IBM Cloud Platforms

The IBM corporation announced that the SAP AG company certified its services in implementation and project management of implementation at customers of SAP applications using a delivery pattern by means of a hosting and platforms of cloud computing IBM Cloud Platforms. This certification will allow IBM to provide to customers hosting and "cloud" support on all solution portfolio of SAP, including business applications for customer relationship management (CRM), enterprise resource planning (ERP), product lifecycle management (PLM) and supply chain management and also corporate services.

"The companies which look for ways of deployment of SAP applications in cloud-environments can ask IBM for the help in management, service and scaling of the solutions on the basis of the reliable and safe platform of cloud computing providing necessary flexibility for delivery of services and promoting decrease in operating expenses — Jim Comfort, the vice president of IBM for management of offers (Offering Management) for outsourcing business of IBM noted. — Accomplishment of SAP applications on the IBM Cloud Platforms platforms and through hosting services IBM will help clients with achievement of their business objectives, mastering of the new markets and management of growth".

To receive this certification, IBM passed through the procedure of comprehensive testing by specialists of SAP of infrastructures and processes of hosting services and services of cloud computing of IBM and also check of the corresponding qualification of technicians of IBM. Besides, this audit included engineering inspection of the physical and logical processes of security supporting environments of IBM for a hosting and cloud computing which covers resources of servers, the software and storage systems.

"IBM as global service provider of a hosting and cloud computing confirms to Sertrifikation her expert knowledge, rich practical experience and opportunities and also shows a broad spectrum of its delivery services of SAP applications in hosting environments and private environments of cloud computing — Kevin Ichhpurani, the senior vice president of SAP AG concerning business development, strategic alliances, a global ecosystem and group of partners emphasized. — Clients who unroll SAP applications through platforms of cloud computing IBM Cloud Platforms get advantages in the form of functionally exhaustive and innovation services which can be scaled, promote economy of costs and help to meet the technical needs and requirements for security".

Offers of IBM on services of cloud computing support SAP applications and provide to clients access to templates and models for more rapid application development and their safe deployment, at the same time improving a cost structure on management of applications.