Innovation at SAP
Our innovation strategy
Operating at the nexus of business and technology is a testament to SAP's pivotal role in driving the evolution of the global business landscape. We explore innovation fields in which we see huge potential for SAP and our customers.
Innovation enablers
Emerging technologies
Using the transformative potential of emerging technologies by exploring and scaling them in the business context.
App development
Building on the latest app development and enabling modern, cloud-native, more-compliant and more-secure software development practices.
Design and experience
Providing innovation through a human-centric user experience across all devices.
SAP innovation fields
Our innovative solutions power the world's most material- and workforce-intensive processes, enabling our customers to anticipate and capitalize on emerging opportunities with unmatched depth, accuracy, and speed.
Advancing toward a future where your data becomes a wellspring of actionable insights, we empower you the predictive intelligence to make smarter decisions. How?
We strive to make our suite of advanced analytics, enriched with Al and machine learning, a leader in delivering superior, data-driven insights.
Our Al capabilities will allow the development of predictive models that forecast future trends, empowering your strategic planning.
Our solutions enhance the ability to anticipate customer behavior and market shifts, leading to proactive decision-making and risk reduction.
Business AI from SAP
Relevant: Make agile decisions, unlock valuable insights, and automate tasks with AI designed with your business context in mind.
Reliable: Use AI that is trained on your industry and company data, driven by SAP process expertise, and accessible in the solutions you use daily.
Responsible: Run more-responsible AI built on leading ethics and data privacy standards while maintaining governance and lifecycle management across your entire organization.
Joule the AI copilot
Revolutionize how you interact with SAP business systems, making every touch point count and each task more intuitive.
Suite of advanced analytics, enriched with Al and machine learning, a leader in delivering superior, data-driven insights.
Development of predictive models that forecast future trends, empowering your strategic planning, with Al capabilities.
Enhanced ability to anticipate customer behavior and market shifts, leading to proactive decision-making and risk reduction.
Over 50 years of putting technology into the context of business
Innovation has always been at the heart of what we do. We have more than 50 years of experience putting technology in the context of business by creating solutions for our customers. But we didn’t start innovating for innovating – there was always business context first.
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SAP partners in the global ecosystem
SAP's innovation ecosystem
It takes more than technology for innovation to happen. That's why our bright minds from diverse backgrounds work together to apply technology in original and creative ways, especially when you innovate with SAP.
Unleashing the power of SAP's innovative ecosystem
Hack2Build accelerates our partners' journey to convert ideas for solutions for intelligent enterprises into working prototypes and from there to market-ready solutions.
SAP Experience Centers
Innovation becomes tangible through interactive showcases, real-life use cases, and ready-to-use demos.
SAP Labs Network
SAP Labs Network is a network of SAP’s core research and development entities focused on developing and constantly improving key SAP solutions.
SAP quality awards
The prestigious SAP Quality Awards for Customer Success celebrate and recognize customers who have excelled in the implementation of their SAP software solutions.
SAP product innovations
Read about the latest innovations and planned innovations for our products.
Human capital management
Realize the power of innovative HR technology in SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite.
SAP Integration Suite
Innovate faster with our integration technology built to help keep pace with business change.
Industry innovation with SAP solutions
Discover industry cloud innovations to help you optimize, extend, and transform your core business processes.
SAP Build
Put automation and app development in the hands of experts and drive business outcomes.
Extended planning and analysis
Take extended planning and analysis to new heights with SAP Business Technology Platform.
Customer experience (CX)
See how enhancements in customer relationship management (CRM) change the game in CX.
Spend management
Innovate spend management for greater control and savings.
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
Elevate the power of innovative ERP technology to help organizations stay ahead of the curve.
Business network
Infuse transparency, resiliency, and sustainability into your supply chain with SAP Business Network.
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition
Raise the power of your ERP investment to take your organization to new heights.
Data and analytics
Modernize your data and analytics environment using SAP Business Technology Platform.
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