We explore future business and technology implications of the metaverse for SAP customers

1. From insights to action, the path to extraordinary value starts here.
#techvision2022
Gearing up for the
enterprise metaverse
Start building the foundation of the enterprise
metaverse with the SAP® ecosystem.
Technology Vision for SAP Solutions 2022

2. Start shaping the enterprise
metaverse
The metaverse is one of the most
disruptive technology ideas around today.
THE BIG IDEA?
SAP’s portfolio of applications
and technologies are poised to
play a foundational role.
Transforming digital experiences with persistent and shared
virtual spaces that people can enter, explore, and exit as
easily as they move about the real world.
Much of the early focus was on consumer and gaming
experiences. But the impact on businesses could be
the most profound of all.
The metaverse promises to revolutionize the way
whole organizations and their supply chains
operate, collaborate and innovate.

3. *Source: Accenture Technology Vision 2022
A continuum of technology and
experience
The internet is evolving into something new—
a continuum of immersive experiences.
It’s happening thanks to two key changes.
01 Metaverse environments are allowing digital
experiences to move into persistent shared virtual
and augmented reality spaces
02 Web3 is reinventing how value and
data is stored and shared in trusted ways—using
technologies like cryptocurrencies, distributed
ledgers, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
of executives see growth
opportunities in participating in
the metaverse*.
believe it will be breakthrough
or transformational*.

4. With the underlying technologies,
platforms and data still to be
defined, SAP solutions are ideally
positioned to play a pivotal role as
the enterprise metaverse takes
shape.
THE BIG IDEA
Make the SAP landscape metaverse-ready by
ensuring the SAP S/4HANA core is on cloud and as
clean, flexible, and easily upgradable as possible in
the cloud. Extend and integrate it through SAP
Business Technology Platform.
Rethink innovation governance to create a
continuous innovation capability that can generate
new concepts using SAP solutions—and scale them
quickly.
Identify early metaverse and Web3 capabilities that
can deliver value today—such as IoT connectivity,
edge computing, or equipping engineers with
augmented reality capabilities.
HOW SAPCUSTOMERSCANGET READY
SAP solutions
embedded in the
metaverse

5. Blending physical and digital worlds will allow
everyone from the C-suite to the shop floor to see
their organization in new and more immersive ways.
Business insights will be transformed by giving
people advanced
data analysis at their virtual fingertips.
THE BIG IDEA
Enhance data-driven
collaboration through digital
continuity—creating a “digital
thread” of data that runs
throughout the organization and
the supply chain.
Eliminate data siloes to join up
operational systems more
effectively, providing the critical
data building blocks for creating
digital twins of business
systems.
HOW SAPCUSTOMERSCANGET READY
Start running the
business virtually

6. *Source: Accenture Technology Vision 2022
As we move towards the enterprise metaverse, the
way people interact with SAP systems will become
more immersive, collaborative, augmented with AI,
and integrated with
core business workspaces.
THE BIG IDEA
Identify emerging metaverse
technologies—such as virtual
reality, augmented reality,
distributed ledgers, and virtual
marketplaces—that can
transform the way people work
with SAP solutions.
Consider low-code/no-code
platforms like SAP AppGyver
and SAP Ruum to enable
business users to solve their
own technology-related
challenges.
HOW SAPCUSTOMERSCANGET READY
Think immersiveness
by design
of executives say augmenting employee
experience is a key ambition in the metaverse*.

7. Companies can transform physical business assets
into “smart” metaverse assets that interact with each
other, with people, and with SAP systems
autonomously in real time, transforming the way
organizations work.
THE BIG IDEA
Create a roadmap for bringing a
range of emerging technologies
together in a disruptive
combination of new ideas, either
within
SAP solutions or in conjunction
with them.
Start leveraging distributed
ledger technology with Green
Token by SAP to achieve
end-to-end traceability and proof
of sustainable material sourcing
throughout the supply chain.
HOW SAPCUSTOMERSCANGET READY
Rethink relationships
between people
and assets

8. Completing the picture
Four key technology trends are shining a light on the future of IT. Organizations can use SAP
solutions and technologies to support and accelerate the transformation.
WebMe
Business collaboration
and innovation will
be reimagined via
metaverse and Web3
technologies —with
SAP solutions at
the core.
Programmable
World
Technologies like edge
computing,
5G, and others will
enable enterprises
to thread together
physical assets
with SAP systems
in real time.
The Unreal
Hyper-realistic
synthetic avatars will
work hand-in-hand with
employees and SAP
solutions to drive ever
higher levels of
business performance.
Computing
the Possible
A new class of
high-performance
computers will
interface with SAP
technologies and data
to solve previously
intractable
computational
problems.

9. The evolution of internet technologies
promises an exciting future for businesses.
Gear up for the
enterprise metaverse
A new kind of digital business world is being created.
One with virtually limitless possibility for collaboration, innovation
and user experience.
As the enterprise metaverse emerges, companies will
be able to use SAP solutions across a whole continuum
of virtual spaces and experiences.
The trends described in this Technology Vision for SAP Solutions will
help organizations use metaverse technologies to usher in new
ways of working—and get ready for more collaborative relationships
with partners, suppliers, and clients.

10. #techvision2022
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