of all the new technologies like machine learning or robotic process automation that everyone is talking about and figuring out what that means to the company .” To cut through that fog , SAP has developed a systematic and structured approach to help customers identify which digital technologies in SAP ’ s vast portfolio could add additional value to their core businesses . “ We have a lot of different tools and methodologies from design thinking to SAP Activate , which is our very own SAP methodology for business transformation in terms of ERP . We also have a huge portfolio of intelligent technologies , and that is important because when we talk to customers , they really want to know what robotic process automation , or machine learning , or even blockchain means to their business .” The innovation ecosystem encompasses a broad range of partners , including its venture arm SAP . iO for new product incubation . “ We have many different experts across industries and business units that are all there to support the innovation journey of a customer . The whole ecosystem is very unique in the market , and really differentiates us from other competitors .”
SAP is not content to simply bring customers up to the modern digital standard , but goes further to identify technologies coming down the track . “ What we do is help the customer to identify which technologies can add additional value on top of the standard offering , and technologies that are on the horizon . The next generation of business software that our colleagues from New Ventures and Technologies are exploring right now includes brain computer interaction , gaze control of software or homomorphic encryption and further emerging technologies .”
While that lies in the future , Fay points to a number of concrete examples
“ Companies like SAP quite clearly have a full sustainability strategy , but the question is how to reach out to the midsized and older companies ”
— Lars Friedrich , Innovation & Technology Director , SAP
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