WALLDORF, Germany, Jan. 10, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- SAP SE (NYSE:
SAP) today announced a jump-start enablement program for its
Internet of Things (IoT) innovation portfolio. The program is
intended to help customers connect the emerging world of
intelligent devices with people and processes to achieve tangible
business outcomes. Following through on SAP's recently announced
commitment to invest €2 billion in IoT over five years, the IoT
portfolio combines adaptive applications, Big Data applications and
connectivity in packaged solutions across line-of-business and
industry use cases ranging from connected products, assets and
infrastructure to vehicle fleets, markets and people.
Named SAP® Leonardo, SAP's IoT portfolio takes its name from a
figure known for ushering in a groundbreaking era of science and
discovery. For more on the SAP Leonardo brand, please see here.
"Moving from things to outcomes is about new business processes
such as Industry 4.0, new business models and new ways for people
to live and work," said Dr. Tanja
Rueckert, executive vice president, Digital Assets and IoT,
SAP. "With SAP Leonardo, we connect 'things' with business
processes that are instantaneous and proactive, and with people who
can manage more effectively with augmented intelligence and
autonomous systems. Our SAP Leonardo IoT portfolio delivers on
SAP's commitment to produce superior business value through
enterprise IoT innovation."
Easier IoT Adoption: Jump-Start Pilot Program and
Introductory Pricing
SAP is introducing a jump-start program
as part of its SAP Leonardo Labs global enablement network to help
organizations identify and validate IoT pilots and use cases. A
consultative service staffed by SAP line-of-business and industry
experts, the jump-start program is a multiphase engagement
featuring design thinking to match IoT innovations with customer
strategies and objectives in achievable pilots with a clear path to
business value. Available worldwide, the jump-start program is
intended to ease the first steps of the IoT journey, producing
pilots that define business cases for full-scale IoT strategies and
further deployment.
SAP is also introducing promotional pricing for the IoT
jump-start program featuring a simple, fixed cost for software and
services to cover the pilot and first year of usage for SAP
Leonardo IoT solutions including SAP Connected Goods, SAP Vehicle
Insights, SAP Predictive Maintenance and Service and SAP Asset
Intelligence Network. By setting a defined price for services and
key solutions in the SAP Leonardo IoT portfolio, the introductory
offer provides transparency and eliminates budget uncertainty,
enabling customers to establish IoT pilots with clear scope, length
and pricing. More information on the jump-start program and pricing
offer can be found here.
A Unique Ability to Connect People, Things and
Businesses
SAP Leonardo reaffirms an innovative value
proposition, extending from SAP's enterprise core into automation
and intelligence at the edges where IoT data is created. With SAP
HANA® as its platform, SAP Leonardo offers intelligent IoT
applications, business services for development, technical services
for processing high-velocity data and an intelligent edge to
process information at the device level. SAP Leonardo combines
SAP's unique strengths, including 45 years of business process
knowledge across 25 industries and leadership in Big Data
management, in end-to-end offerings addressing the following
areas:
- Connected products for new insights into lifecycle
management, sourcing, response and supply, and digital supply
networks; and the design, manufacturing and delivery of smart,
connected products across all industries
- Connected assets to track, monitor and analyze fixed
assets, including manufacturing and maintenance business processes,
to reduce costs and increase equipment uptime
- Connected fleet to enable businesses and public service
organizations owning moving assets (such as vehicles, robots, fork
lifts and autonomous vehicles) to improve services and safety,
visibility to logistics and service quality
- Connected infrastructure for new digital operational
intelligence from physical-infrastructure systems, construction and
energy grids enabling improved service, efficient operations and
compliance and risk mitigation
- Connected markets to enable new production, and business
models of local relevance and at the right timing for customer and
marketing insights, digital agribusiness, smart ports and smart
cities
- Connected people for more insightful, collaborative work
roles, health management and smart home environments connecting
people and communities and providing better, more personalized
lifestyle experiences
For more detail on the portfolio, see here.
SAP Leonardo Event
SAP also announced plans for its
first global SAP Leonardo event. Bringing together SAP
customers, partners and IoT experts, the event will showcase the
latest in IoT innovations and effective business strategies. The
event will take place from July 11–12, 2017, in Frankfurt, Germany, at the KAP EUROPA. More
information about the event, including the agenda and registration
details, will be disclosed in the coming weeks.
More information on customers achieving business success with
SAP Leonardo can be found here.
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