Business Chief US+CAN Magazine April 2021 | Page 37

IBM table . We ’ ve been a partner of SAP for over 40 years , but it is constantly evolving … a great example of this is the ‘ Evolution Partnership ’ we signed last year with SAP that is how we collaborate on taking the Intelligent Enterprise story to the market .
The partnership is really about how to accelerate that ambition level ….“ How do we use the new technology solutions from SAP , the likes of Data , AI , Automation , IoT combined with the core ERP system to create new outcomes for our customers . When you combine SAP and IBM technology , you have an amazing platform foundation for creating new innovations , new ways of working , new customer and employee experiences – at the end of the day , this is what it is really about – it ’ s about the creation of new experiences powered by technology ."
But the biggest change in Coulter ’ s opinion is the new integration approaches . “ Companies are moving away from this wall-to-wall ERP story – they ’ re adopting a balance of ERP and best of breed … so the new technologies need to reflect this change … and to shift from old fashioned integration techniques into a more APIbased approach .
As part of Evolution , we ’ re constantly building out end-to-end process solutions that are designed to easily integrate SAP with these new cloud-native applications … this means that we have the platform foundation to help any client realize their Digital Transformation journey irrespective of their complexity ." businesschief . com 37