ASUG Talks

ASUG Talks kicks off 2026 answering your questions. Last year, during an ASUG Community Conversation focused on SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC), we fielded questions from our attendees about the newest addition to the SAP portfolio. This week on ASUG Talks, I am joined by Sandeep Dhingra, VP & Strategic Architect Advisor of SAP BDC. He addresses the event's unanswered questions about BDC, and how it can help customers prepare their IT landscapes for AI. Related InsightsI spoke with my ASUG colleagues about the insights and pieces of content from 2025 they found most beneficial Tune in to my conversation with ASUG CEO & Chief Community Champion, Geoff Scott, focused on his biggest takeaways from 2025

ASUG CEO & Chief Community Champion, Geoff Scott, joins ASUG Talks this week to discuss three of the year's most critical theme--as revealed to us by our ASUG Talks agentic AI chatbot!Geoff and I also walked listeners throughout our own AI use case and reflected on the year's key themes and topics in the ASUG community. Key Insight:AI growth and innovation in the SAP ecosystem Cloud adoption among ASUG members ASUG's own agentic AI use case

This week on ASUG Talks, I am joined by several of my colleagues, who worked hard this past year to develop content aimed at helping ASUG members make the most of their SAP technology investments. We cover the year's best insights, from conferences to podcasts, and which insights are the most helpful and critical. Key Resources: 2025 ASUG Pulse of the SAP Customer ResearchASUG Executive ExchangeFirst Five newsletter sign-upASUG Talks Roundtable: Inside ASUG's SAP S/4HANA Adoption ResearchSAP's Irfan Khan on SAP Business Data Cloud's Impact and Future DevelopmentMigrate First, Transform Later: J. J. Keller’s Strategic Path to SAP S/4HANAHydro One’s Transformation Journey and Key Takeaways for Canadian UtilitiesUnlocking Value: How John Deere Successfully Migrated from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANAASUG Collective

This week on ASUG Talks, SAP Cloud ALM takes center stage. I am joined by two guests offering different perspectives about the solution. Bryce Lightner, Enterprise Solutions and Operations Architect at Woodstream Corporation, discussed his experience using the solution, while Sören Ruder, Chief Product Officer (CPO) and Head of Customer Experience & Solutions (CXS) at SAP, joined the podcast to articulate the value of SAP Cloud ALM and where it fits into the portoflio. Key InsightsHow SAP Cloud ALM helped Woodstream optimize its project management capabilitiesThe impact SAP Cloud ALM can have on enterprises as they undertake business transformationsHow SAP Cloud ALM can also help organizations with their AI journeysRelated Insights Read ASUG editorial's interview with Irfan Khan, President and Chief Product Officer of SAP Data & Analytics, about SAP Business Data Cloud

Leaders from the global SAP user groups DSAG, UKISUG, and ASUG joined the podcast this week to discuss the findings from the annual collaborative research projects the communities undertake. The three leaders not only discussed the similarities in SAP priorities, investments, and hurdles among their members, but they also parsed the differences in response among the global user groups. Key InsightsThe knowledge gap surrounding licensing of certain SAP solutionsThe split between private and public cloud environments among the global communitiesSecurity and customization concerns Related InsightsGains insights from SaskPower around its five SAP migration projectsDive into ASUG's recent change management and SAP Signavio research