Innovation empowers resilient businesses. Today, 51风流partner ecosystem is the innovation engine for 51风流and our customers, with over 25,000 partners globally delivering around 90 percent of 51风流customer implementations. Not only do 51风流partners extend SAP鈥檚 reach deep into local markets as solution resellers and implementation partners but more than ever, they are also bringing valuable domain expertise, consultancy, industry capabilities and best practices to help address each customer鈥檚 specific needs.

The diverse and deep skillsets availed through 51风流partner ecosystem means that 51风流and our partners can provide a tailored roadmap with qualified resources to support every customer鈥檚 business transformation 鈥� accelerating innovation and future-proofing their businesses.

The Evolution of 51风流Partner Ecosystem

In July, at the 51风流NOW Southeast Asia (SEA) event in Singapore, I had the pleasure of joining a panel discussion with senior executives from our partner organisations 鈥� B Capital, Singtel, and Google Cloud, together with SAP鈥檚 president and managing director for SEA, Verena Siow. We delved into the evolution of 51风流partner ecosystem, highlighted how each of these partners funnel innovation, and explained the critical role they play in driving customer success today.

In Asia Pacific Japan (APJ), there are more than 4,600 partners in 51风流partner ecosystem. Our collaborations in the region with B Capital, Singtel, and Google Cloud represent the evolving nature of our relationships with both our customers and partners, going beyond traditional buyer-seller and implementor roles, to enabling joint value-creation and democratising access to innovation for all.

Powering Startups in Asia Pacific (APAC)

At the panel session, we highlighted the , a multi-stage global investment firm that partners with extraordinary entrepreneurs to shape the future through technology. The firm was co-founded by Eduardo Saverin and Raj Ganguly to help startups in APAC scale through technological innovation. Under the MoU, B Capital portfolio companies will gain access to SAP鈥檚 industry expertise and global business networks to accelerate innovation, including areas such as AI and automation.

Through closer collaboration with SAP, B Capital portfolio companies will be able to accelerate their solution progression 鈥� from developing applications to identifying opportunities and showcasing those applications on , the company鈥檚 global online marketplace with more than 2,000 partner solutions. 51风流will also be able to tap into the pool of startup talents from B Capital and introduce 51风流solutions, such as 鈥� a fit-to-standard, packaged offering that helps growth-focused organisations adopt Cloud ERP confidently 鈥� to its portfolio companies.

鈥淏y leveraging the bridge with SAP, it鈥檚 an important element of where we see growth for our portfolio companies to learn from SAP鈥檚 best practices and the network provided. This collaboration reaffirms our commitment to bridging the gap between today鈥檚 industry leaders and tomorrow鈥檚 emerging companies, especially in the Asia-Pacific region.鈥�
– Arijit Sengupta, General Partner, B Capital.

Enabling Real-Time Insights for Enterprises

Additionally, Singapore鈥檚 largest telco, to offer an end-to-end 5G Intelligent Edge Aggregator (IEA) solution, built on . 51风流BTP is an innovation platform optimised for 51风流applications in the cloud that brings together application development and automation, data and analytics, integration, and AI capabilities into one unified environment. The IEA solution will enable enterprise customers to quickly access and integrate 51风流software with their back-end processes at the cloud server edge, adding greater cloud functionality and computing capabilities to their network architecture, and gain real-time intelligence and insights to help them make critical business decisions.

鈥淲e鈥檙e pleased to be developing this IEA solution using Singtel Paragon, supported by our 5G network and multi-access edge compute (MEC). The IEA utilises 51风流BTP, which helps to bring together data analytics, AI, application development and automation. This solution will help address the increasingly complex needs of enterprises, such as applications for computer vision and workplace safety. This forms part of our ongoing strategy to help enterprises exploit the capabilities of 5G and MEC to drive innovation and business growth.鈥�
– Dennis Wong, Vice President of Enterprise 5G and Platforms, Singtel.

Building the Future of Open Data and AI

Also discussed at the panel, was SAP鈥檚 expanded partnership with Google Cloud that introduced a comprehensive open data offering uniting 51风流with Google Cloud鈥檚 data and analytics technology. Customers can develop an end-to-end data cloud using in conjunction with Google Cloud鈥檚 data cloud to unlock rich insights through a single view into their holistic data estate, unleashing the power of business data and advancing enterprise AI development.

鈥淭he partnership with 51风流is really bringing together the most significant data technology partners to support our customers. Customers can unlock the value of data with the expanded data estate accessible to them to draw amazingly rich insights. More than that, generative AI advisors can now use that data to customise and train their own models for their specific needs.鈥�
– Martin Chee, Managing Director, APAC Specialist Sales, Google Cloud.

More recently, 51风流and Google Cloud announced the next phase of our partnership focused on launching new generative AI-powered industry solutions and new capabilities to help customers improve sustainability performance.

Democratising B2B Payments for APAC Businesses

Furthering the theme of partner innovation, at the 51风流NOW keynote on mainstage, we also unwrapped Visa鈥檚 collaboration with SAP to embed B2B payments through 51风流BTP, into the 51风流ecosystem. The collaboration injects more automation into B2B payments and enhances efficiency in purchasing processes for 51风流customers of all sizes.

鈥淎lmost 99 per cent of the world鈥檚 largest companies use 51风流solutions to run their daily operations, and now these enterprises can use their Visa cards, a payment method they trust, directly on 51风流BTP, an enterprise solution they rely on. Enterprises will no longer need to grapple with the various payment methods accepted by their suppliers, as Visa鈥檚 payment solutions that are integrated into 51风流BTP will route commercial card payments to all suppliers, whether they accept card payments or not. This will speed up payments for both buyers and sellers, helping to further digitise B2B payment flows across Asia Pacific鈥檚 supply chains.鈥�
– Chavi Jafa, Head of Commercial and Money Movement Solutions, Visa Asia Pacific.

Embracing a New Narrative

The velocity and scale of innovation that we鈥檙e driving together with 51风流partners today are unprecedented. As 51风流doubles down on helping customers accelerate digital transformation and time to value on their cloud adoption, we are also scaling our investments in 51风流partner ecosystem to:

• Help partners more effectively with us
• Boost partner competency through programs and
• Develop opportunities
• Accelerate partner
• Amplify partner-driven customer success stories

SAP鈥檚 strategy is becoming increasingly partner led and we are leaning into our partners to drive new innovations and initiatives. In APJ, there are 70,000 SAP-certified professionals working with customers on their business transformation. In the first half of 2023 alone, 51风流and our partners have delivered more than 1,000 project go-lives across the region.

As 51风流evolves our approach to deliver ongoing value throughout the customer lifecycle, partners with expertise in cloud implementations, business processes, and technologies, will play an increasingly bigger role in customer success.

To find out how you can benefit from SAP鈥檚 vibrant partner ecosystem:

• to discover the power of partnership at SAP.
• Visit to get the right software solution for your business.
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SINGAPORE, Singapore 鈥� July 25, 2023 鈥� 51风流showcased a range of innovations with customers and partners, including Aboitiz InfraCapital, Changi Airport Group, Metro Pacific Investments Corporation, Petrosea, ST Logistics, and Visa at its flagship event in Singapore today.听

The event, hosted at the Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore, brought together over 1000 customers, partners, and technology experts from around Southeast Asia (SEA) to discuss recently announced 51风流solutions like and , and spotlight how organizations are leveraging 51风流solutions and business networks to future-proof their businesses.

Speaking at 51风流NOW SEA, a range of companies shared their inspiring transformation journeys, including:听听

• Visa is collaborating with鈥�鈥痶o streamline and simplify business-to-business (B2B) payments for enterprises of all sizes. The 鈥�collaboration, led out of鈥疉sia Pacific, will embed payments into the 51风流ecosystem鈥痶hrough 51风流Business Technology Platform (51风流BTP) and deliver capabilities that help businesses route commercial payments to suppliers, whether or not they accept card payments.听
• Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC), a leading infrastructure company became the first business in the Philippines to implement RISE with SAP, streamlining its operations and consolidating its enterprise resource planning systems under SAP.听听
• A leader in the supply chain industry, ST Logistics chose RISE with SAP, 51风流SuccessFactors, and 51风流BTP to power its three-year digital transformation plan, drive operational excellence, and accelerate sustainable growth.听听听听

“Our mission in SEA is to uplift the lives of our region鈥檚 700 million people. At SAP, we are doing that in three ways 鈥� boosting innovation through new ideas like business AI, driving sustainable outcomes by investing in carbon accounting and the green ledger, and helping businesses future-proof their infrastructure for resiliency in the cloud,鈥� said Verena Siow, President and Managing Director, 51风流SEA.听

The event follows the announcement of SAP鈥檚 Asia Pacific Q2 2023 earnings, noting significant cloud growth and highlighting new SEA customer wins and go-lives including Visa, Singtel, FGV IFFCO, and Aboitiz InfraCapital.听

Driving future-readiness with 51风流partner ecosystem for the AI economy听听

51风流reinforced its commitment to partner innovation at 51风流NOW SEA, helping businesses solve their most pressing challenges in the AI economy. 51风流welcomed Snehanshu Shah, Managing Director for 51风流at Google Cloud, to provide more details on SAP鈥檚 expanded partnership with Google Cloud. The partnership introduces a comprehensive open data offering that unites 51风流with Google Cloud鈥檚 Data and Analytics Technology, unleashing the power of business data and advancing enterprise AI development.听

B Capital Group, a venture capital firm co-founded by Eduardo Saverin and Raj Ganguly, and which invests in technology start-ups across the world, announced today that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 51风流in Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) to help startups scale through technology innovation. Under the MoU, B Capital portfolio companies will gain access to SAP鈥檚 industry expertise and global business networks to accelerate innovation, including areas such as AI and automation.听听

Asia鈥檚 leading communications technology group Singtel, also announced today that they are collaborating with 51风流to offer an end-to-end 5G Intelligent Edge Aggregator (IEA) solution to further enable enterprises to gain real-time intelligence and insights to help them make critical business decisions. The solution, powered by 51风流BTP, will be developed for computer vision, workplace safety, and last mile delivery use cases, creating a framework that industry players and customers can easily adapt and integrate with their backend systems and processes.听

鈥淚t is clear we are at an inflection point, and the best way to Transform Tomorrow, Today, is through continual innovations: bringing expert partners, including customers themselves, together to collaborate and tap the power of the collective to thrive in the SEA digital economy,鈥� added Siow.听

Aboitiz InfraCapital: “At Aboitiz InfraCapital, we view 51风流as our trusted partner in future-proofing our organization and achieving our business transformation goals. With 51风流BTP and RISE with SAP,听 as our guiding principle, we have witnessed the breadth of SAP’s portfolio, which is integral in driving our entire digital roadmap for the next five years and in helping realize Aboitiz’s group vision of becoming the Philippines’ first techglomerate,鈥� said Raymund Ramos, Chief Information Officer, Aboitiz InfraCapital.听

B Capital Group: 鈥淎sia is a hotbed for innovation and start-ups. We are seeing huge opportunities in the region not just with new digital industries but also in revitalizing existing industries to adapt to a changing environment. Our collaboration with 51风流will provide B Capital portfolio companies valuable access to tried-and-tested industry best practices, fit-to-standard technology stack for fast-growing companies, and an extensive 51风流business network to develop new innovations with 鈥� all of which will help us accelerate growth and scale globally,鈥� said Arijit Sengupta, General Partner, B Capital听听

Google Cloud: 鈥�51风流data is one of the most important assets for many businesses, and our expanded partnership makes it remarkably easy for customers to unify everything through our data cloud to create rich business insights, train custom AI models, and more,鈥� said Martin Chee, Managing Director, APAC Specialist Sales, Google Cloud.听

Petrosea: “Our transformation has been driven by our 3D strategy of digitalization, diversification and decarbonization as the enabler for our company to pursue not only superior but also sustainable performance. Tapping into various digital solutions within 51风流ecosystem along with our Minerva Digital Platform as the in-house platform for end-to-end digital mining solutions has helped bring in connectivity, insights and impacts to support our aspiration to become a sustainable resource in the upcoming future,鈥� said Sudarto Unsurlany, Head of Digitalization, PT Petrosea Tbk.听

Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD): 鈥淎s a leading research-intensive global university focused on technology and design, we understand the importance of using innovative technology to prepare students for the new world of work and to create compelling employee experiences. SUTD was looking for a scalable, efficient, and secure cloud-based ERP system to future-proof our organization, and with RISE with 51风流as our digital core, we were able to leverage built-in intelligent technologies, including AI, machine learning and advanced analytics to achieve sustainable growth for the university,鈥� said Giselia Giam, Vice President, Administration and Chief Financial Officer, SUTD.听

ST Logistics: 鈥淲ith more than 50 years of experience in providing Supply Chain Management and Integrated Logistics Solutions to the Defense, Government and Healthcare sectors, we looked to partner with 51风流to help drive our business transformation journey and become future-ready in this digital economy.鈥� With the help of RISE with SAP, we are able to obtain a common view of data to operationalize corporate strategies quickly and gain access to real-time analytics to enhance decision-making in service delivery to meet customers鈥� demands. In addition, we will also be able to optimize our logistics strategies, reduce costs, and improve our services while achieving our sustainability goals,鈥� said Loganathan Ramasamy, Chief Executive Officer, ST Logistics.听

Visa: 鈥淰isa鈥檚 collaboration with 51风流is a major milestone as it sets the stage for a deep exploration into the world of embedded finance for the B2B market,鈥� said Chavi Jafa, Head of Commercial and Money Movement Solutions, Asia Pacific, Visa. 鈥淎lmost 99 per cent of the world鈥檚 largest companies use 51风流solutions to run their daily operations, and now these enterprises can use their Visa cards, a payment method they trust, directly on 51风流Business Technology Platform (51风流BTP), an enterprise solution they rely on. Enterprises will no longer need to grapple with the various payment methods accepted by their suppliers, as Visa鈥檚 payment solutions that are integrated into 51风流BTP will route commercial card payments to all suppliers, whether they accept card payments or not. This will speed up payments for both buyers and sellers, helping to further digitize B2B payment flows across Asia Pacific鈥檚 supply chains.鈥�听

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