Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 12 | Page 95

GITEX 2016 SPECIAL SAP Global and regional senior SAP executives will attend GITEX to share digital transformation trends and showcase live scenarios on how business processes can run live in today’s digital economy. EPICOR SOFTWARE Epicor will showcase its flagship ERP (enterprise resource planning) solution at GITEX. Available in the cloud, hosted or onpremises Epicor ERP is built on the five principles of collaboration, mobility, choice, responsiveness and simplicity. The modern ERP solution provides a wide functionality that supports business growth, reduces complexity and streamlines how businesses interact with ERP systems. “Providing customers the choice of running the same product in the cloud, hosted or on-premises, coupled with industry-specific features that are designed to ad dress the needs of different industries with little to no customisation, we can continue to offer solutions that local customers can rely on to support business growth,” said Hesham El Komy, Senior Director, Channel, at Epicor Software. With startups driving cutting-edge technology innovation, the SAP Training and Development Institute (TDI)’s Managing Director Marita Mitschein will use GITEX as a platform to showcase the SAP Startup Focus Program. The initiative helps eligible startups across the globe, whose product ideas are based on Big Data, predictive or real-time analytics solution, accelerate the development of their solutions, and assist in bringing their solutions to market. “The UAE government has made strong progress in taking citizen transactions online. The next step of digital transformation has the potential to make the UAE a global leader and innovator in economic competitiveness, citizen happiness, and environmental sustainability,” said Tayfun Topkoc, Managing Director for the UAE at SAP, one of the world’s largest enterprise software companies. “SAP has invested in game-changing digital and cloud-based business models, which will be vital in driving the Middle East’s diversified Digital Economy. We are seeing strong demand for the SAP HANA in-memory platform and SAP S/4HANA real-time business suite,” added Tayfun. Location: Hall 6 In addition to Epicor ERP, Epicor will also showcase Epicor iScala, a dedicated ERP solution for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and Epicor HCM, an intuitive, functional, and adaptable Human Capital Management (HCM) solution that automates everything related to HR in a single system, enabling organisations to track, manage, and analyse all data for the employees, from application to retirement. Location: Hall 7 www.intelligentcio.com INTELLIGENTCIO 95