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Microsoft joins SAP, Oracle in setting sunset date for legacy ERP support

CIO Business Intelligence

In 2020, SAP announced an innovation commitment for SAP S/4HANA until the end of 2040. This means that until 2040, there will always be at least one release of SAP S/4HANA in maintenance. Microsoft isn’t the only company attempting to lure its legacy customers into the cloud.

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How CIOs can unite sustainability and technology

CIO Business Intelligence

In part, it’s because this will require a fundamental shift to a business model that will affect the role of the CIO, who may not even be aware that their expertise is needed to address these challenges. of CO2 in 2007, the industry has now risen to 4% today and will potentially reach 14% by 2040. . Producing only 1.5%

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Riled by SAP’s AI policy, customers issue list of demands

CIO Business Intelligence

AI models do not have to come from SAP DSAG officials have made it clear that there are other ways for user companies to make use of AI. The Generative AI Hub in SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) ultimately enables access to large language models such as those from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google, or Microsoft, DSAG noted.

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Defining a new era of exponential companies

CIO Business Intelligence

Instead, many digitized analog-first processes and bolted them onto aging operating models. Companies will miss out if they make assumptions about business and operational models without reflecting on the possibilities afforded by AI. In short, modern operating models will be the enabler of business transformation.

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Deutsche Telekom calls on SAP for Rise all-in-one offer

CIO Business Intelligence

Back then, the telco’s CIO said the move would enable the company to create better predictive planning models that would in turn speed up the rollout of 5G networks or ensure customers receive the equipment they order more quickly. It began the process of standardizing 11 of its 55 ERP systems on SAP S/4HANA in 2019.

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How the C-Suite Can Champion Sustainability Across the Enterprise

CIO Business Intelligence

In fact, more than 3,200 companies have set science-based carbon targets , and thousands of companies from around the world are pledging to reach net-zero emissions by either 2040 or 2050. Adopting a sustainable model mindset across the enterprise fosters an environment for collaboration, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

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Generative AI use cases for the enterprise

IBM Big Data Hub

This data is fed into generational models, and there are a few to choose from, each developed to excel at a specific task. Generative adversarial networks (GANs) or variational autoencoders (VAEs) are used for images, videos, 3D models and music. Autoregressive models or large language models (LLMs) are used for text and language.