Building on the launch of the fourth generation of its enterprise software suite earlier this year, SAP on Wednesday unveiled the cloud version of S/4Hana.

Joining the on-premises version of the in-memory data platform, which is now available for all 25 industries supported by SAP, the cloud version is designed for a variety of hybrid scenarios combining on-premises and cloud software, said Sven Denecken, a global vice president for S/4Hana.

“Every company thinks about how to manage their digital transformation, and for a while everyone said to just go to the cloud,” Denecken said during a media briefing at SAP’s Sapphire Now user conference in Orlando. “The reality is that it usually needs to be a hybrid combination.”

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