INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Cloud
“As African
enterprises
continue to
mature in
their use of
technology, we
aim to support
them with
powerful cloud-
based solutions
that run simpler
and allow for
agile innovation.”
S/4HANA Enterprise Management
Cloud, the complete cloud offering
from SAP that enables companies
to run mission-critical enterprise
processes, experience a digital core
and enjoy the benefits of the world’s
leading cloud solution provider.
S/4HANA Manufacturing Cloud, due
for release in June 2017.
“Our latest suite of cloud innovations
bring reduced cost of implementation
and lower total cost of ownership
to our customers, due to a per-user
billing model that allows for flexibility
in the demand for services. In
addition, thanks to the cloud-based
delivery model and our preconfigured
systems built on proven best practice,
enterprises can experience a much
quicker time to value,” said Parker.
“In fact, the cloud environment
is available within 48 hours of
subscription, meaning companies
can start leveraging the power of the
cloud in their core business processes
almost instantly. As African enterprises
continue to mature in their use of
technology, we aim to support them
with powerful cloud-based solutions
that run simpler and allow for
agile innovation.”
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T-Systems SA and
Huawei partner to bring
Open Telekom Cloud to
South Africa
In an industry disrupting partnership,
T-Systems South Africa and Huawei have
announced they will be bringing Open
Telekom Cloud (OTC) to local shores.
OTC is a simple, secure and affordable
OpenStack public cloud platform that
will deliver on-demand, pay-as-you-go
cloud services to enterprises.
With the advent of industry 4.0 and
the digitalisation of organisations,
OTC will bring the best of global cloud
innovation to South Africa and will
enable South African organisations to
operate and compete on a global scale.
Gert Schoonbee, Managing Director
of T-Systems South Africa, says:
“T-Systems is an established South
African brand with local shareholding,
which has been in the country for
nearly 20 years; we pride ourselves on
being in South Africa for South Africa.
“This extended partnership with
Huawei allows us to bring a new level
of innovation to the local market.
As a multi-cloud provider, we have
already been delivering high levels of
service quality and price compatibility
from our current local data centres;
OTC will enhance our cloud portfolio
and allow us to offer hyper-scale
computing capabilities on the
OpenStack platform that can rival
other global cloud offerings. Given that
we are deploying OTC locally in South
Africa, we will be retaining the revenue
in the country. Moreover, it enables us
to fully comply with the Protection of
Personal Information Act (POPI). In all,
we are ecstatic about this as it brings
simplicity, security and affordability to
our customers.”
2017, at the Huawei Eco Connect
conference, held at the Sandton
Convention Centre, Johannesburg.
Commenting on the partnership,
Huawei Channel Director of Huawei
Enterprise Business Group for southern
Africa, Daniel Liu, says: “Huawei has
enjoyed a successful partnership
with leading global ICT provider,
T-Systems, working together on the
OTC offering in European and Asian
markets. T-Systems South Africa has a
strong focus on delivering quality ICT
to South Africa and African markets,
and together we aim to focus on
accelerating digital transformation
within these borders.”
T-Systems South Africa has been
offering secure end-to-end cloud
solutions since 2005, from consulting,
implementation, billing and customer
service through to maintenance. In
early 2017, T-Systems South Africa
was presented with the MD’s award at
the SAP Partner Awards and is one of a
handful of SAP partners that is certified
to offer a SAP Partner Managed Cloud.
With OTC, the ICT solutions provider
plans to extend its cloud solution
offering with a growing strategic
partner ecosystem that includes SAP,
Microsoft, Huawei and Oracle.
“Our customers are discovering the
advantages of the public cloud, but
they want a local alternative,” says
Schoonbee. “With the Open Telekom
Cloud, we can offer a local solution
that is simple, secure, affordable, and
that will benefit from the international
R&D and development road map of
Deutsche Telekom.”
The partnership, which will see T-Systems
adding a new, transformational public
T-Systems and Huawei plan to start
cloud offering to its existing portfolio,
taking customers onto OTC in the
was officially announced on 20 April
fourth quarter of 2017.
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