NEWS
Orange strengthens its leadership in
e-health with Enovacom
O
range Business Services has signed an agreement for the
acquisition of Enovacom, a leading player in e-health on behalf
of Orange Healthcare, its health subsidiary. This acquisition project is
a key element of Orange Healthcare’s strategy, which aims to be the
main partner of the digital transformation of healthcare institutions
and players in France and abroad. Enovacom is a French software
publisher dedicated to e-health. A leader in the sector and an expert
in interoperability, Enovacom designed a software suite to facilitate
the exchange, sharing and security of data between all players in the
healthcare system. Its solutions are found in over 1,500 healthcare
institutions in France and abroad. Enovacom software is used to
manage and secure hospitals’ electronic exchanges with their various
partners. Orange Healthcare wants to develop innovative solutions
that will enable healthcare players to communicate with each other
and stay in contact with patients throughout their treatment. The
digitalisation and streamlining of care is a major issue for the industry
and it is for this reason that Orange Business Services chose to invest
in Enovacom. Its neutral position enables it to interface with all players
on the market.
“Incorporating the skills of a healthcare publisher like Enovacom
enables us to move up the value chain to offer more comprehensive
e-heath solutions to our customers and in particular to hospitals.
By acquiring such an innovative and effective player, we are
strengthening our growth strategy in the healthcare market,
especially under the Territorial Hospital Groups reform, which
has made communication between hospitals and equipment
interoperability a major issue,” said Thierry Bonhomme, Deputy CEO
of the Orange Group, in charge of Orange Business Services.
“By joining forces with Orange Healthcare, Enovacom’s customers
will benefit from the Orange Group’s wide-ranging skills and capacity
to innovate in cloud computing, communication infrastructure,
security, connected objects and customer experience. I am overjoyed
that through this deal, Enovacom will continue to grow with respect
for and in the interest of its employees,” commented Laurent Frigara
and Renaud Luparia, Chief Executives of Enovacom.
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SAP increases commitment to powering
innovation in France
S
AP SE CEO Bill McDermott has
announced a series of planned
investments for SAP’s operations in France
over the next five years to accelerate the
company’s digital strategy and to support
France’s growing position as a hub of
innovation. The move includes:
• Opening the second SAP.iO Foundry
location in Europe to provide more than
50 start-ups with mentorship, technology
and access to the vibrant SAP ecosystem
• Investment by SAP.iO Fund in French
start-ups in the seed or Series A round
• Spend by SAP of €150 million in research
and development annually over the next
five years
• Acquisition of Recast.AI to accelerate
development of SAP Leonardo Machine
Learning capabilities
Signalling its continued support for France,
SAP estimates a more than €2 billion spend
over five years, intended to accelerate the
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company’s fast growth in the cloud and
advance a technology community focused
on machine learning (ML), blockchain, the
Internet of Things (IoT) and Software-
as-a-Service (SaaS). The step reflects
SAP’s global strategy – fuelled by the SAP
Leonardo digital innovation system – to help
every organisation become an intelligent
enterprise. SAP will focus on start-ups that
build solutions complementary to the SAP
Leonardo system to foster fast collaboration
and global scale.
“There is a real sense of economic
momentum in France,” Bill McDermott,
CEO, SAP, said after a meeting with French
President Emmanuel Macron. “President
Macron’s bold embrace of the digital world
will help France rise to an enviable position
as a global innovation leader. We see
immense potential in the entrepreneurial
spirit of France to disrupt business models,
create modern jobs and unleash exciting
new opportunities that help the world
run better.”
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