SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP)

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The SAP Business Technology Platform is an integrated offering consisting of four technology portfolios: databases and data management, application development and integration, analytics, and intelligent technologies. The platform offers users the ability to transform data into business value, build end-to-end business processes, and quickly create and expand SAP applications.

2021

SAP released low-code/no-code tools for business application development

In mid-November 2021, SAP introduced low-code/no-code tools for developing business applications. The German corporation claims that new solutions will help professionals and business users without development experience accelerate digital transformation in companies. More details here.

Add Services to Use SAP BTP Cloud Capabilities

On June 30, 2021, SAP introduced 3 services to help customers use the SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) cloud capabilities. They include additional functionality for innovation, process research and optimization, and application development. This will enable customers to implement a hybrid cloud, respond faster to changing market conditions, and achieve greater scalability to meet ever-growing market needs.

These services allow you to take full advantage of the capabilities of SAP BTP, get all the benefits of cloud and intelligent technologies based on the already existing IT landscape and investments. They will help our customers achieve greater business efficiency, efficiency and flexibility by exploring ways to optimize critical processes, develop a comprehensive roadmap to create scalable cloud applications, and redesign existing custom applications. said Maggie Buggy, Director of Customer Services at SAP SE.

One recent study McKinsey estimated the potential of clouds at $1 trillion, more so for companies active in cloud strategies.

• The key benefits of SAP BTP are:
• Analyze information about possible hybrid cloud landscapes and projects that meet unique customer needs
• Adapting an innovation strategy for long-term success
• Improve existing cloud-based user applications for greater scalability and flexibility
• Reduce cost and costs by migrating existing custom applications and new developments to the cloud

Based on a joint Accenture and SAP cloud product

Accenture and SAP announced on April 22, 2021 the launch of a joint initiative to develop and market a cloud product that extends the functionality of the current SAP Intelligent Asset Management solution.

With SAP Intelligent Asset Management and SAP S/4HANA, we plan to build on the SAP Business Technology Platform. With flexibility and scalability in the cloud, these solutions will collect and consolidate real-time operational data from multiple sources, including IoT and data from hardware sensors. More details here.

2020: Enhanced development capabilities for SAP Business Technology Platform

On December 10, 2020, SAP SE announced the release of tools, services and services to simplify the work of developers, regardless of their level of expertise and field of activity. Updates include tools for development that require little or no code writing, and the ability to learn and test SAP Cloud Platform services free of charge, subject to limitations depending on the level of use you choose. In addition, there will be exclusive access to free training and additional functionality of SAP Business Technology Platform.

The SAP Cloud Platform Extension Suite allows developers to create or expand business applications and processes using code or clicking on pre-existing elements. The latest improvements now offer three complementary and integrated process automation tools. The solution can be used by developers with different skills and knowledge of automation scenarios.

SAP Cloud Platform Workflow Management allows you to completely visualize processes, so developers and business users can customize them almost without using code. The system includes pre-installed packages and will be integrated with Experience Management solutions from SAP and Qualtrics to combine operational and customer experience data.

SAP Ruum enables business users without programming knowledge to create processes within their business unit in minutes, instead of days or even weeks.

More than 50 SAP customers and partners, including German chemical company Evonik Industries AG, U.S, Varian Medical Systems Inc. and Norwegian furniture manufacturer Ekornes Ltd., have already tried the beta version for SAP Ruum.

SAP Intelligent Robotic Process Automation (iRPA) 2.0 focuses on developers who want to automate repetitive, manual operations with software bots. SAP iRPA includes ready-made bots templates to improve the efficiency of SAP S/4HANA in 12 areas of business. Starting in January 2021, SAP plans to include a limited version of SAP iRPA in each SAP S/4HANA Cloud subscription.

In 2021, SAP will offer developers options for the free use of SAP Cloud Platform, solutions for integrating and expanding SAP Business Technology Platform. A free multilevel model will give users access to training, development, integration, and enhancements through a single account. It removes the current time constraints and allows users to transform projects without having to redo content when it goes live. To upgrade to this model, SAP recently extended the trial version of SAP Cloud Platform from 3 to 12 months.

SAP Business Technology Platform facilitates communication between SAP applications by offering SAP One Domain Model, a single data model for business objects. It now supports business objects for an end-to-end process from hiring to firing an employee. Next, there are similar opportunities for other business processes. Developers can access them through the beta version of SAP Graph or the SAP Business Hub API.

The redesigned interface for the SAP Business Hub API will help architects and business users determine the correct integration content, such as various APIs, events, integration packages, and user documentation. The update will be available as a beta by the end of 2020.

Due to the rapidly growing volume and diversity of data, SAP HANA functionality on local customer servers can be enhanced with SAP HANA Cloud as a hybrid data solution. This will provide users with a single point of access to data from SAP systems and third-party sources, while simplifying the client data environment, reducing replication or inaccuracies, and improving security and compliance.

SAP Data Warehouse Cloud Combines data management SAP HANA capabilities with analytical functions. SAP Analytics Cloud Easy-to-use data flow designer enables users to integrate and combine structured and semi-structured data from SAP and third-party sources. The advanced library for SAP Data Warehouse Cloud includes finished content from various areas, ranging from financial analytics, utilities, to retail. trade This helps customers save time and cost when modeling data.