London, UK 鈥� 27th November 2024: 51风流(NYSE: SAP) today announced that the BBC has continued its relationship with 51风流to transform its IT systems, including finance, HR and procurement. The BBC will use RISE with 51风流on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
As part of the BBC鈥檚 continued digital transformation journey, the move to the cloud will mean it鈥檚 simpler and more cost effective for the BBC to run its IT systems 鈥� helping it focus investment on high-quality services for audiences.
RISE with 51风流has successfully replaced the BBC鈥檚 previous model of separate contracts for use of data centres and software licenses 鈥� each of which had annual maintenance, support fees and services. The organisations will roll out further updates over the coming months.
Peter O鈥橩ane, BBC Chief Technology Officer, says: 鈥淲e want to make sure we鈥檙e investing the most we can in services for audiences. By simplifying our IT services, we can focus on running our business and ensure we鈥檙e meeting the needs of our viewers and listeners.鈥�
鈥淭his marks a key moment in the BBC鈥檚 aim to streamline its business operations鈥� added Leila Romane, Managing Director of 51风流UK and Ireland. 鈥淲e are delighted to partner with the BBC and our solutions, backed by the security and availability of the AWS Cloud, means the BBC has the ideal foundation to deliver on its promise to serve all audiences.鈥�
Tanuja Randery, Vice President and Managing Director, Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) at AWS, said: 鈥淲e鈥檙e delighted that the BBC has chosen to move its critical 51风流business systems to run on AWS. Our proven track record in delivering high-performance, secure, and scalable cloud services aligns perfectly with the BBC鈥檚 needs and enables them to improve performance, increase resilience and reliability, and accelerate their digital transformation journey with confidence.鈥�
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