{"id":2110,"date":"2020-10-06T06:00:26","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T06:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/india\/?p=2110"},"modified":"2023-08-14T18:24:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T18:24:20","slug":"cloud-technologies-critical-businesses-weather-covid-19-crisis-bawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/india\/2020\/10\/cloud-technologies-critical-businesses-weather-covid-19-crisis-bawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud technologies are critical for businesses to weather Covid-19 crisis: Kulmeet Bawa, President & MD, SAP India"},"content":{"rendered":"

German enterprise software maker SAP aims to build a foundation of long-term value for its customers by exploring and developing new business models, trends, and technologies\u2014 \u2013 all through the lens of helping customers become intelligent enterprises, now and in the future.<\/p>\n

Kulmeet Bawa, the new president & managing director, SAP Indian Subcontinent, emphasises that the impact of the pandemic on economy and businesses has been felt majorly by MSMEs across the country. \u201cOur Global Bharat<\/a> initiative is designed to enable MSMEs augment business operations and re-access critical processes that overcome inefficiencies and make them globally competitive<\/a> by equipping them with digital technologies,\u201d<\/em> he tells Sudhir Chowdhary in a recent interview.<\/p>\n

Interview excerpts:<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n

What are your key priorities for SAP India?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

With a strong and rich history of innovation for more than 48 years, SAP is at an inflection point of becoming a \u201ctrue cloud company\u201d which is most critical in today\u2019s context. I am a firm believer that cloud technologies are instrumental for businesses in processing Big Data and developing new business models. The need to be digital and doing it agilely on the cloud is imperative.<\/p>\n

Our aim is to elevate customer experience and make it easier to not only have access to the right solutions but also the business values that can help them run better. SAP is in a unique position to deliver the software for integrated, end-to-end business processes like in a suite. SAP\u2019s business technology platform (BTP) helps customers turn their data into business value.<\/p>\n

How is SAP helping companies transition to cloud solutions during the pandemic?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

SAP globally has evolved into the leading cloud company by growing its cloud business from \u20ac100 million in 2009 to \u20ac7 billion in 2019. Our cloud solutions and platforms drive our fast-growing business and our cloud revenue in 2018 overtook our net-new on-premise license business.<\/p>\n

We have helped customers reduce costs and strengthen control with user-friendly procurement and contract management tools thus strengthening their financial supply chain through accounts payable automation and working capital optimisation. Along with Ariba<\/a>, our acquisitions of Qualtrics and Success Factors<\/a> are helping customers make this shift to the cloud in a seamless manner. Qualtrics has been a great success and has outperformed our expectations with 2019 growth in excess of 40%. This enabled us to support customers in every step of the way by generating insights from a combination of operational (O) and experience (X) data<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Given the demographic advantage and technology resources available in India, we have the potential to leapfrog with automation and digitisation. SAP gives customers full choice to transition to the cloud at their own pace:<\/p>\n