SAP pushes AI while serving on-premises customers

SAP says two-thirds of new contracts now include AI components, but complex on-premises SAP ECC setups, data sovereignty concerns and sector rules keep some customers from moving to the cloud. A Red Hat study found only 57% of German companies have an exit strategy for their primary AI provider.

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