SAP teams-up with Amazon Web Services

ORLANDO, USA: SAP AG (SAP) announced that SAP Afaria mobile device management solution is now available on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace, at Sapphire Now, being held in Orlando, Florida, May 14-16, 2012.

The AWS Marketplace will feature fully configured SAP Afaria 7.0 server, which brings a new user interface, consumer-like app portal with SAP Store integration and mobile analytics dashboards for business intelligence (BI) reporting.

"As the cloud rapidly becomes the IT deployment model of choice for business of all sizes, Amazon Web Services is excited to be working closely with SAP in bringing enterprise solutions to the cloud," said Andy Jassy, senior vice president, Amazon Web Services. "Adding SAP Afaria to AWS Marketplace provides customers a fast, simple and trusted way to shop for and implement an enterprise-ready mobile solution."

SAP Afaria can be found by visiting http://aws.amazon.com/marketplace

"By offering SAP Afaria on the secure, scalable AWS cloud infrastructure, we are extending our existing close relationship with AWS and making it as easy as possible for customers and partners to test and deploy the industry's leading mobile device management solution in an economical and reliable fashion," said Sanjay Poonen, president, Product Go-to-Market, and head of Mobile Division, SAP. "This announcement is just a sneak preview of what's coming from SAP as we lay the ground work for long-term innovation around our comprehensive, unmatched B2B and B2C mobile platform - both on premise and in the cloud."