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Dear reader,

Welcome to the Google Cloud Hub for Sika, your personal website with a selection of valuable and inspiring information.

On this hub, you will find relevant articles that share insights into how migrating SAP to Google Cloud can support you in enhancing data analytics capabilities. For example, combining data from both Sika and MBCC Group can foster unified and real-time data insights. You can also find out why several of our customers, such as Whirlpool and METRO, decided to partner with Google Cloud to further boost their business.

We look forward to continuing the conversation.

Best regards,
Kevin Delissy and the Google Cloud team

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How SAP customers can accelerate analytics in the cloud

Most organizations surveyed by ESG reported that they use no more than 30% of their total data for analytics purposes. So it’s no surprise that, according to SAPinsider research from May 2020, 52% of SAP customers surveyed say that their top analytics pain point is data integration. Google Cloud offers two powerful analytics solutions for SAP cloud and on-premises deployments alike: BigQuery, our cloud data warehouse, and a suite of AI and machine learning tools.

What industry leaders teach us about the future of data

There's no doubt that data is the essential ingredient for business transformation across analytical and transactional applications. Google Cloud customers have taught us that there are three key dimensions to a winning data strategy: leaders seek to build architectures that are Open, Intelligent and Flexible.

Transforming the consumer goods industry with SAP on Google Cloud

Leading CPG companies are leveraging the power of the cloud to create digital enterprises. In doing so, they can unlock value through reduced operational costs, faster innovation, improved marketing ROI, and greater transparency and sustainability—among other benefits. For businesses that run on SAP, accessing these benefits requires creating a digital enterprise with SAP at its heart.

Why Google Cloud for SAP

Be prepared for the future with intelligent insights, reduced risk, agile deployments, and sustainable operations.

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“Forrester: The Total Economic Impact of SAP on Google Cloud” Gives Your Business a Transformation Accelerator

Research by Forrester has found that after migrating their SAP infrastructure to Google Cloud, organizations had more flexibility to spin up new SAP instances; reduced cost and effort to maintain SAP systems; and improved reliability, processing speeds, and uptime for SAP applications.

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IDC: Business Value of Google Cloud for SAP Environments

In this IDC Business Value paper, you'll learn how organizations saw 46% lower cost of operations by running equivalent SAP environments on Google Cloud; enabled IT infrastructure, database, and security teams to work 56% more efficiently and effectively; and achieved three-year benefits of $4.8 million per organization based on infrastructure cost savings, staff efficiencies, and employee productivity and revenue gains as described.

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Google Cloud case

METRO

METRO moved 100 instances into the Google Cloud Platform. The global wholesaler wanted a partner they could collaborate and innovate with, and they found one in Google. With an SAP S/4HANA system running on GCP and the help of machine learning, METRO has been able to lower costs, increase efficiency, and improve its customer experience. Click on the logo to watch the video.

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Whirlpool

Whirlpool Corporation has expanded its strategic collaboration with Google Cloud to deliver critical business systems and applications on Google Cloud’s secure, reliable, and sustainable infrastructure. The company, which rolled out Google Workspace to its employees in 2014, has now deployed its enterprise-wide SAP environment and applications on Google Cloud, providing its global teams with low-latency, secure access to SAP systems and data. Click on the logo to read more.

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vidaXL

Google Cloud and vidaXL announced they have entered into a three-year partnership to facilitate the digital growth ambitions of the international online brand. In order to provide better scalability, continuity, and flexibility of its IT systems, vidaXL will migrate a part of their IT infrastructure for core SAP workloads such as ERP Central Component (ECC) and Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) to Google Cloud. Click on the logo to read more.

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Tapestry

Google Cloud announced a multi-year agreement with Tapestry, the parent company of Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman, to migrate its SAP S/4HANA® environment to the cloud, modernizing its IT infrastructure and increasing overall operational efficiency. This partnership is a critical step to Tapestry’s broader acceleration program and furthers the company’s goal to drive growth and enhance profitability across its portfolio. Click on the logo to read more.

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MSC

MSC has moved its SAP systems into a Google Cloud environment to drive greater scalability and flexibility. This has enabled MSC to leverage cloud analytics capabilities and derive greater value out of its existing business data, including data from its SAP applications. MSC also has deployed a new data cloud, leveraging Google Cloud products like BigQuery, which significantly reduces the time needed to manage and analyze data. Click on the logo to read more.