WALLDORF, Germany, Nov. 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced the availability of the
SAP® Connected Parking solution, new Internet of Things (IoT) software to help parking management firms take advantage
of the cloud, smart devices and Big Data technologies. SAP Connected Parking offers parking providers a digital backbone to
consolidate parking space availability across locations, reserve parking spaces, publish real-time status of parking space and
improve use, visibility and efficiency. Technology partners include DESIGNA Verkehrsleittechnik GmbH, which has signed an
agreement to integrate the solution with its parking management systems and kiosks, and Bosch Service Solutions, which recently
announced integration with the Bosch Secure Truck Parking service.
"SAP is helping customers map their journeys through digital transformation, and IoT has the potential to drive the largest
segment of growth in new business value," said Tanja Rueckert, executive vice president, LoB
Digital Assets and IoT, SAP. "SAP Connected Parking is an excellent example of how businesses that manage self-service terminals
and kiosks can leverage robust IoT cloud and application expertise from SAP and our partners to transform their business models
and the parking experience for drivers of all vehicles."
SAP Connected Parking harnesses the power of SAP HANA® Cloud Platform in a simple and convenient solution for
managing parking locations. It is designed as a building block for companies such as DESIGNA to integrate with their hardware
components to offer a comprehensive parking access revenue control (PARC) solution. SAP Connected Parking includes an app that
runs on a tablet and serves as the user interface to drivers who enter or exit the parking location.
"As a world leader of parking management solutions with 65 years of experience in the industry, our goal is to develop
innovative parking solutions that combine unique industrial design and an intuitive user experience while continuously reducing
the operating costs," said Dr. Thomas Waibl, CEO, DESIGNA. "We are pleased to integrate the IoT
solution from SAP, the world leader in enterprise cloud software, into our parking systems to offer a next-generation service to
our customers."
The announcement builds on a partnership between SAP and Bosch Group in the area of IoT and the release of the Bosch Secure Truck Parking service by Bosch Service Solutions. Bosch Secure
Truck Parking seeks to address the shortage of secure parking space for trucks, which can result in fatal accidents though
insecurely parked trucks and the loss of billions of euros through stolen goods. A Bosch facility near Karlsruhe, Germany, will be used as a secure truck park during evening hours and nighttime. Access to the parking
location is managed by Bosch Secure Truck Parking, leveraging SAP Connected Parking. For more information, see video.
"The issue of secure truck parking has been addressed a few times in the last years. Most of the former approaches had only
limited success, because the technological complexity to operate a truck park was too great," said Robert
Mulatz, executive vice president, Bosch Service Solutions. "Now, with cloud and IoT-based solutions we have systems that
will allow for a much faster growth of the number of available car parks with state-of-the-art access technology."
SAP Connected Parking is available globally and only as an outbound OEM solution.
It is estimated that the market for unattended kiosks could reach US$73 billion by 2020
according to research firm marketsandmarkets.com. While parking kiosks are one of fastest growing market segments for unattended
kiosks, parking remains highly fragmented and localized. Inefficiency in urban parking and truck parking negatively impacts
commerce and quality of life.
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