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RISE with SAP offers a structured path from on-premises ERP to SAP Cloud ERP Private. As a Premium Supplier, T-Systems combines strategy, AI-assisted SAP transformation, hybrid cloud, and end-to-end managed services. Our RISE-certified sovereign private cloud in Germany supports sensitive workloads. Clean core, data management, and trusted governance pave the way for SAP Business AI, and increasingly autonomous processes that create real business value.
RISE with SAP is a transformation journey for existing SAP customers to modernize their SAP landscapes from on-premises ERP to SAP Cloud ERP Private. It combines software, cloud infrastructure, lifecycle services, and AI capabilities to accelerate digital transformation.
RISE with SAP Premium Suppliers are certified by SAP to deliver infrastructure, implementation, and operational services. T-Systems combines this certification with sovereign cloud infrastructure, hybrid cloud expertise, AI-ready SAP services, and more than 30 years of operating mission-critical SAP environments.
Balanced sovereignty means applying the right level of sovereignty to each SAP workload instead of treating every application the same. Business-critical systems containing sensitive or regulated data may require sovereign private cloud infrastructure operated under European jurisdiction, while development, testing, or less critical workloads can benefit from the scalability and cost efficiency of hyperscalers. This workload-specific approach balances innovation, compliance, resilience, and cost.
Every SAP workload has different business, security, and regulatory requirements. A hybrid cloud strategy enables organizations to run mission-critical workloads in a sovereign private cloud while leveraging hyperscalers for less sensitive applications. This approach provides greater flexibility, improves cloud economics, and ensures that security and compliance requirements are met without sacrificing innovation or scalability.
As AI agents increasingly access enterprise data and support or automate selected business processes autonomously, organizations need greater control over where their data resides, who can access it, and which legal framework governs that access. The key question is no longer only “Where is my data?” but also “Who controls what AI can access and under which jurisdiction?” T-Systems addresses these challenges through sovereign cloud services, governance, and secure AI operations.
T-Systems helps organizations build an AI-ready SAP landscape by combining SAP Cloud ERP Private, SAP Business AI Platform including SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), and secure data governance. Through its sovereign cloud services and Industrial AI Cloud, organizations can adopt AI while maintaining compliance, operational control, and data sovereignty. This creates a trusted foundation for AI innovation, value-driven automation, and a step-to-step path to SAP’s vision of the autonomous enterprise.
