SAP Data & Analytics Discovery Days: SAP Business Data Cloud

This is the fourth session in Applexus's ongoing SAP Data & Analytics Discovery Days series, hosted in partnership with SAP. In this recording, our analytics specialists walk you through SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) - what it is, how it fits your existing SAP landscape, and what a practical modernisation journey looks like. 

Whether you're running SAP BW today or exploring cloud-native analytics for the first time, this session gives you a clear, honest picture of where the technology is heading and how to get there without disrupting what you already have. 

The session includes a live hands-on demo of SAP Datasphere and SAP Databricks, covering real data models and architecture patterns your team can act on immediately. 

• Introduction to SAP Business Data Cloud A plain-language breakdown of BDC - how it unifies SAP Datasphere, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), and BW Private Cloud Edition (PCE) into a single licensed platform, and why SAP made that move. 
• Reference Architecture & Hybrid Data Platforms An overview of the key BDC reference architectures, whether your data sits entirely within SAP or spans a hybrid, multi-cloud environment. Includes how BDC connects SAP and non-SAP data sources under one governed layer. 
• Hands-On Demo: SAP Datasphere & Databricks A live walkthrough of data modelling within SAP Datasphere and an introduction to SAP Databricks - showing how they work together to enable self-service analytics and AI-ready data pipelines. 
• BW Modernisation: Your Path Forward Practical guidance on transitioning from legacy SAP BW to the modern BDC stack. Covers how to assess your current BW environment, what moves to BW PCE versus Datasphere, and how Applexus's Celerix accelerator reduces cost and time on that journey. 
• Q&A Audience questions answered live, covering architecture decisions, licensing, implementation approach, and AI/ML readiness.

• A clear understanding of what SAP Business Data Cloud is and how it differs from previous SAP data offerings 
• Confidence in evaluating whether BDC fits your organisation's current data strategy 
• A view of the modernisation roadmap - from discovery and assessment through to AI and ML acceleration 
• Awareness of how to maximise value from your existing SAP investment (BW, ECC, S/4HANA) while adopting new innovations 
• An introduction to Applexus's free 5-day BW Modernisation Assessment