| | April 20176CIOReviewConsidering the fact that close to three fourth of the world's business transactions traverse through the SAP ecosystem, SAP CEO Bill McDermott's strategy to infuse greater intelligence into the SAP ecosystem is definitely going to fast-track the digital transformation bringing in innovative business models. Firing on all cylinders, the tech bellwether is cruising through the innovation gateway reinventing ERP with S/4HANA and drawing into its fold machine learning and emerging technologies such as block chain, and IoT. SAP is furthering the innovation spree through its startup fund SAP.iO aimed at accelerating the expansion of the SAP ecosystem. SAP already has HANA in its arsenal to effectively tame big data's quandary, mine the vast expanse of data and garner relevant insights. The innovation list is long, with SAP Clea, at the forefront to fulfill the goal of embedding machine learning intelligence into all of SAP's applications to churn out unparalleled insights and facilitate automation to ease out routine tasks.SAP is envisaging a transition at a never before imagined rate through its SAP Leonardo- a highly innovative IoT portfolio, drawing similes with IBM's Watson or Amazon's Alexa. SAP Leonardo includes a huge investment in a portfolio of IoT services in the areas of research and development, applications and acquisitions. The highlight of innovation ensuing forth from the SAP environment is enveloping its partners and customers. Showcasing new ideas that enhance the SAP portfolio is the firm's partnership with Apple, with iOS apps developed on the SAP cloud platform under a joint banner. Likewise, the collaboration with Nokia and Hertz enables rental car users to benefit from SAP Leonardo's expertise in offering a host of friendly self-services. The partnership with Google on the other hand is enabling its customers to leverage Google's cloud and machine learning solutions, charting a new journey of product innovation.The illustrious history of SAP draws into its expanding ecosystem numerous customers and partners to power onward the innovation momentum to accelerate the transformation and business outcomes.Let us know your thoughts.Jeevan George Managing Editoreditor@cioreview.comEditorialThe Repertoire of InnovationCopyright © 2017 ValleyMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.APRIL - 26 - 2017Mailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.402.1463, F:510-894-8405 APRIL - 26 - 2017, Vol 06 SE 50 Published by ValleyMedia, Inc. To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com SAP SPECIALCIOReviewEditorial StaffSalesT:510-565-7628Aaron Pierce Judy ChristinSarah FernandezAllwyn SilvaKathy ArnoldSyed Haseeb AhmedLawrence Tselawrence@cioreview.comVisualizersMatt RyderManaging EditorJeevan GeorgeAjay K Das
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