SAP says it has signed a partnership with Chelford and Computacenter, a leading European IT services company, to provide a new delivery option in the UK under the Business All-in-One Fast-Start programme. SAP says that the new subscription-based hosting will allow midsize companies to implement and run the SAP Business All-in-One solutions without the need to hire and train dedicated IT staff to implement and manage the software.
In the UK, Chelford and Computacenter take on the responsibility for application hosting and management, infrastructure maintenance and software upgrades. These offerings, says SAP, help customers minimize up-front capital investments in acquiring IT infrastructure and reduce the ongoing operating costs typically associated with managing software solutions. They further enable customers to better focus on their core business, products and services that best meet the demands of their individual markets. In turn, midsize customers can focus resources on differentiating from their competitors, executing on their growth strategies and making their businesses more transparent and sustainable.
In today’s economy, it is tough for all businesses, but midsize companies are under extreme pressure. SAP hosted services with Chelford and Computacenter provide greater flexibility for customers on solutions that best fit their IT needs. “Working closely with our certified SAP channel partners, SAP will continue to deliver more innovative solutions, allowing our customers to have clarity of information across their entire business,” said Stephen Read, Director of SME, SAP UK and Ireland.
“We are delighted to be working with SAP and Chelford on this solution as it will offer midsize companies a flexible, cost-effective approach to IT. Customers are demanding greater control over their IT costs which is driving the trend towards subscription based hosting and the provision of Software as a Service. This hosted SAP offering is an important addition to the range of options by which we can deliver service to our customers, and is part of our move towards providing more shared infrastructure-based services, alongside dedicated customer infrastructures says Mark Howling, Director Services and Solutions at Computacenter.
