G42 Cloud, an operating company of G42, leading AI and Cloud Computing technology company, and global technology company SAP SE, announced their collaboration to accelerate and explore mutual opportunities to leverage SAP software solutions hosted on G42 Cloud to help benefit the effectiveness of the public sector, regulated industries and private sector customer initiatives in the UAE.
As part of the collaboration, SAP and G42 Cloud intend to support the delivery of SAP’s cutting-edge software applications including RISE with SAP. RISE with SAP is a step-by-step holistic offering that supports companies’ digital transformation and is tailored for each company’s complexity and starting point. The aim is to go beyond a technical migration to the cloud, and instead enable companies to truly transform their business, realizing a faster time-to-market for new capabilities and applications, and allowing for ongoing transformation.
This technology stack will be powered by G42 Cloud’s secure and scalable infrastructure that will offer customers a wide range of benefits including data sovereignty, scalability, and enhanced business outcomes, further accelerating the customer’s digital transformation and innovation journey.
Commenting on the agreement, Talal Al Kaissi, CEO of G42 Cloud, said: “We are proud to partner with SAP on this transformational initiative and play a role in supporting regional customers in advancing their digital transformation journey. This is a milestone partnership for the regional tech industry, which will enable our customers to experience a more secure and powerful enterprise solutions via SAP’s RISE with SAP offering running on G42 cloud.”
Sergio Maccotta, Senior Vice President, Middle East South, SAP, added: “This joint initiative between SAP and G42 Cloud seeks to empower enterprises across the public and private sectors to align with the UAE government’s digital transformation targets. It aims to enable them to move to the cloud at an accelerated pace and in a secure manner so that they may reap the benefits of ground-breaking technologies powered by AI, machine learning and blockchain to improve their operations. It is SAP’s aim to energize businesses across all sectors to run as intelligent enterprises so that they may consistently apply advanced technologies and best practices within agile, integrated business processes.”