Kyndryl and Nova Intelligence set the pace for next-gen SAP innovation

 

Kyndryl’s transformation of its global IT infrastructure — executed at speed and scale — has become a benchmark for operational agility in the enterprise tech sector. As part of its ongoing transformation, Kyndryl used its SAP expertise and the Nova Intelligence AI solution to quickly modernize two critical applications — without disrupting service.

Building on that success, the two companies are now deepening their collaboration. By combining Kyndryl’s systems integration expertise with Nova’s agentic AI solution, the partnership aims to help customers modernize legacy environments quickly, efficiently and without losing a beat.

“Kyndryl’s deep SAP expertise, end-to-end services and proven track record in successfully leading complex digital transformations positioned them as an ideal partner to bring Nova Intelligence to customers,” said Emma Qian, CEO of Nova Intelligence. 

As Kyndryl’s first CIO, Michael Bradshaw led the organization’s historic transformation. Now, as Global Applications, Data and AI Practice Leader, he shares his perspective on what’s next as the company and Nova Intelligence join forces to help lead customers’ SAP transformation journeys.

How will customers benefit from Kyndryl’s collaboration with Nova Intelligence?

Kyndryl’s collaboration with Nova Intelligence benefits customers by accelerating their SAP Cloud ERP transformations, while also reducing cost, risk and manual effort. Kyndryl delivers the SAP and modernization expertise essential for successfully applying Nova Intelligence technology to support customers on their SAP Clean Core journey — a crucial component to preparing businesses to capitalize on current and future SAP capabilities — while maintaining business continuity.

What are some specific advantages?

Using Kyndryl’s expertise to apply Nova Intelligence’s agentic AI agents, we can help speed customers’ SAP transformation timelines, reduce the risk of human error from manual code generation and ensure a high-quality, successful migration. Through Kyndryl’s implementation of the Nova Intelligence technology, we also support customers in becoming clean core compliant by transforming custom code into modernized applications — ultimately enabling a flexible ERP system that supports evolving business goals.

Kyndryl’s collaboration with Nova Intelligence benefits customers by accelerating their SAP Cloud ERP transformations, while also reducing cost, risk and manual effort.

Michael Bradshaw

Global Applications, Data and AI Practice Leader

What did Kyndryl learn from working with Nova Intelligence on our own SAP transformation?

Kyndryl applied Nova Intelligence’s agentic AI agents to modernize two mission-critical legacy applications. Throughout the project, we used the technology to transform more than 33,000 lines of advanced business application planning (ABAP) code into clean core compliant solutions in just 10 days — a process that previously would have taken more than six weeks. This experience gave us the opportunity to observe the technology’s effectiveness, while also providing our experts with firsthand insight into how to combine Nova Intelligence’s AI agents with our services to deploy at scale for our customers.

What’s next for this collaboration?

With customers required to migrate from older SAP ECC systems to SAP Cloud ERP (previously SAP S/4HANA) by the end of 2027, time is of the essence. Kyndryl’s collaboration with Nova Intelligence can help enable customers to migrate their system ahead of the deadline, while also supporting clean core compliance — helping to ensure that they can fully leverage future iterations of SAP. 

Michael Bradshaw

Global Applications, Data and AI Practice Leader