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Access the SAP modernization and BTP playbook for practical guidance on Clean Core, SAP BTP delivery, and scalable innovation.

SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) gives organizations a dedicated layer for extensions, integrations, automation, analytics, and AI-enabled capabilities. The challenge is turning that platform strategy into predictable delivery.
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The hard part is turning SAP BTP strategy into scalable execution.

Many SAP modernization efforts slow down because delivery models don’t scale. Teams face unclear ERP core vs. SAP BTP decisions, extensions and integrations are built without repeatable patterns, and governance decisions get revisited on every use case.
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Keep SAP stable while modernization moves forward
Maintain a cleaner ERP core by moving the right extensions, integrations, and innovation work outside the core.
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Create room for innovation with SAP BTP
Create space for extensions, integrations, automation, analytics, and AI-enabled capabilities without destabilizing core systems.
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Make delivery repeatable across every use case
Use clear guardrails and reusable patterns to reduce risk, speed up execution, and avoid revisiting the same decisions on every use case.
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What’s inside the playbook

A practical framework for SAP modernization, Clean Core decisions, and scalable SAP BTP delivery.
Clean Core, demystified
Standardization vs. differentiation
Modern ABAP strategy
SAP BTP extensions and integrations
Scaling SAP BTP delivery
Governance, ownership, and delivery
Common modernization pitfalls to avoid
Move from SAP modernization strategy to scalable delivery

HOW HORIZONTAL HELPS

Horizontal helps organizations align Clean Core decisions, SAP BTP capabilities, governance, and delivery models around real business constraints.
Modernize ABAP: Align ABAP modernization with Clean Core principles.
Prioritize BTP value: Identify where SAP BTP can deliver measurable impact.
Build reusable patterns: Create repeatable models for extensions, integrations, and automation.
Scale SAP delivery: Support execution through experienced onshore and offshore SAP teams.
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Explore SAP strategy with Shannon

Shannon Drost, VP Technology Services, helps SAP leaders reduce complexity, protect continuity, and create a scalable foundation for SAP BTP innovation.
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Explore SAP delivery with Pallayya

Pallayya Batchu, VP Global Technology Services, helps teams move from SAP strategy to delivery across Clean Core, ABAP, SAP BTP, extensions, and integrations.

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Have questions after SAP Sapphire? Share what you’re focused on, and Shannon or a member of the Horizontal team will follow up to talk through next steps.