Public Services

With more than 10,000 employees in Australia and abroad, Australia’s Department of Immigration and Citizenship is currently transitioning its HR operations to the cloud and consolidating them on SuccessFactors® HCM Suite. The department previously had separate systems for performance, learning and development and recruitment, and anticipates considerable cost savings for taxpayers and improved service for clients.

In October, SAP announced the development of a U.S. federal secure cloud offering that is planned to address all dimensions of the cloud model, including support, operations and delivery.  The planned US federal secure node, delivered in partnership with SAP National Security Services™ (SAP NS2™), an independent, U.S.-based subsidiary of SAP, is a fully managed, secure cloud. It is intended to offer the right mix of cloud, hosted and on-premise technology based on each agency’s needs, providing flexibility, choice and control over deployment strategy.

In the UK, HS2 Ltd., a company wholly owned by the national Department for Transport (DfT) and responsible for connecting northern England with London via new high-speed rail, has chosen the SuccessFactors HCM Suite and SAP® Business ByDesign® solution to help it meet the early stages of this ambitious infrastructure programme.

Telecommunications

SAP recognizes that telecommunications companies are also looking for ways to more deeply engage with customers and create new revenue streams, and are committed to working with carriers as strategic partners to enable new business models.  In September, SAP announced a new agreement with Ericsson to securely deliver network-enabled cloud solutions, which will provide users with secure access to their business apps and content on mobile devices.

For the growing enterprise mobility management (EMM) market this joint offering will help businesses across all industries to better manage and secure organizational effectiveness and employee productivity. Ericsson will offer the SAP Mobile Secure portfolio, a set of cloud-based solutions, combined with an IT managed service offering, expanding its portfolio of services available for its more than 400 mobile network operators.

SAP and Portugal Telecom continue to work together to bring customers streamlined operations and increased agility via cloud services.  Portugal Telecom is the first worldwide provider of cloud services for the SAP Business One Cloud solution powered by SAP HANA.

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