For decades, businesses had two primary options when it came to application development: Either purchase pre-built software from external vendors or create custom applications from scratch using skilled developers. While these traditional methods still hold value, a new wave of application development is emerging, thanks to the rise of Low-Code and No-Code (LCNC) platforms. These innovative solutions are revolutionizing the way businesses approach application development, making it accessible to a broader range of users across an organization.

In a business landscape defined by constant disruption, HR leaders face a new mandate. Anticipate evolving skill demands, deliver personalized employee experiences, and ensure compliance while maintaining agility amid continuous transformation.

As 2025 is about to dawn upon us, enterprise software continues to evolve at a record speed. Among the leaders of this transformation, SAP remains a driving force, helping organizations streamline operations, make smarter decisions, and adapt to a constantly changing digital world. From cloud transformation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to sustainability and industry-specific innovation, SAP is redefining how businesses operate in an increasingly data-driven economy.

The intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and enterprise software development has reached a new milestone with SAP Joule, a generative AI assistant designed to enhance productivity, automation, and innovation within the SAP ecosystem. Initially introduced as an AI companion for business users, Joule has now evolved to support developers, offering advanced code generation and automation capabilities for SAP Build and ABAP environments.

In today’s competitive environment, successful product development hinges on effectively managing product structures and improving operational efficiency. These structures act as the blueprint for your product, detailing its components, connections, and configurations from inception to delivery. To accelerate time-to-market and boost productivity, manufacturers must collaborate with suppliers early in the development phase, and seamlessly integrate product data from different tools.

As organizations increasingly prioritize agility, the ability to access up-to-date data directly within an analytics platform is essential. With the help of SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) users can analyze data from key SAP systems such as SAP BW/4HANA, SAP S/4HANA, and SAP Datasphere without any replication of data. This is possible due to the live connectivity feature of SAC.

SAP is advancing its digital transformation efforts and improving user experiences across its solutions by acquiring WalkMe, a digital adoption platform. WalkMe offers interactive guidance, automated workflows, and contextual support within existing applications, aligning with SAP's vision to enhance its digital offerings.

The landscape of business operations has dramatically changed due to digital transformation, pushing organizations to quickly adapt to emerging technologies such as cloud computing, big data, and artificial intelligence.

Continuous Control Monitoring (CCM) is an essential feature of SAP Process Control. CMM feature helps enterprises to improve the automation of assessing control effectiveness. This system automatically retrieves data from the target system and analyzes it based on predefined criteria to detect any deviations from the control’s goals.

In early 2021, SAP unveiled a new initiative known as RISE with SAP. In contrast to SAP HANA, RISE with SAP is a suite of existing SAP tools designed to provide business transformation services to its users.

Understanding RISE with SAP