SAP Sapphire 2026 Resource Hub
Strategic Insights for IT Leaders
Turn Sapphire Signals into Strategic Action
SAP Sapphire isn’t just another event. It is a critical inflection point for SAP customers trying to navigate accelerating change, rising costs, and increasing pressure to modernize on SAP’s terms. With the 2027 ECC deadline fast approaching, RISE and GROW continuing to reshape commercial and operating models, and SAP doubling down on its Business AI and Joule narrative, customers are being asked to make long-term commitments amid persistent roadmap ambiguity and unclear value realization.
UpperEdge’s Sapphire 2026 Resource Hub cuts through the noise to focus on what matters most before, during, and after the event. Use it before Sapphire to define your strategy, pressure-test assumptions, and align stakeholders. During the event, use it to critically evaluate SAP’s announcements, AI messaging, and partner positioning. Afterward, turn those insights into action, whether that is strengthening your negotiation position, recalibrating your roadmap, or reassessing SAP’s role in your broader IT strategy.
Every resource is designed to help you challenge SAP’s narrative, avoid reactive decisions driven by hype or deadlines, and maintain control over your transformation on your terms, not SAP’s.
The Insights SAP Customers Actually Need
Beating the Odds: Governance, SAP RISE, and AI in a Major IT Transformation
What does it take to successfully navigate a massive IT transformation without ending up in the headlines?
OG&E’s Director of Technology Strategy, Kevin Lagge, to break down OG&E’s five-year SAP S/4HANA and RISE transformation journey. Kevin shares candid lessons from the front lines around Phase 0 decision-making, executive alignment, negotiating early SAP RISE contracts, and managing a multi–systems integrator model.
SAP RISE Integrated Sourcing Strategy
Key Decisions You Need to Get Right to De-Risk Your Program
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SAP Sapphire & ASUG Annual Conference Orlando
Meet with UpperEdge's Chief Advisory Officer, Len Riley
May 11- 13, 2026 | Orange County Convention Center
Chief Advisory Officer
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