Accenture (NYSE:ACN) and SAP
AG (NYSE:SAP) today announced the creation of a new business group
focused on rapidly accelerating the time it takes to jointly develop and
deliver new industry-specific solutions based on cloud and other digital
technologies. The Accenture and SAP Business Solutions Group brings
together the companies’ respective co-innovation, joint solution
development and go-to-market teams in an effort to focus on
significantly increasing time to value for clients globally.
The Accenture and SAP Business Solutions Group helps facilitate a
combination of Accenture’s intellectual property and industry expertise
with innovative solutions that are powered by the SAP HANA® Cloud
Platform to more rapidly enable customers to harness the benefits of
digital technologies including cloud, analytics and enterprise mobility.
The goal is to significantly expedite the joint-solution development
process to help allow the two companies to quickly bring breakthrough
solutions to market across a range of industry sectors, with an initial
focus on retail and consumer goods, automotive, energy and utilities.
Accenture and SAP are structuring the new Accenture and SAP Business
Solutions Group to simplify the process of purchasing SAP solutions and
Accenture services for clients. For example, a goal is for new industry
solutions to be available through a single-contract business services
model and on an “as-a-service” basis. The new arrangement represents an
evolution of the work the two companies have conducted together through
the Accenture Innovation Centers for SAP Solutions and further outlines
the go-to-market
framework first introduced in 2013.
“We expect that this will be a game-changer that can go far beyond the
traditional boundaries of how enterprise-grade software and platform
companies and technology services companies collaborate, innovate and
deliver solutions to the market today,” said Marty Cole, group chief
executive of Technology, Accenture. “By joining together our
industry-leading assets and capabilities under this new business group,
Accenture and SAP will be positioned to deliver unprecedented value to
clients through more rapid access to integrated industry-specific SAP
solutions.”
“Clients are looking for ways to better maximize their existing
investments in SAP technology and bridge to new technologies such as SAP
HANA and SAP’s as-a-Service offerings,” said Rob Enslin, president,
Global Customer Operations and member, Global Managing Board, SAP AG.
“They want solutions to be simpler and more relevant to their specific
business challenges. Through the Accenture and SAP Business Solutions
Group, we will be able to work closer than ever with Accenture to
accelerate the development and delivery of industry solutions that our
customers are demanding.”
The Accenture and SAP Business Solutions Group will be based in San
Jose, California, and the joint team will include some of the world’s
leading solution development talent, supported by a dedicated team of
sales, marketing, finance, legal and commercial professionals. Experts
from both Accenture and SAP will collaborate to identify business needs,
develop solutions, execute go-to-market strategies and help implement
new solutions for clients.
The first industry solutions developed under this new commercial
framework include the Marketing
Performance Solution by Accenture and SAP, a marketing analytics
solution that provides relevant customer data across enterprise
operations, and the Upstream
Production Operations by Accenture and SAP, which features a set of
solutions, services and training for oil and gas companies’ production
operations.
For more information, visit the SAP
Newsroom.
About Accenture
Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and
outsourcing company, with approximately 281,000 people serving clients
in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience,
comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions,
and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies,
Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance
businesses and governments. The company generated net revenues of
US$28.6 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2013. Its home page
is www.accenture.com.
About SAP
As market leader in enterprise application software, SAP (NYSE:SAP)
helps companies of all sizes and industries run better. From back office
to boardroom, warehouse to storefront, desktop to mobile device – SAP
empowers people and organizations to work together more efficiently and
use business insight more effectively to stay ahead of the competition.
SAP applications and services enable more than 253,500 customers to
operate profitably, adapt continuously, and grow sustainably. For more
information, visit www.sap.com.
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