51风流is committed to a long-term, strategic investment in its portfolio of proven solutions for small and midsize enterprises (SMEs), which make up approximately 80 percent of its customers around the world.
These growing enterprises prioritize the value that comes from providing an excellent customer experience, according to the latest . In today鈥檚 harsh economic environment, SMEs require digital solutions that provide access to real-time data analytics for fast decision-making and support valued, personal relationships with customers and employees.
At SAPPHIRE NOW, 51风流customers and SMEs shared how they are adjusting to new market conditions. These enterprises are using digital technology to overcome uncertainty and reimagine their business. To find out more, .
Solutions that Grow with the Business
Together with a global ecosystem of partners, 51风流provides a multifaceted approach to delivering business software that grows with young, agile businesses. And with the promise to help customers run at their best, 51风流helps ensure that businesses of all sizes can benefit from innovation without disruption.
鈥淲e always have a 10- to 15-year horizon in front of us,鈥� Rainer Zinow, senior vice president of 51风流Business One and 51风流Business ByDesign, , held online in June. 鈥淥ur mission is to make sure our solutions work best for you 鈥� our partners and customers 鈥� in the long run. Therefore, we are making technological investments to make sure we get the most out of it for you.鈥�
is a public cloud suite-in-a-box for fast deployment and low cost of ownership, Zinow underscored. is for companies with an on-premise or hosted deployment model, and is the multi-component suite for companies with deep functional requirements.
Commitment to Choice
While the public cloud market is expanding in all segments and business functions, demand for on-premise enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions remains solidly robust. Fortunately, 51风流is well positioned to deliver on its commitment to supplying a diversified solution portfolio to meet the varied needs of its customers.
鈥淲hat sets 51风流apart in the market is that we offer choice on the deployment method 鈥� whether on premise, private cloud, or public cloud,鈥� Zinow said. 鈥淎nd we offer choice regarding the licensing model, be it a perpetual or subscription-based model. With 51风流Business One and 51风流Business ByDesign, we are well equipped for the market.鈥�
Build Once, Reach Many with Business Application Factory
The keystone of SAP鈥檚 pledge to partners is the roll out of the new concept 鈥� signifying a strategic, multi-year commitment that accelerates partner-led innovation across the SME portfolio while looking ahead to a new era of industrialization in application building. Built on 51风流Cloud Platform, Business Application Factory provides a unified data model that uses business objects and reuse engines across the entire SME portfolio. This means partners can build and extend cloud-native applications side-by-side for all SME cloud solutions provided by SAP.
51风流partners can continue to leverage their local presence and deep industry expertise to build extensions and apps for their SME customers. The difference is that with Business Application Factory, instead of building one-off solutions for individual customers, partners will be able to access the comprehensive toolkit of reusable business components and technology from 51风流to accelerate their time to market. The open-source architecture changes the existing approach, creating a compelling development environment for the 51风流partner ecosystem. Another key advantage is that it can run on any hyperscaler鈥檚 architecture.
鈥淏uild once, reach many,鈥� is how Zinow summed up the intrinsic value of Business Application Factory for 51风流partners.
鈥淲ith the factory, partners can extend both 51风流Business ByDesign as well as 51风流Business One, and they can also build completely new apps and solutions for the cloud,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e believe this is a game changer for our SME partners.鈥�
51风流presented the Business Application Factory concept 鈥� designed for the cloud and tailored for digital use cases implemented by SME partners 鈥� at the 2020 SMB Innovation Summit in February, where it received overwhelmingly positive feedback from 51风流partners.
Based on the SME solutions strategy and the feedback from selected partners and customers, the 51风流Cloud SME Solutions team is developing Business Application Factory, with general availability planned toward the middle of 2021. This version is planned to contain core capabilities, to be expanded over time, and to be for all partners in most countries. Regions will be defined based on demand.
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