When Helen Arnold agreed to move 6,000 miles from Germany to Mountain View to head up SAP Data Network, the longtime SAP executive faced some big challenges. Not only was she bootstrapping a data analytics software firm to help Fortune 1000 clients digitally transform themselves – a sizable hurdle in its own right -- but she needed to address big cultural differences between Silicon Valley and Walldorf. SAP Data Network opened for business in May 2017 with the goal of leveraging a mix of SAP software like SAP Data Hub, Leonardo, and HANA, along with open source data science tools and professional services, to help clients build their own transformational data products. By standardizing on reusable cloud-based software components – and even reusable data feeds, where available -- the company seeks to help clients build innovative data products in a matter of weeks or months, rather than the years it often takes for organizations that are starting from scratch. So far, the startup has worked with about 40 clients, most of which are companies that use SAP's well-regarded ERP suite.

CHICAGO, April 20, 2017 –SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced SAP Fieldglass Live Insights, a new machine learning-powered data-driven insights service that makes it possible for executives to benchmark, plan, predict and simulate external talent scenarios. The new SAP Fieldglass service is the result of partnering with SAP Data Network to create this capability that is powered by SAP HANA . With SAP Fieldglass Live Insights, organizations can benchmark market rates, hiring cycle times and supplier performance as part of a seamless process that culminates with decisions about external talent and their engagement, using SAP Fieldglass data and trusted, supplemental third-party data that has been aggregated, anonymized and normalized. Organizations also can upload their own employee data into SAP Fieldglass Live Insights to gain visibility of their talent across channels in real time. Rob Brimm, president, SAP Fieldglass, said: "With access to the most robust data via SAP Fieldglass Live Insights, our customers can analyze and make decisions at speed about their external talent – arguably one of their most valuable assets – as they race to become more competitive in every aspect of their business. SAP Fieldglass Live Insights is the latest example of our commitment to help organizations transform how work gets done in a digital world where companies must move quickly to activate their workforce strategies and secure the talent that best suits their needs."