Alliance to accelerate AI-powered digital transformation
Alibaba Group and SAP announced a strategic partnership to jointly accelerate enterprise innovation and digital transformation through advanced cloud and AI technologies.
The partnership combines SAP’s industry-leading enterprise software with Alibaba Cloud’s secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and cutting-edge AI capabilities.
Alibaba Cloud will be part of the latest SAP Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Certification Program, to fully support customers running SAP’s enterprise cloud solutions. Alibaba Group will also leverage SAP Cloud ERP Private for its enterprise infrastructure as part of the collaboration.
Collaboration
The collaboration will initially focus on the China market and rollout is planned for Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa to enable enterprises to implement SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and embark on their RISE with SAP and GROW with SAP journeys.
With Alibaba Cloud as a certified hyperscaler for SAP workloads, enterprises will also be able to deploy SAP Cloud ERP and SAP Cloud ERP Private solutions on Alibaba Cloud’s infrastructure.
Alibaba Group also plans to deploy SAP Business AI, SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Ariba, SAP Integrated Business Planning, SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Concur, and SAP Emarsys solutions to further optimize its technological backbone, ensuring greater agility and resilience in serving its vast ecosystem of businesses and consumers.
Empowering businesses
“Our collaboration with SAP reinforces our commitment to empowering global businesses with world-class technologies,” stated Joe Tsai, Chairman, Alibaba Group. “By combining SAP’s enterprise software with Alibaba Cloud’s robust infrastructure and AI capabilities, we are enabling customers to build smarter, more agile operations,” he continued.
“Our collaboration with Alibaba Group is a testament to the power and flexibility of SAP’s cloud solutions,” affirmed Christian Klein, CEO, SAP SE. “Together, we can help our joint customers drive innovation, improve operational performance, and create new competitive advantages, and we look forward to working with Alibaba to shape the future of cloud-powered digital transformation,” he concluded.
