DUBAI, Oct. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognizant
(NASDAQ: CTSH) today announced it has cloud-enabled the SAP
infrastructure at ANHAM FZCO, a leading Middle East-based supply chain firm, to make
its enterprise IT environment more agile, cost-efficient, secure
and scalable, enabling ANHAM to respond faster to changing market
requirements. Dubai-based ANHAM
provides multi-modal project management, logistics, supply chain,
warehousing, and fleet, asset and facilities management solutions
in the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, and Europe.
As part of the engagement, Cognizant migrated mission-critical,
on-premise enterprise SAP production system workloads to the
Microsoft Azure cloud platform. This has enabled ANHAM to improve
the monitoring, availability and performance of its IT
infrastructure, optimize the capital and operating costs of running
it, and strengthen its compliance with NIST SP 800-171 Information
Security Standards.
A strategic partner to Microsoft and SAP, Cognizant leveraged
its innovative service delivery model and SAP Cloud Assessment and
Transformation (cCAT) Framework to enable ANHAM to migrate to the
cloud with no business disruption. Hosting SAP applications on the
cloud has provided ANHAM with a digital foundation to deepen
business insights, unlock new opportunities, and build new business
models.
"In a highly competitive market such as ours, high levels of
flexibility and responsiveness to continually evolving business and
customer needs are key to achieving strategic objectives," said
Claudiu Iarca, Chief Information Officer, ANHAM FZCO. "Cognizant's
robust consulting, domain and transformation capabilities, deep
understanding of our business and technology environment, and
strong alliances with Microsoft and SAP have enabled us to
standardize and modernize our IT infrastructure with a digital
core, while enhancing business continuity. We expect to reduce our
annual SAP infrastructure spend by at least 20% to start with, and
are confident that this initiative will deliver a number of other
far-reaching operational and financial benefits, helping us provide
richer, more meaningful customer experiences."
"We are pleased to be enabling large enterprises such as ANHAM
FZCO to accelerate their digital journeys with agile, secure, and
resilient cloud deployments," said Rajesh
Balaji Ramachandran, Global Delivery Leader for Enterprise
Application Services at Cognizant. "By cloud-enabling its IT
infrastructure, ANHAM will be able to take advantage of new
technologies and business models at little or no capital expense.
We have been able to successfully implement this complex SAP
migration program with our proven SAP cloud transformation process,
frameworks, tools and accelerators. A key highlight has been the
use of automation to reduce manual effort by more than 30%. This
initiative has helped ANHAM to unlock the power of its technology
environment in line with industry-leading standards of performance,
cost and flexibility."
"Cognizant brings strong capabilities and resources to help
companies like ANHAM more effectively respond to market changes
using Microsoft Azure's scalable cloud services across the globe,"
said Corey Sanders, Partner
Director, Microsoft Azure. "As companies look to invest in the
cloud, they benefit from the productivity, intelligence and hybrid
capabilities of the trusted Azure cloud platform."
Learn more about the Cognizant and its work with Microsoft
and SAP:
https://www.cognizant.com/partners/microsoft
https://www.cognizant.com/partners/sap
About ANHAM FZCO
ANHAM FZCO (www.anham.com) is a
leading supply chain firm working throughout the Middle East and North Africa ("MENA"), Central Asia, and Europe. With a century's worth of experience
between its principal founding companies, ANHAM is able to
efficiently, effectively, and affordably deliver products and
services throughout the world. ANHAM has international offices that
specialize in providing local support and services to its
initiatives, projects, and investments across diverse regions of
the globe.
About Cognizant
Cognizant (NASDAQ-100: CTSH) is one of
the world's leading professional services companies, transforming
clients' business, operating and technology models for the digital
era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients
envision, build and run more innovative and efficient businesses.
Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is ranked 205 on the Fortune
500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in
the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at
www.cognizant.com or follow us @Cognizant.
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