Japan’s IBM Launches Support Service for Moving SAP Core Systems to the Cloud, Using AI to Cut Development Workload by 30% — BigGo Finance

Japan’s IBM Launches Support Service for Moving SAP Core Systems to the Cloud, Using AI to Cut Development Workload by 30% — BigGo Finance

By BigGo Finance
Publication Date: 2026-11-12 07:35:00

IBM Japan announced on the 12th that it has launched a support service for companies migrating German SAP’s integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems from on-premises (self-owned) deployments to the cloud. By introducing artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline analysis of current operations and custom extension development, it aims to reduce development workload by 30% compared with conventional methods.

The service targets companies using “SAP ERP Central Component,” whose standard maintenance by SAP is scheduled to end at the end of 2027. The migration destination is the cloud ERP “SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition,” and IBM Japan will handle everything from analysis of current operations to support for the “Fit to Standard” implementation model premised on standard functions, through custom extension development for areas that standard functions cannot cover.

Under the new service, AI analyzes business procedure manuals and the contents of existing systems,…