Normalized claim
Time: 12% increase
ERP response time improved by 12%.
Vodafone migrates SAP ERP to Google Cloud and pilots generative AI with Gemini
Use case typeAI platformUpdated Jun 13, 2026
Vodafone migrated its SAP ERP to Google Cloud as part of its EVO2CLOUD initiative, moving a mission-critical enterprise platform that serves around 100,000 employees and contains 200 TB of data. The company also uses its Nucleus data platform on Google Cloud with BigQuery for consolidating internal, external, and third-party data sources, and ran a generative AI pilot using SAP SuccessFactors data with Google Gemini Pro 1.5 to update and enrich training catalogs, course descriptions, and tags.
- Organization
- Vodafone
- Industry
- Tech & Comms
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Published
- January 2024
Reported outcomes
Time: +12%
Time & speed
Time: +50%Speed: Up to 7×Time: 15 daysTime: 5 days
Catalog median for time & speed deployments: +59% across 138 reported metrics. Compare benchmarks →
Why do we believe this?Outcome claims, sources, and evidence checks
Normalized claim
Time: 50% increase
The integration layer saw 50% faster processing time.
Normalized claim
Quantified impact: 7 x increase
Innovation speed increased by up to 7x.
Normalized claim
Quantified impact: 15 days decrease
Month-end close was reduced from 15 days to 5 days.
Normalized claim
Quantified impact: 5 days decrease
Month-end close was reduced from 15 days to 5 days.
Why do we believe this deployment?Customer identity, provider attribution, maturity, and source checks
- Customer
- Vodafone
- Provider
- GCP
- Maturity
- Pilot
- Linked source
- Google Cloud Customer Story
The company also uses its Nucleus data platform on Google Cloud with BigQuery for consolidating internal, external, and third-party data sources, and ran a generative AI pilot using SAP SuccessFactors data with Google Gemini Pro 1
Customer identity supportedSource describes one deploymentMaturity supported
Primary read
Use case focus
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- 1Cloud migration
- 2Generative AI pilot
- 3Process optimization
- Vodafone migrated more than 300 SAP VMs across four environments to Google Cloud in a two-year program with Google Cloud, SAP, and Accenture.
- The company uses BigQuery on Google Cloud to consolidate data and support analytics and process mining.
- Vodafone piloted Google Gemini Pro 1.5 with SAP SuccessFactors data to enrich training catalogs, course descriptions, and tags.
Technologies
- ERP response time improved by 12%.
- The integration layer saw 50% faster processing time.
- Innovation speed increased by up to 7x.
- Month-end close was reduced from 15 days to 5 days.
- Decommissioning more than 350 servers is expected to save 700 tons of CO2 a year and approximately €400,000 in energy savings.
Architecture
Vodafone's EVO2CLOUD initiative migrated SAP workloads from on-premises infrastructure to Google Cloud across four environments, with over 300 SAP VMs moved in a coordinated program involving Google Cloud, SAP, and Accenture. The company also uses its Nucleus data platform on Google Cloud with BigQuery, and piloted generative AI with Gemini Pro 1.5 on SAP SuccessFactors data.
Sources & evidence1
Evidence: Medium65/100Evidence strength
- Customer explicitly identified
- Deployment status explicitly supported
- Primary source available
- Quantified outcome available
- Technical implementation details available
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The same organization appears in newer AI deployment evidence.
- Same organization re-documented as recently as 2026.
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Type: Customer StoryPublished: Jan 1, 2024Publisher: Google CloudEvidence: PrimaryConfidence: High
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