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| Your Questions Answered: Early AI Adoption Strategies, Agent Governance Tips, and Understanding the Autonomous Enterprise | 21 Jun 2026 | 00:20:57 | |
This week on ASUG Talks, we answered your questions from the recent ASUG Community Conversation "SAP Sapphire & ASUG Annual Conference Highlights: AI, Roadmaps, and What’s Next" (click here to watch the full replay). Submitted by that event's attendees, the questions cover a wide variety of topics and concerns. John Astill, SAP Architecture Advisor and one of the webcast's speakers, joins us to answer those questions--and a few from ASUG Talks host Jim Lichtenwalter. Key Insight
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| Thrive During Go-Live: Keys to Managing Successful Change Management Strategies During ERP Transformations | 14 Jun 2026 | 00:37:33 | |
Continuing on the conversation started in an earlier episode focuses on setting the stage for effective change management strategy, AUSG Talks dives into how organizations should approach change management during a digital transformation project. Key Insights
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| What to Look Forward to at the 2026 SAP Sapphire & ASUG Annual Conference | 12 Apr 2026 | 00:17:06 | |
This week on ASUG Talks, we hear from the ASUG Content Team, who is currently hard at work finalizing the programming for SAP Sapphire and ASUG Annual Conference. They walk listeners through what they can expect from the conference sessions along with the ASUG Pre-Conference Seminars, kicking off May 11. Key Insights
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| ASUG Talks: Candid Career Conversations: Season 1, Episode 1: Ann Largent | 08 Mar 2022 | 00:21:01 | |
For the debut episode of ASUG Talks: Candid Career Conversations, we are joined by Ann Largent, a senior solution engineer at enosix and an ASUG volunteer. In celebration of International Women's Day this month, this is part of a series of content focused on the experiences of women working in the IT world. We discussed how Ann got started in the IT industry, her experiences working as a professional in the SAP ecosystem, and her work as an ASUG volunteer. | |||
| SAP's Jan Gilg on Practical Advice for Navigating AI, Cloud, and SAP’s 2027 ECC Support Deadline | 05 Apr 2026 | 00:22:46 | |
This week on ASUG Talks, Jan Gilg rejoins the podcast. In conversation with Geoff Scott, ASUG CEO & Chief Community Champion, Jan discusses how SAP is working to improve private cloud adoption, the value of faster innovation cycles, how SAP's AI strategy fits into its larger vision. Key Insights
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| The Case for Cloud: Leveraging RISE with SAP and Cloud Environments to Jumpstart ERP Innovation | 29 Mar 2026 | 00:30:33 | |
This week on ASUG Talks, we go to the cloud. As SAP customers seek to embrace innovation to spur improved business processes, cloud environments are critical to that journey. SAP's Sanjay Kulkarni joins the podcast not only to articulate the central place cloud environments play in ERP innovation, but also to address ASUG members' specific concerns with handing their entire ERP environment over to hyperscaler partners. Key Insights
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| 3 Key Themes Revealed by the 2026 Pulse of the SAP Customer Research | 22 Mar 2026 | 00:36:48 | |
This week on ASUG Talks, we dive into the ninth annual Pulse of the SAP Customer Research, honing in on three specific themes the research revealed. Key Insights
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| SAP CEO Christian Klein on AI, Global Volatility, and the Future of SAP Professionals | 15 Mar 2026 | 00:31:52 | |
This week on ASUG Talks, SAP CEO Christian Klein joins Geoff Scott, ASUG CEO and Chief Community Champion, for a discussion about the ever-evolving place AI has in the SAP ecosystem, Christian's thoughts on current global business disruptions impacting SAP customers, and the future of SAP careers. Key Insights
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| Keys to Change Management Success: Setting the Stage for Effective OCM Strategies | 08 Mar 2026 | 00:34:12 | |
This week on ASUG Talks, we air the first in a three-part series focused on change management. ASUG VP of Content, Patty Brown, is joined by two seasoned change management professionals who off their perspectives on how enterprises should jumpstart their OCM strategies to set a foundation for success further in the technology adoption process. Key Insights
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| Lessons from HP's SAP S/4HANA Migration Journey | 01 Mar 2026 | 00:20:30 | |
This week on ASUG Talks, we learn how HP leveraged RISE with SAP to implement a single global SAP S/4HANA instance. Ramesh Gopinath, Senior Director of ERP and Workflow Platforms, joins the podcast to walk listeners throughout how the organization prioritized cross-organizational collaboration and managed critical systems downtime for maintenance during this digital transformation. Key Insights
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| How PepsiCo is Setting the Stage for SAP Business Data Cloud Adoption | 22 Feb 2026 | 00:31:18 | |
This week on ASUG Talks, we talk with PepsiCo, as the organization is set to begin leveraging SAP Business Data Cloud. Prasad Suram and Venkat Nalabothu, two of the organization's IT leaders who are involved with the implementation, join the podcast to discuss their learnings, advice, and insights. Key Insights
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| Get to Know David Robinson, President of SAP North America | 15 Feb 2026 | 00:35:20 | |
This week on ASUG Talks, Geoff Scott, ASUG CEO & Chief Community Champion, sits down with the new SAP North America President, David Robinson. During their conversation, the two dive into David's background, responsibilities, and thoughts about IT innovation within the North American customer base. Key Highlights
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| ASUG Research Reveals Change Management Approaches, Benefits, and Hurdles | 08 Feb 2026 | 00:36:24 | |
The ASUG Research team joins the podcast to break down its recent research project focused on change management. We dive into how members of the ASUG community are approaching change management, and the hurdles they are reporting when rolling these strategies out along side large scale digital transformation projects. Key Insights
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| SAP North America's President on Greenfield vs. Brownfield, AI Agent Readiness, and the Evolving Roles of SAP Professionals | 07 Jun 2026 | 00:35:05 | |
On the final day of SAP Sapphire & ASUG Annual Conference, Geoff Scott, ASUG CEO & Chief Community Champion, was joined by David Robinson, President of SAP North America. Following the litany of announcements SAP made at the event--including its vision for the "Autonomous Enterprise," the two touched on the path forward for SAP customers and how SAP professionals will see their roles change. Key Insights
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| Highlights from the SAP Q4 and FY 2025 Financial Results | 01 Feb 2026 | 00:30:53 | |
SAP announced its Q4 and full year 2025 financial results last week. Analysts Joshua Greenbaum and Jon Reed, along with ASUG Senior Editor Isaac Feldberg, join ASUG Talks to discuss their key takeaways and highlights from the financial results call. Key Insights
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| Setting the Stage for AI: Building a Center of Excellence and Ensuring Solution Accuracy | 25 Jan 2026 | 00:30:39 | |
In the second part of our "Setting the Stage for AI" series, Anurag Barua and Paul Modderman join the podcast to follow up their advice from the previous episode for enterprises seeking to establish a solid, sound foundation for leveraging AI solutions. Key Insights
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| Setting the Stage for AI Solutions: Budgeting and Adoption Strategies | 18 Jan 2026 | 00:36:06 | |
This week on ASUG Talks, we kick of the first in a two-part series focused on what critical steps organizations should take as they begin their AI journeys. Anurag Barua and Paul Modderman return to the podcast after their episodes focused on agentic and generative AI to offer their insights on this critical first steps. Key Insights
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| Your Questions Answered: AI, S/4HANA Implementation, and Cloud ALM | 11 Jan 2026 | 00:46:28 | |
In a follow-up to the live episode of ASUG Talks recorded at ASUG Tech Connect last November featuring questions submitted by the conference's attendees, ASUG CEO & Chief Community Champion, Geoff Scott is joined once again by analysts Joshua Greenbaum and Jon Reed. They dive in to those submitted questions left unanswered. Key Insights:
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| Your SAP Business Data Cloud Questions Answered | 04 Jan 2026 | 00:26:20 | |
ASUG Talks kicks off 2026 answering your questions. Last year, during an ASUG Community Conversation focused on SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC), we fielded questions from our attendees about the newest addition to the SAP portfolio. This week on ASUG Talks, I am joined by Sandeep Dhingra, VP & Strategic Architect Advisor of SAP BDC. He addresses the event's unanswered questions about BDC, and how it can help customers prepare their IT landscapes for AI. Related Insights | |||
| ASUG CEO Reflects on Key SAP Themes, Trends, and Hurdles in 2025 | 28 Dec 2025 | 00:31:10 | |
ASUG CEO & Chief Community Champion, Geoff Scott, joins ASUG Talks this week to discuss three of the year's most critical theme--as revealed to us by our ASUG Talks agentic AI chatbot! Geoff and I also walked listeners throughout our own AI use case and reflected on the year's key themes and topics in the ASUG community. Key Insight:
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| A Look Back on Critical 2025 ASUG Content | 22 Dec 2025 | 00:37:43 | |
This week on ASUG Talks, I am joined by several of my colleagues, who worked hard this past year to develop content aimed at helping ASUG members make the most of their SAP technology investments. We cover the year's best insights, from conferences to podcasts, and which insights are the most helpful and critical. Key Resources:
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| Leveraging SAP Cloud ALM to Jumpstart Business Transformations | 14 Dec 2025 | 00:31:04 | |
This week on ASUG Talks, SAP Cloud ALM takes center stage. I am joined by two guests offering different perspectives about the solution. Bryce Lightner, Enterprise Solutions and Operations Architect at Woodstream Corporation, discussed his experience using the solution, while Sören Ruder, Chief Product Officer (CPO) and Head of Customer Experience & Solutions (CXS) at SAP, joined the podcast to articulate the value of SAP Cloud ALM and where it fits into the portoflio. Key Insights
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| Inside Global SAP User Group Research on S/4, Cloud Adoption, and AI Trends | 07 Dec 2025 | 00:42:36 | |
Leaders from the global SAP user groups DSAG, UKISUG, and ASUG joined the podcast this week to discuss the findings from the annual collaborative research projects the communities undertake. The three leaders not only discussed the similarities in SAP priorities, investments, and hurdles among their members, but they also parsed the differences in response among the global user groups. Key Insights
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| Vital Insights and Lessons from ASUG Talks in 2025 | 30 Nov 2025 | 00:16:31 | |
In a special episode of ASUG Talks, we dive into several of clips from ASUG Talks episodes published throughout the year, covering topics ranging from cloud environments to IT professional development. Join us this week to hear clips from some of the podcast's most popular 2025 episodes. Episodes Included:
If you have any comments (or pitches) for ASUG Talks Senior Producer, Jim Lichtenwalter, please email him at jim.lichtenwalter@asug.com. Related Insights | |||
| Live from SAP Sapphire & ASUG Annual Conference: Customer Needs, AI in ECC, and Data Management | 31 May 2026 | 00:41:22 | |
In a live session at SAP Sapphire & ASUG Annual Conference, Geoff Scott, ASUG CEO & Chief Community Champion, was joined by SAP analysts Jon Reed and Joshua Greenbaum for a candid recording answer YOUR questions. The three not only fielded inquiries submitted by conference attendees, but they also answered questions posed by audience members listening to their conversation. Key Insights
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| Answering Your Questions About RISE, SAP Business Data Cloud, and AI [Live at ASUG Tech Connect] | 23 Nov 2025 | 00:29:30 | |
In this live episodes of ASUG Talks, we answered your questions. ASUG CEO and Chief Community Champion Geoff Scott was joined by analysts Jon Reed and Joshua Greenbaum for an "ask me anything session." The three fielded questions submitted by conference attendees throughout the week, along with questions asked by the live audience. Key Topics:
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| Breaking Down the Key Announcements from SAP TechEd and ASUG Tech Connect | 16 Nov 2025 | 00:23:17 | |
This week on ASUG Talks, Isaac Feldberg, Senior Editor at ASUG, joins the podcast to discuss SAP TechEd and ASUG Tech Connect. These events share many of the same topics and themes--specifically focused on SAP developers and solutions like SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC). On the podcast, we chat through our biggest takeaways and what some of the main announcements from SAP TechEd mean for SAP customers. Key Topics:
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| SAP's Irfan Khan on SAP Business Data Cloud's Impact and Future Development | 09 Nov 2025 | 00:28:14 | |
In an exclusive interview, Irfan Khan, President & Chief Product Officer of SAP Data & Analytics, joined ASUG Talks to lay out the SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) announcements coming out of SAP TechEd. Following up on his appearance on ASUG Talks earlier this year, Irfan also discusses the SAP customer community's reception of SAP BDC and how it fits into the software company's suite-first strategy. Key Insights:
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| Advice from ASUG Board Members: Building Resilient IT Careers in the Age of AI | 02 Nov 2025 | 00:41:23 | |
During a special episode of ASUG Talks recorded live at the recent Dallas-Forth Worth ASUG Chapter Meeting, Geoff Scott, ASUG CEO & Chief Community Champion was joined by a panel of current and former ASUG board members: Jamie Lee, Tony Caesar, and Craig Dalziel. The group focused on a timely and critical topic: future-proofing IT careers. With advances in AI changing the ways enterprises work and shifts in the industry job markets, it has never been more important for IT professionals to take steps to ensure they are continually improving their skillsets and expanding their knowledge base. Key Topics:
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| SAP's Thomas Saueressig on Public and Private Cloud, Enterprise Architecture, and AI Integration | 26 Oct 2025 | 00:33:37 | |
ASUG CEO & Chief Community Champion, Geoff Scott, sat down with SAP leader--and member of the software company's executive board--Thomas Saueressig. Overseeing the board area focused on customer services and delivery, Thomas possesses a unique perspective on what SAP customers require from their IT investments, and how SAP is working to drive innovation among its customer base. Key Insight
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| Powering Supply Chain, Maintenance, and Financial Process Innovation in the Oil and Gas Industries | 19 Oct 2025 | 00:57:24 | |
Recorded live on ASUG Best Practices for Oil, Gas, and Energy conference keynote stage, this special episode of ASUG Talks focuses on how enterprises in these industries are using SAP solutions to drive efficient and safe operations, while spurring IT innovation. This roundtable of IT experts--approaching these topics from different areas of their businesses--shared how their organizations are leveraging SAP, and steps attendees (and listeners!) should take to set the stage for success with their SAP investments. Key Insights:
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| How Precision Drilling Drives Improved Asset Maintenance with SAP S/4HANA | 12 Oct 2025 | 00:29:52 | |
This week on ASUG Talks, we hear from another SAP customer that has leveraged SAP S/4HANA to drive improved business processes. Elisa Smith, Global Manager of Operation Assets at Precision Drilling, sat down with us before her presentation at ASUG Best Practices for Oil, Gas, and Energy. She not only detailed the organization's S/4 journey, but also detailed how the ERP platform helped spur better data governance and improved asset maintenance and management processes. Key Insights
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| Keys to Successful SAP Digital Transformation Projects | 05 Oct 2025 | 00:34:06 | |
Subscribe to ASUG Talks on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, and Spotify. While moving to SAP S/4HANA is top of mind for SAP users, many are unsure how to proceed. According to the 2025 ASUG Pulse of the SAP Customer Research, 47% are citing the move as a top challenge in 2025. Another 56% indicate that SAP S/4HANA skills are the most important to have this year—whether they have the talent on their team or not. Now that numerous enterprises have successfully transitioned to the platform, best practices have been tried, tested, and are poised to help those who are ready. In this episode of ASUG Talks, Dr. Uwe Grigoleit, SVP of Customer Evolution at SAP, joins the podcast to share actionable advice for getting started on the ERP transformation journey. He guides listeners through decisions like Brownfield versus Greenfield transition, tapping AI for the heavy lifting on master data integration, and how AI tools from SAP help with testing new processes. Key Insights:
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| Key ERP Innovation Insights from the SAP Transformation Excellence Summit | 28 Sep 2025 | 00:35:27 | |
With the looming 2027 maintenance deadline for SAP ECC 6.0, navigating digital transformations is a critical focus for many SAP customers. It's also a significant challenge. According to the 2025 ASUG Pulse of the SAP Customer Research, 47% reported migrating to SAP S/4HANA as a challenge for their enterprise. With that in mind, SAP is trying to help its customers through these challenges, complex, and resource-heavy digital transformation projects. The integrated toolchain--including SAP Signavio, SAP LeanIX, WalkMe, and SAP Cloud ALM--is aimed at assisting enterprises as they undertake SAP transformation projects. This week on ASUG Talks, we are joined by Dee Houchen, CMO of SAP Signavio and SAP LeanIX; and Kelly Downling, ASUG Director of Product Strategy. The two discussed the recent SAP Transformation Excellence Summit, where the toolchain took center stage, and how customers are leveraging these solutions to faciliate digital transformation projects. Key Insights:
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| Equipping Veterans to Become the Next Generation of SAP Professionals | 21 Sep 2025 | 00:35:54 | |
Subscribe to ASUG Talks on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, and Spotify According to the 2025 ASUG Pulse of the SAP Customer Research, over one-third (35%) of respondents indicated that finding employees with the internal skills necessary to manage new technology is a top organizational challenge. As SAP S/4HANA adoption, cloud migration, and the growing utility of AI become more and more critical to SAP customers, it has never been more important to find IT professionals equipped with the knowledge and expertise to spur IT innovation. In this episode of ASUG Talks, SAP education takes center stage. Shaquille Charles, a graduate of the St. Michael's Learning Academy (SMLA) SAP Veterans to Work program and a current Customer Success Manager at SAP, and Christine Aboud, CEO & Co-Owner of SMLA, join the podcast. They discuss the Veterans to Work Program, Shaquille's transition from the military to his current SAP role, and the importance of building the next generation of SAP professionals. Key Insights
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| SAP Chief Customer Officer Thomas Saueressig Reflects on SAP's API Policy, Autonomous Enterprise Vision, and Recent Acquisitions | 24 May 2026 | 00:39:53 | |
This week on ASUG Talks, SAP's chief customer officer joins the podcast, giving vital context to many of the announcements at SAP Sapphire & ASUG Annual Conference along with SAP's new API policy. Key Insights
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| Overcoming Oil & Gas Business Transformation Challenges with SAP | 14 Sep 2025 | 00:30:18 | |
Efficiency and safety are critical components of oil and gas operations. As the SAP portfolio expands and evolves, how is the software company still arming its OGE customers with solutions and offerings that enable efficiency and safety? Ahead of their session at ASUG Best Practices (Oct. 6-8; register here) oil and gas industry leaders Justin Lester and Bob Pennington sat down with ASUG Talks to discuss the changing world of IT in this field. Given their collective experience, the two veterans charted how OGE operations have changed, and how SAP is factoring into many enterprises' IT operations. Key Insights:
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| Executive Interview: Clean Core, ERP Innovation, and Cloud Adoption with Jan Gilg | 07 Sep 2025 | 00:28:07 | |
As SAP encourages its customer base to undertaking innovative business transformations--including migrating to the cloud and embracing SAP S/4HANA--ASUG Talks recently sat down with Jan Gilg, Chief Revenue Officer & President for SAP Americas and the SAP Global Business Suite organization. During our conversations, Jan discussed the new "suite-first" approach SAP unveiled at SAP Sapphire & ASUG Annual Conference along with the importance of clean core strategies, and the evolution of RISE and GROW with SAP. Key Takeaways:
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| ASUG Talks Special Edition: 2025 Fall Conferences Preview | 01 Sep 2025 | 00:26:36 | |
ASUG is set to kick off its fall conference season, hosting three events aimed at helping attendees make the most of their SAP investments: SAP for Utilities, Presented by ASUG; ASUG Best Practices; and ASUG Tech Connect. Ahead of these events, ASUG Talks sat down with the three ASUG programmers tasked with creating the agendas for the conferences and ensuring the content and insights present at these three events are meaningful and impactful:
The three broke down these upcoming conferences, highlighting crucial sessions, topics, and opportunities. You can learn more about (and register for) the ASUG 2025 Fall Conferences here: | |||
| ASUG Talks Roundtable: Overcoming Large-Scale Supply Chain Disruptions | 24 Aug 2025 | 00:34:22 | |
Organizations have contended with several "black swan" events in recent years, severely interrupting global supply chains, including the COVID-19 pandemic, global conflicts, trade route disruptions, and now the specter of tariffs. Recently at SAP Sapphire & ASUG Annual Conference, SAP used the example of tariffs as a way to demonstrate how its integrated business suite can help customers contend with business disruptions. This week on ASUG Talks, we dive deep into this topic, examining the role SAP solutions can play as enterprises seeks to bolster their supply chains, and prepare for the next inevitable disruption. Two supply chain experts--John Buckley, Consumer Product Industry Advisor at SAP; and Ron Gilson, Executive Advisor and Principal of Consumer Products and Agribusiness at NTT DATA--join the podcast to cover the ways supply chains have changed, and how listeners can take steps to improve them. Key Insights
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| ASUG Talks Roundtable: Unpacking ASUG Cloud and AI Research | 17 Aug 2025 | 00:22:28 | |
ASUG recently collaborated with Intel and Microsoft to examine two of the hottest topics in the SAP ecosystem: cloud migration and AI adoption. As SAP continues spurring its customer base to embrace the cloud, citing next-generation AI solutions as a critical benefit to this shift, this research sheds light into how the cloud environments ASUG members are choosing, and what processes they are using AI solutions to improve. Blake Baltazar, ASUG Senior Project & Research Analyst, and Marissa Gilbert, ASUG Research Director, join ASUG Talks this week to break down this research and its key findings. Key Insights
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| ASUG Talks Roundtable: The Changing Role of Enterprise Architects in Utilities | 10 Aug 2025 | 00:34:25 | |
In North America, the utilities industry is contending with shifting customer expectations, growing power demands, and changing technology infrastructure. With the growing importance of AI and cloud solutions, the role of enterprise architects is altering in utility companies. Ahead of their session focused on EAs in utilities at SAP for Utilities, Presented by ASUG, Marc Rosson, EA at Snohomish County PUD, and Martin Mysyk, Senior EA at SAP Canada, join ASUG Talks for a conversation about this changing job. We dive into how SAP is supporting EAs in the utilities space, along with ways organizations to empower and train the next generation of EAs. Key Topics
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| ASUG Talks Roundtable: Inside ASUG's SAP S/4HANA Adoption Research | 03 Aug 2025 | 00:27:24 | |
SAP S/4HANA officially released 10 years ago. In that decade, SAP has not only encouraged its customer base to embrace the next-generation ERP platform, but it also spurred widespread cloud migration. The ASUG research team has monitored the adoption of both S/4HANA and cloud environments for several years. In this year's research, sponsored by BearingPoint, they found continued adoption of both S/4HANA and cloud environments among the ASUG membership. Marissa Gilbert, ASUG Research Director, and Blake Baltazar, Senior Project & Research Analyst, join ASUG Talks to discuss the research and the trends they are seeing. Key Insights
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| ASUG Talks News Brief: Breaking Down the SAP Q2 2025 Financial Results | 27 Jul 2025 | 00:19:07 | |
SAP hosted its quarterly financial results call last week. The first since the litany of announcements the software company made at SAP Sapphire & ASUG Annual Conference in May, the event covered SAP's continuing focus on cloud adoption and innovative AI strategies. But, in keeping with its most recent messaging, SAP also continued articulating how its software can help organizations deal with current economic headwinds. Jim Lichtenwalter, Senior Producer of ASUG Podcasts, is joined by Isaac Feldberg, Senior Editor at ASUG, to discuss the earnings results and what they means for ASUG members. Key Insights:
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| ASUG Talks Roundtable: How Agentic AI is Reshaping the SAP Ecosystem | 21 Jul 2025 | 00:51:52 | |
AI is innovating at a rapid rate. After generative AI took the ERP ecosystem--and the larger tech industry--by storm in recent years, agentic AI is quickly capturing the attention of the community. It makes sense, as the capabilities enabled by agentic AI solutions are staggering. And SAP is introducing agentic-infused solutions, further enabling its customers. But what exactly IS agentic AI? What can it accomplish for users? In the latest ASUG Talks Roundtable, host Jim Lichtenwalter is rejoined by AI thought leaders, Paul Modderman, Founding AI Engineer at Nova Intelligence; and Anurag Barua, Transformation Leader at SAP. The three build on their previous conversation (focused on generative AI) and dive deep into the development and utility of agentic AI.
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| ASUG Talks Roundtable: What ASUG and SAP Research Reveals About Integration | 13 Jul 2025 | 00:20:10 | |
Dive into a recent collaborative research project conducted by ASUG and SAP focused on one of the chief focuses (and challenges) for ASUG Members: integration. Members of the ASUG Research Team, Blake Baltazar and Marissa Gilbert, join ASUG Talks host Jim Lichtenwalter to go over the second iteration of this research, specific trends they are seeing, and how ASUG Members are approaching their integration strategies. Key Topics:
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| Inside the 2026 SAP Sapphire & ASUG Annual Conference News and Announcements | 17 May 2026 | 00:23:14 | |
In Orlando last week at SAP Sapphire & ASUG Annual Conference, SAP announced a new, AI-focused vision for its customer base. This week on ASUG Talks, Jim Lichtenwalter, Senior Podcast Producer and ASUG Talks Host, is joined by Isaac Feldberg, ASUG Senior Editor, to break down the event's announcements and put them in context for ASUG members. Key Insights
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| ASUG Talks Customer Success Story: How SA Power Networks Managed a Dual SAP S/4HANA Migration | 08 Jul 2025 | 00:38:38 | |
Conducting a single SAP S/4HANA digital transformation is complicated enough. In this episode of ASUG Talks, we sat down with Travis Smith, Principal SAP Enterprise Architect at SA Power Networks. The Australian utility company tackled TWO RISE with SAP projects at the same time. Travis walks ASUG Talks through just how. Key Insights:
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| ASUG Talks Roundtable: Keys to Leveraging SAP BTP | 29 Jun 2025 | 00:35:03 | |
In this latest ASUG Talks roundtable, we dive deep into the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP). The solution helps SAP customers tackle a variety of functions. But where should users begin? We are joined by the authors of the SAP Press publication SAP Business Technology Platform :
They cover how enterprises can begin successfully leveraging SAP BTP and laid out some of the most interesting use cases featured in the publication. Related Resources
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| ASUG Talks Executive Interview: David Robinson, SAP | 22 Jun 2025 | 00:30:57 | |
In the final episode recorded live at SAP Sapphire & ASUG Annual Conference, ASUG Talks focuses on SAP cloud offerings. David Robinson, President of Cloud ERP at SAP, sat down with Geoff Scott, ASUG CEO & Chief Community Champion for a conversation around SAP's evolving cloud strategy. With over two decades of experience at SAP, Robinson has been crucial in the development of this strategy, along with his role in the RISE with SAP launch.
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