SAP promises ‘new generation of intelligent cloud ERP’ with latest offering
SAP promises ‘new generation of intelligent cloud ERP’ with latest offering. German software giant SAP has unveiled its roadmap for the ‘next generation’ of cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) with the latest release of SAP S/4HANA Cloud. S/4HANA, SAP’s public cloud offering which was originally released towards the end of 2015, is being updated with a new architecture of in-memory in combination with contextual analytics, digital assistant capabilities and machine learning, according to the press materials. In other words, SAP is aiming to add a bit of artificial intelligence (AI) goodness to ERP, helping customers to adjust and adopt business processes based on real-time data and insight. S/4HANA is promoted as a product which allows organisations to embrace cloud computing at their own pace, from specific line of business functionality to efforts which entail the whole enterprise. “Decades ago, SAP invented and became the leader in first-generation ERP. Later...