UAE-based telecom operator Du and enterprise software leader SAP have partnered to offer cloud solutions in the country During the World Government Summit in Dubai, UAE.

Combining Du’s Infrastructure as a Service with SAP’s Software as a Service creates a unique off-the-shelf product, offering a cloud-based model, in line with global market trends.

Du will support UAE federal and local government agencies, and private enterprises, with SAP’s innovative private cloud-based applications hosted on a state-of-the-art data center in the UAE.

With real-time private cloud applications, organizations can become more efficient and agile, scale up more easily with their business growth, and gain in-depth insights into operations, employee productivity, and the user experience. UAE organizations can also save money, as the cloud solutions are pay-as-you-go without additional capital investment needed in hardware, infrastructure, applications, or licenses.

Carlos Domingo, senior executive officer, New Businesses & Innovation, Du, said: “We’re doing all we can to equip the UAE to become a global leader in innovation. This partnership fast-tracks the adoption of world class digital services in the UAE by making them more cost effective and easier to attain. Now customers won’t have to face a massive up-front investment to increase their productivity with these services - they will only pay for what they use.”

Organizations using these applications will be able to leverage the advanced network infrastructure of Du, combined with the real-time analytics capabilities of the SAP S4/HANA business suite, which runs on the real-time SAP HANA platform.

Steve Tzikakis, senior vice president and general manager, SAP South Europe, Middle East, and Africa, said: “With the market demand for private cloud applications growing in the region, SAP is further driving our co-innovation partnership with Du to support the UAE’s digital agenda. By leveraging global best practices and solutions, SAP is committed to using the power of the cloud to allow employees and customers to more easily engage with organizations.”

Du will offer organizations a wide range of back-end and customer-facing SAP solutions, including enterprise resource planning, human capital management for human resources, customer relationship management, marketing, and analytics and business intelligence. – TradeArabia News Service