SAP glossary · Business AI and data

SAP Business Data Cloud

New in SAP's February 2025 glossary edition.

What it is

SAP's managed software-as-a-service offering for data and data management, announced for launch in February 2025. It combines curated data products, analytics and AI-powered insight applications, and includes SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP BW/4HANA Cloud and SAP Datasphere as well as AI capabilities from Databricks.

Why it matters for executives

It is SAP's answer to where business data should live for AI. The strategic question is how it fits with the data platforms you already run.

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Source and currency. Summarised in our own words from SAP's publicly available SAP Corporate Glossary (February 2025 edition). SAP updates names, editions and packaging often; check the current wording on sap.com before relying on it.

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