In this episode we hear Timo Elliott, Innovation Evangelist at SAP, about data and its importance to be successful with AI. He outlines SAP’s architecture, including the new SAP Business AI platform, encompassing Business Data Cloud (BDC) and Business Technology Platform (BTP) and explains why data quality, integration, and governance are now really strategic priorities. Timo explains typical concepts like data products, lakehouse, or data fabric and shares practical advice plus customer examples on embedding AI into processes. We also hear his insights on the recent announcements on SAP SAPPHIRE, SAPs largest customer event, where data and AI played a major role.

Links

Timo Elliott on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timoelliott/

SAP Sapphire 2026 news and innovations: https://www.sap.com/topics/events/sapphire/innovation-news-guide-2026

Timo Elliotts Blog: https://timoelliott.com/blog/

Cartoons from Timo: https://timoelliott.com/blog/cartoons

Hard Fork Podcast from NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/column/hard-fork

SAP Innovation Award champions: https://www.sap.com/discover/sap-innovation-awards/index.html#entries