SAP plans cloud expansion in China
January 19, 2015
Grazed from CBROnline. Author: Amy-jo Crowley.
SAP is looking to expand its presence in cloud computing and ecommerce across China, which it believes will bring "tremendous growth and change". In an Interview on SAP TV, Mark Gibbs, president of SAP Greater China, said the software giant is aligning with partners to provide "great support and leadership to help China run better".
"We are doubling down and really focusing by industry across China, and I think we are aligning the whole of SAP and our partners by industry, and I think this will bring tremendous growth and change," he explained. He pointed to areas in e-commerce, referring to China as the "e-commerce capital of the world", and cloud computing as opportunities for growth…
"Ecommerce in China is not about shopping, it’s about lifestyle. And I think that the opportunity we have for hybris and for our entire ecommerce suit is fantastic across China, being the ecommerce capital across the world," he said. He added that SAP’s SuccessFactors public cloud offering, launched in late 2014, would accelerate business throughout 2015 and beyond.