Credit: Peter Sayer/IDG SAP announced its Q2 2022 results Thursday, reporting revenue of €7.5 billion (US$7.7 billion), which is up 12.7% year-on-year. However, it was not all good news for the German business software group. SAP’s IFRS operating profit was down 32% to €673 million and its non-IFRS profit was down 13% to €1.68 billion. In comments published alongside the results, SAP said this was mainly driven by “reduced contribution from software licenses revenue,” as well as “significant bad debt expenses related to the war in Ukraine.” Earlier this year, SAP estimated that the financial impact of the war in Ukraine would cause the company to take a revenue hit of around €300 million, due to pulling out of that market. In its Q2 statement, SAP said it still expects to see those losses. Strong segment growth While the geopolitical climate has had an impact on SAP’s overall revenue, the company’s two business segments performed strongly during the quarter. The Applications, Technology and Services segment was up 11% to €7.1 billion, mainly due to strong cloud revenue growth, driven by increased adoption of S/4HANA and double-digit growth across the SaaS and PaaS portfolio. Cloud revenue alone was up 34% to €3.1 billion, making it the vendor’s largest revenue stream. This is despite a decrease in traditional software licenses revenue due to the shift to the cloud, as more customers adopted the company’s RISE with SAP offering. SAP’s Qualtrics revenue was up 57% to €330 million year over year, driven by robust renewal rates and expansions. “Our transition to the cloud is ahead of schedule and we have exceeded topline expectations, with cloud revenue becoming SAP’s largest revenue stream,” SAP CEO, Christian Klein, said following the results. “Our pipeline is strong, and we are winning market share underpinned by the very strong 100% growth of S/4HANA current cloud backlog.” Related content news Boomi burnishes API management capabilities The launch version of the framework comes with four agents — Boomi Answers, Boomi DesignGen, Boomi DataDetective, and Boomi Scribe. By John Leyden May 10, 2024 4 mins APIs PaaS feature TIAA modernizes the customer journey with AI The financial services organization overhauled its customer service operations, weaving together machine learning models, generative AI, and customer journey mapping to improve customer experience and predict trouble points. By Paula Rooney May 10, 2024 6 mins CIO 100 Digital Transformation Artificial Intelligence feature 10 IT skills where expertise pays the most Data from Dice sheds light on 10 enterprise mainstay skills where IT pros who have honed their craft to expert level can earn five-figure salary premiums. By Sarah K. White May 10, 2024 8 mins Salaries IT Jobs IT Skills feature What is ERP? Enterprise resource planning systems explained Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems standardize, streamline, and integrate processes across a wide range of business functions. Here’s what to know about these critical IT systems. By CIO staff and bart_perkins May 10, 2024 12 mins ERP Systems Enterprise Applications PODCASTS VIDEOS RESOURCES EVENTS SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe