{"slug": "sap-latest-news-and-insights", "title": "SAP: Latest news and insights", "summary": "SAP is limiting hiring and travel spending to fund its AI transformation, shaking up executive ranks, and pushing customers toward cloud migrations with AI incentives. The company unveiled its \"Autonomous Enterprise\" vision at Sapphire 2026, where AI agents execute business processes, while also facing pushback over API policy changes and lagging adoption of its AI tools.", "body_md": "SAP ([NYSE:SAP](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SAP/)) is an enterprise software vendor based in Walldorf, Germany. Its cloud and on-premises [enterprise resource planning (ERP)](https://www.cio.com/article/272362/what-is-erp-key-features-of-top-enterprise-resource-planning-systems.html) software, including S/4HANA, helps organizations manage their business operations and customer relations. The German multinational also offers a vast array of software solutions tailored to specific facets of the enterprise, including data management, analytics, and [supply chain management](https://www.cio.com/article/272353/what-is-supply-chain-management-mastering-logistics-end-to-end.html), as well as solutions aimed at specific industry verticals.\n\nAI is an area of increasing emphasis for SAP, which has a market cap of $200 billion, making it the [31st-largest technology vendor](https://companiesmarketcap.com/tech/largest-tech-companies-by-market-cap/) in the world as of mid-May, 2026.\n\n*July 3, 2026: *SAP is limiting hiring and travel spending to help [pay for its AI transformation](https://www.cio.com/article/4192663/sap-cuts-hiring-and-travel-to-fund-ai.html), the company says.\n\n*July 1, 2026: *For the second time this year, [SAP is shaking up its executive ranks](https://www.cio.com/article/4191505/sap-reshuffles-exec-oversight-of-ai.html) as it continues its quest to adapt to an AI-centric world.\n\n*May 13, 2026:* SAP is offering the more than 20,000 customers “stuck” on its [legacy ECC systems a path to AI](https://www.cio.com/article/4170701/saps-ai-offer-to-legacy-customers-comes-with-a-catch.html), but only if they commit half their maintenance spend to the cloud first.\n\n*May 13, 2026:* Looking back at the bold promises SAP made about AI at Sapphire 2025, it said Knowledge Graph, Joule Studio, and AI Agent Hub would ship by the end of the year. Those tools are now technically available, but adoption has lagged, and [SAP is already announcing version 2.0](https://www.cio.com/article/4170656/saps-ai-promises-last-year-most-are-still-rolling-out.html).\n\n*May 12, 2026: *At Sapphire 2026, SAP unveiled what it calls the “Autonomous Enterprise:” a sweeping vision in which AI agents don’t just assist workers, but [execute business processes themselves](https://www.cio.com/article/4170465/saps-biggest-ai-bet-yet-agents-that-execute-not-just-assist.html) as the vendor transforms itself into what CEO Christian Klein calls “a business AI company.”\n\n*May 12, 2026: *SAP is piling on the AI innovations at its annual Sapphire event, but for many SAP customers still navigating costly migrations to SAP’s S/4HANA cloud ERP, the more pressing question isn’t what AI can do, it’s [whether they can get there from here](https://www.cio.com/article/4170434/sap-customers-say-migration-is-eating-their-budgets-and-ai-is-next-in-line.html).\n\n*May 4, 2026: *[SAP has encountered pushback from users](https://www.cio.com/article/4166172/dsag-criticizes-saps-new-api-policy.html) over the scope and implications of its new policy of limiting API usage to “SAP-endorsed architectures, data services, or service-specific pathways.”\n\n*May 4, 2026: *[SAP plans to acquire Dremio](https://www.cio.com/article/4166881/sap-to-acquire-data-lakehouse-vendor-dremio.html), which bills itself as an agentic lakehouse company, although it already partners with Snowflake and Databricks, vendors with similar offerings to Dremio.\n\n*March 27, 2026*: ERP giant SAP has agreed to [acquire master data management software provider Reltio](https://www.cio.com/article/4151312/sap-to-acquire-reltio-to-help-customers-make-data-ai-ready.html) to bolster the capabilities of its Business Data Cloud (BDC). The goal is to make customers’ data AI-ready so it provides reliable input for Joule and Joule agents across the enterprise, SAP said.\n\n*March 3, 2026*: [SAP has unveiled an update to its services and support portfolio](https://www.cio.com/article/4139907/sap-shakes-up-its-service-and-support-portfolio-but-only-for-the-cloud.html) that focuses on cloud and AI, while leaving on premises offerings untouched. Split into three tiers, the new plans provide what the company describes as a “simplified engagement model” that leans heavily on AI-based tools.\n\n*February 24, 2026*: [Most SAP migrations fail before implementation begins](https://www.cio.com/article/4130935/sap-migrations-often-fail-at-the-planning-stage.html). This is the conclusion of the “The State of SAP Migrations” from ISG, a technology research and advisory firm that surveyed more than 200 business and IT decision-makers from large, international companies with over 1,000 employees.\n\n*February 20, 2026*: SAP has changed the name of its SAP Emarsys customer experience [offering to SAP Engagement Cloud](https://www.cio.com/article/4135328/sap-emarsys-is-dead-long-live-sap-engagement-cloud.html), signalling — at last — its commitment to integrating it into the core of its enterprise infrastructure.\n\n*January 8, 2026*: SAP is throwing a lifeline to customers who are running late on [their transition from S/4HANA Compatibility Packs](https://www.cio.com/article/4114415/sap-tosses-some-compatibility-pack-users-a-short-lifeline.html) in their data centers. Although usage rights were set to expire at the end of 2025 for most users, SAP has announced a “final” five-month transition period for customers.\n\n*December 3, 2025*: [SAP’s restructuring ](https://www.cio.com/article/4100056/sap-employees-trust-in-leadership-has-diminished-since-the-restructuring.html)may have been good for its bottom line, but behind the scenes, it has backfired. The company did what it promised, said Greyhound Research chief analyst Sanchit Vir Gogia. But, he said, “Numbers only tell half the story. Inside the organization, something broke.”\n\n*November 19 2025*: [SAP has cut European deals with Microsoft](https://www.networkworld.com/article/4093483/sap-touts-microsoft-disaster-recovery-plan-for-europe-analysts-doubt-it-will-work-2.html), Capgemini, and Orange to ostensibly deliver an emergency disaster recovery failover if Microsoft is legally blocked from delivering European services.\n\nNovember 7, 2025: [SAP will submit concessions to the European Commission](https://www.cio.com/article/4086612/sap-to-offer-concessions-to-the-eu-over-antitrust-probe-into-erp-support-practices.html) to settle an antitrust investigation into its software licensing and maintenance practices.\n\n*November 6, 2025*: SAP’s TechEd conference this week offered a few surprises, but its focus, predictably, could be spelled in two letters: AI. [Artificial intelligence was everywhere](https://www.cio.com/article/4085716/five-takeaways-from-sap-teched-berlin.html), as the more than 2,800 in-person delegates and the 20,000-plus online attendees quickly discovered.\n\n*November 4, 2025*: [SAP is overhauling how IT pros earn certifications ](https://www.cio.com/article/4084349/sap-shakes-up-its-certification-process.html)in its technologies — with the aim of better aligning credential evaluation with the way IT pros work with SAP products in real-world settings.\n\nNovember 4, 2025: A huge percentage of [SAP customers are wary about the company’s efforts](https://www.cio.com/article/4082285/sap-customers-not-sold-on-s-4hana-roi.html) to move its customers away from perpetual licenses to subscription pricing, with most worried about future pricing increases, according to a recent survey.\n\n*November 5, 2025*: [SAP and Snowflake are collaborating ](https://www.cio.com/article/4085019/sap-and-snowflake-add-zero-copy-sharing-between-their-systems.html)to extend SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) with Snowflake’s data and AI platform, they announced Tuesday at SAP TechEd in Berlin.\n\nOctober 7, 2025: [The US Supreme Court declined to hear SAP’s appeal ](https://www.cio.com/article/4068697/us-supreme-court-rejects-sap-appeal-paving-the-way-for-teradata-antitrust-trial.html)in an antitrust case brought by Teradata, allowing the data analytics firm to move forward with claims that the German software maker illegally tied its enterprise applications to its own database technology.\n\n*October 6, 2025*: Now that [SAP has completed its acquisition of SmartRecruiters](https://www.cio.com/article/4068172/sap-sets-timeline-to-replace-successfactors-recruiting-module-with-smartrecruiters.html), executives are talking about their plans to replace the recruiting module of SuccessFactors, SAP’s cloud-based HR management tool.\n\n*October 6, 2025*: SAP is rolling out new role-aware Joule Assistants, department-specific clouds, and tools for finance, HR, and supply chain professionals at SAP Connect, its new event for line-of-business leaders. The [AI assistants are designed to partner with human workers](https://www.cio.com/article/4068160/saps-role-aware-joule-assistants-will-partner-with-workers.html) while managing and orchestrating agents across SAP Business Suite.\n\n*September 25, 2025:* SAP’s software support and maintenance services are the target of an antitrust investigation by the European Commission, which is concerned that the company forces customers to buy its services for longer, and for more licenses, than they need. The Commission, which enforces antitrust policy in the European Union, [opened a formal investigation](https://www.cio.com/article/4063210/sap-targeted-by-eu-antitrust-investigation-of-its-erp-support-services.html) into the ways that SAP limits customers’ choices on where and when to buy maintenance and support services for its software.\n\n*September 24, 2025:* Amazon’s AWS European Sovereign Cloud, set to launch in Germany by the end of 2025, is starting to take shape with the [announcement of SAP’s Sovereign Cloud as its latest partner](https://www.networkworld.com/article/4062662/amazon-and-sap-partner-on-european-data-sovereignty-platforms-to-offer-better-oversight.html). The announcement is part of a gradual expansion of the capabilities on offer to organizations looking to invest in the concept of sovereign clouds to meet the challenges posed by AI expansion.\n\n*September 23, 2025*: [SAP has reportedly submitted concessions to the European Commission](https://www.cio.com/article/4061608/sap-offers-concessions-to-eu-regulators-to-avert-an-antitrust-probe-into-erp-practices.html), aimed at resolving antitrust concerns related to its ERP software business practices. The move represents a preemptive effort to avoid a formal investigation that could result in fines of up to 10% of its annual global revenue.\n\n*September 17, 2025: *SAP’s licensing policies are top of mind at the [conference of the German-speaking SAP User Group](https://www.cio.com/article/4058824/sap-user-group-calls-for-licensing-clarity.html) (DSAG) this week. While the cloud is the right way forward, DSAG members need transparency from SAP to allow them to make the move, DSAG chairman Jens Hungershausen said in a pre-event post.\n\n*September 9, 2025:* SAP managers are [under pressure to speed up change](https://www.cio.com/article/4053731/sap-change-management-still-challenges-enterprises.html) and delivery of return on investment, and some are seeking AI’s help with that, according to the *SAP Change Management Index 2025*. The survey, commissioned by Basis Technologies, found that 48% of respondents are facing pressure to implement changes more quickly, and 41% to deliver faster return on investment.\n\n*September 2, 2025*: [SAP Sovereign Cloud On-Site](https://www.networkworld.com/article/4050008/sap-data-sovereignty-service-lets-customers-run-cloud-workloads-inside-their-data-centers.html) is a new service launched in conjunction with the [announcement](https://news.sap.com/2025/09/sap-deepens-european-cloud-sovereignty-offering-unlock-regional-ai-innovation/) of the global availability of the company’s Sovereign Cloud platform. In practice, this will mean local SAP or SAP certified personnel will manage SAP Sovereign Cloud On-Site workloads in a data center approved by the customer.\n\n*August 12, 2025: *For its August Patch Tuesday, SAP released [a series of patches](https://www.csoonline.com/article/4038608/august-patch-tuesday-authentication-hole-in-windows-server-2025-now-has-a-fix.html), including three for critical vulnerabilities that each ranked 9.9 on the CVSS scoring scale.\n\n*August 1, 2025*: SAP announced it has agreed to[ acquire AI-powered talent acquisition firm SmartRecruiters](https://www.cio.com/article/4032993/sap-to-acquire-smartrecruiters-to-enhance-its-successfactors-hcm-suite.html) to bolster its SuccessFactors human capital management (HCM) suite.\n\n*July 15, 2025: *According to Irfan Khan, Chief Product Officer and President of SAP Data & Analytics, the strength of the company’s Business Data Cloud platform is that it can automatically align and synchronize various data sources without ETL or data pipeline management. This will allow customers to reduce the collection, refinement, and quality control tasks that typically account for more than [80% of the overall data management function](https://www.cio.com/article/4022697/data-is-at-the-center-of-ai-transformation-sap-presents-next-generation-business-infrastructure-with-bdcs.html), and instead focus more time on AI model training and application, he said.\n\n*July 2, 2025: *The judge allowed parts of the case to [proceed to trial](https://www.cio.com/article/4016013/us-judge-issues-split-decision-in-antitrust-case-against-sap.html), but pushed back against accusations that SAP was inappropriately denying a rival access to customer data.\n\n*Jun 27, 2025:* [Licensing changes in the wake of SAP’s rebranding](https://www.cio.com/article/4014135/saps-rise-rebrand-conceals-cost-changes.html) of Rise with SAP Premium as Cloud ERP Private could increase costs for CIOs not paying attention to the minutiae of their ERP and AI usage.\n\n*Jun 25, 2025:* [Newly disclosed vulnerabilities](https://www.csoonline.com/article/4012446/sap-gui-flaws-expose-sensitive-data-via-weak-or-no-encryption.html) in SAP GUI for Windows and Java store user data with outdated or no encryption, posing compliance and breach risks for enterprises.\n\n*Jun 18, 2025:* Investigations into a [controversial Canadian ERP implementation](https://www.cio.com/article/4009449/sap-ibm-slammed-for-role-in-quebec-auto-insurance-board-erp-overhaul-fiasco.html) involving SAP SE and LGS, an IBM subsidiary, took a bizarre turn when the Quebec anti-corruption squad conducted raids at the headquarters of the organization which commissioned the system overhaul.\n\n*Jun 4, 2025: *SAP S/4HANA customers who rely on functionality in Compatibility Packs have just a few months to transition to native capabilities as the termination of licenses for the decade-old packs looms. The company has imposed a [hard deadline of December 31, 2025](https://www.cio.com/article/4001658/upgrade-or-else-sap-warns-as-end-of-s-4hana-compatibility-pack-licensing-nears.html), for most customers to stop using the packs, and will treat their use after that as “commercial non-compliance — a breach of contract.”\n\n*June 4, 2025: *At the end of 2024, only 39%, or about 14,000, of the 35,000 SAP ECC customers had migrated to S/4HANA, according to Gartner. At the current rate of migration, Gartner projects there will still be 17,000 holdouts, or [nearly half of the ECC customer base](https://www.cio.com/article/4000543/nearly-half-of-sap-ecc-customers-may-stick-with-legacy-erp-beyond-2027.html), by 2027.\n\n*May 28, 2025: *Alibaba Group, the Chinese e-commerce giant and cloud computing infrastructure provider, is adopting SAP’s Cloud ERP Private for its own enterprise infrastructure, and the companies plan to [jointly sell their services](https://www.cio.com/article/3997033/sap-teams-up-with-alibaba-to-host-cloud-erp-workloads-in-china.html).\n\n*May 22, 2025: *SAP and Amazon Web Services have launched an [AI Co-Innovation Program](https://www.cio.com/article/3993205/sap-and-aws-launch-co-innovation-program-to-accelerate-enterprise-ai-adoption.html), offering dedicated technical resources and cloud credits to help enterprises embed AWS generative AI tools into their ERP systems.\n\n*May 22, 2025:* For all the talk of marrying SAP’s core business suite with emerging AI power, conspicuously absent from this year’s Sapphire was any talk about the [state of S/4HANA](https://www.cio.com/article/3992712/sap-wants-to-make-ai-ubiquitous.html), the adoption of which appears to be lagging desired levels at this time.\n\n*May 21, 2025:* Ann Funai, CIO and vice president of IBM’s Business Platform Transformation, says IBM achieved a 30% reduction in infrastructure-related operational costs since completing its [migration to SAP’s cloud ERP platform](https://www.cio.com/article/3988351/ibms-massive-sap-s-4hana-migration-pays-off.html).\n\n*May 20, 2025: *SAP is [repackaging its cloud ERP applications](https://www.cio.com/article/3990475/sap-revamps-its-cloud-erp-application-packages.html) to make it easier for new customers to buy into its ecosystem, and adding AI-based product enhancements for its existing customers.\n\n*May 20, 2025: *At its annual SAP Sapphire conference in Orlando, Florida, the ERP software titan debuted [a slew of new innovations](https://www.cio.com/article/3990312/sap-goes-all-in-on-agentic-ai-at-sap-sapphire.html), including AI Foundation, which it calls the AI operating system for SAP business AI, as well as new AI agents across the SAP Business Suite, and an omnipresent Joule copilot that’ll accompany and support users as they move across applications.\n\n*May 19, 2025: *With the deadline for [SAP ECC end of support nearing](https://www.cio.com/article/3982596/the-road-to-s-4hana-how-cios-are-managing-sap-eccs-end-of-support.html), CIOs face major decisions, and likely headaches, as they consider whether and how to transform their core ERP systems for a new era.\n\n*April 25, 2025: *The [unrestricted file upload flaw is likely being exploited](https://www.csoonline.com/article/3971211/sap-netweaver-customers-urged-to-deploy-patch-for-critical-zero-day-vulnerability.html) by an initial access broker to deploy JSP web shells that grant full access to servers and allow installing additional malware payloads.\n\n*April 23, 2025: *A new study estimates that Oracle became the leading provider of ERP applications in 2024, [stealing a position that SAP had held](https://www.cio.com/article/3968728/oracle-knocks-sap-off-the-erp-throne.html) since the early 1980s.\n\n*April 23, 2025: *Despite all the economic turbulence, [SAP made a solid start to the new year](https://www.cio.com/article/3968094/sap-defies-the-economic-downturn.html): Sales and profit are up significantly compared to the same quarter last year.\n\n*April 10, 2025: *Once again, SAP customers must grapple with a new SAP strategy. [Their demands for ‘Business Unleashed’ are familiar](https://www.cio.com/article/3958755/sap-customers-demand-clarity-new-strategy-old-worries.html): more clarity and consistency, better integration, accessibility for all.\n\n*April 2, 2025:* S/4HANA can realign and transform business models and processes. [Here’s what you need to know](https://www.cio.com/article/3952085/what-is-s-4hana.html) about SAP’s flagship enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.\n\n*March 26, 2025: *About 40% of companies in the DACH region are increasing their overall IT budgets, while [SAP-specific investments are on the rise for 47% of enterprises](https://www.cio.com/article/3854348/sap-adoption-surges-in-europe-as-enterprises-embrace-cloud.html), according to a German SAP user group.\n\n*March 24, 2025:* According to a recent Horváth study, [more than 60% of companies experience deviations](https://www.cio.com/article/3851772/sap-users-struggle-with-s4-hana-migration.html) in budget, schedule, and result quality during S/4HANA migration.\n\n*March 20, 2025: *Celebrating the software giant’s 30th anniversary in Korea, Klein announced plans to extend SAP’s AI assistant to the Korean market with [bold pronouncements about user productivity](https://www.cio.com/article/3850705/sap-ceo-christian-klein-ai-transformation-in-korean-enterprises-will-be-driven-by-business-data-cloud-and-jules.html).\n\n*Mar 19, 2025: *SAP has added AI capabilities powered by its AI assistant, Joule, to SAP Build Process Automation and SAP Build apps, [extending the existing AI capabilities](https://www.infoworld.com/article/3849011/sap-introduces-joule-for-developers.html) in SAP Build Code and ABAP Cloud.\n\n*Mar 17, 2025:* The German startup Celonis has accused the software giant of abusing its market power to hinder competition — in particular, to give its own processing mining solution preferential treatment over third-party offerings.\n\n*March 12, 2025:* The enterprise software vendor [bundled 25 security patches into its March update](https://www.csoonline.com/article/3844292/sap-patches-severe-vulnerabilities-in-netweaver-and-commerce-apps.html), addressing flaws that impact middleware, interfaces, custom apps, and more.\n\n*February 19, 2025:* Paul Marriott [passes the helm to the former Splunk exec](https://www.cio.com/article/3828602/sap-appoints-simon-davis-as-executive-chairman-apac.html) who had previous stints with Salesforce and Microsoft in the region.\n\n*February 13, 2025:* With its new Business Data Cloud, [SAP wants to help enterprises unify data](https://www.cio.com/article/3823989/sap-aims-to-unify-data-for-ai-analytics-with-new-business-data-cloud.html) held in its own systems with that in other vendors’ applications: It’s goal is to expedite advanced analytics and AI use cases.\n\n*February 13, 2025:* SAP is taking more control: From the new Business Suite to the Business Data Cloud and the AI apps, [everything is to be pre-configured in the cloud](https://www.cio.com/article/3823972/sap-builds-new-business-suite-in-the-cloud.html).\n\n*February 4, 2025:* Scheduled for release in 2028, [SAP’s new ECC offering](https://www.cio.com/article/3816887/sap-throws-a-lifeline-to-large-organizations-with-new-ecc-offering.html) will, says analyst, reduce risks, security vulnerabilities, and compliance challenges tied to outdated systems.\n\n*January 29, 2025:* SAP is [expanding its Executive Board](https://www.cio.com/article/3811902/sap-reorganizes-executive-board.html) to include the Strategy & Operations division and is appointing an expanded Executive Board consisting of eight additional managers.\n\n*January 27, 2025*: Since many migrations to S/4HANA are still stalled, SAP apparently wants to give its customers [more time to make the switch](https://www.cio.com/article/3809226/deadline-for-sap-users.html).\n\n*January 7, 2025: *Enterprises running S/4HANA on IBM Power Systems will soon have [access to SAP’s RISE managed application offering](https://www.cio.com/article/3633218/launch-of-joint-sap-ibm-offering-set-for-q2.html), which has previously focused on those running the ERP suite on x86 servers.\n\n*December 23, 2024*: Organizations are interested in leveraging AI to optimize internal processes and analyze data for insights, but [security, data quality, and governance remain hurdles](https://www.cio.com/article/3629821/sap-customers-still-slow-to-deploy-ai-broadly.html).\n\n*December 13, 2024*: A review of four years of threat intelligence data, presented Friday at Black Hat by Yvan Genuer, a senior security researcher at Onapsis, reports a spike in [hacker interest in breaking into SAP ERP systems](https://www.csoonline.com/article/3624464/researchers-expose-a-surge-in-hacker-interest-in-sap-systems.html).\n\n*December 6, 2024: *The future of SAP architectures is hybrid. But according to a survey conducted by the Financials subgroup of the German-speaking SAP User Group (DSAG), where exactly the journey will go [has not yet been decided for many organizations](https://www.cio.com/article/3618284/nearly-25-of-sap-ecc-customers-unsure-about-their-future.html).\n\n*October 28, 2024: *The launch by SAP of [new AI capabilities in its SuccessFactors HCM (human capital management)](https://www.cio.com/article/3593358/sap-ups-ai-factor-in-its-successfactors-hcm-suite.html) suite Monday is a case of “better late to the party than never,” according to an analyst with Info-Tech Research Group.\n\n*October 22, 2024*: SAP’s strategy of offering [AI innovations ](https://www.csoonline.com/article/2520751/sap-security-holes-raise-questions-about-the-rush-to-ai.html)only in the cloud continues to attract a lot of criticism from its user base. [Here’s what SAP customers would like to see happen](https://www.cio.com/article/3570926/riled-by-saps-ai-policy-customers-issue-list-of-demands.html).\n\n*October 22, 2024*: Employee engagement is suffering from the ongoing restructuring at SAP, although the software company reported good figures and has raised its outlook.\n\n*October 21, 2024*: Enterprise CIOs are under increasing pressure from global regulators to rein in sustainability shortfalls due to partner problems. SAP’s pitch is that most enterprise partners are already using SAP, so it’s in an [ideal position to collect and distribute partner data](https://www.cio.com/article/3575293/sap-sustainability-tracking-rollout-focuses-on-data-consistency-outlier-detection.html).\n\n*October 9, 2024*: SAP is [expanding its generative AI copilot Joule](https://www.cio.com/article/3552891/sap-joins-the-ai-agent-era-but-not-all-customers-may-benefit.html) to include AI agents. Deeply embedded in SAP systems, the company’s agents aim to solve increasingly complex tasks.\n\n*October 8, 2024*: SAP’s promised collaboration [between its AI copilot, Joule, and other agents](https://www.cio.com/article/3551017/sap-launches-collaborative-ai-agents-adds-knowledge-graph.html) will become reality in the fourth quarter of 2024, the company announced at its 2024 TechEd conference Tuesday.\n\n*October 8, 2024*: SAP wants developers to view its [Build platform](https://www.infoworld.com/article/3551049/sap-build-gains-ai-capabilities-to-help-build-autonomous-agents.html) as the [one extension solution for all of SAP’s applications](https://www.infoworld.com/article/3551049/sap-build-gains-ai-capabilities-to-help-build-autonomous-agents.html), according to Michael Aneling, chief product officer for SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP).\n\n*September 24, 2024*: German software giant SAP is under investigation by US officials for [allegedly conspiring to overcharge the US government](https://www.cio.com/article/3539886/sap-faces-probe-in-the-us-over-alleged-price-fixing-in-government-contracts.html) for its technology products over the course of a decade. The probe, led by the Department of Justice (DOJ), is focused on whether SAP and its reseller, Carahsoft Technology, colluded to fix prices on sales to the US military and other government entities\n\n*September 3, 2024*: Juergen Mueller is [leaving SAP’s executive board](https://www.cio.com/article/3502096/sap-cto-to-step-down-after-inappropriate-behavior.html), saying his behavior at a company event was incompatible with company values.\n\n*August 15, 2024:* Many companies find it difficult to incorporate AI into their business processes. To change this, SAP wants to [work more closely with the appliedAI initiative](https://www.cio.com/article/3486992/sap-partners-up-to-make-ai-more-practical.html).\n\n*August 14, 2024:* [Both the vulnerabilities](https://www.csoonline.com/article/3486653/sap-patches-critical-bugs-allowing-full-system-compromise.html) score above 9 on CVSS and can allow access to sensitive data if not patched immediately.\n\n*July 30, 2024:* Head of sales Scott Russell and head of marketing Julia White are [unexpectedly leaving SAP](https://www.cio.com/article/3478950/sap-is-restructuring-its-executive-board.html); White will not be replaced.\n\n*July 24, 2024:* The restructuring at SAP affects [almost a tenth of its workforce](https://www.cio.com/article/3477211/sap-restructuring-to-impact-more-jobs-than-expected.html). The company estimates the cost of the internal restructuring at around €3 billion.\n\n*July 24, 2024:* *It “had a direct impact on our bookings,” company CEO says during second quarter earnings call.*\n\n*July 19, 2024:* Joule AI is now available to all Rise with SAP customers, but [customers not using SAP Cloud solutions remain out of luck](https://www.cio.com/article/2520882/sap-offers-ai-to-all-rise-with-sap-customers-in-varying-amounts.html).\n\n*July 18, 2024:* Cloud security firm Wiz has published a detailed report about [SAP security holes](https://www.csoonline.com/article/2520751/sap-security-holes-raise-questions-about-the-rush-to-ai.html), now patched, that raises alarming questions about the secondary role AI efforts are having on cybersecurity defenses.\n\n*June 27, 2024:* [SAP has made five commitments](https://www.cio.com/article/2506660/sap-publishes-open-source-manifesto.html) — make consistent contributions to the community, champion open standards, strive to adopt an open-first approach, nurture open source ecosystems, and adopt a feedback-driven approach.\n\n*June 21, 2024: *The software giants [were neck-and-neck](https://www.cio.com/article/2496985/sap-salesforce-lead-356-billion-enterprise-applications-market-idc.html) as the overall enterprise software market grew 12% in 2023, said IDC.\n\n*June 5, 2024:* After Signavio and LeanIX, [SAP is acquiring the Israeli provider WalkMe](https://www.cio.com/article/2138640/sap-to-buy-digital-adoption-specialist-walkme-for-1-5-billion.html) to help user companies with their digital transformation.\n\n*June 5, 2024:* SAP CEO Christian Klein [kicked off the company’s Sapphire](https://www.cio.com/article/2138837/sap-ceo-christian-klein-everything-we-do-contains-ai.html) customer conference with the promise of a real productivity boost from AI.\n\n*June 4, 2024:* Behind the scenes, SAP is also using AI to extend the capabilities of its Business Technology Platform.\n\n*June 4, 2024:* Joule could communicate with other AIs to complete more complex tasks spanning multiple applications, SAP suggests.\n\n*May 29, 2024:* SAP wants to work more closely with AWS on AI, complementing existing partnerships with Google and Microsoft.\n\n*May 20, 2024:* With SAP’s end of mainstream maintenance for SAP Business Suite 7 set for 2027, recent findings from the US SAP user group reveal that companies are increasing focus on shifting to S/4HANA and embracing AI.\n\n*May 15, 2024:* The departure of CEO Hasso Plattner marks the end of the founding era at SAP, and adds further complexities for the German software multinational as it faces ongoing restructuring efforts, among many other challenges to solve.\n\n*May 7, 2024:* After customers and user groups that adopted S/4HANA early accused SAP of bait-and-switch tactics, CIO editor-in-chief in Germany Martin Bayer recently sat with Christian Klein, CEO of the multinational software company, to clear the air on cloud reassurance, using gen AI as a migration accelerant, and positive growth for the future.\n\n*March 22, 2024:* [Deutsche Telekom will move its SAP infrastructure](https://www.cio.com/article/2073791/deutsche-telekom-calls-on-sap-for-rise-all-in-one-offer.html) to Rise with the help of its own IT services subsidiary, T-Systems.\n\n*March 21, 2024:* Customers want more information about cloud and AI strategy from the German ERP giant.\n\n*March 18, 2024:* [SAP is embedding Nvidia’s generative AI foundry service](https://www.cio.com/article/2066529/sap-and-nvidia-expand-partnership-to-aid-customers-with-gen-ai.html) into SAP Datasphere, SAP BTP, RISE with SAP, and SAP’s enterprise applications portfolio to equip customers with greater and more simplified access to the technology.\n\n*March 6, 24:* SAP adds new generative AI and data governance features to SAP Datasphere and SAP Analytics Cloud, enabling customers to incorporate non-SAP and unstructured data when creating AI-based planning models and scenarios.\n\n*February 16, 2024:* It’s a small promotion and a change of title for one man, and a sign of a larger change in strategic focus for many others at SAP.\n\n*February 12, 2024:* As SAP continues to position itself as a leader in generative AI and innovative technologies, customers must prepare to navigate new service offerings and an inevitable move to SAP RISE.\n\n*February 12, 2024:* SAP’s board wants to bring former Nokia chairman Pekka Ala-Pietilä on board to succeed founder Hasso Plattner as chairman.\n\n*February 5, 2024:* [Air India failed to adhere to the rules while awarding an ERP contract worth $27 million to SAP India and IBM India](https://www.cio.com/article/1303774/sap-and-ibm-under-scanner-of-indian-investigative-agency-for-air-india-deal.html).\n\n*January 30, 2024:* The restructuring at SAP affects almost a tenth of its workforce. The company estimates the cost of the internal restructuring at around €3 billion.\n\n*January 24, 2024:* The restructuring program will focus on AI and impact about 7.4% of SAP’s total workforce.\n\n*January 10, 2024:* Product engineering head Thomas Saueressig will take on a new role to maximize potential for customers in the cloud, but that’s cold comfort for on-premises users.\n\n*January 11, 2024:* With a $220 million fine, SAP is drawing a line under a long-standing investigation by US authorities. The company is alleged to have bribed officials.\n\n*December 5, 2023:* The company’s plan to offer future innovations in S/4HANA only to subscribers of its Rise with SAP offering is alienating customers, user conference hears.\n\n*November 1, 2023:* SAP Build Code suite combines new and existing developer tools, while a foundational AI model trained on anonymized customer data will be available to help automate tasks.\n\n*October 12, 2023:* The ERP vendor is adding a new pricing tier to its Rise with SAP offering with an opaque mix of bundled and usage-based pricing for generative AI functionality.\n\n*October 11, 2023:* SAP is offering free migration consultations, more frequent feature releases and two years’ additional maintenance to entice customers to update to S/4HANA Cloud private edition and, ultimately, adopt Rise with SAP.\n\n*September 26, 2023:* Like Salesforce and ServiceNow, SAP is promising to embed an AI copilot throughout its applications, but planning a more gradual roll-out than some competitors.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sap-latest-news-and-insights", "canonical_source": "https://www.cio.com/article/3487010/sap-latest-news-and-insights.html", "published_at": "2026-07-03 05:28:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-07 01:54:31.364888+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-agents", "ai-products", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["SAP", "Christian Klein", "S/4HANA", "Joule", "Dremio", "Reltio", "Snowflake", "Databricks"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sap-latest-news-and-insights", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sap-latest-news-and-insights.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sap-latest-news-and-insights.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/sap-latest-news-and-insights.jsonld"}}