BT Compute for SAP enterprise solutions to be available for European customers in early 2017.
U.K. telco BT and T-Systems inked a collaboration agreement focused on the delivery of SAP cloud services. The agreement calls for BT to connect its customers to T-Systems’ data centers hosting SAP Cloud capability, providing access to Dynamic Services for SAP solutions. BT customers will also gain access to SAP business applications and operational services for SAP’s HANA platform.
BT Compute for SAP is a platform-as-a-service offering, which will be delivered as a managed service through a single service desk and supported by technical desks said to proactively manage and assure quality of service. The platform is scheduled to be available to European beginning early next year.
“The strength of BT’s Cloud of Clouds portfolio strategy relies largely on the combination between the quality and expertise of our ecosystem of partners and our own cloud services integration capabilities,” said BT Global Services CEO Luis Alvarez.
T-Systems, which is part of Deutsche Telekom, offers integrated solutions for business customers, including the secure operation of legacy systems; classic ICT services; models for the transformation to cloud-based services, including tailored infrastructure, platforms and software; and new business models and projects such as data analytics, the “internet of things,” machine-to-machine communication and industrial internet.
Study reveals mobile operator IoT revenues reached more than $11 billion in 2016
Mobile operator revenues from IoT reached 11 billion euros ($11.47 billion) in 2016, according to a recent study by Swedish research firm Berg Insight. For 2017, Berg Insight predicts a handful of operator groups will generate more than 1 billion euros each from IoT.
“Until recently, the principal financial metrics for IoT has been projected, not actual, revenues,” explained Tobias Ryberg, senior analyst at Berg Insight. “Now the market has entered a new phase in which hard business facts take precedent over lofty projections. Wireless connectivity is now near ubiquitous and there will be half a billion cellular IoT connections in 2017, but revenues are still relatively small.”
