SAP SE : Customers Simplify Business With the Industry Cloud

BERLIN, Nov. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced that its customers are simplifying their operations with industry cloud solutions at a rapid pace. The Industry Cloud organization at SAP, led by Simon Paris, is co-innovating with customers and partners to deliver solutions that are quickly spreading across all industries. In the second half of 2014, SAP has won many news customers for line-of-business (LOB)-focused cloud applications. The announcement was made at SAP TechEd® && d-code®, being held November 11-13 in Berlin.

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"Customers and partners are clearly eager to shape the future of industry-specific solutions in the cloud, benefiting from the speed of innovation and continuity without disruption," said Paris, president, Industry Cloud, SAP SE. "By combining their firsthand knowledge and experience with our industry-specific capabilities, customers get a smooth and rapid migration into the cloud, protecting past investments while creating an open platform to add new features today's users expect."

Rapid, Widespread Industry Cloud Adoption
SAP customers are setting the pace for deploying and using industry-specific cloud solutions because of the compelling combination of value for each LOB along end-to-end industry processes, consumer-grade end-user experience and ease of deployment and integration. Customer examples include:

Energy & Natural Resources

    --  AkzoNobel is a leading global paints and coatings company and a major
        producer of specialty chemicals. It recently deployed the SAP® Cloud
        for Sales solution as a hybrid model integrated with the existing SAP®
        Customer Relationship Management application to offer its sales people a
        single source of truth regarding customer sales and logistics on mobile
        devices. Almost immediately the solution had an 83 percent adoption rate
        of 500 users, and the company now has more transparency to see where and
        why it wins. By combining sales automation, enterprise resource planning
        (ERP) integration, analytics, mobility and the latest advancements in
        user interface technology from SAP, SAP Cloud for Sales helps AkzoNobel
        be more responsive to its customers' needs.
    --  Americas Styrenics ("AmSty") is a leading producer of polystyrene and
        styrene in the Americas. Within 12 months, it deployed SAP ERP powered
        by SAP HANA using the SAP HANA® Enterprise Cloud service in four
        countries and seven manufacturing plants. Benefits so far include a 50
        percent reduction in the time required for the financial close, a faster
        financial consolidation process, greater data transparency for real-time
        reporting and faster response times to addressing business challenges.

Financial Services

    --  National Bank of Canada is using the cloud-based human capital
        management (HCM) suite from SuccessFactors, an SAP company, to support
        its 20,000 employees and promote its business strategy and growth.
        National Bank of Canada uses the HCM suite to increase customer service
        quality and client satisfaction by training and recognizing employee
        performance. In an environment where HR regulations are consistently
        evolving, HCM helps National Bank of Canada mitigate risk, increase
        efficiency, support compliance and drive fact-based business decisions.

Higher Education & Research

    --  In September, SAP announced that it is cooperating with the University
        of Kentucky, Northern Kentucky University and other higher education
        customers to reinvent the proven student information system (SIS) design
        as a simple, easy-to-use platform for student interaction, engagement
        and collaboration. The transformation is planned to lead to an SIS that
        allows students to track their classes and degree requirements on the
        mobile device of their choice, alongside fellow students in a social
        environment on SAP HANA Cloud Platform.
    --  In October, SAP announced that Australia's La Trobe University has
        chosen the SAP Simple Finance solution powered by SAP HANA and the SAP
        Student Lifecycle Management application to support its "Future-Ready
        Strategic Plan." La Trobe is the first customer to globally deploy SAP
        Simple Finance in the cloud. SAP Simple Finance will provide its finance
        department and colleges with instant insight across devices to help the
        university drive value -- leveraging instant planning, analysis,
        prediction and simulation across financial and operational processes --
        while significantly simplifying its entire IT landscape and
        architecture.

Public Services

    --  With more than 10,000 employees in Australia and abroad, Australia's
        Department of Immigration and Citizenship is currently transitioning its
        HR operations to the cloud and consolidating them on SuccessFactors®
        HCM Suite. The department previously had separate systems for
        performance, learning and development and recruitment, and anticipates
        considerable cost savings for taxpayers and improved service for
        clients.
    --  In October, SAP announced the development of a U.S. federal secure cloud
        offering that is planned to address all dimensions of the cloud model,
        including support, operations and delivery. The planned US federal
        secure node, delivered in partnership with SAP National Security
        Services(TM) (SAP NS2(TM)), an independent, U.S.-based subsidiary of
        SAP, is a fully managed, secure cloud. It is intended to offer the right
        mix of cloud, hosted and on-premise technology based on each agency's
        needs, providing flexibility, choice and control over deployment
        strategy.
    --  In the UK, HS2 Ltd., a company wholly owned by the national Department
        for Transport (DfT) and responsible for connecting northern England with
        London via new high-speed rail, has chosen the SuccessFactors HCM Suite
        and SAP® Business ByDesign® solution to help it meet the early stages
        of this ambitious infrastructure programme.

Telecommunications

    --  SAP recognizes that telecommunications companies are also looking for
        ways to more deeply engage with customers and create new revenue
        streams, and are committed to working with carriers as strategic
        partners to enable new business models. In September, SAP announced a
        new agreement with Ericsson to securely deliver network-enabled cloud
        solutions, which will provide users with secure access to their business
        apps and content on mobile devices. For the growing enterprise mobility
        management (EMM) market this joint offering will help businesses across
        all industries to better manage and secure organizational effectiveness
        and employee productivity. Ericsson will offer the SAP Mobile Secure
        portfolio, a set of cloud-based solutions, combined with an IT managed
        service offering, expanding its portfolio of services available for its
        more than 400 mobile network operators.
    --  SAP and Portugal Telecom continue to work together to bring customers
        streamlined operations and increased agility via cloud services.
        Portugal Telecom is the first worldwide provider of cloud services for
        the SAP Business One® Cloud solution powered by SAP HANA. Portugal
        Telecom has set up a cloud environment for SAP Business One Cloud for
        both scalable, multi-tenant landscapes managed by Portugal Telecom and
        fully dedicated landscapes for use by partners looking to host and
        manage the solution for their clients. Combining the flexibility of the
        cloud with powerful in-memory technology, SAP Business One Cloud powered
        by SAP HANA helps companies of all sizes improve their overall business
        execution through accessible, real-time data that provides clear
        insights. The solution enables small businesses or subsidiaries of large
        companies to manage critical business processes -- such as sales,
        finance, accounting and inventory -- in a cloud-based offering,
        streamlining operations with a complete, integrated solution. Customers
        will pay a subscription fee per user for a turnkey solution hosted by
        Portugal Telecom, which will help clients reduce the total cost of
        ownership of the solution and allow them to quickly realize value and
        benefits from their investments in the solution.

Retail

    --  To enhance the daily employee experience and attract more high-quality
        talent, automated retailer Outerwall Inc., the company behind brands
        like Redbox,  Coinstar and ecoATM, recently went live with a suite of
        SuccessFactors solutions, including SuccessFactors Employee Central
        Payroll, SuccessFactors Performance & Goals, SuccessFactors Recruiting
        Management, SuccessFactors Recruiting Marketing and SuccessFactors
        Succession & Development. With nearly 2,900 employees, Outerwall can now
        develop, manage and deploy talent more efficiently.

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