SAP and Microsoft has expanded their partnership to hasten digital transformation in the cloud

SAP SE and Microsoft Corp. has expanded their partnership by bringing the new integration in their work, between Microsoft Office 365 and cloud solutions from SAP

United States: SAP, a market leader in enterprise application software and Microsoft, a leading company for the cloud first has announced their plans to provide enhanced management and security for custom SAP Fiori apps through an integration between Microsoft Office 365 and SAP cloud solutions.

The deployment of SAP HANA platform on Microsoft Azure will enable their customers to deliver critical applications and data analytics on a global scale. The integration between the products of both the companies will help them to offer advanced collaboration tools, in-depth insights from data and hyper scale cloud to their customers.

TechSci Research analyses that the partnership between the two technology giants would bring technology advancement and would help the two partners to enhance their clientele.

Across the globe, India has emerged as the key market for global technology giants including Microsoft and SAP. The technology firms are expanding their customers in India by providing new innovative solutions as well enhancing their geographical presence by setting up their engineering excellence centres in India.

According to recently published report by TechSci Research, “India Cloud Computing Market Forecast & Opportunities, 2020”, the market for cloud computing services in India is projected to grow at a CAGR of over 22% during 2015-2020. Increased government spending on National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) and various e-governance portals, coupled with growing acceptance of cloud services in SME segment is expected to drive the market for cloud computing. SaaS is set to top the charts as the largest cloud service segment, occupying over 40% share in the market by 2020. However, cloud services are likely to face stiff challenges pertaining to data security, vendor lock-in period and less availability of quality IT hardware infrastructure in semi-urban regions across the country.