VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

SAP to empower Revlon to drive e-commerce acceleration:  SAP SE   announced that beauty giant   Revlon Inc.   will use the RISE with SAP offering to expedite the company’s strategic cloud migration.   “Revlon is an iconic and trusted brand that has long been known for innovation in the beauty and personal care industry, always with a keen focus on the customer experience,” said  SAP North America President DJ Paoni . “We are honored to be a part of Revlon’s incredible transformation journey and provide solutions to help the company continue to scale and grow share of market.”   Revlon, which last year saw e-commerce net sales soar approximately 40%, remains focused on enhancing its end-to-end digital capabilities to support continued acceleration in this channel. By tapping RISE with SAP, Revlon expects to bolster its digital infrastructure in order to help its e-commerce operations become more nimble and innovative. Revlon also plans to use the SAP An...

State-run telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and SAP SE have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly offer innovative GST solutions to enterprises across India. The collaboration leverages the capabilities of BSNL as GST Suvidha Provider (GSP) and SAP as Application Service Provider (ASP). BSNL, through its network of approximately 115 million customer base currently connecting 646 districts, 4,519 cities/towns and 6.25 lakh villages across India, will provide enhanced accessibility to companies of all sizes, specifically SMEs, to create, consolidate and file GST returns through SAP’s ASP solution in an easy, secure and smooth manner. The alliance will, thus, help realize the full potential of GST on the back of BSNL’s countrywide reach and SAP’s expertise in providing robust technology offerings. “As an intrinsic part of the Government’s Digital India initiative, we see GST as an important tool in the process for nation building,” said Shri...

SAP SE has announced that its intelligent cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution SAP S/4HANA Cloud is now available in India. SAP S/4HANA Cloud is an Intelligent ERP with built-in machine learning and AI capabilities and helps to streamline business processes with a simplified user experience, thus helping organizations transform into “Intelligent Enterprises”. The solution combines automation of mundane tasks with pre-emptive decision making, to increase overall business agility. With the S/4HANA Cloud, businesses will be notified of the latest innovations through quarterly updates, granting them access to the latest innovations in areas such as predictive analytics. With conversational AI platforms being the next big paradigm shift in IT, SAP has integrated SAP CoPilot with the SAP S/4HANA Cloud. The solution is the first true voice-activated digital assistant for enterprises that enables users to to get their work done more qui...

SAP SE has organized a unique summit, Digital4Growth “IncTank”, (Inclusive Think Tank) to ideate and deliberate how Digital can be best leveraged to address opportunities that can accelerate growth in an inclusive and sustainable society. With 462.1 million Internet users, making India the second fastest-growing country in terms of social media penetration, digital technologies present a big opportunity to unlock its demographic dividend through right skilling and support, as well as drive inclusive economic growth.  “We believe technology is the only enabler that will ensure every individual, every business, every institution and every sector is included in India’s growth. The Digital4Growth IncTank has been constituted with an aim to make digital inclusion an essential element to chart the nation’s transformation story,” said Deb Deep Sengupta, President &     Managing Director, SAP Indian Subcontinent. “SAP is committed to proactively seek collaboratio...

Microsoft Corp. 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 private managed cloud service – on 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 utilizing Azure and is exploring further use within its procurement applications....... Read More

SAP SE has reiterated its commitment towards customers and partner ecosystem by pledging to help ramp up workforce in the country to take forward the digital transformation agenda.  In the wake of GST rollout and Digital India initiative, the 51+ million SMEs in the country will eventually have to onboard or scale their technology infrastructure. It will, therefore, give rise to an industry-wide requirement of digital experts who will have the capability to enable enterprises transition to a digital platform. SAP understands the urgency to fulfil this necessity.  SAP India commits to skill, reskill and upskill 1.5 million SAP consultants to plug this digital gap within the next three years.... Read More

SAP SE has launched several new Internet of Things (IoT) solutions at SAP Leonardo Live, its global summit being held on July 11 & 12 in Frankfurt, Germany, to showcase the latest technology and use-cases for innovation, including the IoT. Part of the SAP Leonardo digital innovation system, these IoT solutions take advantage of advances in Big Data and analytics, the ability to connect people, things and business with SAP Cloud Platform, and technologies such as machine learning to enable IoT and Industry 4.0 strategies across digital logistics, manufacturing and asset management.  The new solutions include –   * SAP Leonardo IoT Bridge, a configurable role-based digital command center giving operations managers unprecedented visibility and ability to act in real time * SAP Global Track and Trace, a cloud-based offering for unified, end-to-end tracking, monitoring and reporting of objects and business processes across supply chain networks * SAP Leonard...

Dell EMC has announced that it will deliver comprehensive on-premise digital Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions to enable Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across India to become Goods and Services Tax (GST) ready. SAP’s pre-packaged “GST-in-a- Box’” solution will be available to MSMEs through joint go-to-market initiatives across 30 SAP GST solution centres across 15 cities in India. Through the new solutions, customers can make their businesses GST-ready in 100 days, thereby ensuring minimal disruption when it comes to transitioning to the new tax model while focussing on what they do best.  The Goods and Services Tax (GST), a single-window taxation system, is expected to be a catalyst in the digital transformation of Indian businesses of all sizes, including MSMEs. As per a CII report, this sector contributes up to seven per cent of the manufacturing GDP, 31-per cent of the GDP from service activities and 37 per cent of manufacturing output to the I...

On the occasion of International Day for MSMEs, SAP today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises to jointly launch Bharat ERP.  Bharat ERP is an exclusive program to empower MSMEs with next-gen technology to fuel their digital journey. The MoU was signed in the presence of Kalraj Mishra, Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India.  As a part of the MoU, SAP India and the Ministry of MSMEs will collaborate to enable MSMEs become future-ready by helping them focus on innovation and business profitability. The initiative aims to digitally enable nearly 30,000 MSMEs and youth in the next three years as the program expands.... Read More

SAP and Accenture has announced an expanded collaboration to co-innovate, co-develop and jointly go to market with breakthrough digital solutions based on the new SAP Leonardo digital innovation system. The strategic partners will focus on embedding digital technologies including additional machine learning, analytics and the Internet of Things (IoT) at the core of clients’ businesses to deliver even greater value from their SAP investments.  Accenture and SAP are now expanding their current co-development program to include intelligent analytics solutions delivered by Accenture Digital and powered by SAP Leonardo. By combining solutions like Accenture’s Payables Optimizer and Advanced Inventory Management with SAP Leonardo, it is anticipated that clients will be able to reduce capital costs and optimize the supply chain to meet the real-time demands of customers. Accenture will also apply its Industry X.0 approach and Industrial Internet of Things expertise to help clients...

S AP SE has announced the launch of the SAP Digital Boardroom in India. The SAP Digital Boardroom is a planned breakthrough digital approach that aims to contextualize and simplify performance reporting across areas of business in real time. Built on the SAP BusinessObjects Cloud solution, SAP Digital Boardroom is expected to utilize line-of-business data from the SAP S/4HANA suite and SAP HANA Cloud Platform to provide a single source of truth about a company’s critical business metrics. This approach aims to help companies monitor and drive a change in the digital economy. "Technology is changing the rules of business and disruption is becoming the norm. As business leaders, we need to absorb, understand and adapt with agility and speed to constantly changing circumstances,” said Deb Deep Sengupta, President & Managing Director, SAP Indian Subcontinent. “The SAP Digital Boardroom will enable an interactive board discussion, and give decision – makers ...

SAP today announced investment plans of €2 billion over five years to help business and government entities benefit from the proliferation of sensors, smart devices and Big Data that is transforming business with the Internet of Things (IoT). SAP plans to accelerate innovation in its IoT solution portfolio, increase sales and marketing, scale service, support and co-innovation, and grow its ecosystem of partners and startups in the IoT market, which is estimated to reach €250 billion by 2020. “With billions of connected devices, we now have the potential to reshape society, the economy and the environment,” said Bill McDermott, CEO, SAP. “SAP HANA is the data platform we knew would unlock the Internet of Things. Today SAP is making another bold investment to help our customers seize the benefits of live business. Only SAP empowers businesses to innovate from the core to the edges to the network,” added McDermott.... Read More

SAP announced that it is the first MNC technology company to be awarded the worldwide Economic Dividends for Gender Equality (EDGE) certificate, recognizing its global commitments in achieving gender diversity and equality in the workplace. The EDGE Certification is the premier standard and methodology for evaluating a corporate commitment to gender equality. SAP’s worldwide certification process began in March 2016 — after it became the first tech company in the United States to achieve EDGE Certification earlier this year. Global certification, which requires that countries that comprise 80 per cent of an organization be included, was awarded after a third-party review of company data, gender practices and employment policies, and employee survey results in an additional 12 countries – Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, Singapore and the United Kingdom.... Read More

SAP has announced an initiative to support start-ups in India and train teachers in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-Bombay). SAP will take part in two different programmes: the Entrepreneurship Development Initiative and The “Train 10,000 Teachers” Programme (T10KT) – a STEM education initiative. In conjunction with the incubator centre at IIT Bombay, SAP aims to strengthen the entrepreneurship ecosystem and foster scalable high growth social enterprises. This collaboration will augment a knowledge and innovation-driven culture across India, while further strengthening the entrepreneurship ecosystem and facilitating networking with professional resources, mentors and funders... Read more

SAP SE and Lenovo have signed a multifaceted partnership to develop cloud solutions in China, create innovations between the SAP HANA platform and Lenovo systems and jointly execute global go-to-market programmes. The agreement is intended to significantly strengthen an existing partnership and to combine SAP solutions with Lenovo’s data center offerings to provide customers with technology that can help organizations become agile digital enterprises... Read more

Dimension Data has signed an agreement with SAP to offer partner-managed cloud for the SAP Hybris Commerce solution in the Asia-Pacific and Japan region. Dimension Data will offer an affordable, ready-to-use, subscription-based offering, Dimension Data Cloud Services for SAP Hybris Commerce ,  off its Managed Cloud Platform, enabling clients to access the software quickly and easily without the need for upfront infrastructure costs associated with on-premise software deployments. This way, enterprises can accelerate their digital commerce journey and benefit from a holistic omni-channel commerce platform available on a SaaS model. This new solution offers a number of clear advantages over existing approaches.... Read more

For the implementation of SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) project, IIT Roorkee (IITR) has announced a “kick-off meeting”. The project will be implemented in multiple phases and would cover the end-to-end life cycle management of the operations. The launch function was held on 21st  September, 2015 at the Multi Activity Centre Auditorium in the IITR Campus. The function was graced by the top managements of IITR and ... Read more

The EMC Federation has announced new innovations, partner programs and customers across its Hybrid Cloud portfolio. The EMC Federation provides customers with the industry’s most complete Hybrid Cloud portfolio, able to support all workloads and all cloud models – private, public and managed clouds.  Through a common platform, customers are now able to manage multiple clouds and multiple cloud service providers as one logical cloud with the distinction between on premises and off premises being eliminated. The newly acquired Virtustream by the EMC Federation helps enterprises around the world migrate, run and manage their I/O-intensive, mission-critical applications in the cloud. Its cloud credentials in support of SAP solutions are outstanding in the industry, having deployed in production environments more than 200 SAP solutions and one of the first implementations of the SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA (SAP S/4HANA) in the cloud. Today, Virtustream has announced that it is no...

To engage and acknowledge the contribution of partners to the ecosystem, SAP India has organized its Annual Partner Summit 2015 in New Delhi, which witnessed participation from partners from India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. As a part of this summit, stakeholders, SAP executives, partners and prospects gathered to strategize how SAP can expand its horizons and grow at a faster pace. SAP’s mantra of “run simple” resonated in its partner strategy and the company aims to further drive the innovation process by engaging with partners at every milestone step. The summit not only enabled the various groups of partners to network and share experiences but also provided them with focussed knowledge specific to their expertise. Separate roundtable discussions and forums for partner subsets like VARs, OEMs, ISV, ERP enhanced their learning and was a great value addition to the summit... Read more

SAP SE has started the CloudView survey and business value practice study developed by IDC, which shows how companies may be falling short in their cloud transformation journey. The study identifies key strategic issues and business processes to address the gaps. Robert Mahowald, Program Vice-President, SaaS and Cloud Services, IDC, said, “Customers have found that they have managed the first phase of moving into the cloud – they have educated themselves and sourced new capabilities necessary to begin the journey. The stumbling blocks are now at the managed and optimized level, with skill sets required that will allow the organization to focus on strategy versus day-to-day operations in faster time to provision new services, in reduced IT costs and perhaps, most importantly, in the ability to make more revenue.” sap logo e1432887282103 SAP launches study to mature cloud strategyThe IDC study finds that many companies are naïve about how mature their cloud strategy really is. Imp...