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Rogers Communications and SAP to mobile applications
[July 26, 2012]

Rogers Communications and SAP to mobile applications


Jul 26, 2012 (TELECOMWORLDWIRE via COMTEX) -- Canadian communications and media company Rogers Communications (NYSE: RCI) and enterprise application software leader SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) announced plans to develop and manage the deployment of newly packaged enterprise mobile applications, which leverage the SAP mobile platform.



When completed, the new managed mobility offering featuring the SAP mobile platform will be made available to customers through a Rogers-branded managed mobility service. A first between SAP and a Canadian wireless carrier, the offering is being designed to help simplify the way organizations mobilize their workforce, by helping employees gain real-time access to enterprise mobile applications on tablets and smartphones that traditionally sit on desktop computers.

"Canadian organizations are rapidly adopting new wireless solutions to serve a growing mobile workforce and to enable mobile business processes," said Tony Olvet, group vice president of research at IDC Canada. "IDC's research shows that 36 percent of Canadian organizations have already mobilized one or more application and 21 percent are pilot testing mobile apps this year. Deploying and managing mobile enterprise applications and device solutions are increasingly strategic elements of business strategy." By the end of 2011 there were approximately 2.4 million tablet devices in Canada according to IDC Canada. IDC additionally forecasts the worldwide mobile enterprise application platform global market to grow to more than U.S. $3.0 billion in 2015.


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