IBM and SAP are teaming up to provide technology and consulting services for clients transitioning to a hybrid cloud approach, enabling them to move their mission-critical workloads from SAP solutions to the cloud.
The two companies claim that moving the workloads and applications that are the backbone of enterprise operation requires a highly secured and reliable cloud environment.
To help resolve this, SAP has designated IBM a premium supplier of its RISE with SAP offering, giving clients the tools to help accelerate the migration of their on-premises SAP software workloads to IBM Cloud.
The announcement makes IBM the first cloud provider to offer infrastructure, business transformation and application management services as part of RISE with SAP, according to IBM.
"We are thrilled to advance our long-standing partnership through RISE with SAP," said John Granger, senior VP of IBM Consulting. "Our shared commitment is to meet our clients, especially those in highly regulated industries, and where they are in their digital journey while giving them choices for migrating or modernizing their mission-critical workloads with a hybrid cloud approach."
On top of that, IBM is offering a new program called Breakthrough with IBM for RISE with SAP, a portfolio of solutions and consulting services.
IBM claims the solutions and services leverage intelligent workflows, providing an engagement model that helps plan, execute and support holistic business transformation.
The company says clients are given a choice to migrate SAP solution workloads to the public cloud with the support of industry expertise.
"Breakthrough with IBM is an outstanding complement to RISE with SAP as it lays the foundation for our customers to embark on or advance their business transformation journeys,” added Brian Duffy, president of cloud at SAP. “I have every confidence that the combined expertise and experience SAP and IBM offer will accelerate cloud adoption and business growth for customers across the globe."
