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�鶹ԭ�� Australia and New Zealand recognises top partners

�鶹ԭ�� News — Wed, 19 May 2021 05:47:39 +0000

�鶹ԭ�� ANZ Partner Excellence Awards 2021 celebrate 17 winners across categories including customer experience, innovation and service delivery

�鶹ԭ�� NEWSBYTE — May 19, 2021 – �鶹ԭ�� Australia and New Zealand today announced its best-performing partners for the past year in recognition of outstanding achievement over the last year.

Announced at an event hosted at its headquarters in 1 Denison Street, the awards recognise �鶹ԭ��’s top partners for excellence in customer service, innovation, technology and services, as well as in solution-specific areas.

“�鶹ԭ�� congratulates our leading partners on their success in what has been an unpredictable year. These awards are a testament to the vital role our partners have played in helping customers innovate, grow and simplify processes, particularly against the hurdles presented by COVID-19,” said Mark Hettler, Head of Partners and Channels at �鶹ԭ�� Australia and New Zealand.

“Our partners will be integral to our future success and we believe there are strong growth opportunities in this market for our ecosystem as it helps our customers transition to the cloud and our Rise with �鶹ԭ�� offering,” continued Mr Hettler.

The recipients of the �鶹ԭ�� ANZ Partner Excellence Awards 2021 are

Company

Award Category Winner

Award Overview

Strategic Industry Award – Consumer & Service Industries

For showcasing strong partnership and collaboration, supporting �鶹ԭ�� to secure a new major �鶹ԭ�� S4 HANA Cloud customer in ANZ – creating a successful template for future large-scale engagements.

Strategic Industry Award – Public Services

For demonstrating an ongoing spirit of co-operation and transparency throughout 2020, delivering strong outcomes in a critical sector for �鶹ԭ�� in Australia.

Strategic Industry Award – Energy & Natural Resources

For an all-round outstanding contribution in 2020, playing a critical supporting role for �鶹ԭ�� in influencing successes across several go-lives and references, as well as a strong pipeline for 2021.

Strategic Industry Award – FSI

For collaborating with �鶹ԭ�� in the management of the board and executive team of a key customer – showcasing the value of the Finance Transformation as well as continuously educating the customer on the value of the �鶹ԭ�� solution.

Strategic Industry Award – Mid-Market

For demonstrating an ongoing commitment to �鶹ԭ��’s mid-market growth in Australia, with a solid ByDesign practice and a strong ERP customer base.

Partner of the Year – New Zealand

For showcasing a strong contribution in 2020 – being the lead services partner to significantly influence key new customer wins in New Zealand as well as continuously being a great reference for �鶹ԭ�� and supporting customers in the region.

Partner of the Year – Western Australia

For underpinning �鶹ԭ��’s GTM in WA for a number of years, and its continued technical and delivery excellence in the region – recognising its success both as a resell partner and for services delivery.

Partner of the Year – Success Factors

For continuing to be actively engaged in several key accounts across Australia, with the highest number of certified consultants – delivering strong results in 2020, over-achieving on a large target and securing a strong pipeline for 2021.

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Partner of the Year – Customer Experience

For being the strongest partner in seeking and influencing new business, securing reference customers when required and delivering ongoing support across several successful projects throughout the year.

Partner of the Year – Intelligent Spend Management

For supporting �鶹ԭ��’s ongoing growth and competitiveness – utilising its deep procurement and solution expertise to win new name opportunities, invest in developing complimentary solutions in the App Centre and continuing to be the preferred partner for the ISM Specialist team.

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Partner of the Year – Business Technology Platform

For demonstrating ongoing support and commitment in influencing deals throughout the entire sales journey, as well as recognising its great references and strong, positive relationships.

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Partner of the Year – S/4HANA and Digital Transformation:

For showcasing ongoing investment in developing its people to build a strong practice and become the go-to partner for public cloud deals – showcasing its commitment to the future of RISE with �鶹ԭ�� S/4HANA.

Partner of the Year – Service Delivery

For continuing to effectively mitigate customer delivery risks while implementing a world-class analytic strategy to drive strong overall customer relationships with �鶹ԭ��.

Partner of the Year – Innovation

For showcasing its ongoing commitment to innovation and demonstrating the benefit of having a partner App-Haus in ANZ.

Partner of the Year – Digital Supply Chain

For being the leading influencer of �鶹ԭ��’s Digital Supply Chain Cloud Revenue, playing a key role in closing new deals and go-lives throughout 2020.

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Partner of the Year – Business ByDesign

For continuing to drive new opportunities in the sector, as well as managing a strong customer base of recurring cloud revenue from its Business ByDesign customers.

Partner of the Year – Business One

For continuously delivering exceptional customer service to build and retain its customer base, operating as a key growth accelerator for �鶹ԭ�� globally.

To find out more about �鶹ԭ�� Australia and New Zealand’s partner network, visit the.��

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�鶹ԭ�� Lowers Cost of Test and Demo Environment for Partners and Enhances Partner Dashboard to Boost Partner Success

�鶹ԭ�� News — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 03:58:23 +0000

�鶹ԭ�� has announced plans to offer partners significantly reduced subscription fees for its test and demonstration environment licenses.

�鶹ԭ�� said it also plans to add new information channels to the “�鶹ԭ�� for Me” portal, the digital companion partners can use to support customer engagement and increase productivity. These new initiatives extend �鶹ԭ��’s��2019 commitment��to provide partners with the resources they need to support their businesses and customers better.

“We remain committed to helping our partners and customers easily access the tools they need to move to the cloud, advance their digital transformations and adapt to remote work environments,” said Karl Fahrbach, chief partner officer, �鶹ԭ��. “�鶹ԭ�� partners remain critical in driving successful cloud adoption. This suite of new offerings, particularly the test and demo environments for our cloud solutions, is designed to continue to lower the barriers for partners and customers to move to the cloud and support their journeys to becoming intelligent enterprises.”

Several new offerings to��adopt solutions and successfully implement �鶹ԭ�� Business Technology Platform are now available.

Free Partner Demo Environment access

Since��June 2020��鶹ԭ�� has provided partners free access to��, an integrated, preconfigured software demonstration environment to expedite sales conversations. Today, �鶹ԭ�� announced 18 additional live scenarios that show the value of the intelligent enterprise, bringing the number of offline��available to over 350.

�鶹ԭ�� is also offering reduced subscription fees for dedicated test and demonstration tenants for the �鶹ԭ�� Digital Supply Chain portfolio and the �鶹ԭ�� SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll solution. It is planned to add further cloud solutions from �鶹ԭ�� to this offer throughout 2021. Partners can allocate their market development funds for test and demo licenses. (Partners can find details on the�� site.

�鶹ԭ�� Business Technology Platform

These test and demo offerings extend to �鶹ԭ�� Integration Suite and �鶹ԭ�� Extension Suite powering��. A free tier model for the suites was announced at the��鶹ԭ�� TechEd��event in December 2020. This model is planned to become available later in 2021. In addition, a consumption-based model will become available��later in 2021. This new pay-as-you-go option, which calls for partners to pay for only the services they use, provides flexible access to development, test and demonstration licensing services for �鶹ԭ�� Integration Suite and �鶹ԭ�� Extension Suite. The consumption-based model requires no up-front payment and calls for a contract runtime of only three months.

�鶹ԭ�� for Me

As an online companion for partners,��provides data for actionable insights, guidance and support for comprehensive customer engagement. It also helps increase productivity. New functionalities, such as dynamic cards for sales professionals and automated reporting elements, are now available to all partners having a contract with the �鶹ԭ�� PartnerEdge program. Additional insight views will be available throughout 2021. These include business planning, program and membership information, cloud product adoption, consultant certification and customer projects.

�鶹ԭ�� Learning Hub

�鶹ԭ�� has launched��鶹ԭ�� Learning Hub, partner edition, and expanded its training and certification programs for cloud solutions from �鶹ԭ��. This new offering, available exclusively to members of the �鶹ԭ�� PartnerEdge program, includes access to digital enablement content tailored for �鶹ԭ�� partners. It also provides access to live training systems and opportunities to take practice exams in preparation for earning �鶹ԭ�� Global Certification digital badges. The partner edition of �鶹ԭ�� Learning Hub continues �鶹ԭ��’s commitment to equip its partners with the enablement tools needed for success.

To learn more about these and other �鶹ԭ�� initiatives for partners, visit the today.

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The Star uses �鶹ԭ�� and DocuSign to sign nearly 7000 staff up to JobKeeper

Ry Crozier — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 04:26:18 +0000

The Star Entertainment Group set up almost 7000 eligible employees on the government’s JobKeeper support scheme in less than a week using technology from �鶹ԭ�� and DocuSign.

Following government restrictions on March 22, the ASX-listed group – which owns and operates The Star Sydney, The Star Gold Coast and Treasury Brisbane – was forced to temporarily stand down over 90 percent of its workforce.

A week later, the government announced JobKeeper and said that employees would need to fill in and return forms by the end of April in order to be enrolled in the scheme.

JobKeeper is a federal government scheme that provides a fortnightly payment of $1500 per week to impacted individuals through their employer.

Help at speed

“The Star therefore needed to find a tool to facilitate its remote workforce to complete and submit the applications at scale and speed,” �鶹ԭ�� said in a statement.

The Star used �鶹ԭ�� Signature Management by DocuSign “so they could access, sign, and submit the forms digitally.”

�鶹ԭ�� Signature Management by DocuSign lets users electronically access, sign, and send documents anywhere, anytime, and on any device.

Employee impact

More than 2500 staff completed the form digitally in the first 24 hours, and over 90 percent of eligible staff within the week – in time to be eligible for the first two-week payment.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted everyone in the community and businesses across Australia, and The Star is no exception,” The Star Entertainment Group CIO Laurent Fresnel said in a statement.

“By working closely with �鶹ԭ�� and DocuSign, we rapidly delivered the necessary JobKeeper application paperwork to all staff in a matter of days, with staff able to sign and return the forms almost instantly.”

Fresnel also credited the internal work of the Group’s IT and People and Performance teams for quickly setting up the system.

Weather the storm

�鶹ԭ�� ANZ president and managing director Damien Bueno said it was never easy to stand down staff.

“We hope that moving so quickly will minimise the wait for these payments and help impacted individuals to weather the storm,” he said.

DocuSign’s GM and vice president Brad Newton said that “being able to make business critical processes like JobKeeper applications less of a burden is a great thing.”

“Seeing this in action with The Star shows that no matter the size of the company, digitising this process can get employees signed up and paid fast and efficiently,” Newton said.

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�鶹ԭ�� and Accenture Launch Upstream Oil and Gas Solution

�鶹ԭ�� News — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 00:14:01 +0000

WALLDORF and NEW YORK��—��(NYSE: �鶹ԭ��) and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) launched a co-developed solution for upstream oil and gas companies based on��.

Using intelligent technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the �鶹ԭ�� S/4HANA Cloud solution for upstream oil and gas helps customers to further increase visibility into operations and cash flow. Additionally, the solution includes contributions from leading global oil and gas companies such as ConocoPhillips and Shell.

“Working together with Accenture and a consortium of industry leaders, we have delivered an industry-defined intelligent solution that has the capabilities upstream oil and gas companies need to reduce complexity by using market standards,” said Benjamin Beberness, �鶹ԭ�� global vice president of the Oil and Gas Business Unit. “�鶹ԭ�� S/4HANA Cloud for upstream oil and gas is a flexible and agile solution that can provide customers a 360-degree view of the intelligent enterprise — from operations to the boardroom, enabling operational excellence.”

Now generally available globally, �鶹ԭ�� S/4HANA Cloud for upstream oil and gas is a scalable solution that can help oil and gas companies reduce total cost of ownership and operational costs, as well as create new revenue opportunities. Tools for preconfigured, integrated and user-friendly business processes are included so that companies can shrink implementation time while working to reduce risk of business disruption. The solution delivers new industry standards that help simplify operations and free up resources to drive more business value.

To define market-standard end-to-end processes that are preconfigured within the solution, �鶹ԭ�� and Accenture are working with a consortium comprised of leading exploration and production companies including BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Equinor and Shell.

“ConocoPhillips collaborated with �鶹ԭ�� and Accenture for more than two years to launch this solution, based on a flexible cloud architecture that can scale and deliver real-time insights into oil and gas upstream processes,” said Mike Pfister, CIO, ConocoPhillips.

“This release represents an important milestone demonstrating the impact of our ongoing collaboration,” said Scott Wahl, CIO Upstream, Shell. “We look forward to continuing to work together to deliver a mature solution that creates business value for the upstream oil and gas industry.”

“�鶹ԭ�� and Accenture are delivering a solution that brings in innovative technologies like AI to deliver real-time insights, greater visibility and better decision-making,” said Jan van den Bremen, a senior managing director and lead for Accenture Intelligent Platform Services in Europe. “We are proud to be the only �鶹ԭ�� co-development partner working side by side to deliver leading oil and gas industry solutions. We’ve worked with �鶹ԭ�� and leaders in the oil and gas industry to co-develop a solution that helps enable faster adoption of new technologies to better manage changing market conditions.”

This article first appeared on the Global �鶹ԭ�� News Centre.

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