{"id":42290,"date":"2021-07-20T11:10:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T11:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/?guid=471cf08270ed4582554adc7ca4d86e38"},"modified":"2021-07-20T11:10:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T11:10:30","slug":"sap-to-launch-uk-cloud-service-as-part-of-200-million-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icloud.pe\/blog\/sap-to-launch-uk-cloud-service-as-part-of-200-million-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"SAP to launch UK cloud service as part of \u00a3200 million investment"},"content":{"rendered":"


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SAP will launch a secure UK-based cloud service and set up new offices in London and Manchester as part of a five-year investment package worth \u20ac250 million (approximately \u00a3212 million).<\/span><\/p>\n

SAP UK Data Cloud, a new cloud infrastructure for the public sector, will combine the firm\u2019s hyper-scale partnerships with AWS<\/a>, Azure and Google Cloud with UK data centres<\/a> to launch an in-nation cloud.<\/p>\n

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This will be designed to meet the tight regulatory needs of the public sector, while also supporting the UK\u2019s critical national infrastructure in healthcare, transport, education, policing, utilities as well as central and local government operations.<\/p>\n

Working with SAP National Security Services (NS2), SAP will ensure that all personal data is safeguarded and resides within the UK.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The capability to handle official sensitive data will go live in early 2020, with a host of SAP cloud services available at launch. These include SAP S\/4HANA Cloud, SAP Success Factors, SAP Business Technology Platform and SAP Analytics Cloud.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It follows the company\u2019s decision <\/span>to go \u201call-in\u201d on cloud computing<\/span><\/a> in October last year. This announcement, however, saw the firm\u2019s valuation drop by \u20ac25 billion (\u00a327.8bn).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe impact of this for public services can\u2019t be overstated,\u201d SAP said in an explainer on what its UK Data Cloud is and how it works.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBy modernising and transforming systems through cloud transformation, time after time we\u2019ve seen services simplified, unnecessary costs removed and capacity created for staff, such as frontline workers, freed up to carry out crucial roles \u2013 without being waylaid by cumbersome and time-intensive administrative systems.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to driving significant efficiencies, harnessing public cloud with sensitive data will facilitate better insights, driving faster and improved decision making to transform citizen services.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As part of the five-year investment, SAP will also open offices this year to accommodate flexible working arrangements<\/a> and serve its widespread customer base.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There\u2019ll also be a customer experience centre built into the new London offices, which will offer facilities for customers and partners to identify and pursue innovation opportunities with SAP. The facility near Manchester, which will be completed later this year, will allow SAP to work and engage more closely with companies around the country, the firm claims.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s great to see SAP demonstrating its commitment to the UK and investing heavily to create new jobs and helping ensure long-term digital prosperity is evenly spread across the entire country,\u201d said UK digital infrastructure minister, Matt Warman.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTech is at the heart of our plans to power Britain\u2019s recovery full speed out of the pandemic and we are backing the sector with world-class infrastructure and skills training to make sure the UK is the best place to start and grow a digital business.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

By 2026, SAP additionally hopes to support an additional 250 interns through its internship programme, alongside plans to scale up its apprenticeship programme to grow the number of skilled workers across the industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Keumars Afifi-Sabet<\/p>\n

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SAP will launch a secure UK-based cloud service and set up new offices in London and Manchester as part of a five-year investment package worth \u20ac250 million (approximately \u00a3212 million).
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