Here’s my conversation with two execs from SAP, CTO Juergen Mueller and COO Christian Klein, and episode 7 of “Cloud Wars Top 10 Executive Insights.” As the tech companies in our Cloud Wars Top 10 rankings drive transformation not just in individual corporations but also in entire global industries, it’s essential for business executives to understand the strategic intentions of each of these vendors. That’s what this new limited series is all about.
Episode 7: SAP
CTO Juergen Mueller and COO Christian Klein provide insight into how the #4 cloud vendor in the world is thinking about digital transformation and cloud migrations, about Experience Management and the Intelligent Enterprise, and what comes next for the business.
Juergen and I look at why Qualtrics was both a game-changing acquisition and a very simple integration. Juergen also explains that SAP is not competing with the cloud hyperscalers—they’re in a “co-opetition.” In my conversation with Christian, we hear how SAP has the ability to connect the pieces of the Intelligent Enterprise. Christian also describes how all industries are undergoing a huge transformation—and why SAP is uniquely positioned to help them transform through new business models, data analytics, and AI.
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Highlights
How can we come to a fully aligned common data model again? That's one of the promises from SAP. #CloudWars Click To Tweet What I feel, and hear, is that enterprise is cool. Working for an enterprise company is cool. You can have a real impact. #CloudWars Click To Tweet When you look at our software portfolio, it actually covers the whole value chain of an enterprise. #CloudWars Click To Tweet
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Cloud Wars Top 10 Executive Insights
A limited interview series from Cloud Wars Live. The tech companies in the Cloud Wars Top 10 are driving the transformations of not just individual corporations but also of entire global industries. As such, it’s essential for business executives to understand the strategic intentions of each of these vendors. Our “Executive Insights” series drills down into the unique strategies, differentiated capabilities, and customer orientations of each vendor in the Cloud Wars Top 10. We aim to deliver a compelling overview of how highly influential tech giants are changing how the world lives, works, plays, learns and dreams.
