SAP BTP Services

SAP BTP stands for Business Technology Platform. It’s a Partner Managed Cloud service that combines planning, data and analytics, integration automation and App Development into a unified environment for SAP Applications. Simply put, this means every enterprise can become intelligent and sustainable.

The Business Technology Platform is an umbrella term for a variety of tools and services. These services can be picked and chosen at will, depending on the company's needs, optimising business systems and processes.

SAP originally Launched the Business Technology Platform back in 2013 under the guise of the SAP Cloud Platform. It was renamed in Jan of 2021 as part of a rebrand.

Services found on the Business Technology Platform are designed to be used across the breadth and width of business processes in any area. This includes Finance, CRM, HR, Project Management, Procurement, Supply Chain Management and more.

The services found on the SAP BTP help businesses to automate processes, and improve the analytical capabilities of data and how it is stored. On a strategic level, this helps an organisation to become an intelligent enterprise and operate in its field with greater agility.

Our pre-packaged content on the BTP has a range of uses that encompass these areas and beyond with Support Management programs, HR experience applications, data health and duplicate checking reports, Partner onboarding experience and visitor and staff tracking solutions. More information on these can be found on our Cloud Suite page.

The SAP Business Technology Platform has a wide selection of applications and services to choose from. However, what’s included in a business context largely depends on the processing needs of a business. The immediate benefit of this is that you only pay for what you use, rather than the whole platform- making it a much more cost-effective solution.

The SAP BTP offering can be divided into four unique areas:
• Database and data management
• Analytics
• Application development and integration
• Intelligent technologies


Within these categories are a plethora of subcategories, all with multiple services and tools, making listing the complete offering difficult.

INNOVATION BEFORE COMPETITORS
The past few years have shown that customer requirements can change rapidly. Innovating before competitors gives companies a huge advantage. Quickly adapting to customer needs often leads to quicker adoption of products or services. The SAP BTP facilitates innovation at pace so businesses can keep up with an ever-changing market.

RUN IN UNCERTAINTY
As we have discovered, change is the only constant in business so it’s essential to have agility and continuity to run in times of uncertainty. BTP is a hosted cloud platform, meaning even if you go down, BTP does not. BTP keeps businesses running permanently.

COST SAVING CHAMPION
Cost-saving pressures are only rising for businesses currently. By leveraging BTP and cloud services, companies can relieve some of this pressure and save huge overheads on incumbent on-premises SAP solutions.

PIVOT AT MARKET SPEED
Adapt and pivot with a dynamic market. SAP BTP offers agility and innovation that matches the market's external needs. This allows businesses to excel in a digital-first world.

GROW WITH MULTI-CLOUD OPENNESS
Multi-cloud openness creates great flexibility around deployment as well as adapting and tailoring solutions to customer and company needs. SAP BTP facilitates growth through innovation and customer-centric thinking deployed in a cloud format.

YOU ARE DEPENDENT ON MASTER DATA
If your company is dependent on large amounts of master data to produce products, SAP BTP will likely be able to enhance your processes and business operations. The BTP platform can be quickly deployed into a business. Migrations can be large tasks but are offset by the productivity once live on the platform.

YOU NEED BUSINESS AGILITY
If you operate in an extremely busy industry or need processes to be as efficient as possible- for cost purposes or otherwise, the Business Technology Platform will be a good fit. It has been designed to enable businesses to run in dynamic markets and innovate before competitors, maximising business chances of success.

YOU CAN'T AFFORD DOWNTIME
Systems going down is a constant risk when on-premises. Migrating to the cloud removes these pressures and enables businesses to run with continuity. Proper leverage of cloud systems removes pressure from the business and has many cost-saving implications across staffing, IT, supply chain and beyond.

YOU ALREADY USE SAP APPLICATIONS
If you are already running SAP systems like S/4 HANA system, FIORI is your UI strategy and you would like to create a custom FIORI app then SAP BTP Extension Suite is the natural option. If you would like to build an application on your system, BTP enables you to subscribe to extra services at any time, giving companies the correct services when needed

Recent years have proven that you can never predict what's around the corner for businesses. It’s becoming essential for businesses to maximise ROI and have continuity in uncertainty. Cloud is certainly the way forward with this and has been adopted through other aspects of a business. To become a truly digital-first enterprise, processes and systems must be optimised with the Business Technology Platform.

Yes, the SAP Cloud Platform and the Business Technology Platform are one and the same. The only difference is a rebrand. When the Platform as a Service was first launched in 2013, SAP dubbed it the Cloud Platform. However, as it has evolved into a resource for businesses, Business Technology Platform became a name with a better fit. There’s no real difference between the two. They refer to the same platform for creating and developing applications to improve business SAP’s but Business Technology Platform is the current correct name.

Monitoring SAP BTP performance is an important ability for any SAP programme leader. Typically, applications used from the BTP are charged per license and if those licenses are not being taken advantage of, it’s a waste of money. However, there isn’t a system from SAP whereby usage can be monitored, leaving users in the dark. That’s why we have created the SAP BTP Management Suite. The BTP Management Suite is an application available on the SAP BTP which enables BTP users to monitor BTP Licenses and consumption, reporting, management, user creation and self-service. It’s a great way for organisations to ensure lean and effective usage of the Business Technology Platform and optimise how they use it.