Machine learning, Design thinking, Big Data, Blockchain, IoT, these are all some of the terms we are accustomed to by now and we are likely to hear more on these in the next decade and beyond. The digital race is truly on, with all technology companies innovating with new tools and solutions to tackle the challenges of the future. Here is a look at some of the latest product offerings from the 3rd largest software company in the world, SAP.
SAP Leonardo
SAP Leonardo is an innovative solution portfolio that enables companies to not only realize the digital transformation of existing end-to-end business processes but also enable them to evolve new business models to run digitally. The SAP Leonardo Foundation is based on the SAP Cloud Platform.
It comprises of 3 main components:
- SAP Leonardo IoT Bridge – a configurable cloud solution
- SAP Leonardo IoT Foundation - includes best of breed Business Services
- SAP Leonardo IoT Edge - offers data protocol conversion, persistence and data analytics
SAP Vora
SAP HANA Vora is an in-memory computing engine that is designed to make big data from Hadoop more accessible and usable for enterprises. SAP developed Vora out of SAP HANA as a way to address specific business cases involving big data.
SAP Connected Goods
SAP Connected Goods is a cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) solution, designed to maximize the value of mass market devices (such as coolers, vending machines, or power tools) through remote monitoring, management, and central control.
SAP Connected Goods helps enterprises to reduce operational costs, increase revenue, and improve customer satisfaction. At the same time, it allows enterprises to avoid lost sales and missed revenue opportunities.
From a technical perspective, SAP Connected Goods uses the following:
- Cloud Foundry services on SAP Cloud Platform
- SAP HANA Vora as the central infrastructure component for big data
SAP Cloud Platform Blockchain service (BaaS)
Embedded in the SAP Cloud Platform, our blockchain-as-a-service (BaaS) pilot is giving registered customers an easy way to experiment with the technology. By eliminating the need for a large upfront capital investment, BaaS is a low-risk gateway to enterprise blockchain adoption.
Things you could do:
- Experiment with blockchain to see how it could benefit your business
- Use open standards to create consortium and private blockchain networks
- Prototype, test, and build customised blockchain applications and smart contracts
SAP is co-innovating with customers and partners to explore high-value blockchain functionality for some of the existing products. This involves investigating new capabilities for multiple solutions across the IoT and supply chain portfolios, including: SAP Asset Intelligence Network, SAP Distributed Manufacturing, SAP Transportation Management, and SAP Global Track and Trace.
Others that have been around for a while:
SAP Lumira 2.x
SAP Lumira Cloud enables the use of self-service BI in a secure cloud environment, including the capability to access, visualize, and share data without IT assistance. This solution empowers users to explore information and expose insights with the ease of drag-and-drop.
The benefits of the cloud environment include reducing the amount of time that it takes to access and upload data from numerous resources, and the ability to expand self-service BI consumption with flexible accessibility at any time and on any device. Furthermore, no software or hardware is necessary to get up and running quickly.
SAP Hybris Cloud for Customer
This cloud CRM portfolio brings sales, customer service, and social CRM together – to help your team form powerful personal connections that drive customer engagement across all channels. Take advantage of rich predictive insight, flawless execution and contextual customer experience relevant to your industry.
SAP Predictive Analytics
SAP Predictive Analytics is business intelligence software from SAP that is designed to enable organizations to analyze large data sets and predict future outcomes and behaviors. For example, SAP Predictive Analytics can help make sense of big data and the Internet of Things by building predictive analytics models to identify unforeseen opportunities, better understand customers, and uncover hidden risks.
SAP Cloud Platform
SAP Cloud Platform, our enterprise platform-as-a-service (PaaS), provides comprehensive application development capabilities to help you extend, integrate and build innovative applications in less time – without the effort of maintaining the infrastructure. Use services for mobile, Big Data, Machine Learning, Internet of Things, and more to deliver secure business apps that integrate and optimise your IT landscape, drive agility and accelerate digital transformation – in weeks instead of years.
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