Palantir and SAP the Battle for Enterprise Value
Palantir vs SAP: The Battle for Enterprise Value
A new battle line is emerging in the enterprise technology landscape, one that goes far beyond platforms and into the heart of how organisations create value from their data.
In this article, I explore the growing tension between SAP’s process-centric ERP dominance and Palantir’s data-driven, AI-powered operating model. While SAP remains the system of record for core enterprise processes, Palantir is positioning itself as the system of intelligence—layering advanced analytics, decision-making, and operational insight across fragmented landscapes.
The real question isn’t which one wins. It’s how organisations navigate the overlap, and whether SAP evolves fast enough to remain relevant in an AI-first world.
For CIOs, CFOs, and transformation leaders, this is a critical lens on the future of enterprise architecture, control, and value creation.
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Alisdair
About the Author
Alisdair Bach is a recognised SAP Programme Director and turnaround specialist — often called a “turnaround king” by clients for his ability to stabilise and recover the most complex and failing SAP programmes. With decades of experience across global private equity and public sector portfolios, Alisdair has led high-stakes SAP S/4HANA transformations, finance and supply chain turnarounds, and complex delivery rescues.
Alisdair is also a SAP analyst working to define for investors where next with SAP, he is a author and lecturer, he defined the SAP upcycling concept as the alternate narrative to rip it out and start again clean core that is counter intuitive to AI adoption and SAPs 5X growth strategy.
Through Dragon ERP, he brings board-level assurance, forensic diagnostics, and hands-on leadership to programmes that others have written off — combining empathy with no-nonsense execution to deliver results where failure once seemed inevitable.
