No Barriers to your Business

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1 No Barriers to your Business Ready for Enterprise Applications for SAP and Oracle on the Cloud? Jonathan Miller, IBM Cloud, Global Oracle Leader, Business Line Management Andreas Baldwin, Enterprise Applications Cloud Sales Leader, IBM Middle East

2 Managed Cloud IBM Cloud Managed Services IBM Cloud Managed Services hosted managed solutions built on a secure, scalable global infrastructure for business critical applications. 2

3 Introduction to Enterprise Applications IBM Cloud for Oracle Solutions Customers are now turning to the Cloud: For more powerful computing For more agile applications To align monthly expense with outcomes - growth, profits, adjacencies or ROI 3

4 Case Studies Imagine the Future Adapt Agile Build toward the Future Leverage Core Competency of Today Build Adjacencies Don t build houses without Plumbing 4

5 Financial Services Expanding inside and outside the Kingdom to logical customers Business Challenge Growing business volumes at Caribbean Financial Group threatened to overwhelm its existing IT infrastructure, leading to delays in processing customers applications and approving their loans. Transformation Joining forces with IBM, Caribbean Financial Group migrated to the IBM Cloud for Oracle solutions, unleashing improvements in performance and availability. 5 5 Business Benefits

6 Where are you today? Where could you be tomorrow? 6 6

7 Align Expenses to ROI IBM Cloud for SAP and Oracle Solutions Turning to Cloud because customers want to: 1. avoid the long delays that characterized traditional IT infrastructure provisioning. Purchase, install, activate, manage, update. That cycle is automated. 2. avoid massive initial Cap-Ex outlays. Test and Dev. Monthly price rises when Pre-Production and Production are required for the implementation. 7

8 Capabilities Retail in CMS4O People Broad industry knowledge 900 specialists in the US with an average 10+ years in industry Skilled in business process, technology and organizational effectiveness Solutions in Retail 4 focused solution areas merchandising & supply chain, integrated multi-channel retailing, total store and retail business intelligence Integrated, end to end solutions Strategy and implementation IBM Research World s largest industry research group Nine labs and 3,000+ employees worldwide Five Nobel prizes Institute for Business Value In depth strategy studies and related publications Retail industry point of view 8

9 IBM Cloud is a Premier Strategic Provider for SAP IBM has been named a premier strategic provider of cloud infrastructure services for business critical applications by SAP. SAP conducted an extensive evaluation of potential partners and selected IBM Cloud as the leader due to its: Global scale Hybrid capability Deep expertise 9

10 IBM and SAP Partnership for Digital Transformation IBM and SAP will co-innovate solutions through cognitive extensions, enhanced customer and user experiences, and industry-specific functionality enabled with SAP S/4HANA software, available on premise and in the cloud. Investments: Over 40 Resources Invested from IBM and SAP 2 Digital Transformation Centers for Co-Innovation + Dozens of Client Centers Around the World $1 Million in Marketing S/4HANA Solutions: Supplier Assets Collaboration IOT & HCP & Business Networks Cognitive assets Digital Core Customer Experience Omnichannel Workforce Engagement Cognitive Cloud Mobile SAP HANA Cloud Platform Results: Industry Thought Leadership & Value Roadmaps Full Service Model 10 Cognitive/Cloud/ Mobile/Industry/ HOP Solutions

11 Why is SAP an important workload for the IBM Cloud? Over 78% of the world s food is produced by SAP customers. Over 90% of Oil & Gas production is managed by SAP systems. Source: McKinsey/SAP analysis update 4/

12 Case Study Egyptian Refining Company With IBM, we had the assurance that we would have all we needed to make our SAP project a success. Business Challenge To fuel growth in Egypt s economy, ERC wanted to move its new refinery into production on time and in budget. ERC chose SAP solutions to support operations but how could it meet its tight deadlines?? Ramy Harfoush, CIO at ERC Transformation ERC worked with IBM Global Business Services to deploy SAP solutions, helping the company better manage its business and reach aggressive construction deadlines. 12 Business Benefits Delivers transformation and change project on time Enables state-of-the-art business management techniques Drives Continued economic growth