Why the World Still Runs on SAP
8 hours ago
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- AI is shifting focus from new capabilities to enhancing existing enterprise software like SAP, ServiceNow, and Salesforce.
- Legacy systems like SAP are deeply embedded in businesses, making them costly and risky to replace due to customizations and undocumented procedures.
- AI can transform how legacy systems are implemented, used, and extended, making them more programmable and user-friendly.
- Implementation of legacy systems is risky and expensive, but AI can streamline requirements gathering, configuration, and testing to reduce costs and timelines.
- AI can improve day-to-day usage of legacy systems by providing copilots that simplify navigation, automate tasks, and reduce errors.
- AI enables the creation of modern, purpose-built extensions on top of legacy systems, bypassing cumbersome UIs and enabling cross-system workflows.
- The future of enterprise software involves AI acting as an operating layer, turning legacy systems into back-end systems of record while AI handles the user-facing 'system of action.'
- Startups are emerging to address these opportunities, focusing on implementation, usage, and extension of legacy systems with AI-driven solutions.