In myyesterday’s analysis of SAP’s HANA announcement, I wondered why SAP stays silent on the AI and Machine Learning frontiers. Well, today I know.
They saved this announcement for today.
And the assertion is a bang. SAP will deliver what they name ?Clever commercial enterprise applications? That are based upon SAP?S new gadget gaining knowledge of platform. The platform itself could be made to be had with SAPPHIRE NOW 2017. The first considerable smart application with the resource of SAP that is cited, is a emblem intelligence utility that leverages deep studying to investigate brand publicity in video and photographs to offer ?Correct, actual-time insights into sponsoring and advertising ROI?. You may remember that SAP in advance showcased an software program to reduce recruiting bias, which is primarily based on the system learning platform, too.
According to Juergen Mueller, Chief Innovation Officer at SAP, the new machine learning platform is intended to serve SAP’s and their ecosystem’s applications with the goal of creating more business value.
Consequently, there are greater elements to the declaration.
1. SAP launched a partner program dedicated to SAP Application Intelligence.
2. SAP invests into education offerings, starting with a ‘massive open online course’ on Enterprise Machine Learning on their OpenSAP platform.
This declaration without a doubt indicates that SAP is as intense approximately machine learning because the enterprise is ready leveraging the electricity of its surroundings. As I, and plenty of different human beings, have often stated, SAP is an excellent employer if and whilst it chooses to pressure a topic. This is shown right right here yet again. And SAP is truly on the right tune via pursuing this three-pronged approach of delivering a platform with first solutions, encouraging partners, and imparting training round their platform.
However, there are three worries.
The first one is obvious. As per yet there is nothing really tangible beyond the announcement and a marketing oriented page on their site, which refers to four intelligent applications. Having no doubt about willingness and ability to deliver it appears that SAP is playing catch up with Microsoft and Salesforce here.
Second, and extra importantly, there may be no declaration approximately how the new tool analyzing platform pertains to SAP HANA nor how it's far delivered. I can only speculate that this platform is made available through SAP?S cloud services and isn't always constructed on or directly the usage of SAP HANA, even though I expect interoperability.
Lastly, some phrases approximately the licensing model and charge might do.
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