The ASUG Tech Connect review - vendors had their AI moment. Now SAP customers have their say.

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Throughout the fall, vendors had their say - including the ERP giants.

At ASUG Tech Connect 2026, SAP users had their say - and the contrast was instructive.

I've attended ASUG Tech Connect since its inception. Intended as a companion event to SAP's Global TechEds, ASUG Tech Connect gives SAP leaders, enterprise architects and fellow travelers a chance to hash out SAP's tech advancements, the business cases, and the grit of organizational change.

When it comes to agentic technology, there remains a persistent gap between vendor keynotes and where most customers are at. Of course, that's because a proper agentic deployment needs a sophisticated data, process, governance and (human) skills backbone - which many organizations lack.

Was that gap in evidence at ASUG Tech Connect? Definitely - but only to a point. I also see a gap in emphasis - across vendors. Customers prioritize issues differently than vendor...

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