Adani selects SAP to strengthen its IT backbone

BANGALORE, INDIA: SAP AG recently announced that Adani Group has selected SAP software to consolidate its IT systems and power a strategic transformation across the company’s diversified operations. The announcement was made at SAP TechEd 2010, being held in Bangalore.

Adani’s business portfolio includes a diverse, profitable assortment of power generation and transmission, coal mining, port, SEZ, shipping and bunkering, logistics, agro-based industries, real estate, oil and gas explorations and gas distribution. Its growth has been organic, building on synergies among its business units and making them more productive and competitive.

With this agreement, SAP will assist the Adani Group in accelerating its enterprise-wide rollout of over 40 SAP applications, including enterprise performance management solutions from the SAP BusinessObjects portfolio and the SAP NetWeaver technology platform.

Devang Desai, executive director and group CFO, Adani Group, said, “Our association with SAP will provide better insights across the enterprise to innovate, expand our international market frontiers and guarantee a scalable foundation for the organization’s future growth.”

Peter Gartenberg, managing director, SAP India added, “Deepening our relationship with Adani Group underscores SAP’s unique ability to serve our customers’ various lines of business with industry-specific solutions and best-in-class business analytics.”