There were exactly two user licenses on the IBM RS/6000 server: an administrator and SAP R/3 itself. This IT scenario is repeating itself with AI agents: „AI software is eating the world“, experts predict. A fully-fledged S/4 system could be controlled by five AI assistants (ERP, SCM, HCM, PLM and CRM) and their AI agents (Agentic AI). SAP as a driven and hesitant latecomerIn the global AI market, SAP is therefore not acting as a visionary pioneer, but rather as a driven and hesitant latecomer, hastily following the rapid developments of Nvidia, OpenAI, Microsoft and Google. Steffens visited Soviet Russia from 1919 to 1921 and wrote enthusiastically: „I have seen the future and it works“.

Source: Handelsblatt April 09, 2026 09:13 UTC