Technology Magazine December 2023 | Page 62

AWS
In addition to giving customers the broadest set of native generative AI services to build with alongside their SAP systems , AWS is also working with partners to create pre-packaged solutions through its Partner Innovation Hub .
“ For example , customers will be able to automate the generation of finance reports coming from the SAP General Ledger , rather than create them manually ,” Schwartz describes . “ Or , our generative AI services can analyse historical data from ERP and ecommerce systems to predict demand patterns , assisting businesses in optimising their SAP inventory management .”
Infrastructure key to focus on innovation beyond ERP core To innovate in this way , building a solid foundation is necessary . “ Before you can do all this other really cool stuff , you actually have to keep innovating when it comes to the underlying infrastructure ,” Schwartz explains .
AWS has co-developed extensively with SAP to ensure it meets the most complex and secure reliability requirements and delivers the most high performance , secure and reliable infrastructure .
As a result of this innovation , in October 2023 AWS announced the launch of its European Sovereign Cloud , a new , independent cloud for Europe designed to help public sector customers and those in highly regulated industries meet regulatory data residency and operational requirements .
“ We see consistently that customers with the most complex performance , security and reliability requirements bet on AWS , including SAP themselves ,” Schwartz describes . “ We ’ re partnering with SAP on the European Sovereign Cloud so EU customers with the most stringent security and compliance requirements can take advantage of cloud innovation for their mission-critical ERP systems , including through RISE .”
Running the world ’ s largest SAP systems For years , large organisations from the US Navy to BP and Bristol Myers Squibb have counted on AWS ’ large instances to run some of the most significant SAP systems in the world .
To help meet the requirements of the largest companies across the world , AWS recently announced a preview of its 32TB High Memory Instances – which run on AWS ’
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