Huawei announced a regional joint innovation partnership with global enterprise software provider SAP and Seidor MENA, a systems integrator that provides ICT consulting services.

Huawei’s collaboration with SAP and Seidor MENA will focus on establishing a technical alliance to provide a comprehensive Internet of Things (IoT) and Big Data solution that will digitally transform the region’s enterprises, offering more agility and allowing them to run more efficiently.

The development of the IoT industry, including the utilization of Big Data, is widely considered to be the fourth industrial revolution, following those driven by the steam engine, electricity and information technology. IoT solutions have the power to address world challenges for everything from connected transportation and emergency services to energy management, by seamlessly connecting physical objects into the information network.

The synergy between the three ICT companies will allow customers to benefit from Huawei’s expertise in providing hardware and infrastructure solutions, SAP’s wide application software portfolio and Seidor MENA’s technology consulting services. The digital transformation event was recently hosted by Huawei, SAP and Seidor MENA, under the theme ‘The Internet of Things Meets Big Data’. The event demonstrated the three ICT leader’s innovation partnership through a series of sessions alongside success stories that will be presented by an end-user. The sessions addressed the role that the partnership will play to drive the IoT era using predictive analytics, reliable robust hardware infrastructure and strong consulting capabilities to help implement digital transformation.

At the event Huawei, SAP and Seidor MENA have organized a series of program sessions that will demonstrate how each of their strengths and capabilities add significant value when combined, allowing them to offer a unique holistic IoT and Big Data solution for businesses in the Middle East.

Hany Hussein, Vice President of Partners & Alliances from Huawei Middle East said,“Huawei values our new win-win partnership with SAP and Seidor MENA, which allows us to offer a truly unique IoT and Big Data for regional enterprises looking to streamline their business processes. With our expertise in ICT hardware infrastructure, Huawei is committed to collaborating with SAP’s application software solutions and Seidor MENA’s consulting services so that we can market our combined capabilities to develop differentiated IoT and Big Data solutions. This innovation partnership is designed to help local enterprises across different sectors deploy new technologies easily and quickly, making them more efficient and allow them to save bottom line costs.”

The joint innovation partnership follows previous successful collaborations between Huawei and SAP, which saw the companies integrate Huawei’s ICT infrastructure and connectivity solutions with SAP HANA Cloud Platform, SAP applications and analytic tools. This initial partnership focused on developing agile manufacturing, smart energy and transportation solutions with SAP HANA Cloud Platform.

Hannes Liebe, Chief Operating Officer, SAP MENA, said, “With the rise in Smart Cities and hyper-connected mega-events, the Middle East region is posting strong demand for cloud-based IoT solutions that can harness the power of real-time insights to simplify business operations, drive government innovation, and transform daily lives. By combining Huawei’s ICT infrastructure, the SAP HANA platform for real-time Big Data analytics, and Seidor’s regional expertise in systems integration, we are joining forces to deliver global best practices to support the Middle East’s digital transformation.”

System’s Integrator, Seidor MENA, provides SAP’s comprehensive next generation platform technology services covering consulting, infrastructure, implementation, development, and maintenance of applications. Its SAP practice is pillared by twenty-five industry solutions tailored for the small and medium business (SME) sector in the Middle East.

“We are thrilled to team up with Huawei and SAP to simplify our clients business and keep them a step ahead from competition. This partnership will add very strong value proposition in digital transformation and making business run simple,” said Ignacio Ruiz de Equilaz, Managing Director Seidor MENA.