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United States : Unisys Strengthens Analytics Capabilities of Forward! Platform by Signing OEM and Managed-Cloud Agreements with SAP [TendersInfo (India)](TendersInfo (India) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Unisys Corporation today announced that it has signed an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement with SAP and plans to provide managed cloud services for the SAP HANA platform. These agreements strengthen Unisys' capabilities to provide clients with real-time analytics solutions based on SAP software on the Forward! by Unisys enterprise computing platform. The OEM agreement will allow Unisys to deliver software licenses for SAP HANA in bundled data analytics solutions for banking, government, airlines, healthcare, and communications service providers. The Unisys managed-services solution will enable clients to access analytics services for SAP HANA hosted in a Unisys- or partner-managed data center through a pay-for-use subscription. Initially targeted at the U.S. federal government, this approach will enable the increasing number of organizations with a "cloud-first" solution delivery policy to have on-demand access to hosted big-data applications while realizing the advantages in security, cost and operational efficiency that managed services can offer. Unisys is one of the first SAP partners authorized by SAP to deliver a hosted implementation of SAP HANA for the U.S. federal government market. "Using information in innovative ways to deliver tangible value to a business is one of the most crucial challenges in enterprise computing today, and SAP HANA is the premier technology for real-time decision analytics that can help achieve that goal," said Ed Coleman, Unisys chairman and CEO. "Through these new agreements with SAP, we intend to provide modern mission critical solutions that enable clients to exploit the power of information to drive their business forward." "Customers want to work with business leaders and partners they can trust as they make their move to the cloud," said Jennifer Morgan, president, SAP North America. "Through these new agreements, SAP and Unisys intend to meet the growing market demand and the unique needs of our customers by offering them flexibility and simple new options to help them run their SAP software and ultimately their business more effectively." (c) 2014 Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info). |