SAP Cloud Platform
SAP Cloud Platform is a platform as a service developed by SAP SE for creating new applications or extending existing applications in a secure cloud computing environment managed by SAP. The SAP Cloud Platform integrates data and business processes.[2][3]
Type of site | Cloud Computing: PaaS |
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Owner | SAP SE |
URL | hana |
Alexa rank | ![]() |
Registration | Required |
Launched | 2012[1] |
Current status | Active |
Overview
SAP Cloud Platform is an open platform-as-a-service,[4] which includes the in-memory SAP HANA database management system, connects to both on premises and cloud-based systems running SAP or other third-party software and relies on open standards,[5] like Java, JavaScript, Node.js and Cloud Foundry[6] for integration options.
SAP and Apple Inc. partnered to develop mobile applications on iOS using cloud-based software development kits (SDKs) for the SAP Cloud Platform.[7][8]
SAP Cloud Platform is based on open source technology, developed & supported in partnership with SUSE[9]
The company is also in partnership with Cloud Foundry for a beta offering of SAP Cloud Platform that enables customers to test out and give feedback for the functionalities coming with Cloud Foundry.[10]
History
Initially unveiled as SAP NetWeaver Cloud belonging to the SAP HANA Cloud portfolio on October 16, 2012[11] the cloud platform was reintroduced with the new name SAP HANA Cloud Platform on May 13, 2013[12] as the foundation for SAP cloud products, including the SAP BusinessObjects Cloud.[13] Adoption of the SAP HANA Cloud Platform has increased steadily[14] since the platform's launch in 2012, with SAP claiming over 4000 customers and 500 partners adopting the SAP HANA Cloud Platform.[15][16]
On February 27, 2017 SAP HANA Cloud Platform was renamed SAP Cloud Platform at the Mobile World Congress.[17]
Capabilities
SAP Cloud Platform contains many services. For a better overview, they were assigned to several categories. The following list contains all the categories defined by SAP:[18]
- Collaboration
- SAP Jam
- SAP Cloud Platform, gamification service
- SAP Document Center
- User Experience
- SAP Cloud Platform Build
- SAP Fiori Cloud
- SAP Cloud Platform Portal
- SAP Cloud Platform Forms by Adobe
- SAP Cloud Platform Rapid Application Development by Mendix
- Integration
- SAP Cloud Platform Integration
- SAP Cloud Platform Remote Data Sync
- SAP Agile Data Preparation
- SAP Cloud Platform OData Provisioning
- SAP Cloud Platform API[19] Management
- SAP Cloud Platform Workflow
- SAP Cloud Platform Business Rules
- SAP Cloud Platform Connector
- SAP Cloud Platform Smart Data Integration
- SAP Cloud Platform Enterprise Messaging (Beta)
- Analytics
- SAP Cloud Platform Predictive services
- SAP Cloud Platform Streaming Analytics
- SAP HANA for Advanced Analytics
- SAP BusinessObjects Cloud[20]
- SAP Leonardo
- Internet of Things[21][22]
- SAP Cloud Platform Internet of Things
- Security
- Cloud App Security with SAP Cloud Platform
- SAP Cloud Platform Identity Authentication
- SAP Cloud Platform Identity Provisioning
- Mobile
- Mobile Service for development and operations
- Mobile Service for app and device management
- Mobile Service for app protection
- Mobile Service for SAP Fiori
- SAP Cloud Platform SDK for iOS
- Business Services
- SAP Business Services for YaaS
- SAP Localization Hub, tax service
- Runtimes & Containers
- Java
- XSJS (SAP HANA extended application services, classic model JavaScript)
- HTML
- Cloud Foundry Services
- SAP Cloud Platform Virtual Machine
- Data & Storage
- SAP Cloud Platform Big Data Services
- SAP Cloud Platform SAP HANA service
- SAP Cloud Platform ASE service
- SAP Cloud Platform Document service
- DevOps
- Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
- SAP Cloud Platform Web IDE
- SAP Monitoring Service
- SAP Translation Hub
Benefits
Some applications are available from the SAP HANA App Center, to extend and integrate applications, customize existing applications, and extend their mobile footprint with mobile-first apps. With SAP Cloud Platform developers can build applications which are running in the cloud, but still access data from the premises or other clouds.[23][24]
SAP Cloud Platform, developer edition offers users a way to explore SAP Cloud Platform and its capabilities. In addition to 1GB shared SAP HANA, SAP Cloud Platform provides users to:[25]
- Create column views using both HANA Studio and SQL commands via JDBC
- Connect to the HANA instance on SAP Cloud Platform easily via Eclipse
- Deploy the apps on Cloud Foundry based runtimes and backing services
- Connect to up to 2 on-premises systems
- Create unlimited HTML apps
- Test drive the Java applications
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- Howson, Cindi. "Highlights from SAP Sapphire and SAP BusinessObjects Cloud". gartner.com. Gartner. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- Briodagh, Ken. "Insurers Benefit from Data Collection and Analytics from IoT". iotrevolutionworld.com. IoT Evolution. Retrieved Oct 13, 2016.
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