SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP)
SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) takes SAP’s products, services, and solutions, and puts them under one roof.
It’s not a tool or a system in and of itself, but instead a collection of on-premise and cloud products that can be grouped under four pillars. In this post, we’ll dive deeper into each of the pillars that make up SAP BTP
SAP BTP Pillars
SAP BTP encompasses various capabilities that can be categorized into four pillars: database and data management, analytics, application development and integration, and intelligent technologies.
Database and Data Management
This pillar includes everything you need to store, access, process, integrate, and interpret all relevant data in your landscape. The services and products for database and data management allow you to flexibly and efficiently manage and use data at the speed your company requires. SAP HANA and SAP HANA Cloud are large contributors to this pillar, providing powerful data management through an in-memory database, either on-premise or in the cloud. There’s also SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, which enables you to get a single view of data across every aspect of the organization without having to physically move it into a single place. Other products available in this pillar include SAP Data Intelligence, SAP Data Services, SAP Master Data Governance, and more.
Analytics
The products under the analytics pillar allow you to plan, forecast, and make rapid, insight-driven decisions. You can use SAP Analytics Cloud to gather data from your operations systems, data warehouses, and data lakes, and combine it with external market data or third-party spreadsheets using machine learning technologies. The system helps you automatically spot anomalies and identify key drivers behind your performance indicators. You can also forecast what’s going to happen and create intelligent scenario planning options. Other relevant analytics products include SAP Data Warehouse Cloud, SAP BW/4HANA, and more.
Application Development and Integration
The application development and integration pillar gives you everything you need for agile business process innovation, extension, and integration in the cloud and in hybrid scenarios. You can easily integrate different systems, extend your current application, or create new solutions for your business needs. Using design thinking approaches, you can iterate and experiment to build the ideal user experience using the SAP Fiori interface. SAP Extension Suite provides various services that can be leveraged to build and extend SAP solutions. Partners can also build and sell their extensions to SAP solutions at the SAP Store. SAP Integration Suite lets you seamlessly integrate SAP and non-SAP solutions, both on-premise and in the cloud.
Intelligent Technologies
The intelligent technologies pillar includes artificial intelligence, machine learning, intelligent robotic process automation, blockchain, and Internet of Things. SAP solutions such as SAP Intelligent Robotic Process Automation(SAP Intelligent RPA) and machine learning let you automate the kind of complex, repetitive decisions that make up a significant portion of business processes. The automation capabilities of SAP BTP can save a lot of time and allow companies to focus on innovation.
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