AI + ML

CEO says there is 'no confusion at all' after cloud-only innovation plan drew flak

SAP has navigated an apparent U-turn to bring AI to its legacy and on-prem ERP systems, as predicted in The Register earlier this year.

The German software giant had been steadfast that it would not introduce "innovation" such as AI for on-prem systems, including its legacy ERP platform ECC, a move that outraged some members of the user community .

In July 2023, CEO Christian Klein told investors SAP's "newest innovations and capabilities" would only be delivered in the public or private cloud using RISE with SAP, the vendor's lift-shift-and-transform program launched with partners and cloud providers in early 2021. "This is how we will deliver these innovations with speed, agility, quality and efficiency.…