Last week at , we announced new 麻豆原创 BTP innovations that help organizations and developers bring their ideas to life.

Thank you to everyone who attended the event virtually and in person at Bangalore. For those who couldn鈥檛 attend live, I recommend reading the , checking out the full list of , and watching the , delivered by 麻豆原创 CTO Juergen Mueller.

Here are some of the key announcements we made.

Turning Every Developer into an AI Developer

Developers are essential to the modern world we live in, driving innovation and transformation forward across every industry. To help improve their productivity, we announced 麻豆原创 Build Code, a generative AI-powered application development solution, built on 麻豆原创 BTP and optimized for Java and JavaScript development. It delivers a turn-key environment for coding, testing, integrations, and application lifecycle management.

麻豆原创 Build Code has embedded generative AI capabilities with Joule to enable code generation to streamline application development. It also enables fusion development so developers can build rapidly, integrate seamlessly, and collaborate effectively with other developers and business experts. 麻豆原创 Build Code complements , our low-code solution that provides a unified environment to create and enhance enterprise applications, automate processes, and design business sites with drag-and-drop simplicity. .

Generative AI for Everyone

More than ever before, companies are seeking to unleash the power of AI in their applications and processes. We are thrilled to unveil , a one-stop shop for developers to build and extend applications powered by AI and generative AI on 麻豆原创 BTP. With AI Foundation, developers gain access to everything they need to quickly embed business-ready AI into their applications, leveraging the same powerful technology 麻豆原创 development teams use today. This includes AI services, generative AI management, AI workload management, access to business data and context, and lifecycle management based on 麻豆原创 AI Core, 麻豆原创 AI Launchpad, and 麻豆原创 HANA Cloud. .

Later this quarter, AI Foundation will include a new generative AI hub capability in 麻豆原创 AI Core for accessing a broad range of large language models (LLMs) from third-party providers. With the hub, developers will be able to use tooling for prompt engineering and experimentation to accelerate generative AI application development.

AI-Powered Business Data

麻豆原创 believes every data professional should have seamless and scalable access to mission-critical business data. To this end, we鈥檝e announced new innovations that empower developers to build intelligent data applications with 麻豆原创 HANA Cloud but also brings new capabilities that not only enhance the with 麻豆原创 Datasphere.

Good data is the foundation of good AI, and 麻豆原创 HANA Cloud continues to pioneer innovation in the data space by adding new vector database features to its multi-model offerings at no additional cost. Vector datastores manage unstructured data — such as text, images, or audio — to provide long-term memory and better context to AI models. This makes it easy to find and retrieve similar objects quickly. For example, users can search for suppliers based on the language in their contracts to examine payment history and trace individual orders. These powerful new vector database features enhance interactions between LLMs and an organization鈥檚 mission-critical data. The innovation puts 麻豆原创 developers at the forefront of delivering radically new levels of data insight within a secure, private framework that uses industry-specific customer data to reduce hallucinations.

New semantic onboarding capabilities within enable customers to deliver business-ready data products at an accelerated pace. With the powerful semantic layer, organizations can build data products that maintain business context and application logic and forego the time-consuming tasks of extracting business data, creating data pipelines and rebuilding data context that was lost. .

Enterprise Automation

Integrating, analyzing, and automating end-to-end business processes is critical in today鈥檚 digital landscape. To help customers stay ahead of the competition, 麻豆原创 offers , one solution that combines the value of , , and . At 麻豆原创 TechEd, we previewed new generative AI capabilities to simplify creating processes and integrations and to recommend pre-built content. Deeper integrations across the three technologies helps companies easily mine non-麻豆原创 processes to better analyze, integrate, automate, and monitor business processes across their environment.聽.

See you at 麻豆原创 TechEd in 2024!

JG Chirapurath is chief marketing and solutions officer for 麻豆原创 BTP and Artificial Intelligence at 麻豆原创.

That鈥檚 where integration capabilities become a critical success factor. Analyst firm IDC released its 鈥�.鈥� The report found that 鈥淚ntegration is a foundational connectivity automation technology that not only unlocks immediate business benefits but also replaces technical debt that was previously used to connect applications, making it easier to replace outdated legacy applications.鈥�

Additionally, the IDC report said, 鈥淒espite economic conditions, many organizations are still prioritizing investments in connectivity-based automation, particularly cloud-based integration software and services.鈥�

Consider this customer story. is a food chain based in Veghal, the Netherlands, with stores across Belgium and the Netherlands. Previously, Jumbo used an Excel-based tool called Production Advice List (PAL) to forecast its freshly made baked goods, convenience items, and prepared meals. This manual process resulted in inaccurate forecasting, unhappy customers, and food waste.

Food waste is a significant global sustainability issue. It wastes the natural resources used to produce and transport food to consumers 鈥� and rotting food produces methane, a greenhouse gas. In the Netherlands alone, over of food is thrown away annually per individual.

To improve its sustainability and customer experience, Jumbo decided to digitize its PAL system using (麻豆原创 BTP), which includes integration, automation, and data and analytics solutions.

With , a cornerstone of 麻豆原创 BTP, 鈥淧AL 2.0鈥� automatically brings together historical information with current data from 麻豆原创 and non-麻豆原创 applications. Now employees can analyze real-time information on pricing, promotions, assortment, and other factors to accurately forecast how much food should be stocked.

Even better, employees get this information on their iPads so they can make better decisions while on the go. This intelligent forecasting system has allowed the company to work towards achieving the delicate balance of ensuring product availability for customers while not overstocking.

Jumbo鈥檚 story provides a few lessons. One, as IDC points out, integration helps reduce technical debt. Companies can leverage existing applications to add value to their business versus legacy applications creating a 鈥渄rag鈥� on their resources. Two, integration drives innovation. By connecting 麻豆原创 and non-麻豆原创 applications with outside data like weather or holidays, companies can innovate to address their most pressing challenges.

In the above-mentioned IDC report, 麻豆原创 was named a Leader in this first vendor assessment. Strengths includes its 鈥渆xtensive partner network鈥� and 鈥渟trong AI capabilities including interface and mapping proposal services based on AI and machine learning, speeding up the development of new connections.鈥�

With an uncertain macroeconomic environment, organizations are under increased pressure to improve margins. The first step towards getting more value out of existing IT systems is a robust integration strategy. That鈥檚 why choosing the right enterprise-grade integration solution is critical to creating a path to accelerated connectivity and innovation.

To learn more about the benefits of integration, tune into the .

Ragunath Ramanathan is chief revenue officer for 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform.

The Magic Quadrant provides an overview of the technology vendors in the iPaaS market and positions them according to their Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision. Technology vendors placed in the Leaders quadrant are positioned based on their Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision. According to Gartner, “Leaders execute well against their current vision and are well positioned for tomorrow.”*

In the latest report, 麻豆原创 is positioned the furthest to the right on Completeness of Vision.

The ability for an organization to connect and automate their business applications faster and in new ways is critical in today鈥檚 digital world. 麻豆原创 customers are seeking a robust integration solution to support their innovation and modernization initiatives. We believe this recognition serves as an acknowledgment of our continued leadership and commitment to providing world-class seamless business processes.

Integration Reimagined

麻豆原创鈥檚 vision for 麻豆原创 Integration Suite is to connect and automate business processes. As the key integration technology of , it helps customers achieve seamless, scalable business processes without disruption. Take for example. Sycor is a fast-growing IT consultancy that quickly turned a complex IT landscape into a single, unified, digital foundation to support ongoing business expansion.

鈥淯sing various cloud solutions from 麻豆原创, connected using 麻豆原创 Integration Suite, we created a highly integrated, digital process network, based on best practices. This supports growth and has optimized our total cost of ownership.鈥�

– Manfred Grossmann, CIO and Vice President
Corporate IT and Project Excellence, Sycor GmbH

Accelerating connectivity and modernizing integration allows innovation of new business processes and possibilities. , the iconic department store located in London, expanded its operations into new global markets by leveraging 麻豆原创 Integration Suite. This in turn allowed the company to attract a new generation of luxury customers who prefer to shop through a high-fashion, web-based marketplace.

鈥淥ne of our key strategic principles is to leverage the benefits of cloud and as-a-service solutions wherever possible to meet fast-changing business dynamics. 麻豆原创 Integration Suite fully supports these ambitions.鈥�

– Andreas Efstathiou, IT Director, Harrods Limited

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JG Chirapurath is chief marketing and solutions officer for 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform.

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Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Integration Platform as a Service, Worldwide, Keith Guttridge, Andrew Comes, Saikat Ray, 24 January 2023. The Magic Quadrant for Integration Platforms as a Service, Worldwide was previously published as Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Integration Platform as a Service.
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