Highlights from Juergen Mueller's(SAP CTO )Keynote address @SAP Tech ED '21
SAP today is the global leader in business applications and analytics software as well as market leader in digital commerce, with over 388,000 customers in more than 180 countries. With more than 150 million cloud users, SAP is the world’s largest enterprise cloud company. 77% of all worldwide business transactions touch an SAP system.
With great power comes great responsibility and once again SAP has stepped up the game and risen to the challenge. We @ SAP give you all the pieces to the puzzle to become an intelligent enterprise and stand strong on your side, now it's up to you what you make out of it.
- Embedded Steampunk in SAP S/4 HANA - In addition to running side-by-side on the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), the Steampunk dev model will now be offered for extensions directly within SAP S/4HANA as well, both in the Cloud and on-prem.??The important message for now is that we have a powerful Cloud offering for all ABAP minded customers and partners, no matter the use case. Today, Steampunk on BTP is live - Read more here
- BTP Free Tier - The free tier is designed to give you more options to explore many SAP Business Technology Platform services at little or no cost. Free Tier services on BTP are listed here. The difference between free trial and free tier is explained here. SAP HANA Cloud and SAP Integration Suite are part of the free tier services, and individual developers can now take advantage of the free tier.
- Unified Low Code No Code Application development - ?SAP has significantly enhanced the LCNC portfolio on SAP BTP which comprises of many services including AppGyver, Business Application Studio, Intelligent RPA, Workflow Management etc. Interested in getting started with this toolset? As pro code developers or citizen developers(business users with little to no technical coding experience), refer to this blog post to accelerate application development thereby minimizing dependency on IT.
- Free access to SAP Learning - At SAP, we know that it’s a big responsibility to ensure that knowledge is pervasive and to simplify the act of reskilling. To answer this calling, SAP launches an all new SAP learning site to help narrow the developer skills gap. SAP also now partners with?Placement to connect SAP skills development directly to professional progress.?It’s never been easier to get started building and achieving SAP skills – and it’s only the beginning for this new chapter of SAP Learning.
- SAP BW Bridge - SAP BW/4HANA-based functionality is available as part of SAP Data Warehouse Cloud – run entirely in the public cloud. This is a solution for SAP BW customers looking to move to the public cloud while still leveraging their existing investment and skills in SAP BW and ABAP technologies. SAP offers a new way to innovate with cloud agility while transferring to the public cloud seamlessly and building on what exists today. Learn more from the SAP BW Bridge brochure.
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