Kathy Gibson is at Saphila Transcend in Sun City β The world around us is evolving faster than ever. In a chaotic and unpredictable environment, and with new technologies emerging almost daily, industries are being reshaped, and customer expectations are shifting.
βUncertainty is not going away,β says , BTP product management at ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄. βYou need to think about how you can transform your business for the years to come.β
At the same time, artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising decision-making, redefining efficiency, and helping make it easier to run the business, he adds.
βThe pace of change is accelerating, and businesses are asking how they can stay ahead of the change; how they can build business that donβt just keep up with change, but thrive on it.
βThe ability to adapt, to innovate, to seize opportunities is no longer an advantage, but a necessity,β Winkler says.
He believes that, to be resilient and navigate uncertainty, companies need to embrace entrepreneurial skills.
βWe believe that in this time of change and technology disruption, entrepreneurial skills are more relevant than ever in small or corporate organisations.
βThe first key skill is courage,β Winkler says. βThis is about being adaptable, having no fear, and moving forward in a focused and lean way.β
The second is resourcefulness. βEnsure you have the right resources in place, to accomplish a lot with few resources, and to execute on anything.β
The third key skill needed in this fast-changing world is self-discipline. βBe self-driven,β Winkler says. βThink about transformation from a technology point of view, but prioritise what is important for the business.β
At the same time, organisations need to be very clear about the way they want to go forward, Winkler adds. βClarity is needed now more than ever β not as a choice, but a necessity. Be clear about your transformation and about what you want to achieve.β
Winkler explains that is the foundation on which the company has built its technology and transformation ecosystem.
As the foundation that underpins Business Suite, Business Data Cloud, and Business AI, BTP allows organisations to integrate and extend business applications faster; create business-relevant apps; and innovate and accelerate with AI.
Winkler points out that it is a unified platform available as public cloud or multi-cloud that harmonises ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ and non-ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ applications, empowering customers and partners to innovate.
BTP is powered by more than 90 applications and services.
There are currently 33Β 000 customers on ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ BTP, including 66% of the largest companies in the market.
New on ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ BTP is better integration between ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Build and ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ S/4 HANA. The company has also introduced additional AI features with Joule for Developers.
In addition, ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ is continuously adding BTP to new data centres and regions. It has already built out to seven new regions this year, with more on the cards.
There is more functionality for users and more AI available for ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ S/4 HANA Cloud.
More features are available in ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Business Data Cloud (BDC), and ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄βs Integration Suite makes it easier for customers to bring their ecosystem together.
The new releases are especially relevant for developers.
ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Build now offers the ability to create Joule Skills and AI Agents β Joule Skills where the process path is known, and AI Agents where it isnβt.
βNow, developers are able to enhance Jouleβs out-of-the-box capabilities to support organisation-specific workflows,β Winkler says. βThey can deploy, monitor and manage their own Joule Skills in ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ Build. βAnd, with the agent builder in Joule Studio they can build their own customised AI Agents.β
There are also new features to help ABAP developers Β improve their efficiency. βIn the ABAP cloud environment, we have released intelligent features that help developerss with testing, and Joule will even offer recommendation to improve code.β
Further enhancements improve developer efficiency in Β ΒιΆΉΤ΄΄ HANA Cloud, helping them to make smart decisions while handling large amounts of interconnected data to achieve meaningful outcome.
βBTP addresses the challenges of digital transformation and helps to accelerate customersβ move to the cloud,β Winkler says. βIt helps customers to optimise and integrate processes so they can innovate while keeping the core clean.
βThis empowers them to unlock the power of business data and AI.β
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