•    The newly formed strategic joint Center of Excellence geared towards the IBM Rapid Move program will enable global scalability and add additional value for SAP S/4HANA programs.

•    More than 100 customers already rely on IBM Rapid Move powered by SNP’s CrystalBridge software platform to accelerate their SAP transformations and maximize business value.

With the new CoE, IBM and SNP are creating a highly efficient and scalable “delivery engine” with global reach. Through IBM’s Rapid Move program, more than 100 companies around the globe have already taken advantage of the partnership for their SAP transformation.  The foundation of the new competence center was celebrated on October 19, 2023, at the IBM Innovation Center for SAP Solutions in Walldorf, Germany.

Co-Innovation with GenAI and finance in focus

IBM and SNP also collaborate on innovations, particularly in generative AI with IBM watsonx, to enhance efficiency in migration projects. In addition, SNP and the IBM subsidiary TruQua are developing tailored solutions to introduce innovations in finance of global companies quickly and securely. The IBM subsidiary TruQua is a consulting firm that specializes in optimizing financial processes in SAP systems.

Garrick Keatts, Senior Partner, and IBM Consulting SAP Practice Leader, confirms: “SAP S/4HANA transformation programs continue to fuel our business, and the market for hybrid approaches is accelerating. IBM Consulting is the market leader in hybrid S/4HANA transformations. The expansion of our partnership with SNP is core to our strategy and continues to differentiate us. Together with SNP, we enable companies to modernize and optimize their business-critical SAP workloads in an unmatched way – and we have been doing so for many years. We understand our clients' desire for hybrid SAP S/4HANA transformations, and the IBM Rapid Move Center of Excellence is just the supercharger it needs."

Jens Amail, CEO at SNP, adds: “The powerful synergies between IBM's Transformation Consulting expertise and our market-leading software platform CrystalBridge accelerate the delivery of tangible business value to our clients. Together, we have already facilitated the efficient and secure move of over 100 companies to SAP S/4HANA, and the demand for software-based hybrid migrations continues to grow. It is amazing to see what has already been achieved in this partnership, and we are thrilled about what’s ahead – this is just the beginning of our journey.”

Sobre SNP

SNP (ticker: SHF.DE) es el líder mundial en plataformas tecnológicas y socio de confianza para las empresas que buscan obtener una transformación de datos y agilidad empresarial sin precedentes. La plataforma Kyano de SNP reúne las funciones necesarias y las ofertas de nuestros socios para proporcionar una experiencia integral basada en software en la migración y gestión de datos. Junto con el enfoque BLUEFIELD, Kyano establece un estándar integral del sector para reestructurar y modernizar los entornos de TI centrados en SAP de forma más rápida y segura, aprovechando al mismo tiempo las innovaciones basadas en datos.

La empresa trabaja con unos 3.000 clientes de todos los tamaños y sectores en todo el mundo, entre ellos 20 del DAX 40 y 103 de la lista Fortune 500. El Grupo SNP emplea a unas 1.500 personas en todo el mundo, en más de 35 ubicaciones repartidas por 15 países. La empresa tiene su sede en Heidelberg, Alemania, y generó ingresos de 203.4 millones de euros en el año fiscal 2023.