SAP marked its annual shindig in Orlando this week by pulling the plug on AI features for its popular enterprise application platform, but failed to impress analysts in attendance.
AI in SAP SuccessFactors HCM, with Joule + Microsoft 365 Copilot
The 52-year-old software company launched its GenAI copilot Joule last fall and made it available for the SAP SuccessFactors HR application. The tool promises to sort and contextualize data from multiple systems. At SAP Sapphire 2024, the vendor announced Joule's inclusion in the ERP system SAP S/4HANA Cloud solutions, the extension development environment SAP Business Technology Platform, the low-code tool SAP Build and the SAP Integration Suite. SAP Ariba and SAP Analytics Cloud will get the tool next year.
SAP also announced plans to integrate Joule with Microsoft's AI chatbot Copilot to "display even richer insights." It promises bi-directional integration to give users a single look and feel built into their workflow when performing tasks in SAP applications and Microsoft 365.
A joule is a unit of energy. One joule would power a one-watt light bulb for one second. While it may be unfair to compare this to the enthusiasm for SAP's announcements, analysts were not impressed.
