Virescent embarks on hybrid cloud journey with IBM and SAP to accelerate business growth

IBM has announced that Virescent Infrastructure, a renewable energy platform backed by leading global investment firm KKR, is collaborating with IBM Global Business Services (GBS) and SAP to deploy RISE with SAP bringing in automation and improved governance across multiple levels of the organization. The deployment is designed to help Virescent Infrastructure get clear, unified visibility of its stocks and assets, which helps improve quality control. The process automation embedded across functions reduces the overall turnaround time and human errors, thus streamlining the efforts of employees who can focus on core business goals.

Kushal Kumar Varshney, Chief Technology Officer, Virescent Infrastructure said, “RISE with SAP gave us a more flexible operational environment and helped us standardize & automate processes and integrate multiple functions seamlessly. Working with IBM as our trusted partner in accelerating our journey to the hybrid cloud has resulted in faster access to information, better meaningful controls, and increased productivity.”

Kamal Singhani, Country Managing Partner, IBM Services (India & South Asia) said, “With deep industry and technology delivery expertise in the energy sector, we are in a unique position to help customers leverage IBM industry expertise to build upon our 49-year global partnership with SAP. Our collaboration with Virescent Infrastructure will result in augmented workflows and enhanced business processes being delivered on the cloud.”

Subramanian Ananthapadmanabhan, Vice President – Mid-Market, SAP Indian Subcontinent said, “SAP has been encouraging, accelerating, and simplifying the transition of our customers into future-ready organizations. Through RISE with SAP, we are providing customers the power to transform their business on their own terms and on their own timeline in the cloud. Virescent Infrastructure has taken a lead to become a future-ready organization to work toward its vision of providing access to affordable and clean energy for all by 2030.”

The project was implemented by IBM GBS in two phases, with the first phase consisting of the core SAP S/4HANA & other critical components and the second being the SAP Business Planning and Consolidation application.