Discover SAP Business AI Platform
by SAP SE
Discover SAP Business AI Platform is your monthly podcast exploring the latest in SAP Business AI, AI agents, Joule, data, automation, integration, and intelligent applications. Hear from SAP experts, customers, and partners as they share how AI, business data, and enterprise processes come together to drive smarter decisions, automate workflows, and create real business value. From Joule and AI agents to SAP Business Data Cloud and SAP BTP, discover the latest innovations, product updates, customer stories, roadmap insights, and practical resources shaping the future of enterprise AI.
Episodes
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Powering Agentic Integration with the SAP Integration Suite MCP Gateway | feat. Dhawal Joshi and Vishnuprasad Hegde
What does it take to securely connect AI agents with enterprise systems? In this episode, we explore the MCP Gateway in SAP Integration Suite and how it realizes the MCP Server capability for enterprise AI. You'll learn how the MCP Gateway serves as the runtime layer that exposes enterprise APIs,...
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Inside SAP Sapphire 2026: Joule Studio and Autonomous Enterprise ft. André Borchert
What actually mattered at SAP Sapphire 2026 and what does it mean for developers, business users, and the future of enterprise AI? In this episode of Unlocking SAP BTP, new co-host Maria Radde sits down with André Borchert, Vice President and Head of Product Enablement & Engagement for SAP BTP...
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The Future of Integration with SAP BTP | feat. Dr. Achim Kraiss and Dr. Markus Winter
Host Gaurav Dey is joined by Dr. Achim Kraiss and Dr. Markus Winter to discuss how integration is evolving on SAP Business Technology Platform and why it has become the foundation for building intelligent, AI-ready enterprises. In this episode, we dive into the evolving integration landscape…
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SAP BTP Data Center Expansion & Sovereign Cloud Strategy Explained (Sovereign Cloud vs. Sovereign Cloud On-Site) | feat. Matthias Rosker & Michael Schmidt
Niklas Siemer sits down with Matthias Rosker (Head of SAP BTP Data Center Strategy & Geo Expansion) and Michael Schmidt (Head of PlusOne Central Engineering – SAP Cloud Infrastructure) to explain the “why” behind SAP BTP’s rapid regional expansion—and why sovereignty has become a defining pillar…
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Managing Customer-Owned Encryption with the New Key Management Service | feat. Sascha Vierlinger
Niklas Siemer is joined by Sascha Vierlinger, Product Manager for SAP Key Management service, to unpack customer-owned encryption in cloud landscapes—and why more organizations want control of the “last layer” of trust: the keys. They walk through why encryption matters more in the cloud, the...
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Create Your Own AI Agents with SAP Build | feat. Maria Kondratyeva
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...
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AI That Acts, Not Just Chats: The Integration Advantage | feat. Craig Stasila
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...
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Become an AI-first, Suite-first Enterprise with SAP Databricks in SAP Business Data Cloud | feat. San Tran
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...
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Achieving Clean Core with the updated Clean Core extensibility White Paper | feat. Marco Matha
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…
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Modernize Your BW Landscape with SAP Business Data Cloud | Lift, Shift & Innovate | feat. Sandy Tran
In this episode we discuss Business Warehouse (BW) modernization and BW transformation highlighting how customers can move from SAP BW 7.5 and BW/4HANA to SAP Business Data Cloud. Gaurav Dey is joined by Sandy Tran, Product Manager for SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) on SAP BTP, to discuss Business...
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Why SAP Build Is a Game-Changer for Developer Efficiency | feat. Howard Holton and Mark Wright
New Report Reveals How Using SAP Build Leads To “MASSIVE” Time & Cost Savings For Developers Niklas Siemer is joined by Howard Holton from GigaOM and Mark Wright from SAP to discuss GigaOm’s groundbreaking Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) report on SAP Build. The conversation dives deep into how SAP...
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Episode 118: Become a SaaS provider of multi-tenant applications with SAP BTP
In the April 2025 episode of SAP BTP Talk, we explore how existing and potential SAP partners can build, run, and integrate scalable full-stack cloud applications using the SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP) and adhering to the development recommendations set out in the SAP BTP...
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Episode 117: Discovering Knowledge Graph within SAP HANA Cloud
In this new episode Niklas Siemer, Product Specialist for SAP Business Technology Platform, is talking to Shabana Samsudheen, Senior Product Manager for SAP HANA Cloud. We’re making a deep dive into the new Knowledge Graph engine of SAP HANA Cloud: talking about what knowledge graphs are and what...
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Episode 116: Enhance developer efficiency using SAP Integration Suite and SAP Build for enterprise automation scenarios
Explore how the enterprise automation framework enhances developer efficiency and streamlines connectivity to underlying data sources. In the February 2025 episode of SAP BTP Talk, we explore how SAP accelerates enterprise automation with SAP Build and SAP Integration Suite offering a unique and...
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Episode 115: Develop apps, automate processes, and design engaging digital workspaces with SAP Build
Get a holistic understanding of how SAP Build accelerates development and automation with low-code, pro-code, and generative AI tools. In the January 2025 episode of SAP BTP Talk, we explore how SAP Build accelerates development and automation with low-code, pro-code, and generative AI tools....
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Episode 114: Configure and manage BTP landscape with your AI digital assistant – Joule within SAP BTP Cockpit
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...
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Episode 113: Event Driven Architecture with a Power Couple – SAP Integration Suite and Advanced Event Mesh
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…
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Episode 112: Streamlining success with SAP BTP Service Catalog and embedded SAP Business AI capabilities
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...
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Episode 111: Exploring Clean Core and the Power of AI in ABAP Cloud
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...
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Episode 110: Empower organizations to maintain a secure digital landscape with SAP BTP Security services
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,...
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Episode 109: Achieve business process excellence with SAP Signavio Process Insights
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...
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Episode 108: Recap of SAP Sapphire and ASUG Annual Conference 2024
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...
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Episode 107: Exploring the use of SAP BTP in Esports at Team Liquid
In this new episode Niklas Siemer, Product Specialist for SAP Business Technology Platform, is talking to Thom Valks, Partnership manager at Team Liquid. Together they will make an exploration into the world of Esports. They discuss typical Esports tournaments, the game League of Legends and the...
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Episode 106: Infuse intelligence in your business applications with SAP Generative AI Hub
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…
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Generative AI Meets Contextual Intelligence
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...
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Episode 104: Unleash next generation hybrid integrations with Edge Integration Cell
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...
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Episode 103: Exploring SAP BTP, ABAP environment
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...
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Episode 102: SAP Build Code, enhancing developer productivity.
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...
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Episode 101: Discovering SAP BTP Guidance Framework
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…
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Episode 100: Anniversary Special with Juergen Mueller, CTO and Executive Board Member at SAP SE
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...
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Episode 99 – CapGPT, your prompt-based coding companion for developing business apps
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…
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Episode 98 - End-of-life for SAP BTP Neo environment
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...
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Episode 97 – Accelerate your digital transformation to the Intelligent Enterprise with SAP & Google Cloud.
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...
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Episode 96: Recap of SAP Sapphire Orlando and Barcelona and it's momentum for SAP BTP
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…
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Episode 95: Introduction to SAP Business Application Studio – SAP’s integrated development environment (IDE) in the cloud.
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…
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Episode 94 – Unleash the power of business data with SAP Datasphere.
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…
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Episode 93 – New in SAP BTP and how enterprises are running better with SAP BTP
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...
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Episode 92: Introduction into SAP Build – SAP’s Unified Low-Code Solution to Unleash the Power of Business Users
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...
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Episode 91 – Automate business processes with SAP Build Process Automation
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...
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Episode 90: Realize Your Business Potential with SAP AI Solutions
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…
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Episode 89 – SAP TechEd 2022 special & highlights
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...
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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
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...
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Episode 87: SAP Integration Solution Advisory Methodology – Derive Integration Guidelines for your Organization
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…
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Episode 86 – Predict and Analyze Retail Inventory Allocation using SAP Data Warehouse Cloud and FedML
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…
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Episode 85 – Enable business applications to communicate through asynchronous events and extend your digital core.
In this episode of SAP Integration & Extension Talk, July’ 2022 we engage with experts from SAP BTP Marketing & Solutions Organization and BTP foundation team. They will talk about how SAP Event Mesh enables asynchronous communication to reliably send and receive messages through applications,...
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Episode 84: Deep Dive into SAP Application Extension Methodology
With the transformation to the cloud, the way is changing how customers need to extend their standard software. Technical options that have been suitable in the past, are no longer an option in the cloud software. With this change customers often face the challenge “how do I have to extend…
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Episode 83 – Deploy SAP S/4HANA on Microsoft Azure and develop enterprise grade apps.
In this episode of SAP Integration & Extension Talk, May’ 2022 we engage with experts from SAP & Microsoft. They will talk about how the automated deployment of SAP S/4HANA via SAP Cloud Appliance Library can be configured in minutes, and how it enables the customer to deploy and use the solution...
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Episode 82: SAP Graph: THE easy-to-use API of the Intelligent Enterprise
Welcome to the new SAP Integration & Extension Talk with Daniel Lou, Head of SAP Graph, and Hanna Salamon, Senior Product Communication Manager for SAP Business Technology Platform at SAP SE. SAP Graph is a new and unified API for SAP, using modern open standards like OData v4. With SAP Graph,...
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Episode 81 - Build and run containerized business apps on Kubernetes!!
In this episode of SAP Integration & Extension Talk, March’ 2022 we deep dive into conversation with Development Architect from SAP BTP Runtimes & Core Stakeholder Engagement team, where we start with understanding the differences between Kyma and SAP BTP Kyma runtime. Then talking about how...
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Episode 80: Introduction to SAP Process Automation: A New No-Code Experience
Welcome to the new SAP Integration & Extension Talk with Thomas Volmering, Chief Product Manager for SAP Process Automation, and Hanna Salamon, Senior Product Communication Manager for SAP Business Technology Platform at SAP SE. In this episode we discover what SAP Process Automation is all about...
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Discover SAP Business AI Platform is your monthly podcast exploring the latest in SAP Business AI, AI agents, Joule, data, automation, integration, and intelligent applications. Hear from SAP experts, customers, and partners as they share how AI, business data, and enterprise processes come together to drive smarter decisions, automate workflows, and create real business value. From Joule and AI agents to SAP Business Data Cloud and SAP BTP, discover the latest innovations, product updates, customer stories, roadmap insights, and practical resources shaping the future of enterprise AI.
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