DIMENSION DATA AND NTT DATA PARTNER TO DELIVER NEW CLOUD SOLUTIONS TO SAP CLIENTS

Dimension Dataand its sister NTT Group company, NTT DATA, a leading global IT services provider, today jointly announced a new set of end-to-end services that deal with moving SAP applications to the cloud.The new services combine Dimension Data’s SAP Cloud certified data centers with NTT DATA’s extensive implementation, migration and application management services.

Available in 16 data center locations around the world, Dimension Data’s Managed Cloud Platform™ (MCP) provides a comprehensive set of services to support SAP applications, and is certified by SAP for cloud, hosting and SAP HANA™. The new services provide clients with a hybrid model that allows SAP to run on Dimension Data’s private MCP within the client’s data center, and at the same time, take advantage of its off-premise, shared public MCP for pre-production tasks, resulting in greater efficiency and cost management.

Said Kaz Nishihata, executive vice president, Global Business, NTT DATA. “NTT DATA will manage the implementation of SAP with fully customized configurations, leverage well-established and automated cloud migration processes, and manage the ongoing services using our proprietary tools to improve service quality and manage costs. Combined with Dimension Data’s robust cloud platform, we can offer clients the mission-critical service levels required for today’s SAP environments.”

“Many of our clients tell us that they’re ready for the next chapter in cloud, which is moving production applications to a consumption based infrastructure. Until recently, clients found that self-service provisioning is complete, while self-service management of applications in the cloud remains challenging. That’s why Dimension Data is providing software and hands-on attention that will provide our enterprises with the confidence to move their SAP licenses to the Dimension Data cloud,” explained Steve Nola, Dimension Data’s Group Executive – ITaaS.