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Welcome to the new SAP Integration & Extension Talk with Thomas Volmering, Chief Product Manager for SAP Process Automation, and Hanna Salamon, Senior Product Communication Manager for SAP Business Technology Platform at SAP SE. In this episode we discover what SAP Process Automation is all about and how you can accelerate automation with a modern no-code experience. Learn what the groundbreaking advantages of low-code/no-code process automation are and how you can start with the new solution.

Interview Guest:

Thomas Volmering is Chief Product Manager for SAP Process Automation and is driving with an experienced, motivated and inspired team the future of this citizen developer solution. He has more than 20-years track record of helping SAP customers and partners driving process efficiency. Thomas has successfully launched many solutions in the Business Process Management and Workflow space in different engineering roles.

Follow Thomas on: LinkedIn │ Twitter │ SAP Community

Links for more details:

• Latest blog by Thomas
• Exchange knowledge: SAP Community, Q&A, Blogs 
• Explore: SAP Product Page , Product Demo 
• Learn more: SAP Help Portal  
• Follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube

Thomas Tech Book & Movie Recommendations:

1. Book: Build What Matters: Delivering Key Outcomes with Vision-Led Product Management, Ben Foster & Rajesh Nerlikar
2. Series: Billion Dollar Code (Netflix)

Links for more SAP Integration Suite & SAP Extension Suite information:

• SAP Business Technology Platform
• SAP Integration Suite
• SAP Extension Suite
• SAP Community
• Subscribe to: SAP Integration Suite & SAP Extension Suite Newsletter
• Follow on: Twitter │ LinkedIn │ YouTube │Facebook

Hosted by Hanna Salamon – Senior Product Communication Manager SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP SE

Social Media:

Twitter:  Hanna Salamon (@ha_nn_aS) / Twitter

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannasalamon/

Interview Guests:

Archana Shukla, Senior Product Manager SAP Workflow Management. She has been working with SAP in different roles for more than 16 years with deep technical knowledge and experience in product development and management. She is currently leading product success operations for APJ region and managing global partner eco-system. In her role, she is responsible for various marketing activities which involve customer, partners and other stakeholder engagement and enablement.

Archana has been conducting multiple workshops, webinars, podcasts and has been speaker at international conferences. She technically supports consultants, developers and solution advisors and is an eminent member of SAP Community with multiple blogs.

Follow Archana on: SAP Community

Prashant Gautam, Product Manager for Innovation topic in SAP Workflow Management service.

Follow Prashant on: SAP Community

Links to Resources that were discussed in the episode:

• openSAP course on Enable Users in Multilingual Business with SAP Translation Hub
• Official help guide on Migrating API Management Subscription Created Using the Starter Plan Service Instance to Different Subaccounts
• SAP Community blog on developing and deploying a multichannel sample app to mobile with SAP Business Application Studio for low-code development
• Support of partner Cloud Integration adapters with API and Integration Marketplace
• New adapters for Process Integration
• Other Roadmap items
• Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools

Resources for SAP Workflow Management discussed in the conversation:

• Workflow Management Prepackaged Content  | New Features | openSAP | SAP Community

 Hands-on sessionsfrom SAP TechEd 2021:

• INT261- Automate Your CapEx with Predefined Workflow Content and RPA Bots
• DEV164 – Develop, Configure, and Provision Application Workflows and Content
• INT360 – Intelligent Approvals with Workflow Intelligence

Task Center: Help Portal | SAP Community

TechEd 2021 INT360 hands-on session (Exercise2 is for Workflow Intelligence)

Official Help document for Workflow Intelligence

Links for more SAP Integration Suite & SAP Extension Suite information:

• SAP Integration Suite
• SAP Extension Suite
• SAP Community
• Subscribe to: SAP Integration Suite & SAP Extension Suite Newsletter
• Follow on: Twitter │ LinkedIn │ YouTube │Facebook

Hosted by Gaurav Dey – T&I Cross Architecture, SAP

Social Media:

SAP Community: https://people.sap.com/gauravdey

Interview Guests:

Cecilia Huergo is part of the Central Product Management team for SAP BTP, mainly focused on content strategy for events like SAP TechEd. As part of her role, she also interacts with the extended SAP Community and enjoys hosting internal and external sessions. The most recent experience was hosting Channel 1 topic hours for SAP TechEd in 2021.

Follow Cecilia on: LinkedIn │ Twitter │ SAP Community

Rui Nogueira is Vice President Intelligent Enterprise & Cross Architecture at SAP with over 20 years of experience in applying information technology in a wide range of industries. He holds a graduate degree in electrical engineering. He is a frequent speaker at international conferences and SAP events and has been an instructor for various openSAP courses. His focus is on the integration between the SAP Business Technology Platform and SAP’s Intelligent Suite.

Follow Rui on: LinkedIn │ Twitter │ SAP Community

SAP TechEd 2021 Links for more details:

• SAP TechEd News Guide   
• SAP TechEd 2021 Press Release   
• Executive Keynote   
• Developer Keynote   
• All replays in the SAP TechEd session catalog   
• That’s a Wrap TechEd 2021 Blog

Links for more SAP Integration Suite & SAP Extension Suite information:

• SAP Integration Suite
• SAP Extension Suite
• SAP Community
• Subscribe to: SAP Integration Suite & SAP Extension Suite Newsletter
• Follow on: Twitter │ LinkedIn │ YouTube │Facebook

Hosted by Hanna Salamon – Senior Product Communication Manager SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP SE

Social Media:

Twitter:  Hanna Salamon (@ha_nn_aS) / Twitter

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannasalamon/

What’s New Part Links:

• SAP TechEd 2021 announcements:
  • SAP TechEd News Guide
  • Press Release
  • New Unified Low-Code/No-Code Offering
  • SAP BTP Free Tier for Individual Users

Goodbye Interview & The Evolution of the Podcast from SAP Hana Cloud Platform to SAP Cloud Platform Podcast to the finally ongoing SAP Integration & Extension Talk with Podcast Host Manjunath Baburao and Hanna Salamon

Guest: Manjunath Baburao

Manjunath Baburao is a Product Manager in the SAP Business Technology Platform Cross Product Management team based in Bangalore, India. His focus areas include Data Management, Multi-Cloud Foundation & Business Continuity for SAP BTP. In his new role, he will leverage his broad experience to align & drive central initiatives for SAP BTP.

Follow Manju on: LinkedIn │ Twitter │ SAP Community

Highlight sessions in his time as a podcast host:

• BTP Free Tier
• Integration Methodology (ISAM)
• Non-SAP integrations using SAP BTP
• Digital Process Automation using SAP BTP

SAP BTP DevOps Series: Ops Automation
Kiril and Abhishek talk about Operations Automation in the SAP BTP environment.

Co- Host: Abhishek Nath

Abhishek Nath works as a product manager at SAP in the Cloud and Lifecycle Management area. He is responsible for DevOps and lifecycle management topics around SAP Business Technology Platform, looking after the APJ region.​Together with colleagues from other areas, Abhishek is forging the overall DevOps story for SAP BTP. He has broad experience with system provisioning topics (spanning installation, system copy, and migration of SAP on-premise systems) and enterprise architecture. Abhishek is a regular speaker at SAP events, such as SAP TechEd, and various SAP partner events. He is also an Erickson-certified coach. ​

Follow Abhishek on SAP Community | Twitter | LinkedIn

Guest: Kiril Gavrailov

At the time of recording Kiril Gavrailov was a product expert in the Product Management team in the Cloud and Lifecycle Management area at SAP. He worked on operations automation solutions in SAP Business Technology Platform. He is also the author of a number of blog posts in SAP Community and a speaker at various conferences.

Follow Kiril on LinkedIn │SAP Community

Further Links:
SAP DevOps Community

Links for more SAP Integration Suite & SAP Extension Suite information:

• SAP Integration Suite
• SAP Extension Suite
• Subscribe to: SAP Integration Suite & SAP Extension Suite Newsletter
• Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube

Hosted by Hanna Salamon – Senior Product Communication Manager SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP SE

Social Media:

Twitter:  Hanna Salamon (@ha_nn_aS) / Twitter

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannasalamon/

Michael Köhler is a Principal Technical Consultant at SAP Consulting in Germany. In his more than 13 years of experience in SAP Technologies, he acted in different roles reaching from Implementation to Solution Architecture and Project Management. With his experience and dedication, he helps our customers to be successful with our software products.

What’s New Part Links:

1. SAP TechEd 2021:
   Register here
   Session Catalog

1. SAP Product Footprint Management:
   Product Deep Dive Blog & Launch News

1. SAP BTP Free Tier:
   For Partners
   All Free Tier Services
   Start with the free tier model for SAP BTP

1. Product Roadmap Updates:
   Q3 Roadmap Highlights

Links for more SAP Integration Suite & SAP Extension Suite information:

• SAP Integration Suite
• SAP Extension Suite
• Subscribe to: SAP Integration Suite & SAP Extension Suite Newsletter
• Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube

Hosted by Hanna Salamon – Senior Product Communication Manager SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP SE

Social Media:

Twitter:  Hanna Salamon (@ha_nn_aS) / Twitter

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannasalamon/

BTP DevOps Podcast Series Episode 4: Delivery and Change Management

In this interview Harald and Abhishek talk about Delivery and Change Management in the BTP Cloud environment and also for hybrid environments, as is the case for many of SAP’s customers.

Host: Abhishek Nath

Abhishek Nath works as a product manager at SAP in the Cloud and Lifecycle Management area. He is responsible for DevOps and lifecycle management topics around SAP Business Technology Platform, looking after the APJ region.​

Together with colleagues from other areas, Abhishek is forging the overall DevOps story for SAP Business Technology Platform. He has broad experience with system provisioning topics (spanning installation, system copy, and migration of SAP on-premise systems) and enterprise architecture. Abhishek is a regular speaker at SAP events, such as SAP TechEd, and various SAP partner events. He is also an Erickson-certified coach. ​

Follow Abhishek on SAP Community | Twitter | LinkedIn

Guest: Harald Stevens – LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harald-stevens-23136a85/

Harald Stevens is a product expert in the Product Management team in the Cloud and Lifecycle Management area at SAP. He concentrates on transport management solutions in SAP Business Technology Platform.

Harald has written several blog posts on SAP Community and been a speaker at SAP TechEd conferences.

Follow Harald on SAP Community.

Links: 

Link to SAP DevOps Community: https://community.sap.com/topics/devops

Link to Discovery Center Missions: Mission 1; Mission 2

SAP Business Technology Platform Free Tier
In this interview we talk to Max about what is the SAP BTP Free Tier, what is its scope and what is the road ahead for this offering on the Business Technology Platform.

Guest: Max Skalatsky

Max is a Product Manager within the BTP team.  In his role, he is responsible for the product ownership of SAP BTP Trial offerings, which consist of the Free Trial and the upcoming Free Tier. Prior to joining SAP, Max spent fifteen years in strategy and operations consulting, working within high-tech, financial services, transportation, and federal sectors.

Links

Read the blog to learn more

Links for more SAP Integration Suite & SAP Extension Suite information:

• SAP Integration Suite
• SAP Extension Suite
• Subscribe to: SAP Integration Suite & SAP Extension Suite Newsletter
• Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube

Hosted by Manjunath Baburao – Product Manager, SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Labs India

Social Media:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/_iamManju

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manjunathbaburao/

SAP Partnership with EY AgilityWorks

EY: “The views reflected in this podcast are the views of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the global EY organization or its member firms.”

Utsav Chobe is a Senior Manager with EY AgilityWorks UK. He leads use of innovative technologies to address challenging business demands. He works in customer facing roles helping customer teams build & drive automation strategy using Intelligent RPA, Business Process Management, SAP Business Technology Platform, S/4 HANA and Analytics. Recently, his team won SAP Innovation Award 2021 for their work on managing COVID-19 risk.

Boris Andree is a Director at SAP´s Intelligent RPA Solution Management division. He focuses on strategy, Go-to-Market, and adoption of intelligent technologies and solutions. Over the past 20 years, he held various positions in regional and global teams at SAP and SAP partners, building strong expertise in the areas of Business Process Management, Business Intelligence, SAP HANA, and Artificial Intelligence.

SAP Intelligent RPA low-code/no-code product updates

Enkhzul (Jesse) Sukhbayar is a Marketing & Community Specialist for the SAP Intelligent RPA team. She has over 6 years of experience in branding, marketing management in software, digital health, and banking sectors. Highly passionate and experienced in creating impactful end-to-end organic and paid campaigns across various channels. She currently focuses on international lead and demand generation activities for SAP Intelligent RPA and related solutions.

Peter Engel is Global Solution Owner for SAP Intelligent RPA. Peter has worked in various roles at SAP, including customer-facing roles, for 27 years. He has deep expertise specializing in SAP’s innovative technologies like Intelligent RPA, Conversational AI, Machine Learning, Blockchain, and S/4HANA. In his current role, Peter is working on product strategy and commercialization. He supports the Intelligent RPA community and our customers with webinars, blog posts, and workshops, as well as helping to realize projects and scaling Intelligent RPA deployments.

Links:

• Explore SAP Intelligent RPA Use Cases
• Try SAP Intelligent RPA for Free
• Follow SAP Intelligent RPA on LinkedIn

Links What’s New Part:

• New Free Tier Model for SAP BTP:
  • Read the blog to learn more
  • Explore the free tier and sign up now
  • Sign up for free tier newsletter
• SAP Private Link Service (BETA Version) Available
• New Data Center in Australia

Links for more SAP Integration Suite & SAP Extension Suite information:

• SAP Integration Suite
• SAP Extension Suite
• Subscribe to: SAP Integration Suite & SAP Extension Suite Newsletter
• Follow on: Twitter, LinkedIn, Youtube

Hosted by Hanna Salamon – Senior Product Manager SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP SE

Social Media:

Twitter:  Hanna Salamon (@ha_nn_aS) / Twitter

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannasalamon/

• SAPPHIRE Newsguide: https://www.sap.com/dmc/exp/2021-06-sapphireinnovation-news/
• openSAP Course: https://open.sap.com/courses/btp1
• SAP DevOps Community: https://community.sap.com/topics/devops

Talk about the new SaaS solution SAP Landscape Management Cloud on SAP Business Technology Platform, which enables customers to manage their SAP systems in Infrastructure Cloud environments and how the solution addresses customer challenges during the transition from on-premise to cloud scenarios. 

Guests:

Markus Winter, Chief Product Owner, Cloud Lifecycle Management. He has been working in the field of landscape optimization and cloud computing for the last twenty years and has driven landscape management topics within the SAP group. He is located at SAP’s headquarters in Germany leading the Cloud Management product unit as Chief Product Owner. Markus holds an engineering degree in Media Computer Science from the University of Applied Sciences (HdM), Stuttgart, Germany and an engineering doctorate in Business Information Technology from Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany. 

Luisa Beltrán Cespedes
Communications for Cloud and Lifecycle Management Landscape Orchestration Products

Links:

SAP and IBM have come together to help companies accelerate their journey to the Intelligent Enterprise. As part of Evolution Program, IBM has transformed existing end-to-end industry workflows using SAP Business Technology Platform and specifically SAP Workflow Management to increase customer satisfaction. IBM shares details on these use cases, how they have leveraged SAP Business Technology Platform for reinventing business processes, their experience with the whole transformation and an outlook on upcoming content packages.

Co-Host:

Archana Shukla, Senior Product Manager SAP Workflow Management. She has been working with SAP in different roles for more than 16 years with deep technical knowledge and experience in product development and management. She is currently leading GTM operations for APJ region and global partner eco-system. In her role, she is responsible for various marketing activities which involve customer, partners and other stakeholder engagement and enablement. Archana has been conducting multiple workshops, webinars, podcasts and has been speaker at international conferences. She technically supports  consultants, developers and solution advisors and is an eminent member of SAP Community with multiple blogs.

Guests:

Andrew Worsley-Tonks is an IBM Distinguished Engineer, SAP Chief Architect and the global SAP S/4HANA Leader for IBM Services. He has led multiple complex SAP business transformation and modernization programmes. In his current role, he is leading innovation and the build of some of IBM’s Industry Cloud solutions in partnership with SAP, with a focus on transforming traditional business processes into Intelligent Workflows leveraging SAP’s Business Technology Platform. Andrew is also a thought leader, a speaker and co-author of SAP S/4HANA: An introduction, published by SAP PRESS.

Asidhara Lahiri, SAP Enterprise Architect, is a technical leader in IBM SAP practice, a thought leader and an author with more than 24 years of work experience, helping clients transform their business by leveraging SAP. She is in IBM’s SAP Services for 20 years. She holds 2 patents and has several publications, including 2 SAP Press books which she has co-authored “SAP S/4HANA: An introduction” and “SAP Cloud Platform : Cloud-native Development “.
She is currently leading the architecture in the IBM-SAP Evolution partnership, from a platform perspective as well as industry solutions for Industrial Machinery and Components. She has also been working on the intelligent workflow initiative at IBM, using SAP BTP.

Links:

Links for more SAP Integration Suite & SAP Extension Suite information:

Hosted by Hanna Salamon – Senior Product Manager SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP SE

Social Media:

Twitter:  Ha_nn_aS (@hanna_salamon_) / Twitter

LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannasalamon/

• SAP note 3001980 on new non-SAP connectivity options for SAP Integration Suite: https://launchpad.support.sap.com/#/notes/3001980
• SAP Help Portal on connectivity options for SAP Integration Suite: https://help.sap.com/viewer/368c481cd6954bdfa5d0435479fd4eaf/Cloud/en-US/55325f2a722c4f67bb7752b369b09ff8.html
• Blog on new non-SAP connectivity options for SAP Integration Suite: https://blogs.sap.com/2021/02/17/new-adapters-added-to-sap-cloud-integration/
• SAP Influence Session for SAP Integration Suite: https://influence.sap.com/sap/ino/#/campaign/2282