A measured look at IBM's 14-week discovery process and partner-led S4 HANA migration.
IBM's SAP S4 HANA transformation is framed here as a practical look at how a large enterprise turns hybrid cloud and AI strategy into an operating program.
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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
SAP practitioners connect enterprise architecture and data systems to the implementation choices, process changes, and operational constraints that determine whether they work.
Let's Talk Data: Business Technology Podcast | SAP turns enterprise technology into conversations about the decisions surrounding it. Interviews, customer accounts, and expert roundtables connect SAP systems to operational questions such as cloud migration, clean-core…
Thirty thousand training hours for one SAP migration, and your 'quick rollout' suddenly needs a bigger calendar.
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A measured look at IBM's 14-week discovery process and partner-led S4 HANA migration.
IBM's SAP S4 HANA transformation is framed here as a practical look at how a large enterprise turns hybrid cloud and AI strategy into an operating program.
A focused look at why trustworthy master data needs to come before AI initiatives are built on top of it.
Master data management comes through as a practical base layer for AI work, with Andy Haler of Bloor Research stressing a simple risk: unreliable training data can produce unreliable results.
A practical SAP-focused look at HANA Cloud, deployment flexibility, modernization, and generative AI.
This single-episode review frames SAP HANA Cloud through the practical work of modernization: deployment, operations, resilience, and the pressure to make database administration less manual.
A grounded look at process health checks, SAP integration, and event-driven automation.
Enterprise automation comes into focus here through a simple idea: a status change in a document can trigger the next step in a business process.
Automation only scales when master data can be trusted.
Automation is framed as a growth requirement here, but the more useful point is that it only works when master data is trusted and clean. Cori Berkness of SAP Product Marketing leads a practical conversation on automation in master data management, with attention to the labor…
A useful explanation of where SAP's AI co-pilot experience ends and its back-end LLM and BTP extensibility begin.
SAP's cloud ERP AI strategy sharpens here as Terry Penner and Juergen Bootsman separate the co-pilot experience from the models and capabilities running underneath it.
A cloud ERP discussion about shifting SAP operations to SAP and refocusing the team on higher-value work.
Skyworks' move to SAP S/4HANA in the cloud is framed as a practical reset for the CIO: less time spent keeping SAP running, handling backups, and planning disaster recovery, and more time spent on work that creates business value.
A practical discussion of SAP HANA Cloud for developers, with emphasis on prototyping, support, and scale.
The episode treats SAP HANA Cloud as an in-memory cloud database for developers, while keeping Bloor Research's approach to technology evaluation in view.

Film craft for the VFX workbench.

Accessibility, veterans, and practical independence explained clearly.

Host Jack Rhysider narrates true hacking, breach, and privacy stories from the people involved.

David Pierce and Verge staffers cover AI industry news, gadgets, and tech policy weekly.

Long-form interviews on AI coding agents, infrastructure, and security, plus a recurring SED News roundup.

Founders and engineers on AI coding agents like Claude Code, and supply chain security.
This episode explores how automating Master Data Management (MDM) with trusted, high-quality data drives efficiency, reduces costs, and enables business growth.
SAP’s Cori Birkenes hosts Andy Haler of Bloor Research and Marcus Kupa of SAP for the series’ 100th episode, titled “2023 Trends in Master Data Management.” Andy says MDM is moving into broader data management platforms that combine governance, quality, and sometimes integration, while Marcus ties that shift to SAP Master Data Governance, SAP BTP, S/4HANA transformations, and AI.
Daniel Dukes from SAP hosts Matt Zetas, Global Vice President of Database Management, on "Journey to Intelligent Data Applications: Modernize with SAP HANA Cloud." Matt points to an Amsterdam utility company that used HANA’s geospatial engine for pipeline integrity management and saw a query drop from an hour to seconds after SAP worked with Esri on a native spatial capability.
Jennifer Frank-McGrory sits down with Steve Bergfeld, Vice President of IT and Services at Blue Diamond Growers, starting with the company’s history and moving into modernization.
Jennifer Frank-McGrory hosts Bill Petrovsky and Chris Perry from IBM Consulting’s SAP practice on Let’s Talk Cloud ERP, and the episode centers on IBM’s SAP S/4HANA transformation.
Jennifer Frank-McGrory opens a special edition of Let's Talk Cloud ERP and then hands the conversation to Terry Penner.
John Liu, Product Marketing Manager for SAP Build, hosts Nick Champion of AG Consultancy and Rahul Kumar to discuss enterprise automation, SAP Build, SAP Signavio, and SAP Integration Suite.
This SAP podcast episode explains how businesses can modernize their integration landscape by migrating from SAP Process Orchestration to SAP Integration Suite.
This episode of Let's Talk Data provides a structured deep dive into SAP HANA Cloud, explaining ten key reasons why organizations are adopting this platform.
SAP experts Terry Penner and Juergen Bootsman discuss the evolution of SAP's AI strategy, focusing on the integration of large language models and the digital assistant Joule into Cloud ERP.
Autumn Moss and Kim Huth-Sigler host Dr.
Jennifer Frank-McGrory opens the special edition and hands the microphone to Terry Penner.
Lauren Wong hosts a conversation with Robin and Daniel from Bloor Research about SAP HANA Cloud and its role as an in-memory cloud database for developers.
Terry Penner hosts a tight panel on SAP S/4HANA cloud data migration and master data governance.
Jennifer Frank-McGrory opens with the company’s history and the cloud ERP angle.
Clean core starts with clean data.
Eric Lossbrook hosts Satya Jayadev, vice president and CIO of Skyworks Solutions, for a conversation about why the company is moving SAP to the cloud.
Niklas kicks off season nine by welcoming Shabana Samsudin to SAP's Let's Talk Data podcast and setting up a close look at the new knowledge graph engine in SAP HANA Cloud.
Jennifer Frank-McGrory opens a special cloud ERP conversation and introduces Laura Lampeseder from Advanced Six.
Daniel Dukes opens season nine of Let's Talk Data with Team Liquid, the 2024 Dota World Champions.
Cori Berkenes opens the SAP Let's Talk Data episode by framing a question that sounds simple but is easy to blur.
Jennifer Frank-McGrory hosts Bill Piotrowski and Chris Perry from IBM's SAP practice on Let's Talk Cloud ERP, with the conversation centered on IBM's SAP S/4HANA transformation and partner-led delivery.
Cori Birkenes opens by framing data strategy as something meant to feel manageable, not overwhelming.
David Robinson joins Jennifer Frank McGlory to talk about how SAP is approaching innovation in the AI-first era.
Sherry Lava of IDC says the integration market reached $8.5 billion in 2022 and could approach $18 billion by 2027, with cloud-delivered integration overtaking on-premise.