Rami Branitzky has SAP Ventures, an independent venture capital firm affiliate with SAP AG, as managing director and will lead a global market development team. Branitzky most recently served as CEO at Grok Solutions, formerly known as Numenta, SAP announced Tuesday. SAP Ventures noted that the global market development team will also handle business development and marketing. […] More

SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott told a group of investors in New York Tuesday that the company intends to cut the amount of hardware it uses by migrating more applications into the company’s cloud-based HANA computing platform, the Washington Post reported Thursday. Moving to the High Performance Analytic Appliance database management tool would help customers simply their […] More

SAP AG and Atos are collaborating with the European Union to develop standards for cloud services in an effort to help protect personal data of citizens, Bloomberg reported Monday. Cornelius Rahn writes the two companies and European governments will work on guidelines for screening Web programs and data storage technologies. Jim Hagemann Snabe, SAP co-CEO, said […] More

According to Amy Spruill, senior vice president and managing director of U.S. regulated industries at SAP, a key element that differentiates robotic process automation from its artificial intelligence-powered counterpart is the level of autonomy and task specificity. “RPA is more about configuration and simple rules and is applied to specific, preconfigured tasks. AI-enhanced RPA sits in the middle, blending the specific task orientation of RPA with the broader capabilities of AI,” Spruill added.

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Executive Mosaic is excited to celebrate Harish Luthra, CEO of SAP National Security Services, with the 2024 Wash100 Award. Luthra receives the award for his exceptional progress in helping the U.S. government become more cloud-centric. “The Wash100 Award symbolizes excellence in leadership and influence within the government contracting sector, and we are proud to be acknowledged among such distinguished peers,” emphasized Luthra.

There is currently a popular vote contest underway for all 2024 Wash100 winners. Cast your vote for Luthra and nine of your other favorite recipients here!

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Jacob Sapp, an experienced financial leader, has been selected as chief financial officer of cloud and cyber-focused company NetCentrics. He will also join the organization's board of directors, the Herndon, Virginia-headquartered enterprise announced on Tuesday. 

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SAP National Security Services is now compliant with International Traffic in Arms Regulation requirements for the deployment of SAP Ariba on Google Cloud's Assured Workloads platform. Google Cloud announced Wednesday that the ITAR compliance for SAP Ariba, an end-to-end procurement service, will benefit its customers that use Assured Workloads for their ITAR-controlled software or technical information.

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Harish Luthra, CEO of SAP National Security Services, said SAP NS2’s partnership with Microsoft enables the deployment of software on cloud environments of government and public sector agencies without compromising the security of mission-critical workloads. Microsoft and SAP have created a secure cloud model that helps government and public sector agencies transform their mission-critical data […] More

With nearly two decades at IBM, Don Fenhagen has held a variety of roles across the company’s commercial and government sectors. He is currently part of IBM Consulting’s federal market organization as a managing client partner overseeing the organization’s national security sector. When explaining his tenure at IBM, Fenhagen cited the company’s wide range of opportunities, positive work […] More

SAP National Security Services has received certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its cloud-based enterprise resource planning platform that could enable government customers to manage their digital transformation efforts. The SAP S/4HANA Cloud, PCE private cloud edition achieved the certification from the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board, allowing government clients to deploy […] More

Technology consulting firm Groundswell has established an innovation laboratory in order to deliver SAP offerings to its customers in the federal government. The company said Wednesday it will employ project managers, developers and architects who will collaborate with SAP to create new services aimed at addressing gaps in agencies’ operations and administration. Groundswell’s SAP Innovation […] More

Lockheed Martin has broadened its 25-year strategic partnership with SAP to add tools to support its business and digital transformation program. The expanded relationship centers on the use of the Rise with SAP software platform for the cloud-based transition of Lockheed’s OneLM Transformation Program, SAP said Wednesday. Under the new agreement, Lockheed will use Rise […] More