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| Create Your Own AI Agents with SAP Build | feat. Maria Kondratyeva | 16 Dec 2025 | 00:44:28 | |
Host Niklas Siemer is joined by Maria Kondratyeva, Product Manager for Joule Studio in SAP Build, for a deep dive into the newly announced SAP Build Agent Builder, a major step forward in helping organizations create their own custom AI Agents. Niklas and Maria explore how SAP Build empowers low code and no code users to create content-based agents, while developers can extend capabilities using APIs, SAP Build Actions, and Model Context Protocol servers for deeper integration. They also highlight practical enterprise examples such as compensation proposal agents and warehouse operations agents that show how AI agents reduce manual work, accelerate decision making, and orchestrate processes across heterogeneous landscapes. Whether you are a developer, architect, or process owner, this episode unpacks what it takes to operationalize AI responsibly. You will hear how SAP is approaching governance, human in the loop checks, Cloud ALM observability, and the future of agent-to-agent communication as Agent Builder becomes available on December 19. Also in this episode:
Plus, Maria shares her favorite hobbies, why tea is her daily companion, and two book recommendations that shaped her thinking on AI and complex systems. Don’t miss this episode if you want to understand how SAP Build, Joule Studio, and SAP BTP are helping enterprises move from exploration to hands-on success in the era of AI Agents. ===== Useful Links Discussed In The Show Skill Builder content to get started with: · Setting Up Joule Studio for All Customer Flowsand Entitlement Levels Partner blogs for inspiration: Subscribe to the Unlocking SAP BTP Podcast: ===== About the speakers: Maria Kondratyeva Product Manager, SAP Build Maria is a Product Manager for Joule Studio in SAP Build, currently focusing on the Agent Builder experience that empowers users to design, test, and deploy AI Agents with ease. She is passionate about making enterprise AI approachable and practical, and outside of work, she enjoys yoga and Pilates, balancing activity with quiet moments of creativity and reflection. Follow Maria on: LinkedIn Hosted by Niklas Siemer Senior Product Specialist SAP Business Technology Platform Niklas is a passionate Product Manager for SAP BTP with a strong background in software development, primarily using Java and Node.js. He co-hosts the Unlocking SAP BTP (formerly SAP BTP Talk) podcast, where he explores SAP BTP topics in monthly deep dives. Before his current role, Niklas worked as a Learning Specialist, creating and delivering technical training on SAP BTP and the ABAP Platform. Follow Niklas on: LinkedIn ===== Connect With the Unlocking SAP BTP Podcast
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| AI That Acts, Not Just Chats: The Integration Advantage | feat. Craig Stasila | 14 Dec 2025 | 00:58:41 | |
Niklas Siemer is joined by Craig Stasila, Senior Director of Product Marketing at SAP, to unpack how integration is the missing link powering the next generation of agentic AI. From the rise of autonomous agents to real-world enterprise applications, they explore why AI cannot deliver meaningful business value without strong integration foundations. You’ll hear how SAP Integration Suite, APIs, and event-driven architectures are evolving to make AI agents smarter, safer, and more connected than ever before. They also dive into the newly announced support for MCP in SAP Integration Suite, how it standardizes communication between AI agents and business systems, and what this means for developers and architects working to operationalize AI across the enterprise. Also in this episode:
Plus, hear Craig’s take on ska music, mixology, and how the DIY mindset of punk rock mirrors today’s rapid experimentation in AI and integration innovation. Don’t miss this deep dive into how SAP BTP and Integration Suite are helping enterprises move from hype to hands-on success in the era of agentic AI. Subscribe to the Unlocking SAP BTP Podcast: About the speakers: Craig Stasila Senior Director of Product Marketing With extensive experience in integration and enterprise automation, Craig has been a key player in the SAP ecosystem since 1998. He’s held diverse roles: from integration consultant to product manager and successfully connected countless systems, even an SAP system to a toaster. In his current role, he uses his passion and deep knowledge to engage users and help them harness the power of SAP Integration Suite. Outside of work, Craig cherishes spending time with his wife and daughters, pickup basketball games, and indulging in mixing craft cocktails. He also loves attending live music shows featuring under-the-radar bands. Whether you’re into tech, family life, unique hobbies, or punk rock music, Craig is always up for an engaging conversation. Follow Craig on: LinkedIn
Senior Product Specialist SAP Business Technology Platform Niklas is a passionate Product Manager for SAP BTP with a strong background in software development, primarily using Java and Node.js. He co-hosts the Unlocking SAP BTP (formerly SAP BTP Talk) podcast, where he explores SAP BTP topics in monthly deep dives. Before his current role, Niklas worked as a Learning Specialist, creating and delivering technical training on SAP BTP and the ABAP Platform. Follow Niklas on: LinkedIn Connect With the Unlocking SAP BTP Podcast More about SAP Business Technology Platform: Feedback or podcast ideas? Write us an email at platformtalks@sap.com | |||
| Episode 114: Configure and manage BTP landscape with your AI digital assistant – Joule within SAP BTP Cockpit | 24 Dec 2024 | 00:28:47 | |
Learn how Joule revolutionizes the way you interact with your SAP Business Technology Platform landscape through SAP BTP Cockpit. In this episode of SAP BTP Talk, December 2024, we will talk about how Joule – the AI copilot from SAP – truly understands your business. And when this intelligence is infused in SAP BTP Cockpit, how it transforms productivity and the way your teams work. Host Gaurav Dey interviews Kishore Vivekanandan, a product lead at SAP BTP, discussing Joule’s role in making BTP administration more efficient and user-friendly. Our conversation delves into the advancements in AI, particularly interactive AI in business applications, with a focus on the new features of SAP BTP and Joule’s integration. We also touch upon the learnings that the development team had from the beta program and how those insights have shaped the product roadmap. Download transcript as PDF file Interview Guest: Kishore Kumar Vivekanandan, Head of BTP Core Experience (Multi-Cloud, AI & Neo), leads the BTP Core Experience organization, overseeing engineering teams responsible for critical foundations such as SAP BTP Cockpit—the central management UI for SAP BTP services and environments—along with the BTP CLI, a developer-focused terminal interface for cloud-native operations, and BTP Neo Core services. As a visionary leader, Kishore spearheads the strategic investment in integrating AI capabilities into SAP BTP Cockpit. His efforts are driving the evolution of SAP’s administrative interfaces with Joule, SAP’s AI-powered copilot, to transform how users interact with and manage their BTP landscapes. Kishore’s expertise lies in managing cross-functional teams, delivering complex enterprise-grade solutions, and fostering innovation in cloud computing and AI. He is passionate about enhancing user experience and empowering customers to unlock the full potential of SAP BTP. Follow Kishore on LinkedIn Hosted by: Gaurav Dey – SAP BTP Engineering & Experience, SAP Follow Gaurav on SAP Community Links to the Resources that were discussed in the episode:
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| SAP HANA Cloud Platform Episode 25 | 27 Oct 2016 | 00:32:04 | |
| SAP HANA Cloud Platform Episode 24 | 26 Sep 2016 | 00:35:57 | |
| SAP HANA Cloud Platform Episode 23 | 17 Aug 2016 | 00:17:34 | |
| SAP HANA Cloud Platform Episode 22 | 05 Jul 2016 | 00:19:03 | |
| SAP HANA Cloud Platform Episode 21 | 23 Mar 2016 | 00:22:00 | |
| SAP HANA Cloud Platform Episode 19 | 28 Jan 2016 | 00:18:59 | |
| SAP HANA Cloud Platform Episode 18 | 17 Dec 2015 | 00:15:45 | |
| SAP HANA Cloud Platform Episode 17 | 19 Nov 2015 | 00:14:45 | |
| SAP HANA Cloud Platform Episode 16 | 05 Nov 2015 | 00:25:25 | |
| SAP HANA Cloud Platform Episode 15 | 26 Oct 2015 | 00:18:33 | |
| Episode 113: Event Driven Architecture with a Power Couple – SAP Integration Suite and Advanced Event Mesh | 29 Nov 2024 | 00:48:04 | |
In this episode, Niklas Siemer will have a conversation with Gautham Krishna, Product Manager SAP Integration Suite, and Karsten Strothmann, Lead PM Event-Driven Integration, about the world. As we all know the world is event-driven, right? So, let’s talk about what EDAs are and what use cases have made it to day-to-day life. Learn how Event-Driven Architecture can be applied to businesses to allow them to benefit from this game-changing approach. Download transcript as PDF file Interview Guests: Gautham Krishna Gautham is a passionate and seasoned product manager with 10+ years of experience, focused on providing entrepreneurial solutions to enterprise integration problems. He is specializing in product strategy, commercialization, go-to-market and technical enablement mainly to encourage customers to modernize and transform their IT landscapes using the latest technologies and services. Gautham is an active and passionate member of the SAP community and contributes with informative and engaging content on Integration and other related topics. Follow Gautham on: LinkedIn Karsten Strothmann Karsten is lead product manager and evangelist for event-driven integration at SAP SE in Walldorf, Germany. He has more than 25 years of experience in the software industry. Karsten currently works on event-driven architecture in general, with a focus on extensions and integrations on SAP Business Technology Platform. During his career, Karsten has applied himself to highly varied roles, from product management, to development, to quality assurance, to consulting. This has given him a holistic view of both software creation and software usage. Follow Karsten on: LinkedIn Hosted by Niklas Siemer – Product Specialist SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP SE Follow Niklas on: LinkedIn Links of “What’s New” section:
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| SAP HANA Cloud Platform Episode 14 | 13 Oct 2015 | 00:28:25 | |
| SAP HANA Cloud Platform Episode 13 | 24 Sep 2015 | 00:39:30 | |
| SAP HANA Cloud Platform Episode 12 | 10 Sep 2015 | 00:11:16 | |
| SAP HANA Cloud Platform Episode 11 | 30 Aug 2015 | 00:25:01 | |
| SAP HANA Cloud Platform Episode 10 | 13 Aug 2015 | 00:25:01 | |
| SAP HANA Cloud Platform Episode 9 | 30 Jul 2015 | 00:35:18 | |
| SAP HANA Cloud Platform Episode 8 | 16 Jul 2015 | 00:27:13 | |
| Episode 112: Streamlining success with SAP BTP Service Catalog and embedded SAP Business AI capabilities | 31 Oct 2024 | 00:26:28 | |
Explore how SAP Business AI features along with SAP BTP service catalog and estimator work together to enhance business productivity. Discover how embedded SAP Business AI capabilities can drive solutions to real-time challenges, with hands-on tools and resources available at the SAP Discovery Center. In the 10th episode of SAP BTP Talk for 2024, we reflect on SAP TechEd, emphasizing innovation and collaboration highlighted by keynote speaker Mohamed Alam. The episode first discusses upcoming SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) enhancements, including accessibility via SAP Managed Data Centers and the introduction of ABAP Cloud for efficient extension development. For the main topic, Gaurav Dey is joined by Holger Neuert, Chief Product Expert for SAP BTP Service Catalog and Estimator, to explore the SAP Business AI Catalog, focusing on how embedded AI can optimize processes. SAP customers now have access to the new SAP Business AI Feature Catalog in SAP Discovery Center, offering a centralized location to explore all AI features. The catalog provides details, visuals, benefits, resources, pricing, and value information for AI offerings within the cloud suite. This resource helps SAP customers identify the most valuable and suitable AI features for their specific SAP landscape. Additionally, a new AI Unit Estimator tool has been added to aid in understanding the AI Units required for different features. This discussion provides a holistic overview of how SAP Discovery Center embeds SAP Business AI capabilities along with SAP Business AI Feature Catalog and Estimator. Tune in to learn how these capabilities can help you solve real-time business challenges while making the cloud adoption journey easier. Interview Guest: Holger Neuert – Chief Product Expert SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Holger Neuert is product manager in GLAC Adoption & Commercial Enablement team. His responsibilities are customer and partner facing activities around the BTP Cloud Management Tools, BTP commercialization topics and SAP Business AI Features. This includes managing SAP BTP Estimator, SAP Business AI Feature Estimator, BTP Service Catalog and SAP Business AI Feature Catalog as product owner. Holger has more than 25 years SAP experience and worked in different areas like consulting, solution management, and development. He is also university teacher for “Agile Project- and Innovation Management” at the Popakademie, Mannheim. Follow Holger on LinkedIn Hosted by: Gaurav Dey – SAP BTP Engineering & Experience, SAP Follow Gaurav on SAP Community Links to the Resources that were discussed in the episode:
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| Episode 111: Exploring Clean Core and the Power of AI in ABAP Cloud | 26 Sep 2024 | 00:32:43 | |
In this new episode, Niklas Siemer, Product Specialist for SAP Business Technology Platform, is talking to Sonja Liénard, Head of SAP BTP ABAP. Together they will make a deep dive into ABAP Cloud and its relation to clean-core. The use of artificial intelligence-based capabilities for developers will completely influence the world how ABAP developers will work with ABAP Cloud and its ABAP Development Tools. We will talk about upcoming innovations like code explanation and code generation and their potential coming in the near and far future. Interview Guest: Sonja Liénard, SVP, Head of SAP BTP ABAP Her experience within the SAP Universe ranges from the ABAP Kernel to ABAP’s database layer, overall ABAP language as well as ABAP development tools. She enjoys challenges and finding solutions for them and is all in for topics like change management and organizational development. Sonja has a strong background in user experience and human computer interaction. She brings a Magister (equivalent to Master studies) in Information Science, Business Informatics, and Literature.She is an inspiring leader fighting for diversity as well as bringing visionary ideas into life. Follow Sonja on: LinkedIn Links of “What’s New” section:
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| Episode 110: Empower organizations to maintain a secure digital landscape with SAP BTP Security services | 28 Aug 2024 | 00:31:20 | |
In this episode of SAP BTP Talk, August’ 2024 we will talk about SAP BTP Security services portfolio and how enterprises can build applications securely and foster a security-first culture in everything they do. We will touch upon topics like secure user access and connectivity, permissions, communications, and encryption. Our expert will also discuss how compliance is adhered with SAP BTP Security services along with integration to SAP Cloud ALM. Interview Guest: Jürgen Adolf is an SAP Product Manager specializing in SAP BTP Security. He helps customers explore and understand the security products and features available through SAP’s technology platform, answering questions about their value and benefits. Jürgen also presents at SAP and non-SAP conventions, leading lectures, and hands-on sessions, while channeling customer and market security requirements back to SAP’s development teams. Follow Jürgen on LinkedIn Hosted by: Gaurav Dey – SAP BTP Engineering & Experience, SAP Follow Gaurav on – SAP Community Links to the Resources that were discussed in the episode:
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| Episode 109: Achieve business process excellence with SAP Signavio Process Insights | 30 Jul 2024 | 00:48:57 | |
In this episode of SAP BTP Talk, July 2024, we will talk about SAP Signavio Process Insights which runs on SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) delivering data-driven insights into business processes and their usage based on data from one or more source systems. This service helps organizations to achieve business process excellence by helping to identify where processes can be improved, allowing users to drill down to understand root causes, and providing recommendations on how to improve. We would also touch upon how as a business user such as a process owner, change driver, transformation lead, or decision maker you can leverage this service to navigate through your business process transformation journey from insight to action & maximize process excellence. Interview Guest: Diana Veit is a Product Lead for SAP Signavio Process Insights, a process and mining product to kick-start transformation journeys. In her current role, Diana is responsible for driving the product vision, developing roadmaps, and ensuring successful customer adoption. She collaborates closely with a diverse range of customers and partners to meet user satisfaction and business success. Diana’s expertise lies in transforming innovative ideas into market-ready solutions through user research and prototyping. She thrives in multidisciplinary environments, where she aligns teams towards the shared goal of creating valuable products for customers. In addition to her work at SAP Signavio, Diana is a Lecturer in Digital Transformation at Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin, where she shares her knowledge and experience with students.’ Follow Diana on LinkedIn Hosted by: Gaurav Dey – SAP BTP Engineering & Experience, SAP Links to the Resources that were discussed in the episode:
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| Episode 108: Recap of SAP Sapphire and ASUG Annual Conference 2024 | 02 Jul 2024 | 00:39:12 | |
In this new episode Niklas Siemer, Product Specialist for SAP Business Technology Platform, is talking to Geoff Scott, CEO and Chief Community Champion of the Americas’ SAP Users’ Group (ASUG). Together they will make a recap of the impression and announcements of SAP Sapphire and the ASUG Annual Conference. Geoff is sharing his top moments and his opinion on AI in business. To close the interview, Geoff give a little preview on the ASUG Tech Connect in November. Download Episode Transcript Interview Guest: Geoff Scott, CEO and Chief Community Officer of ASUG, believes that the connections we make for our members have the potential to become career-defining relationships that inspire innovation and success for their organizations. His forward-thinking leadership prioritizes helping our members make the most of their investment in SAP technologies. To that end, Geoff works closely with customers, members, the SAP Executive Board, and the extensive partner ecosystem to amplify the voice of the SAP customer. Additionally, he enjoys the time he’s able to spend with our members at ASUG conferences, events, as well as in informal meetings. Geoff has more than 20 years of leadership and technology experience. including seven years of extensive SAP implementation and operations experience. His background in the automotive, food, retail, and startup spaces brings valuable, broad-based experience to ASUG. Follow on: LinkedIn More from American SAP User Group (ASUG):
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| Episode 107: Exploring the use of SAP BTP in Esports at Team Liquid | 30 May 2024 | 00:31:37 | |
In this new episode Niklas Siemer, Product Specialist for SAP Business Technology Platform, is talking to Thom Valks, Partnership manager at Team Liquid.
Interview Guest: Thom Valks is Partnerships Manager at Team Liquid. He studied Chinese Studies at the University of Leiden and after obtaining a BA and MA worked in the travel industry for six years. He always had a passion for gaming though, and when an opportunity to join Team Liquid arose, he grabbed the opportunity immediately. He has now worked at Team Liquid for the past 3 years. As Partnerships Manager, Thom is responsible for making sure Team Liquid’s sponsors (like SAP) get the most value out of the partnership. Follow on: LinkedIn More from Team Liquid:
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| Episode 106: Infuse intelligence in your business applications with SAP Generative AI Hub | 02 May 2024 | 00:26:46 | |
In this episode of SAP BTP Talk, April 2024, we will talk about the new addition made to the SAP Business AI family – ‘Generative AI Hub’. We will discuss: how does it fit into the overall SAP’s Business AI portfolio, the main use cases where it fits for the Generative AI scenarios, and how is this different from other generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney and others? Interview Guest: Hadi Hares – Lead Product Manager, SAP Business AI, has been working for the SAP BTP services SAP AI Core and SAP AI Launchpad since 2021. The latest addition to these services is the Generative AI Hub capability. He joined SAP in 2018 and drove several customer projects as a business process consultant and data scientist. Hadi holds a Master’s degree in Business and Economics, majoring in Data Science and Computational Economics. Follow Hadi on – SAP Community | LinkedIn Links to the Resources that were discussed in the episode:
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| Generative AI Meets Contextual Intelligence | 28 Mar 2024 | 00:43:45 | |
In this episode, Niklas Siemer is joined by Thomas Hammer, the lead product manager for SAP HANA Cloud, to discuss the newly introduced vector engine feature. Thomas explains its evolution and multi-model data processing capabilities and focuses on how the new vector engine enhances generative AI applications by improving context awareness. Thomas details its technical features, including new data types and SQL commands, and explores use cases in real estate and audio/image recognition. The conversation also touches on the operational impact, commercial aspects, and upcoming SAP HANA Cloud updates, such as increased storage and cost management tools. Also in this episode:
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| Become an AI-first, Suite-first Enterprise with SAP Databricks in SAP Business Data Cloud | feat. San Tran | 22 Oct 2025 | 00:30:54 | |
Gaurav Dey is joined by San Tran, Product Manager for SAP Business Data Cloud, to discuss the groundbreaking partnership between SAP Business Data Cloud and SAP Databricks. They chat how SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform) is driving AI-first enterprise transformation through seamless SAP Data Sphere integration, zero-copy data sharing, and advanced AI/ML workflows. Also, hear how Business Data Fabric and SAP Business AI are enabling future-ready enterprise IT, making it easier than ever to turn enterprise data into real business value. From hands-on use cases like cash flow forecasting, margin analysis, and attrition analysis to practical tips for engineers and data scientists, you’ll get a front-row seat to digital transformation outcomes that matter. https://url.sap/piqx61Also in this episode:
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| Episode 104: Unleash next generation hybrid integrations with Edge Integration Cell | 23 Feb 2024 | 00:35:42 | |
In this episode of SAP BTP Talk, February’ 2024 we will talk about the new addition made to the SAP Integration Suite family ‘Edge Integration Cell’ that was announced as Generally Available at TechEd last year. We will discuss how Edge Integration Cell offers a hybrid integration runtime which enables enterprises to manage APIs and run integration scenarios within their private landscapes. The Edge Integration Cell enables the processing of data within a private landscape. This allows sender and receiver systems to exchange data without passing through the internet, as the data is hosted exclusively in an on-premise environment. The cloud-based environment of SAP Integration Suite is utilized to design and monitor integration content. Interview Guest: Finny Babu – Lead Product Manager, SAP Integration Suite Follow Finny on – SAP Community | LinkedIn | X Links to the Resources that were discussed in the episode:
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| Episode 103: Exploring SAP BTP, ABAP environment | 25 Jan 2024 | 00:46:28 | |
In this episode, Niklas Siemer is joined by Frank Jentsch, the project lead for the SAP ABAP environment, to provide an in-depth look at the platform. The discussion explores ABAP’s history, evolution, and role in the SAP ecosystem, with Frank explaining the “clean core” strategy and how the ABAP environment supports side-by-side development. He highlights key personas, available tools, and integration with BTP services, along with typical customer use cases and the premium engagement model. Looking ahead, Frank previews innovations like zero downtime management, installable products, and automatic scaling. He also shares resources for listeners to further explore and upskill on ABAP. Also in this episode:
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About Frank Jentsch: Frank Jentsch is leading the product SAP BTP ABAP environment and is based in Walldorf. Frank has 25 years experiences in ABAP-related development of applications and technology components. Follow on: LinkedIn Links of “What’s New” section:
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| Episode 102: SAP Build Code, enhancing developer productivity. | 21 Dec 2023 | 00:12:43 | |
In this episode we talk about SAP Build Code, an application development solution that draws on the capabilities of SAP’s generative AI copilot Joule, by embedding AI-based code generation technologies. In this episode of SAP BTP Talk, December’ 2023 we will talk about the new announcement ‘SAP Build Code’ that was made at TechEd 2023. We will discuss how SAP Build Code offers a turn-key environment for coding, testing, integrating, and managing Java and JavaScript application life cycles by bringing together key design and runtime services and tools in a single offering. Links to the Resources that were discussed in the episode:
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| Episode 101: Discovering SAP BTP Guidance Framework | 30 Nov 2023 | 00:34:04 | |
In this new episode Niklas Siemer, Product Specialist for SAP BTP, is talking to Raphael Schmitz, Chief Development Architect in SAP BTP Engineering, and Konstantin Heine, Product Manager for SAP Business Technology Platform. You will hear about the new released SAP BTP Guidance Framework: What it is, what the targeted personas are, the motivation for the creation and more. Konstantin and Raphael will give you a deep dive into the content for each persona including further details and recommendations. Don’t miss this episode when you want to use SAP BTP with more guidance and help! Interview Guest: Raphael Schmitz is Chief Development Architect. Raphael is based at SAP in Walldorf. Follow on: LinkedIn Interview Guest: Konstantin Heine is Product Manager for SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP). Konstantin is based at SAP in Walldorf. Follow on: LinkedIn Links of “What’s New” section:
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| Episode 100: Anniversary Special with Juergen Mueller, CTO and Executive Board Member at SAP SE | 17 Oct 2023 | 01:02:14 | |
In this episode, Hanna Salamon, Niklas Siemer, and Gaurav Dey are joined by Juergen Mueller, Chief Technology Officer and Executive Board member at SAP to celebrate 100 episodes! Jürgen discusses the importance of the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) for businesses, sharing success stories and key milestones in BTP’s evolution. Juergen also provides an exclusive look at the upcoming SAP TechEd 2023 conference, highlighting the focus on generative AI and the opportunities for attendees. He shares recommendations for the SAP community to stay up-to-date and engaged with the latest BTP developments. Also in this episode:
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About Juergen Mueller: Juergen Mueller is a member of the Executive Board of SAP SE, leading the Technology and Innovation board area. As Chief Technology Officer (CTO), he oversees SAP’s platform and technology development. He is responsible for innovation efforts related to SAP BTP as well as new technologies. Juergen contributes to SAP’s vision of enabling every company to become a resilient, sustainable, and intelligent enterprise by providing its technological foundation, SAP BTP. The platform brings together application development, data management, analytics and planning, integration, and artificial intelligence capabilities into one unified environment optimized for SAP applications. Since joining SAP in 2013, Juergen has held distinct leadership roles, serving as the Head of the Innovation Center Network, Managing Director of SAP Labs Berlin, and SAP’s Chief Innovation Officer. In 2019, Juergen was appointed to the Executive Board of SAP SE as CTO, taking on responsibilities for SAP’s platform and development unit. Juergen has a diploma in business informatics from the University of Goettingen, Germany, and holds a PhD with emphasis on new applications optimized for in-memory databases from the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany. In 2020, Juergen was included on Fortune’s 40 Under 40 and joined the World Economic Forum’s Community of Chief Digital Officers. Follow Juergen on: SAP Community | LinkedIn | X Read Juergen’s recent blogs: SAP Corporate Blog area Links for more information on the discussed topics:
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| Episode 99 – CapGPT, your prompt-based coding companion for developing business apps | 28 Sep 2023 | 00:37:09 | |
In this episode of SAP BTP Talk, September’ 2023 we will talk about how SAP is leveraging generative AI technologies into developing code and writing CAP applications. This conversation will highlight how SAP is integrating Large Language Models (LLM) into developer tools to generate CDS models for the SAP Cloud Application Programming Model. You will hear how developers are enabled to generate new code using CapGPT, whereby giving prompts they can Generate a CDS model and data for authors and books with the SAP Cloud Application Programming Model in less than a minute. Interview Guest: David Kunz works as an architect for the SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP). Originally, he is a theoretical physicist, but always been obsessed with computers, so it was clear that he wanted to become a software engineer, so after he got his PhD where he calculated the Higgs Boson mass in the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model. He joined SAP in 2015 where he first developed applications for S/4HANA Master Data Governance, using ABAP. Later joined the CAP team, where he is now working as an architect. He also has a YouTube Channel @devonduty where he talks about software engineering, Neovim and other tools he likes. Links to the Resources that were discussed in the episode:
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| Episode 98 - End-of-life for SAP BTP Neo environment | 31 Aug 2023 | 00:41:49 | |
In the new episode Niklas Siemer, Product Specialist for SAP BTP, is talking to Christian Fecht, Chief Product Owner of SAP BTP, Neo Environment. You will hear about the end-of-life announcement from SAP BTP Neo Environment, the impact on customers and SAP BTP itself. We will also make a small “time warp” into the history and evolution of SAP BTP. Christian will also explain what the motivation for sunsetting SAP BTP Neo environment was. We will sum up the interview with concrete action items for customers which implemented SAP BTP Neo environment. Interview Guest: Christian Fecht is a Chief Product Owner of SAP BTP, Neo Environment. Christian joined SAP in 1998 and is responsible for Neo Core, the core platform services in the SAP BTP, Neo Environment. Christian is based at SAP in Walldorf Christian started his professional career at SAP 25 years ago. Christian had several roles and tasks across SAP like developer and architect in the ABAP language team (implementing ABAP Objects), architect for the SAP NetWeaver AS Java, chief-architect and since 2013 chief product owner for Neo Core. Follow on: LinkedIn Links of “What’s New” road map items section:
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| Episode 97 – Accelerate your digital transformation to the Intelligent Enterprise with SAP & Google Cloud. | 28 Jul 2023 | 00:28:35 | |
In this episode of SAP BTP Talk, July’ 2023 we will talk about Bringing together SAP systems and data with Google Cloud. This partnership unlocks entirely new opportunities for enterprises to derive more value from their full data footprints. This discussion will highlight how SAP enables enterprises to build an end-to-end data cloud that brings data from across the heterogenous data landscape using the SAP Datasphere together with Google’s data cloud, so they can view their entire data in real time and maximize value from their SAP software and Google Cloud investments. Interview Guests: Sangeetha Krishnamoorthy is a Senior Development architect in the Strategic Customer Engagements team of Platform Adoption and Advisory in the T&I board area. As part of her role, Sangeetha helps customers by architecting and building innovative solutions that helps solve their challenging business problems, while helping with the SAP Business Technology Platform adoption. Sangeetha, with her team, also publishes validated reference architectures for Data and Analytics pillar specializing in hyperscaler data integrations for Analytics and machine learning use cases. She has over 20 years of experience in the Enterprise Software development industry designing and developing production grade software and features, working in 4 different fortune-100 companies before joining SAP in 2017. Rahul Tiwari is a Product Expert in the HANA Database & Analytics Cross Product Management Team. He has 18+ years of industry experience in business intelligence, data platforms, analytics and specialized applications including 12+ years at SAP. In his current role, Rahul is responsible for driving the collaboration with marquee partners & hyperscalers and champion their requirements internally to be incorporated into the portfolio. For Google Analytics Partnership, Rahul is the engineering lead driving the collaboration on product integration topics. Links to the Resources that were discussed in the episode:
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| Episode 96: Recap of SAP Sapphire Orlando and Barcelona and it's momentum for SAP BTP | 19 Jun 2023 | 00:37:14 | |
In this episode, host Niklas Siemer is joined by Steffen Pietsch, the Vice President and Head of SAP BTP Product Management, to discuss the latest updates and announcements from the recent SAP Sapphire events. They cover key SAP BTP roadmap updates, including improvements in SAP Build Apps and SAP Task Center integration. Siemer highlights announcements from Sapphire, such as SAP’s expanded partnership with Google Cloud and AI advancements in SAP Analytics Cloud. A customer success story features Frucor Suntory, who used SAP BTP to develop My Sales Hub, boosting productivity and revenue. Steffen Pietsch shares insights from Sapphire events in Orlando and Barcelona, discussing AI integration, SAP Build adoption, and the importance of SAP Integration Suite. Also in this episode:
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About Steffen Pietsch: Steffen Pietsch is the Vice President, Head of SAP BTP Product Management. Steffen joined SAP in 2021 and is globally responsible for the SAP BTP Product Management. Together with his teams, he drives innovation, further development, enablement, and adoption of the SAP BTP. Steffen is based at SAP in Walldorf Before he joined SAP, he gained more than 18 years of experience in various customer and partner roles. In addition to that Steffen was a board member and CTO of DSAG (German speaking SAP user group) registered association (e.V.). Follow on: LinkedIn Links of “What’s New” section:
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| Episode 95: Introduction to SAP Business Application Studio – SAP’s integrated development environment (IDE) in the cloud. | 01 Jun 2023 | 00:48:08 | |
In this episode of the SAP BTP Talk, host Niklas Siemer is joined by Yuval Anafi, the lead product owner of SAP Business Application Studio, to discuss capabilities and features of SAP Business Application Studio, the next-generation development environment from SAP. Yuval shares his experience at SAP and the principles behind SAP Business Application Studio, emphasizing standards, openness, flexibility, and guided developer experiences. He discusses how developers can get started, its support for various programming languages, low-code/no-code capabilities, and its connection with SAP Build. The conversation also covers its open-source foundations, compatibility with Visual Studio Code, upcoming roadmap items, and the integration of AI to enhance developer productivity. Also in this episode:
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About Yunal Ranafi: Yuval Anafi is the Lead Product Owner of the SAP Business Application Studio and the former SAP WebIDE. He and his team are working closely with SAP technology teams, SAP LOBs and SAP developer community, on defining the right solution roadmap. Yuval is based at SAP in Raanana, Israel and he joined SAP at 2004 and had several roles and tasks across SAP, mainly around the SAP developer tools area, starting with SAP Visual composer, continue with SAP Gateway Eclipse tools, SAP Web IDE and SAP Business Application Studio. Links for more SAP Business Application Studio information:
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| Achieving Clean Core with the updated Clean Core extensibility White Paper | feat. Marco Matha | 02 Sep 2025 | 00:20:03 | |
Niklas Siemer is joined by Marco Matha to dive deep into the concept of “clean core” and its critical role in enterprise transformation. Learn why keeping your SAP systems clean, up-to-date, and extensible is more important than ever in today’s fast-paced tech landscape. Niklas and Marco break down SAP’s new clean core levels using relatable metaphors, explain the evolution from the classic extensibility model, and share practical advice for developers and architects. Learn about essential tools like the SAP Discovery Center, Guidance Framework, and ABAP Test Cockpit, and get actionable best practices for your clean core journey. Whether you’re a seasoned SAP developer or just starting out, this episode offers valuable insights, real-world examples, and even a few personal recommendations to inspire your next steps. https://url.sap/4cmrdqAlso in this episode:
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Feedback or podcast ideas? Write us an email at platformtalks@sap.com About the speakers: Marco Matha Product Manager SAP Business Technology Platform Marco is part of the SAP BTP Product Management organization. He is responsible for all topics around Extensibility and expert for Clean Core and the SAP Application Extension Methodology. Follow Marco on: LinkedIn
Senior Product Specialist SAP Business Technology Platform Niklas is a passionate Product Manager for SAP BTP with a strong background in software development, primarily using Java and Node.js. He co-hosts the Unlocking SAP BTP (formerly SAP BTP Talk) podcast, where he explores SAP BTP topics in monthly deep dives. Before his current role, Niklas worked as a Learning Specialist, creating and delivering technical training on SAP BTP and the ABAP Platform. Follow Niklas on: LinkedIn | |||
| Episode 94 – Unleash the power of business data with SAP Datasphere. | 02 May 2023 | 00:30:06 | |
In this episode, Guarav Dey chats with Karsten Ruf, senior director in the Marketing and Solutions team for Data and Analytics at SAP, about how the SAP Datasphere builds upon the capabilities of the previous SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, adding new features like data integration, data cataloging, and semantic modeling to deliver a comprehensive data service for data professionals. Karsten also discusses how Data Sphere integrates with other SAP solutions, such as Data Intelligence Cloud and Analytics Cloud, enabling a unified experience across data integration, warehousing, and analytics. He shares a success story of Messer Gases, a customer that leveraged Data Sphere to harmonize data across their SAP and non-SAP systems, reducing costs, mitigating risks, and improving scalability. Additionally, Karsten emphasizes the importance of an open data ecosystem, highlighting SAP’s partnerships with leading technology vendors like Colibri, Confluent, Databricks, and DataRobot. These integrations allow customers to access business data across various cloud deployments and infrastructures. Also in this episode:
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About Karsten Ruf: Karsten Ruf, is a senior director in the Marketing and Solutions team for Data and Analytics at SAP. He has been with SAP since 2008 and has held a variety of product and solution management positions. In his current role he focusses on SAP Datasphere with a special focus on supporting SAP partners and the BW move. Links to the Resources that were discussed in the episode:
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| Episode 93 – New in SAP BTP and how enterprises are running better with SAP BTP | 29 Mar 2023 | 00:12:14 | |
In this episode, we discuss new features for developers on the ABAP environment, improvements to API management, and the introduction of SAP Datasphere – the successor to SAP Data Warehouse Cloud. We also dive into the roadmap for upcoming BTP service releases, including the ability to consume Postgres SQL on AWS, enhanced Git authentication in SAP Business Application Studio, and new real-time features for mobile apps. Additionally, we showcase a customer success story featuring Costain, a UK-based infrastructure consulting firm that leveraged SAP BTP to create an Intelligent Infrastructure Control Center. This solution helped Costain increase equipment efficiency, reduce IT costs, and improve data security and accessibility. Also in this episode:
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| Episode 92: Introduction into SAP Build – SAP’s Unified Low-Code Solution to Unleash the Power of Business Users | 23 Feb 2023 | 00:53:01 | |
In this episode of the SAP BTP Talk, host Hannah Salamon interviews Diana Rosner, the leader of the product enablement team for app development and automation on SAP BTP. They discuss the new SAP Build offering, a unified low-code and no-code development solution on the SAP Business Technology Platform. Diana provides an overview of SAP Build, which unifies SAP Build Apps, SAP Build Process Automation, and SAP Build Work Zone into a single development environment. She explains how it enables both developers and business users to build applications, automate processes, and create custom business sites with minimal coding. The discussion covers key capabilities, including no-code development, integration with SAP Signavio, and a pre-built content library. Diana shares customer success stories and highlights the SAP Builders program, which offers training and community support. She also outlines roadmap priorities, such as deeper integration and enhanced governance. Also in this episode:
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About Diana Roesner: Diana Roesner leads the Product Enablement team for App Development and Automation on SAP BTP. In her role she and her team deliver user enablement in different formats such as e-learning courses, hands-on workshops, whitepapers, and webinars for SAP Build, as well as other App Development solutions on SAP BTP. Diana joined SAP in 2015 and had different roles across customer engagement, sales, and communications. Links for more SAP Build information: Links for “What’s New” in SAP BTP Category:
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| Episode 91 – Automate business processes with SAP Build Process Automation | 24 Jan 2023 | 00:30:19 | |
In this episode, Gaurav Dey is joined by Angela Harvey, the Vice President of SAP Build Process Automation, to discuss how the low code / no code development with SAP Build Process Automation empowers business users to automate workflows and tasks without writing a single line of code. Angela explains the key differences between low-code and no-code, highlighting how they enable collaboration between business and IT teams. She showcases real-world use cases, such as invoice processing and employee onboarding, where SAP Build Process Automation can significantly improve efficiency and reduce errors. Learn about the motivations behind SAP’s investment in low-code and no-code technologies, as well as the benefits they can unlock, including faster process building, seamless integration, and secure collaboration. Angela also provides guidance on how to get started with SAP Build, including leveraging the free tier of SAP Business Technology Platform. Also in this episode:
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About Angela Harvey: Angela Harvey, is the VP of Marketing and Solutions for SAP Process Automation. She has been with SAP for over 15 years in a variety of Product Management and Product Marketing positions. In her current role she enjoys sharing how customers can be more efficient by introducing workflow management, RPA, and other technologies into their business processes. Angela holds a degree in Applied Physics from Simon Fraser University in Canada. Links to the Resources that were discussed in the episode:
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| Episode 90: Realize Your Business Potential with SAP AI Solutions | 19 Dec 2022 | 00:43:06 | |
In this episode, Hannah Salamon is joined by Tobias Knietzsch, a product manager for artificial intelligence at SAP, to discuss the importance of AI and how SAP is helping customers leverage its power. Tobias explains the importance of AI for businesses and SAP’s three-pillar approach: built-in AI in SAP solutions, customizable AI on SAP BTP, and trustworthy AI. He shares examples like automating payment matching in SAP Cash Application and personalized learning in SAP SuccessFactors. The discussion covers SAP BTP’s role in AI delivery through SAP AI Business Services and AI Core/Launchpad, highlighting SAP’s business-focused AI differentiation. Tobias also emphasizes ethical AI development, key AI announcements from SAP TechEd 2022, and how customers and partners can get started with SAP’s AI solutions. Also in this episode:
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About Tobias Knietzsch: Tobias Knietzsch is a Product Manager for Artificial Intelligence and has been involved with AI at SAP since 2019. He joined the company in 2016 and in his current capacity, he is one of the Product Managers for SAP AI Core and SAP AI Launchpad, two AI services that enable customers and partners to confidently build AI scenarios on SAP BTP. Links for more AI infos:
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| Episode 89 – SAP TechEd 2022 special & highlights | 29 Nov 2022 | 00:26:54 | |
In this episode of SAP BTP Talk, November’ 2022 we interact with content lead from central Product Management team for SAP Business Technology Platform. We will talk about how SAP TechEd, SAP’s premier technical conference helped IT professionals to develop, implement, optimize, and upgrade SAP solutions. How it enabled developers, IT architects, engineers, system and database administrators, analysts, data modelers, and designers to master their SAP skills, network with experts, and learn about what’s new from the SAP ecosystem. Interview Guest: Cecilia Huergo, is part of the central Product Management team for SAP BTP, mainly focused on content strategy for events like SAP TechEd. Other responsibilities include the SAP BTP Innobytes series and creating awareness for SAP BTP. As part of her role, she also interacts with the extended SAP Community and enjoys hosting internal and external sessions. Links to the Resources that were discussed in the episode:
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| Episode 88: 1. SAP, DFKI and Saarland University: Building Prototypes with SAP BTP 2. SAP & Accenture Partnership and Deep Dive into SAP Process Automation | 25 Oct 2022 | 01:14:32 | |
In this episode we take you through the experience of building prototypes with SAP BTP in a cooperation of SAP, DFKI and Saarland University and a have fruitful discussion between SAP and Accenture about their long-standing partnership and how they bring value to customers using SAP Process Automation. Interview 1The first interview is about SAP and DFKI (German Research Center for AI) discussing how they collaborate and build prototypes with SAP BTP at the Saarland University. They have organized seminars for students to learn more about the development of cloud software with SAP technologies and to get experience of software engineering hands-on. See how these SAP BTP in action results are not only interesting for informatic students but also for our customers. Guests: Christian Lander is a Senior Software Development Architect at SAP Customer Innovation and Maintenance. After customer specific projects in retail, he is now focussed on life science cloud products. Before joining SAP in 2019, Christian did his PHD in Computer Science at the German Research Center for AI (DFKI) and the Saarland University. Michael Kormann is a Developer for the S/4Hana Industry Cloud at SAP mainly involved in developing cloud software for retail. Since finishing his bachelor’s in computer science at Saarland University, he is continuing his studies at Technical University of Munich while working for SAP. Through his position as a student and part of SAP, he experienced the SAP BTP hands-on in seminar groups at the university while in parallel already seeing enterprise scale applications being developed and applied by using the same technology. Links for more topic infos: Interview 2SAP and Accenture have a long partnership and are working together to build end-to-end solutions to extend and integrate processes across SAP S/4HANA and other LoBs. As a leading business partner, Accenture has used SAP Process Automation and other services across SAP BTP to automate manual processes, optimize core business functions and delivered differentiating assets to drastically improve business outcomes for the customers. In this episode, Accenture shares their view on process automation technologies, what current business challenges are and how have they used SAP Process Automation to overcome these process inefficiencies. They also talk about different use cases and share an outlook on upcoming initiatives with SAP. Episodes Co-Host: Archana Shukla is a Director in SAP BTP Product Management. She has been working with SAP for more than 18 years with deep technical knowledge and experience in product development and management. She is leading product success activities and partner eco-system for SAP Process Automation. Archana has been conducting multiple workshops, webinars, podcasts and has been speaker at international conferences. She technically supports consultants, developers and solution advisors and is an eminent member of SAP Community with multiple blogs. Guests: Lakshmi Mohan is leading SAP Intelligent Automation practice for Accenture Northeast Market Unit. Helping clients identify and unlock automation opportunities in SAP ERP Landscape using automation, cognitive and intelligent technologies. Lakshmi in her 20 years of SAP Technology experience had implemented and delivered large scale SAP S4HANA transformative projects in big multinational corporations. She is a frequent speaker in SAP TechEd Conferences Murugan Padmanabhan has over 25 years of Systems Integration experience helping many large global clients on Business & Digital Transformation programs. More recently he has been involved in implementing Advanced Analytics and Intelligent Automation solutions integrating data from disparate data sources including SAP HANA and S/4HANA, ArcGIS, Telemetry among others. Murugan is passionate about Intelligent Automation and currently leads the SAP Process Automation Practice in the West Market Unit in NA. Links for more topic infos: Links What’s New Section:
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| Episode 87: SAP Integration Solution Advisory Methodology – Derive Integration Guidelines for your Organization | 27 Sep 2022 | 00:40:26 | |
In this episode we talk about a standardized approach to integration and how you can accelerate your digital transformation and become an integrated intelligent enterprise. The SAP Integration Solution Advisory Methodology (ISA-M) is an integral part of SAP’s integration strategy in context of the Intelligent Enterprise. Learn how ISA-M supports you to shape your integration strategy covering both technical and organizational aspects. Discover the new version and get started with the Integration Assessment capability within SAP Integration Suite. Hanna Salamon, Senior Product Communication Specialist for SAP BTP, discusses with Katrin von Ahsen, Chief Product Expert for Intelligent Enterprise Technology at SAP, how ISA-M helps accelerate a hybrid integration platform design, safeguard integration projects based on SAP best practices, and enables an agile integration practice across your organization. Interview Guest: Katrin von Ahsen is a Chief Product Expert for Intelligent Enterprise Technology at SAP with a focus on integration topics. She is responsible for the SAP Integration Solution Advisory Methodology (ISA-M) including its tool- based approach delivered as Integration Assessment capability within SAP Integration Suite. Katrin is a frequent speaker at SAP TechEd, SAP Community, SAP User Groups, and more. She has more than 20 years of experience with SAP integration technologies and concepts in various roles, ranging from consulting to program and product management. SAP Community │ LinkedIn │ Twitter Links to the Resources that were discussed in the episode: More about SAP Integration Solution Advisory Methodology Links What’s New Section:
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| Episode 86 – Predict and Analyze Retail Inventory Allocation using SAP Data Warehouse Cloud and FedML | 31 Aug 2022 | 00:28:56 | |
In this episode of SAP Integration & Extension Talk, August’ 2022 we engage with experts from Platform Adoption Advisory team for SAP Business Technology Platform. They will talk about how SAP Data Warehouse Cloud and FedML hyperscaler libraries for Azure can be leveraged for creating an end-to-end automated solution for ML experiments on hyperscalers without moving or duplicating data to the hyperscaler. We then go deeper into understanding how businesses using SAP Business Technology Platform services, such as SAP Data Warehouse Cloud helps them model data coming in from different sources. Then how FedML, uses SAP Data Warehouse Cloud’s federation architecture to query the cloud data sources directly via the unified business layer and helps automate the training, building and deployment using only few lines of code. Interview Guests: Cameron Khorsandi is a business developer for all things related to SAP BTP. He supports customer engagements by identifying challenges and discovering solutions through a technical lens by implementing SAP’s human-centered approach to innovation. In addition, he helps drive internal initiatives to ensure impact is driven effectively to customers utilizing solutions and SAP teams globally. Cameron started with SAP as an intern with the Products & Innovation team and continued to SAP Concur. Not long after he found himself as part of the Platform Adoption Advisory team in the Technology & Innovation board area. He has since been part of a winning team driving SAP Analytics Cloud Planning adoption and the Border States Electric project, highlighted at SAPPHIRE NOW 2021. Cameron is passionate about learning the challenges big companies face today and how best to solve them using intelligent solutions. Jack Seeburger is a Senior Data Scientist for the Strategic Customer Engagements team of SAP Platform Adoption and Advisory. Jack solves unique problems by collaborating closely with customers to develop custom BTP solutions. Focusing on Machine Learning and AI applications he combines his backgrounds in Linguistics, Computer Science and Economics to bring new innovations from 0 to 1. Jack first joined SAP as part of the SAP Next Talent program where he still mentors new graduate Data Scientists. Jack brought his unique skillset to the Montas Del Plata collaboration highlighted at TechEd 2021 and the Levi’s Intelligent Virtual Inventory Reservation system. Jack has recently been focusing on developing new repeatable hyperscaler architectures and the Federated Machine Learning Library. Links to the Resources that were discussed in the episode:
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