BRO-IBM Global Business Services-April2021

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more successful in their business operations.
When we're both on that mission path, it
creates a lot of complimentary synergies and
it doesn't create much conflict. That's why
the relationship has been so strong for so long
and will continue to be.
“When you look at what SAP is taking to
its clients, IBM has to support that with the
business strategy up front around business
transformation. We have the ability to
execute on every migration option that’s
out there for our clients from ECC to S/4
HANA. And we have the ability to run that
infrastructure platform using the most
proven technology that has ever run SAP
on the IBM Cloud. That aligns us, and
lines us up very nicely to continue to be
successful together.”
Allan Coulter, CTO for the SAP Practice, has
also been with IBM for over 20 years. He has
witnessed the evolution of SAP from a single-
ERP solution to one that has evolved over time
to a software stack that underpins the Digital
Transformation ambitions of IBM’s customers.
“However Digital transformation hasn’t
simply appeared. It’s been evolving for a long
period of time. Even 10 years ago, we had
clients that started to infuse automation into
the way we were building out the processes…..
what we are delivering today is the next
iteration, what we call the Intelligent Enterprise.
For me, it’s really as simple as making SAP
simpler, smarter and more connected to the
rest of the application portfolio using a set of
new technologies from IBM and SAP.
Truly a partnership
For Coulter, the relationship between IBM
and SAP is “truly a partnership”. “We know
the strength that each party brings to the
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