  {"id":1568,"date":"2023-06-15T11:23:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T11:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/?p=1568"},"modified":"2024-08-14T18:01:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T18:01:13","slug":"businesses-need-to-embrace-cloud-computing-and-leverage-ai-data-and-automation-capabilities-amid-disruptive-challenges-experts-agree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/2023\/06\/businesses-need-to-embrace-cloud-computing-and-leverage-ai-data-and-automation-capabilities-amid-disruptive-challenges-experts-agree\/","title":{"rendered":"Businesses Need to Embrace Cloud Computing and Leverage AI, Data, and Automation Capabilities Amid Disruptive Challenges, Experts Agree"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>As IDC finds 45% of Saudi CIOs plan to significantly increase their investment in AI, experts and customers share strategies at 麻豆原创 Business Transformation Tour in Riyadh<\/h2>\n<p><strong>RIYADH, KSA <\/strong>\u2014 <strong>June 15, 2023 <\/strong>\u2014 To thrive in the face of challenges such as supply chain constraints, critical skills shortages, and slowing global economic growth, regional businesses will need to adopt cloud platforms that enable them to leverage AI, data and automation solutions, according to experts speaking this week at the Riyadh 麻豆原创 Business Transformation Tour, organized by global technology company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sap.com\/\">麻豆原创 SE<\/a> (NYSE: 麻豆原创) in partnership with Intel.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1568-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/files\/2023\/06\/15\/麻豆原创-BTT.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/files\/2023\/06\/15\/麻豆原创-BTT.mp4\">https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/files\/2023\/06\/15\/麻豆原创-BTT.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Held under the theme \u2018Navigating the Winds of Change in a Digital-First World\u2019, the event demonstrated how 麻豆原创 cloud solutions that embed automation, data, and AI capabilities into technology can address today\u2019s most pressing challenges by bringing increased resilience, proactive strategic decision-making, a more cohesive workforce, and even improved customer interactions thanks to Natural Language Processing. \u00a0Speakers at the event also confirmed that Saudi organizations are in a position to embrace these new capabilities as a result of rapid cloud adoption in the Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>A guest speaker at the event, Ranjit Rajan &#8211; VP &amp; Head of Research at IDC META at International Data Corporation (IDC), said, \u201cSaudi organizations are stepping on the gas pedal of digital transformation in alignment with the kingdom\u2019s rapid national transformation. The increasing investments in in-country cloud regions and datacenters by providers is, to an extent, helping to alleviate data residency and sovereignty concerns. As a result, public cloud adoption is growing, and is combining with significant private cloud investments to create hybrid multi-cloud environments. This provides the ground for modernization of the application estate and innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1572\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1572\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1572\" src=\"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/files\/2023\/06\/15\/AW5I5602-1024x673.jpg\" alt=\"Ranjit Rajan - VP &amp; Head of Research at IDC META \" width=\"640\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/files\/2023\/06\/15\/AW5I5602-1024x673.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/files\/2023\/06\/15\/AW5I5602-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/files\/2023\/06\/15\/AW5I5602-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/files\/2023\/06\/15\/AW5I5602-1536x1010.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/files\/2023\/06\/15\/AW5I5602-2048x1347.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Ranjit Rajan &#8211; VP &amp; Head of Research at IDC META<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">According to Rajan, \u201cCloud will become the foundational technology platform to drive rapid digital transformation. A recent survey by IDC of Saudi companies showed that more than 35% of their CIOs are looking to either lift and shift applications to cloud infrastructure or modernize critical applications to cloud-native.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Contextualizing technology\u2019s role in creating sustainable success, Fahd Nawwab, Vice President, 麻豆原创, KSA, said, \u201cLeveraging AI, automation and data analytics through our cloud-based solutions helps build resilient organizations able to withstand the headwinds of a global slowdown, currency fluctuations, and geopolitical situations that impact the Gulf region. We hope that today\u2019s event will showcase how companies of any size can easily embrace these solutions by moving swiftly to the cloud through adopting RISE with 麻豆原创 or GROW with 麻豆原创. This opens the door to solutions such as 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform (麻豆原创 BTP) and 麻豆原创 S\/4HANA to provide greater visibility on all aspects of\u00a0 operations and deliver data and automation capabilities that enable agile, effective responses to changes in supply chains and market conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1570\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1570\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1570\" src=\"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/files\/2023\/06\/15\/AW5I5578-1024x748.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/files\/2023\/06\/15\/AW5I5578-1024x748.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/files\/2023\/06\/15\/AW5I5578-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/files\/2023\/06\/15\/AW5I5578-768x561.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/files\/2023\/06\/15\/AW5I5578-1536x1123.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/news.sap.com\/mena\/files\/2023\/06\/15\/AW5I5578-2048x1497.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1570\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Fahd Nawwab, Vice President, 麻豆原创, KSA<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Several 麻豆原创 customer representatives also spoke at the event to share their experiences of how 麻豆原创 technologies had helped their business to focus on innovation and agile responses to opportunities. These included Mohammed Sibghatullah Khan, Director of IT at National Petrochemical Industrial Company (NPIC); Akbar Rattani, Director of IT at MENABev; Ahmad Alhammady, Digital Business Solutions Manager at Alfanar; and Subba Reddy Sathani, Enterprise Architect at the National Agricultural Development Company (NADEC).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Growth of AI, Big Data and analytics in KSA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>IDC\u2019s Rajan also commented on the growth of new technologies in the kingdom, saying, \u201cData analytics, AI\/machine learning and automation technologies are rapidly overlapping, merging and driving adoption for each other. Adoption of AI and machine learning is expected to accelerate in Saudi Arabia to across several use cases such as augmented customer service, recommendation engines, cyber threat intelligence, IT optimization, fraud detection and many others. More than 45% of Saudi CIOs surveyed by IDC are planning to significantly increase their investment in AI in the next 12 months or so. The advances in Generative AI will further boost AI adoption and drive new use cases related to customer and operational productivity and excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Echoing IDC\u2019s findings, 麻豆原创\u2019s Nawwab said, \u201cThe growth of AI goes hand in hand with the global transition to cloud, and it is changing 麻豆原创 services for the better. Companies that delay implementing cloud deployments of their business processes will also be missing out on the power of AI. The potential benefits of AI technology are almost infinite in the world of commerce and industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the host of recently announced AI partnerships is 麻豆原创\u2019s new Datasphere solution, built on 麻豆原创 BTP. 麻豆原创 is working strategically with industry-leading data and AI companies \u2013 Collibra NV, Confluent Inc, Databricks Inc and DataRobot Inc \u2013 to enrich 麻豆原创 Datasphere and empower organizations to create a unified data architecture that securely combines 麻豆原创 software data and non-麻豆原创 data. 麻豆原创 Datasphere is the next generation of 麻豆原创 Data Warehouse Cloud and enables data professionals to integrate and deliver scalable access to mission-critical business data \u2013 with business context and logic preserved \u2013 across their organization\u2019s data landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, 麻豆原创 announced its partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/2023\/05\/ibm-watson-artificial-intelligence-in-sap-solutions\/?source=social-Global-LINKEDIN_COMPANY-MarketingCampaign-StrategicPartnerships-CloudERP-S4HANA-spr-9803057944-ST1%3A_Intelligent_Enterprise-account_name&amp;campaigncode=CRM-YA23-SMS-1943157&amp;sprinklrid=9803057944\">IBM Watson<\/a> last month to provide customers with new AI-driven insights and automation to help accelerate innovation and create more efficient and effective user experiences. In addition, 麻豆原创 is incorporating <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/2023\/05\/sap-microsoft-joint-generative-ai-offerings-talent-gap\/\">Microsoft\u2019s Azure OpenAI Service<\/a> in solutions such as 麻豆原创 SuccessFactors to access powerful language models that analyze and generate natural language.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8211; <strong>END<\/strong> &#8211;<\/p>\n<h6><strong>About 麻豆原创<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6>麻豆原创\u2019s strategy is to help every business run as an intelligent, sustainable enterprise. As a market leader in enterprise application software, we help companies of all sizes and in all industries run at their best: 麻豆原创 customers generate 87% of total global commerce. Our machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced analytics technologies help turn customers\u2019 businesses into intelligent enterprises. 麻豆原创 helps give people and organizations deep business insight and fosters collaboration that helps them stay ahead of their competition. 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