WALLDORF, Germany, Sept. 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- SAP SE (NYSE: SAP)
today announced the SAP® Cloud ALM solution, a
cloud-based application lifecycle management (ALM) tool that helps
track and manage the needs of customers of cloud solutions from
SAP.
SAP Cloud ALM starts with the implementation portal for SAP
S/4HANA® Cloud and is expected to be available in the
fourth quarter 2018 with the next release of SAP S/4HANA Cloud. SAP
intends to extend SAP Cloud ALM from implementation support for SAP
S/4HANA Cloud with a road map towards the entire application
lifecycle of all cloud solutions from SAP, planned to become
available by 2021.
Access to SAP Cloud ALM will be based on the customer's existing
contract.
"As SAP customers continue to pursue cloud-based applications,
providing access to cloud-centric ALM offerings is more important
than ever," said Andreas Heckmann,
senior vice president, Support Delivery, SAP. "With SAP Cloud ALM,
we're giving customers an application lifecycle management offering
that is ready for immediate consumption and thus best fits their
solution preferences and business needs."
The implementation portal provided by SAP Cloud ALM for SAP
S/4HANA Cloud is planned to help customers:
- Perform quick team onboarding and scoping: At the
beginning of every implementation project of SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP
customers are equipped with product and release-specific task lists
based on the SAP Activate methodology and the implementation road
map for SAP S/4HANA. The lists also specify task sequences and the
roles to assign to boost efficiency.
- Follow a fit-to-standard implementation approach: SAP
Cloud ALM fully supports the SAP Activate methodology for SAP
S/4HANA Cloud by providing all the tools required for
fit-to-standard workshops. Customers get a clear view of the steps
required for successful deployment in the cloud at the outset of
the project based on content from the SAP Best Practices package
for SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
- Configure SAP S/4HANA Cloud and track project progress:
SAP Cloud ALM guides the customer through the implementation
process and tracks project progress automatically.
"SAP Cloud ALM is a major advance in SAP's ability to deliver
quality software and services to customers," said Josh Greenbaum, principal, Enterprise
Applications Consulting. "The ability to use the cloud to better
track and manage the customer lifecycle is an important next step
in the evolution of SAP's cloud efforts and will provide an
important point of differentiation in a market that is still waking
up to this potential."
It is planned that SAP Cloud ALM will serve as a complementary
offering to SAP Solution Manager, the ALM on-premise flagship
solution from SAP. With the introduction of SAP Cloud ALM,
customers can choose the most suitable ALM solution for rapid
implementation and support best-run operations for their SAP
solutions.
For more information on how to take advantage of SAP Cloud ALM
for your cloud solution from SAP, please go here.
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