Snowflake, the AI Data Cloud company, has teamed up with SAP SE, a global leader in enterprise software and business AI, to simplify how organizations use data for innovation. Through this new collaboration, businesses can now integrate Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud with SAP’s Business Data Cloud (BDC) using semantically rich data. The partnership aims to make Snowflake’s data and AI platform available as a certified SAP solution extension for SAP BDC customers.
The new SAP Snowflake Solution Extension for SAP Business Data Cloud merges SAP’s long-standing expertise in business processes and structured data with Snowflake’s unified platform for developing AI and machine learning applications. Moreover, SAP and Snowflake are introducing zero-copy data sharing between SAP BDC and Snowflake. This feature will help companies extract deeper insights, develop enterprise-grade intelligent applications, and accelerate AI-driven business transformation.
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“By tightly integrating SAP and Snowflake, we’re making it simple for enterprises to connect their critical business data with its rich context in SAP with the power of seamless AI app and data agent development at scale in Snowflake,” said Christian Kleinerman, EVP of Product, Snowflake. “Enterprises can now innovate faster with Snowflake and SAP BDC and seamlessly share data between the platforms zero-copy and fully governed.”
The integration of SAP Snowflake into SAP’s open data ecosystem enhances customer flexibility and openness. It also extends SAP BDC with Snowflake’s capabilities in AI, analytics, data engineering, marketplace, and collaboration. Customers can now use SAP BDC with SAP Snowflake as a scalable cloud option to expand the value of their enterprise data. Through bidirectional, zero-copy data access, organizations can manage semantically rich SAP data products in real time within a unified governance model. Consequently, this enables businesses to harmonize SAP and non-SAP data while reducing total cost of ownership and creating AI-driven applications backed by trusted SAP data.
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“Bringing Snowflake to SAP Business Data Cloud empowers our customers with openness and choice,” stated Irfan Khan, President and Chief Product Officer for SAP Data and Analytics, SAP SE. “Together, we combine SAP’s decades of leadership in mission-critical business applications with Snowflake’s modern data platform to deliver a unified, enterprise-ready, and SAP-supported experience.”
Additionally, the partnership introduces SAP Business Data Cloud Connect for Snowflake, which supports bidirectional, zero-copy data sharing. This allows existing Snowflake customers to connect seamlessly with SAP BDC and access semantically rich SAP data in real time without duplication.
Among the early adopters, AstraZeneca has embraced this collaboration to power its data-driven mission. “Data and AI are central to achieving this aim, and our close collaboration with SAP and Snowflake compliments our ability to access, process and analyze real-time data,” said Russell Smith, Vice President of ERP Transformation Technology at AstraZeneca. “This announcement will accelerate our mission and recognizes that every minute matters to make breakthroughs for patients.”
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