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SAP SE

Frank Wilde , Vice President Global Center of Excellence at SAP , on the power of 5G and data to enable digital change in organisations

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W ith 5G , our business technology platform and our IoT capabilities , we can fundamentally change how our customers operate and go to market , it ’ s an exciting prospect and represents a step function change for enterprises ,” says Frank Wilde , Vice President of the Global Center of Excellence ( CoE ) at SAP . Wilde is a seasoned technology leader responsible for driving innovation with SAP ’ s customers using the latest technologies to digitally transform , create enhanced customer experience as well as unlock new revenue streams .

Given such an approach , Wilde and his Global CoE colleagues work closely with customers to use data and technology effectively , to think outside the box and to innovate in a customer-centric fashion . “ We help them think differently about SAP , and think differently about technology ,” he explains . “ We take a data-driven approach , in doing so we bring a team of data scientists and platform architects , and we help the customer think about their data differently . It ’ s like a test-drive - we ’ re not simply driven by a particular technology , for example . Rather , we
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