
•3 minute read
2024 Cloud Security ReportDiscover the key priorities and challenges your peers are focusing on in 2024.
Aug 16, 2024
•2 minute read
Modernize Your Close & Consolidation Process in an SAP S/4HANA EnvironmentLooking to transform your EPM processes to complete your digital transformation? No matter where you are in your S/4 HANA journey, modernizing your close and consolidation process can help unlock the full potential of your SAP-centric environment.
CCH® Tagetik, an SAP-partner, is certified to run natively on HANA. This enables your SAP-centric IT strategy to complete your digital transformation with a mature, unified approach to automated planning, close & consolidation, ESG, regulatory and tax requirements.
Join Hampton Clements, Solution Specialist at Wolters Kluwer, as we break down the most effective way to modernize your close and consolidation process and explore the upsides of leveraging a unified EPM platform that runs natively on S/4 HANA.
Register to hear the most effective way to modernize your close and consolidation process and explore the upsides of leveraging a unified EPM platform that runs natively on S/4 HANA and transform EPM processes to full digital transformation.
Jun 6, 2024
•1 minute read
Review The Options for SAP HANA Cloud MigrationCustomers have options when moving SAP to the cloud. Whether running it natively in an IaaS environment, or in RISE, there are considerations that you may not be aware of. This webinar will review the options available, and help you do assessment based on considerations from Infrastructure perspective.
Join the webinar to understand the difference between the cloud migration options, IaaS vs RISE, availability of the key technical solutions in each option, operational procedure, and support process. Learn if you need to manage your systems if they are running in RISE and the lifecycle management work in RISE. In addition explore how to achieve highest level of high availability for your HANA systems What’s the typical use case of Edge Integration Cell.
Apr 24, 2024
•1 minute read
Selecting the Right SAP Opportunity for Value CreationClick Here to View the Session Deck Our subject matter expert, Adam Mommersteeg is diving deeper into the greatest opportunities to maximize IT investments on the cloud. Adam will focus on how to solution for continuous improvement, and selecting the RIGHT opportunity to create value, that fits in with your IT portfolio management. Whether you […]
May 5, 2023
•1 minute read
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