INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Green Technology
Microsoft and SAP help
customers drive business
innovation in the cloud
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icrosoft and SAP SE have
announced integrated offerings to
provide enterprise customers with
a clear road map to confidently drive more
business innovation in the cloud. In a bold
show of commitment, the two companies
also announced they will be deploying each
other’s cloud solutions internally.
Through their unique partnership, the
companies will co-engineer, go to market
together with premier solutions and provide
joint support services to ensure the best
cloud experience for customers.
SAP HANA® Enterprise Cloud – SAP’s
privately managed cloud service – on
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Microsoft Azure will allow customers to
run SAP S/4HANA in a secure, managed
cloud. Additionally, Microsoft will deploy
SAP S/4HANA® on Azure to help run its
own internal finance processes, and SAP
will move its key internal business critical
systems to Azure.
Finally, SAP Ariba is currently utilising
Azure and is exploring further use within its
procurement applications. Together, SAP and
Microsoft will help companies make the most
of running SAP applications in the cloud.
“As technology transforms every business
and every industry, organisations are
looking for the right platforms and trusted
partners to help accelerate their digital
transformation,” said Satya Nadella, CEO
of Microsoft.
“Building on our longtime partnership,
Microsoft and SAP are harnessing each
other’s products to not only power our own
organisations, but to empower our enterprise
customers to run their most mission-critical
applications and workloads with SAP
S/4HANA on Azure.”
Enterprise companies are increasingly
moving business-critical systems to the
cloud for the benefits digital transformation
provides: better customer relationships,
more empowered employees, streamlined
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