The document discusses how to unleash killer apps using SAP Cloud Platform. It provides 5 key recommendations: 1) focus on users and goals, 2) be agile through rapid iteration, 3) empower business users with low-code platforms, 4) provide high-quality APIs, and 5) use SAP Cloud Platform to accelerate app innovation. Examples are given of companies like Philips and B. Braun that have built apps on SAP Cloud Platform.

1. Dr. Harsh Jegadeesan
Head of Product Management, Digital Transformation Services
SAP Cloud Platform
SAP SE, Walldorf
Unleash your killer Apps!
With SAP Cloud Platform
@harshjegadeesan

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Entertain
Connect
Travel
Shop
Work
Our digital reality
Explosion of Apps
Bank

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Digital Future

4. Digital businesses deliver
simple connected digital experiences
to customers, partners and employees

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Simple and
User Focused
So simple that it requires no
end user training to
get started
Intelligent and
Helpful
has ambient intelligence and
is contextual
Real-time and
Connected
Connected in real-time to
backend systems, 3rd party
systems and devices
Digital Apps enable digital connected experiences

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How can you unleash your Killer Apps?
Focus on
Users and
Goals to
simplify
interations,
think omni-
channel
and beyond
apps
1
Be Agile by
iterating
rapidly (learn
– build –
measure)
2
Empower
business users
with low-code
platforms for
rapid
experimentation
3
Provide high
quality APIs
to reduce
time-to-app
4
Use a
proven
cloud
platform, to
accelarate
app
innovation
5

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#1
Focus on Users and Goals to simplify
interations, think omni-channel and
beyond apps

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Focus on the user and goals
Adopt User-Centered
Design
Design Thinking,
User Research and
Validation
Think Form Factor and
Channels
Omni-Channel
Mobile, Portal, Web Apps,
Beyond Apps
(Voice, AR, VR)
Learn and adapt
Learn from user behavior, understand
usage analytics and iterate

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#2
Be Agile by iterating rapidly
(learn – build – measure)

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Extreme Agility
Apply short
Learn- Build – Measure
cycles
Ship to learn, use continuous
cloud delivery
Do less IT
Use cloud platforms, existing
business services.
Do not build from
scratch
Build Agile mindset and
culture
Incentivize to take risks

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#3
Empower your business users with low-
code platforms for rapid experimentation

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Citizen Developers are the new App Makers!
Empower Citizen
Developers
To build situational and
disposable apps
Setup App Center of
Excellence
IT becomes a coach, enabler
and facilitates citizen
developers

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#4
Provide high quality APIs to reduce time-
to-app

14. IT landscapes are more
heterogenous,
complexity is all-time high
Multi-clouds Devices
BusinessNetworks

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APIs support simple digital experiences
by hiding complexity
unlock your data empower users
with self-service
connect and
innovate
APIs = building blocks
for digital businesses APIs
Apps Integration

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APIs are accelarating App Development in
unprecedented ways
open integrations
vs. point-to-
point/mediated
integrations
Open
Integrations
application
development is
composing APIs
together
Application
Composition
developers are
composers,
working in agile
environments
and composing
apps using APIs
Composers

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Search, discover, experience and consume to right APIs from SAP and select partners for your
digital transformation projects
SAP API Business Hub
Accelarator for Digital Transformation
Central Place for APIs
from SAP and its
Partners
Catalog
One click-test experience for
developers via API Sandbox
API Sandbox
Integration packages
to integrate APIs
Pre-packaged
accelarators
Easy Consumption
Integration with Developer
IDE and Code Generations

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#5
Use a proven cloud platform, to accelarate
app innovation
SAP Cloud Platform
the

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SAP Cloud Platform
Extends
Cloud & On-Premise Apps
Quickly add new functionality to your
existing cloud and on-prem apps to
optimize your existing investments
Builds
Differentiating Cloud Apps
Rapidly build and run new cloud apps to
solve new problems, engage new
customers, and drive new revenue
Connects
People & Data
Deliver delightful user experiences across
various digital touchpoints enabling
innovation, without disrupting core
business processes
Integrates
Apps & Data
Connect your cloud and on-prem apps to
eliminate data silos and make digital
access simple, secure, and scalable

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SAP Cloud Platform Capabilities
Platform & Business Services
Runtime & Containers
Integration
Business Services
Security
Internet of Things
Collaboration
User Experience
Machine Learning
Data & Storage
Dev / Ops
Analytics
Mobile

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Use SAP Cloud Platform in your data center of choiceUse SAP Cloud Platform in your data center of choice
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1: Google Cloud Platform – Preview Showcase, 2: Microsoft Azure in Beta

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SAP Cloud Platform
The Enterprise Platform-as-a-Service Powering Digital Business
8,800+
SAP Cloud Platform
Customers
780+
Partners Building
Apps on SAP Cloud
Platform
1,400+
Apps Available on
the SAP App
Center
50+
SAP Enterprise
Apps Delivered on
SAP Cloud Platform

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Philips: Smart Lighting Helping Better Illuminate the World
Faster
Speed of innovation making
it possible to finish first
demo in couple of weeks
Valuable
insights for Philips lighting
customers that optimizes
workflow and improve
customer service
Growth
New business and
innovation opportunities as
it continues its position as a
world leader in lighting
systems
Helping Cities
Increase the
Value of
Lighting with
SAP Cloud
Platform
Connect with
suppliers in the
MyLighting platform
Sentiment analysis
app that runs on SAP
Cloud Platform and
connects to back-end
systems using SAP
Cloud Platform API
Management

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C-Com: Digital lifecycle management for parts
Faster
Faster innovation cycles
with digital APIs
Superior
Superior customer
experience and ease of
doing businesses
Growth
5-digit figure in savings
Customers are
able to track every
single blade. Cost-
Savings on
reducing trips of
the tool managers.
Simple, expose
application data
securely to internet,
enforce
standardization and
help in white-listing for
external usage.
API Documentation in
Swagger for easy API
consumption and
Developer
Engagement

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BOSCH: Keeping Truckers and their Cargo Safe
BOSCH: Keeping Truckers and their Cargo Safe thanks
to BOSCH Secure Truck Parking and SAP Cloud Platform
Finding a suitable parking space to comply with legal rest
times is a big problem for truck drivers. And trucking
companies also need assurance that the drivers and their
cargo are safe during that time. Bosch has developed a
solution in cooperation with SAP: Bosch Secure Truck
Parking.

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B. Braun: Empowering Hospital Staff with an iOS App
and the SAP Cloud Platform
B. Braun: Making Lives Easier for Hospital Staff with an
iOS App and the SAP Cloud Platform
Aesculap, a division of the global operating healthcare
company B. Braun, focuses on products and services for
core processes in surgery. To make life easier for hospital
staff the company leveraged the SAP Cloud Platform and
worked with SAP to develop an iOS app that simplifies
management of sterile containers for surgical instruments.

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Danone: Powering B2B Self-Service e-Commerce Site
with SAP Cloud Platform
Company
Groupe Danone
Headquarters
Paris, France
Industry
Consumer Products
Products and Services
Fresh Dairy Products
Bottled Water
Baby and Medical Nutrition
Employees
104,642 (end 2013)
Revenue
€21.29 billion (2013)
Web Site
www.danone.com
Objectives
Ÿ Launch a self-service online purchasing site for Danone suppliers
Ÿ Provide a unique layout with Nutricia brand values
Ÿ Implement a cloud-based solution with zero footprint
Ÿ Minimal upfront investments with low TCO
Why SAP Cloud Platform/SAP Cloud Platform Portal
Ÿ Application componentization for reuse in different sites
Ÿ Flexible and intuitive tools for creating and authoring sites
Ÿ Easy theming and branding for sites and widgets
Ÿ Role-based user authorization concept
Ÿ Multi-language support for multi national websites
Key Benefits
Ÿ Immediate availability, allowing multiple application instances to be deployed
and reused in other scenarios rapidly
Ÿ Extend the reach of the core SAP business applications with a cloud-based
innovative solution
Ÿ Leverage SAP Cloud Platform capabilities for easy integration with on
premise backend systems
Ÿ Quickly scale to implement the solution to multiple Country Business Units
(CBUs)
“With SAP Cloud Platform Portal we can extend our business at Danone by creating attractive,
highly functional websites using a reliable and secured backed connectivity.”
Ged Hurst, Head of Development, Danone
Speed
Allows rapid deployments to different
business units around the world
Integration
Easy and secured integration with SAP
backend systems
Rich
Provides variety of tools to design custom
branded sites

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Thanks for attending this session.
Dr. Harsh Jegadeesan
harshavardhan.jegadeesan@
sap.com
Head of Product Management
SAP SE, Germany
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