Google Cloud and SAP
SAP Business Data Cloud & Google Cloud
SAP and Google Cloud: Enterprise AI with a unified data foundation
This partnership combines SAP enterprise application expertise with Google Cloud data, analytics, and AI capabilities to modernize business operations. By deploying SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) on Google Cloud global infrastructure, organizations can access AI-driven insights to improve employee productivity and operational efficiency. This integration allows businesses to transition from manual data management to automated business actions while maintaining full security and scalability.
Unlock your enterprise data by connecting SAP BDC and Google BigQuery with zero-copy integration. Eliminate data silos and retain full business context to accelerate AI-readiness.
Overview
The zero-copy data revolution
Unify your data footprint and eliminate manual ETL pipelines through direct, bidirectional access between SAP BDC and BigQuery.
- Preserve business context: Maintain SAP hierarchies and semantic meaning to ensure data stays business-ready.
- Accelerate AI-readiness: Transform fragmented systems into high-fidelity data products by translating raw data into meaningful business context to ground AI agents.
- Fuse your data: Combine mission-critical SAP data with Google external datasets for real-time insights.
- Lower analytics TCO: Cut analytics costs by up to 54% while boosting model accuracy.
Agentic AI transformation
Bring AI directly to your data to achieve true operational readiness. Using Gemini and Vertex AI, you can deploy intelligent agents that reason over harmonized SAP data to reliably automate complex processes.
- Advanced reasoning: Use LLM with 1-million-token context windows to analyze massive SAP datasets.
- Automate complex tasks: Build trustworthy AI on a semantically rich foundation to automate multi-step finance and supply chain workflows.
- Future-proofed interoperability: Ensure AI agents seamlessly communicate and collaborate across all enterprise systems.
An unified, secure foundation
Ensure business continuity and multilayer protection by supporting SAP workloads on Google Cloud secure, global infrastructure.
- Certified performance: Run workloads on memory-optimized infrastructure and confidently scale across 40+ global data centers.
- Continuous availability: Keep virtual machines running seamlessly during scheduled maintenance with unique "Live Migration" technology.
- Sustainability leadership: Meet corporate ESG targets by hosting workloads in data centers that are twice as energy-efficient.
How It Works
SAP BDC connect for BigQuery: A new era for enterprise data and AI
This solution brief outlines the joint offering that connects SAP Business Data Cloud with the Google Cloud ecosystem, including BigQuery, Vertex AI, and Gemini. It highlights how organizations can use zero-copy, bidirectional data sharing to eliminate manual ETL pipelines, ensure secure data governance, and fuel real-time AI initiatives directly from their live SAP data.
SAP BDC connect for BigQuery: A new era for enterprise data and AI
This solution brief outlines the joint offering that connects SAP Business Data Cloud with the Google Cloud ecosystem, including BigQuery, Vertex AI, and Gemini. It highlights how organizations can use zero-copy, bidirectional data sharing to eliminate manual ETL pipelines, ensure secure data governance, and fuel real-time AI initiatives directly from their live SAP data.
Supply chain optimization and demand forecasting
How to anticipate market shifts: Combine SAP inventory data with Google Cloud external market signals to accurately predict demand spikes.
How to optimize inventory levels: Deploy AI models that automatically recommend stock adjustments to prevent costly shortages or overstock.
How to streamline logistics: Use intelligent analytics to identify routing inefficiencies, reducing delivery times and avoiding bottlenecks.
How-tos
How to anticipate market shifts: Combine SAP inventory data with Google Cloud external market signals to accurately predict demand spikes.
How to optimize inventory levels: Deploy AI models that automatically recommend stock adjustments to prevent costly shortages or overstock.
How to streamline logistics: Use intelligent analytics to identify routing inefficiencies, reducing delivery times and avoiding bottlenecks.
Financial operations and analytics
How to accelerate the financial close: Unify your SAP data in BigQuery to run massive, complex financial reconciliations in real-time.
How to safeguard enterprise assets: Implement machine learning to automatically flag irregular expenses, duplicate invoices, and anomalies before they impact the business.
How to optimize cash flow: Accelerate the order-to-cash cycle using AI-driven predictive analytics to resolve billing bottlenecks automatically.
How-tos
How to accelerate the financial close: Unify your SAP data in BigQuery to run massive, complex financial reconciliations in real-time.
How to safeguard enterprise assets: Implement machine learning to automatically flag irregular expenses, duplicate invoices, and anomalies before they impact the business.
How to optimize cash flow: Accelerate the order-to-cash cycle using AI-driven predictive analytics to resolve billing bottlenecks automatically.
Personalized marketing and customer profitability
How to target with precision: Blend SAP customer data with Google advanced analytics to create highly personalized, high-conversion campaigns.
How to boost profitability: Use machine learning to identify your most valuable customer segments and tailor your marketing spend accordingly.
How to automate personalized outreach: Use generative AI to instantly craft customized messaging for different audience segments at scale.
How-tos
How to target with precision: Blend SAP customer data with Google advanced analytics to create highly personalized, high-conversion campaigns.
How to boost profitability: Use machine learning to identify your most valuable customer segments and tailor your marketing spend accordingly.
How to automate personalized outreach: Use generative AI to instantly craft customized messaging for different audience segments at scale.
Proactive supplier risk management
How to foresee supply disruptions: Analyze global news, geopolitical events, and market trends using AI to spot potential supplier vulnerabilities early.
How to secure alternative sourcing: Cross-reference external risk factors with SAP procurement records to instantly rank and activate backup vendors.
How to mitigate business impact: Automate contingency workflows to instantly pivot your sourcing strategy when primary suppliers face delays.
How-tos
How to foresee supply disruptions: Analyze global news, geopolitical events, and market trends using AI to spot potential supplier vulnerabilities early.
How to secure alternative sourcing: Cross-reference external risk factors with SAP procurement records to instantly rank and activate backup vendors.
How to mitigate business impact: Automate contingency workflows to instantly pivot your sourcing strategy when primary suppliers face delays.
Real-time ESG and sustainability tracking
How to centralize sustainability data: Aggregate global energy usage, supply chain emissions, and SAP operational metrics into a single, transparent dashboard.
How to measure environmental impact: Combine your enterprise data with Google Earth engine insights to map and monitor your physical environmental footprint.
How to streamline compliance reporting: Use generative AI to quickly draft accurate, regulatory-ready ESG reports directly from your real-time data inputs.
How-tos
How to centralize sustainability data: Aggregate global energy usage, supply chain emissions, and SAP operational metrics into a single, transparent dashboard.
How to measure environmental impact: Combine your enterprise data with Google Earth engine insights to map and monitor your physical environmental footprint.
How to streamline compliance reporting: Use generative AI to quickly draft accurate, regulatory-ready ESG reports directly from your real-time data inputs.
