By SAVIOUS KWINIKA ,JOHANNESBURG – SAP has announced two new initiatives as part of a commitment to address customers’ concerns.The SAP Cloud Trust Center and a new digital tool called the SAP Transformation Navigator have been rolled out to deliver greater transparency and clearer product guidance for customers.The announcement was made in the United States at the SAPPHIRE NOW + ASUG 2017 on Tuesday.The company reported it has harnessed its digital core, bold technologies of the future and its expertise in enterprise resource planning to help customers make everything digital, programmable and smarter.Officials said SAP’s commitment to an open ecosystem and strong partnerships would be key for the cloud-based intelligent enterprise, seen as a cornerstone for the new global economy.In addition, SAP announced the extension of its Leonardo offering, hailed as a comprehensive digital innovation system will offer customers either an industry-focused approach called industry accelerators, aligned to specific use cases, with fixed prices and timelines, or a flexible approach that allows customers to build what they require for any industry or business need.Another major announcement is the expansion of the SAP and Google strategic co-innovation partnership announced in March.It now includes additional certification of SAP technology and applications on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The partnership also aims to make SAP Cloud Platform on GCP available globally, as well as future collaboration and integrations in machine learning, the IoT, data transparency and custodian services, and workplace productivity.
– Guardian