Alibaba partners with SAP to push organizations into the digital age with the power of AI and Cloud!
Last updated: 12 Jun 2025
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Key Highlights:
- Alibaba Cloud joins SAP IaaS Certification program, enhancing cloud security
- SAP Cloud ERP Private will integrate with Alibaba Group's enterprise infrastructure
- Drive AI and Cloud Infrastructure to empower organizations across all dimensions
Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA and HKEX: 9988) and SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced a strategic partnership to accelerate enterprise innovation and digital transformation through the integration of high-performance cloud and AI technologies. The partnership will combine SAPs leading enterprise software with Alibaba Clouds secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and AI technologies. Under the partnership, Alibaba Cloud will participate in the new SAP Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Certification program, supporting customers end-to-end adoption of SAPs enterprise cloud solutions. Alibaba Group will also leverage SAP Cloud ERP Private with its enterprise infrastructure.
The collaboration will initially focus on the China market and will expand to Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa to help organizations leverage SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and begin their journey to adopt RISE with SAP and GROW with SAP solutions. As a certified hyperscaler provider for SAP workloads, Alibaba Cloud will enable organizations to deploy SAP Cloud ERP and SAP Cloud ERP Private solutions on Alibaba Clouds infrastructure. The two companies also plan to build a joint marketing approach to support global businesses across all industries with intelligent, scalable and localized solutions.
Alibaba Group also plans to leverage SAP Business AI, SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Ariba, SAP Integrated Business Planning, SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Concur, and SAP Emarsys solutions to enhance the company's technology core, ensuring the agility and strength to serve businesses and customers in its extensive ecosystem.
This partnership marks a significant step in integrating AI for the enterprise, as SAP is exploring the possibility of integrating Alibaba's large language model, Qwen, with the SAP generative AI hub in SAP AI Core in China, to provide organizations with access to localized generative AI capabilities across SAP applications and custom AI applications. SAP is also exploring the use of SAP AI Foundation on Alibaba Cloud to offer powerful and scalable AI tools to customers operating in China.
The collaboration will initially focus on the China market and will expand to Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa to help organizations leverage SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and begin their journey to adopt RISE with SAP and GROW with SAP solutions. As a certified hyperscaler provider for SAP workloads, Alibaba Cloud will enable organizations to deploy SAP Cloud ERP and SAP Cloud ERP Private solutions on Alibaba Clouds infrastructure. The two companies also plan to build a joint marketing approach to support global businesses across all industries with intelligent, scalable and localized solutions.
Alibaba Group also plans to leverage SAP Business AI, SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Ariba, SAP Integrated Business Planning, SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Concur, and SAP Emarsys solutions to enhance the company's technology core, ensuring the agility and strength to serve businesses and customers in its extensive ecosystem.
This partnership marks a significant step in integrating AI for the enterprise, as SAP is exploring the possibility of integrating Alibaba's large language model, Qwen, with the SAP generative AI hub in SAP AI Core in China, to provide organizations with access to localized generative AI capabilities across SAP applications and custom AI applications. SAP is also exploring the use of SAP AI Foundation on Alibaba Cloud to offer powerful and scalable AI tools to customers operating in China.
"Our collaboration with SAP underscores our commitment to empower businesses around the world with world-class technology," said Joe Tsai, Chairman of Alibaba Group. "Combining SAP's enterprise software with Alibaba Cloud's robust infrastructure and AI capabilities will help customers build smarter, more agile operating systems."
Our collaboration with Alibaba Group is a testament to the power and flexibility of SAPs cloud solutions. Our joint go-to-market strategy will help organizations unlock new opportunities by accessing and leveraging a comprehensive suite of tools and services. Together, we can help our customers drive innovation, improve operational efficiency and create new competitive advantages, and we look forward to working with Alibaba to shape the future of digital transformation powered by the cloud, said Christian Klein, CEO of SAP SE.
Alibaba Group / FAQ Co., Ltd. (PR)
Our collaboration with Alibaba Group is a testament to the power and flexibility of SAPs cloud solutions. Our joint go-to-market strategy will help organizations unlock new opportunities by accessing and leveraging a comprehensive suite of tools and services. Together, we can help our customers drive innovation, improve operational efficiency and create new competitive advantages, and we look forward to working with Alibaba to shape the future of digital transformation powered by the cloud, said Christian Klein, CEO of SAP SE.
Alibaba Group / FAQ Co., Ltd. (PR)
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