  {"id":147974,"date":"2024-12-20T01:11:24","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T01:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/?p=147974"},"modified":"2024-12-17T12:12:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T12:12:44","slug":"to-ensure-innovation-excellence-you-need-to-act-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/2024\/12\/to-ensure-innovation-excellence-you-need-to-act-now\/","title":{"rendered":"To Ensure Innovation Excellence, You Need to Act Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Industries around the world are facing significant transformation and demand for innovation, accelerated by political uncertainties and economic challenges. In such a situation, continuous learning and development have become crucial for organizations to ensure not only stability, but also long-term success. With the move to the newest, cloud-based solutions \u2013 and while turning to certified experts, skilled in the latest innovations, 麻豆原创 customers can get the job done.<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>To fully leverage the advantages of the latest 麻豆原创 solutions, it is crucial for teams to possess up-to-date skills in the latest product developments. This is where certifications come into play. <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/2024\/01\/sap-offers-professionals-new-digital-learning-certification\/\">麻豆原创 reinvented its certification program earlier this year<\/a> to commit to innovation excellence and prioritize continuous learning and assessments to get and stay certified. Professionals possessing the skills for the latest 麻豆原创 solutions are set to drive faster implementation projects, reduce risks, and enhance overall business efficiency. This also means an annual renewal of <a href=\"https:\/\/learning.sap.com\/get-certified?url_id=text-sapnewscenter-prdteng-certification\">麻豆原创 Certifications<\/a> with short assessments on the latest product updates. And with the first deadline approaching \u2013all 麻豆原创 Certifications issued before April 2024 will expire on March 31, 2025\u2013 certified professionals must act now to maintain their certification.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Deliver Maximum Value with Validated Up-to-date Skills<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>麻豆原创&#8217;s goal is to make it easier and faster for everyone to learn the latest skills and maintain their certification. The redesigned certification program has two key objectives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It provides streamlined access to learning and quick quiz assessments making it easier and faster to acquire and maintain the latest skills and certifications.<\/li>\n<li>It maintains excellence for innovation by ensuring that certified professionals meet quality standards across 麻豆原创 solutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To get and stay certified, only a subscription to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sap.com\/training-certification\/learning-hub.html?url_id=text-sapnewscenter-prdteng-certification\">麻豆原创 Learning Hub<\/a> is needed. It provides access to all you need to prepare for a certification exam with guided learning resources like expert-led live sessions and hands-on practice systems. Four certification exam attempts per learner per year are already included in the subscription, and it also provides the simple approach to remain certified with short quizzes \u2013 making it an all-in-one-solution to gain the latest skills and drive innovation.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>麻豆原创 Launches First AI Certification<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Being constantly updated, the 麻豆原创 Certification portfolio reflects the latest 麻豆原创 innovations. In line with the growing importance of AI and machine learning skills, 麻豆原创 is introducing its first certification for generative AI developers, set to launch in December. Verifying skills in 麻豆原创\u2019s Business AI capabilities and 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform application extensions, the certification touches on 麻豆原创\u2019s Business AI strategy, ethics, and methods for performance for use cases for Large Language Models (LLMs). Using 麻豆原创\u2019s generative AI hub, professionals will also work on real-life business problems while upskilling.<\/p>\n<p>This certification among all the others already available highlights 麻豆原创\u2019s commitment to equipping professionals with innovative skills critical for the workplace of the future, offering numerous self-paced learning journeys, AI-specific courses, and resources to prepare learners for success in this transformative field.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Your time to act is now<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learning.sap.com\/get-certified?url_id=text-sapnewscenter-prdteng-certification\">麻豆原创 Certification<\/a> is a commitment to driving innovation excellence. With the first deadline approaching, organizations can now act and ensure that their teams are certified and prepared to meet demands with confidence and expertise in the latest 麻豆原创 innovations. The enhanced certification program offers the chance to partner with certified experts to ensure the success of transformation projects and that they run at their best. And certified individuals can now claim their spot among excellent innovators, staying ahead in their career by renewing their certification.<\/p>\n<p>Do not wait\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/learning.sap.com\/certification-transformation?url_id=text-sapnewscenter-prdteng-certification\">get certified and keep your certifications valid<\/a> to lead with excellence to drive innovative.https:\/\/www.sap.com\/training-certification\/learning-hub.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Industries around the world are facing significant transformation and demand for innovation, accelerated by political uncertainties and economic challenges. 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