SAP IT Automation
What Is IT Automation?
IT automation is the use of software to create repeatable instructions and processes to replace or reduce human interaction with IT systems. Modern IT environments need to be able to scale faster than ever, and IT automation is vital to making that happen.
IT automation is a powerful tool that can provide significant cost savings and allow IT staff to focus on strategic rather than administrative work. A range of data center and cloud operations can be automated, resulting in faster operations. A fully automated environment can reduce the time-to-delivery for production-ready resources from weeks to less than a day.
What Is IT Automation?
IT automation is the use of software to create repeatable instructions and processes to replace or reduce human interaction with IT systems. Modern IT environments need to be able to scale faster than ever, and IT automation is vital to making that happen.
IT automation is a powerful tool that can provide significant cost savings and allow IT staff to focus on strategic rather than administrative work. A range of data center and cloud operations can be automated, resulting in faster operations. A fully automated environment can reduce the time-to-delivery for production-ready resources from weeks to less than a day.
What Is SAP IT Automation?
SAP IT automation refers to automating manual, repetitive IT processes within the SAP ecosystem of products. SAP has several IT automation products and services, including:
SAP Process Automation — an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered, no-code solution for workflow management. The process automation solution offers prebuilt capabilities, templates, and content designed specifically to work with SAP solutions. It relies on integration and automation content from SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) and offers native integration with SAP application stack solutions.
SAP Intelligent Robotic Process Automation — a solution that automates repetitive manual processes by creating, scheduling, managing, and monitoring intelligent bots. It can redirect resources to high-value activities and processes. Using the solution, SAP customers can create attended bots, which are suitable for actively managing the bots or if the process requires intermittent decision-making, or unattended, which automatically execute a complete process using triggers without human intervention.
SAP Automation Pilot — a service that provides operations experts with predefined content and no-code ability to automate their manual operations to work on top of SAP BTP. The service enables developers to automate repetitive DevOps tasks without coding.
Additional Resources for SAPinsiders
New Automation Needed for Modern IT Environments. This article examines the increasing diversity of the IT landscape and the need to use automation to unite diverse systems. “Automation is the glue that keeps this landscape operating effectively. It doesn’t matter what your landscape looks like; it needs to be glued together,” says Devin Gharibian-Saki, Chief Solutions Officer at Redwood Software.
Vendors that can help SAP customers with IT automation include: Blackline, Conexiom, Panaya, Red Hat, Rev-Trac, Serrala, smartShift, Stonebranch, Tech Mahindra, Trintech, Worksoft, and Xsuite.
942 results
-
Enhancing SAP Security Through McCoy & Partners and SecurityBridge Collaboration
McCoy & Partners, an independent SAP service provider in the Netherlands, addresses the security risks of SAP systems for mid-sized companies lacking IT expertise by offering comprehensive protection through a partnership with SecurityBridge.
-
What comes first – SAP SoD remediation or SAP Role Redesign?
Hexadius has been involved in multiple SAP Segregation of Duties (‘SoD’) remediation projects. These projects tend to be complex due to the special authorization structure in SAP. Many of these remediation projects encounter issues related to the SAP role design. A bad role design often makes it difficult to remove SoD risk violations. This results…
-
SAP change management – what’s changing? Lots of things, including no more SolMan
The rapid evolution of SAP technical change management, driven by the impending end of SAP Solution Manager, ongoing enhancements to SAP Cloud ALM, the necessity of integrating SAP Cloud TMS for BTP application changes, and the enforcement of SAP clean core standards, is placing unprecedented pressure on teams to modernize their tools and processes.
-
Realtech: Partner-Led Territories
Realtech has been qualified through SAP’s Partner-Led Territories initiative to autonomously lead the Customer Value Journey in New Zealand, showcasing its capability as a leading SAP partner with extensive experience and resources.
-
Meet AssetHive at the SAP for Asset and Service Management Conference in Rome
AssetHive is joining the SAP for Asset and Service Management Conference in Rome, October 8–9. We’ll be presenting a talk and hosting a roundtable discussion on intelligent work management and SAP EAM innovation. Come meet us and be part of the conversation!
-
How Phu Tai JSC Is Deploying SAP S/4HANA Cloud for Unified Digital Operations Across Multiple Plants
Phu Tai JSC has partnered with FPT Software to implement SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition, enhancing operational efficiency through centralized data management, improved forecasting, and faster decision-making across its stone and wood manufacturing plants.
-
Customer Success Story: Ingevity
Ingevity, a global specialty chemicals company headquartered in North Charleston, South Carolina, partnered with Westernacher Consulting to optimize its SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) landscape and strengthen integration with SAP S/4HANA. Through a structured SAP TM health check, Ingevity automated transportation planning, carrier selection, and cost allocation while improving data integrity and governance. The result was 100% automatic planning,…
-
SAPinsider Magazine November 2022 Issue
The November issue of SAPinsider magazine provides readers with critical insights for moving your business forward with SAP’s Chief Marketing and Solutions Officer Julia White. SAPinsider sits down with the thought leader to discuss SAP’s most-recent successes and initiatives, operating through the pandemic, and how the company is moving beyond ERP.
-
5 Cybersecurity Trends That Will Shape 2025 for SAP Users
As organisations face increasing cyber threats in 2025, SAP users will need to adopt a zero-trust security model, leverage AI for threat detection, implement advanced data encryption, ensure compliance with regulations, and invest in training to enhance their overall cybersecurity.
-
DXC’s Infrastructure and Orchestration Playbook for SAP Environments
DXC Technology’s recognition in ISG’s 2025 Agentic AI Services report underscores the transformative impact of strategic infrastructure and orchestration choices for sustainable enterprise AI deployment, highlighting the importance of robust orchestration frameworks.
Related Vendors
Your request has been successfully sent