SAP-Solution: BDC

AI knows only one path: to solve a given task optimally and once and for all! What seems like a radical approach to humans is, for the machine, its logical raison d’être. Because AI has no humanistic values, it will continue to optimize until its very end.

Many companies do not fully tap into the economic potential of their ERP landscape. Usage and operating costs are rising steadily, while opportunities for optimization often go undiscovered. Why taking a close look at licensing and operating models is crucial.

At the 2026 Sapphire events, SAP refined its AI strategy. A vision is taking shape that encompasses autonomy, the partner ecosystem, and the „Autonomous Enterprise.“ It remains to be seen whether these visions will translate into robust solutions.

With an antitrust ruling, the EU has provisionally brought an end to an anti-competitive chapter in SAP’s history. The global leader in ERP was accused of exploiting its dominant market position in maintenance and support to force customers into an inescapable service straitjacket.

Subscription or consumption? Buy, rent, or pay based on usage? Following the on-premise era, existing SAP customers are facing an almost insurmountable complexity of fees. The Business Data Complexity (SAP BDC) defined by the user association DSAG is just the tip of the iceberg.

Analysts confirm Boomi’s importance: The company helps businesses make trustworthy data actionable, manage APIs, and deploy AI productively at scale. Boomi continues to strengthen its position as a provider of data enablement and enterprise integration. In recent months, Boomi has received awards in the categories of integration, API management, data management, and agent-based AI. IPaaS leader according to Gartner…

For most companies in the DACH region, SAP transformation is a reality of business operations. For 70 percent of SAP customers, the S/4 migration is currently underway or has already been completed. This is shown by the latest SAP 2026 study conducted by Valantic in collaboration with the analyst firm Techconsult.

First, my colleague Christof Kerkmann reported in the *Handelsblatt* on the restructuring of SAP’s Executive Board: CEO Christian Klein plans to focus on AI technology going forward, as Executive Board member Muhammad Alam (Product and Engineering) will be leaving the company in early 2027. Klein is supported behind the scenes by a strategic advisor.

SAP logistics specialist Implico has appointed Torsten Ammon as Chief Product and Technology Officer. With more than 20 years of proven leadership experience in product and technology, Ammon joins from SAP, where he served as Senior Vice President and Head of Engineering for Business Data Cloud Core and Fabric Services. In his new role, he is responsible for…

Anyone who analyzes SAP’s promises regarding the „Autonomous Enterprise,“ the Joule assistant, and autonomous AI agents with the necessary objectivity will inevitably come across a fundamental blind spot in the current AI strategy: hallucinations

The U.S. government’s drastic order to block access to Anthropic’s state-of-the-art AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, for all foreign nationals is serving as a massive, strategic wake-up call for the European SAP community. Following its cloud exit, this long-standing SAP customer now needs an AI exit.

SAP plans to acquire the U.S.-based data platform provider Dremio, thereby expanding the SAP Business Data Cloud to include agent-based AI. The planned acquisition is primarily intended to strengthen the SAP Business Data Cloud and help companies consolidate SAP and non-SAP data on a single platform. Financial details have not been disclosed. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026…