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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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