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“ SAP can serve as the data platform and provide the analytics , the AI , and the machine learning to bring these solutions to life ,” says Wilde . “ So , if we think about these as puzzle pieces , you ’ ve got the connectivity , you ’ ve got the device strategy , you ’ ve got the consulting , you ’ ve got our data platform and business process support . We ’ re providing the glue and the 5G Council was very much the start of that glue at a senior level , and to have that trickle through to our 440,000 customers moving forward .”
One of the key challenges around 5G is the fact that both consumers and leaders around the world have been conditioned , over the last 20 to 25 years , to associate a new network generation simply by speed . 5G is much more a question of how do you link a software defined network into your connectivity and provide additional services just as
“ SAP can serve as the data platform and provide the analytics , the AI , and the machine learning to bring 5G solutions to life ”
— Frank Wilde , Vice President , SAP if it was a wired connection . That ’ s the link that doesn ’ t exist today .
SAP has been leading this understanding , working with CTOs , CMOs and COOs , and even running a CTO Forum . Wilde recalls that in that forum , of a dozen CTOs present , only one was really familiar with the 5G opportunity .
“ To be honest with you , I was very surprised because I would have thought a much larger segment , if not everyone in that room , would have been familiar with the technology , at least in a position to be able to speak to it and understand the core components ,” says Wilde .
“ That ’ s what we ’ re very excited about – 5G and edge computing – because it can do so much . And it ’ s going to start what we refer to as a ‘ data tsunami ’. We are expecting a six , seven , eight times increase in data usage per device . Now think about the number of devices that are going to be coming to market – IoT , sensors , iPad , iPhones , autonomous vehicles . You ’ re now going to have much more data flowing across that network .”
“ SAP is uniquely positioned with its SAP HANA Data Management Suite to support that additional data in a fluid manner .”
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