We know that AI is restructuring how organizations think about enterprise information. Across industries, businesses are investing heavily in analytics, automation, and AI-driven workflows to improve decision-making and drive greater operational efficiency. 

But amid this extraordinary wave of innovation, many organizations are encountering the same critical challenge: connecting structured business data with the vast amount of unstructured content and information spread across the enterprise, often constrained by legacy infrastructures that were never designed to support today’s scale, speed, or complexity of data and AI-driven workloads. 

This is not a new challenge for OpenText and helping organizations unlock the value of enterprise information has been at the core of our strategy for decades. It is why we continue to lead in intelligent information management and why we built innovations like OpenText™ Aviator to facilitate secure and connected content, data, automation, and AI across an enterprise. 

It is also why we continue to invest in strategic partnerships that empower clients to accelerate the adoption of innovative technology with confidence. 

Through our latest collaboration with SAP and SAP Business Data Cloud, OpenText is taking another step forward, bringing together data, analytics, governance, and AI to help organizations build more intelligent, connected, and outcome-driven enterprise experiences. 

A partnership built for the AI era 

For nearly 30 years, OpenText and SAP have partnered to help organizations modernize information management, simplify business processes, and improve operational efficiency. Over time, that partnership has evolved alongside changing client needs - from digitizing workflows and managing enterprise content to enabling cloud transformation, intelligent automation, and AI-ready operations. 

Now, with SAP Business Data Cloud, this partnership is entering its next phase through the introduction of a new integration tier that operates across the data, analytics, and AI layers. This builds on the deep application-layer integrations already established between SAP Business Suite and OpenText information management solutions, creating a more unified foundation for finance, procurement, and enterprise AI initiatives. 

Building a connected enterprise intelligence layer 

By bringing together SAP’s mission-critical structured data with OpenText’s best in class content and information management capabilities, organizations can create richer business context, reduce information silos, and enable more intelligent workflows across the enterprise. 

This collaboration moves away from simply integrating technologies. Instead, we help organizations create a connected information foundation that allows data, content, and AI to work together more seamlessly. 

This is a smarter way of managing data because as AI adoption continues to grow, organizations need trusted, governed, and context-aware information environments that can support intelligent decision-making at scale. 

Why “zero-copy” matters 

A key innovation is the introduction of a “zero-copy” approach, enabling organizations to securely access and analyze information across SAP and OpenText environments without unnecessary data replication. 

This helps reduce complexity, strengthen governance, and accelerate access to insights while maintaining tighter control over data quality and security. 

And as leaders, we know that in an AI-driven enterprise landscape, this matters more than ever. 

AI outcomes depend on trusted information. Without strong governance, context, and visibility across enterprise data and content, organizations risk creating disconnected AI experiences that fail to deliver meaningful business value. 

Unlocking value for finance and procurement 

For finance and procurement teams, the opportunity is significant. 

Connected access to enterprise data and content can help improve operational visibility, accelerate decision-making, and optimize processes using trusted information across systems and workflows. 

By combining SAP’s structured business data with OpenText’s information management capabilities, organizations can create more intelligent finance and procurement operations while laying the groundwork for broader enterprise AI initiatives. 

The future will be built through ecosystems 

More importantly, this partnership reflects a broader industry move toward ecosystems and partner-led innovation. 

Just as organizations are not looking for disconnected tools or isolated AI capabilities, they also seek reliable partners that can connect systems, data, AI, and business outcomes in a secure, scalable, and intelligent way. 

Together, OpenText and SAP are helping clients build the connected, AI-ready enterprise foundations needed to drive meaningful outcomes in the years ahead. 

Read the full partner case study 

Discover how OpenText and SAP Business Data Cloud are helping organizations redefine areas such as finance and procurement, accelerate AI initiatives, and turn enterprise information into measurable business outcomes in this case study created by IDC. 

Download the full partner case study to explore the strategy, technology, and opportunities behind this next phase of OpenText and SAP collaboration. 

And when you’re ready, let’s talk about how we can help your clients move faster on AI and turn ambition into real business impact. 

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