Rapidly expand the value of your core business applications
Your core business applications are now more important than ever. From process planning to CRM, when this data becomes connected, real-time insights allow you to build a smarter business. You can realize new visibility to make critical decisions, optimize investments to fund innovation, and deliver essential customer experiences. Integrate core apps with the latest technologies like AI, IoT, and edge computing to bring agility to your operations. IBM’s deep expertise in business applications and our team of industry problem solvers will work with you to create an effective roadmap and build your strategic advantage.
Four critical elements to enhance your core business applications as the backbone of a smarter business
Optimize your investments to create actionable insights and invest in innovation
From planning and design, to implementation and go-live, IBM can help you deploy on-time and on-budget, transforming your ability to launch new initiatives, boost data analysis capabilities and drive automation.
Accelerate time to value with expert integration
98% of all businesses plan to adopt multiple cloud architectures in the next 3 years, yet only 38% have the procedures and tools in place to operate in a multicloud environment.⁽¹⁾
Shorten your time to value by deploying and managing ERP applications across multiple cloud providers with IBM Services.
Operate with flexibility and empower faster decision making
Running your core applications in new cloud environments requires both industry and technical expertise to realize powerful opportunities around flexibility, speed and insight.
Simplify and accelerate SAP deployments, with the right infrastructure for your organization
As you deploy SAP HANA throughout your enterprise, consider the impact your choice of server platform can have on your business. IBM® Power Systems™ help you provision faster, scale affordably, and reach maximum uptime, when compared to x86 Systems⁽¹⁾.
StarKist Co. | Running a global supply chain with managed SAP on the cloud
As the canned tuna market share leader in the U.S., how did StarKist Co. manage a complex global supply chain with limited IT resources? By using IBM Services for Managed SAP Applications to run its SAP ERP workloads on the IBM Cloud, StarKist delivers the right product at the right time to consumers and frees up IT resources for innovation.
Clients who have enhanced their core business applications
Whirlpool | A managed SAP cloud deployment to support global operations.
Appliance manufacturer Whirlpool runs over 65 manufacturing and technical facilities around the world, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They turned to IBM Services for Managed SAP Applications to provide scale and room to grow, maintain uptime, and help power innovation to help ensure consumer loyalty and their position at the forefront of the global home appliances industry.
The Insolvency Service | Processing claims up to 4x faster
The Insolvency Service, based in the UK, is an agency with a mission: it helps people in debt make a fresh start. So when it decided to update its case processing systems, it engaged IBM® Services™ to build a modern cloud platform based on Microsoft Dynamics™ 365 Customer Engagement software, and now processes straightforward claims up to four times faster.
Solutions and services to maximize the value of your core business applications
SAP S/4HANA Services
If your business relies on SAP, your digital transformation plans rely on migrating to SAP S/4HANA. Understanding your key priorities and business imperatives is essential to a successful migration.
Enterprise Application Management
Many enterprises are choosing multicloud environments to run their core business applications, citing greater security/resiliency, greater scalability and vendor choice as key benefits. Managing these applications over multiple clouds can be complex, time consuming, and draw resources away from key strategic activities. IBM Enterprise Application Management services can help.
SAP workloads on IBM Cloud
While SAP workloads are a critical component to your business, maintaining these workloads can be an expensive and time-consuming challenge. Let IBM focus on SAP management while you focus on building your enterprise.
IBM Power systems for your hybrid multicloud strategy
Every new journey begins by making the right preparations. Hybrid multicloud is no different. See how you can seamlessly integrate your hybrid multicloud strategy and get the security and reliability you need to help your business grow.
Enabling a 5G World
IBM and Samsung are partnering on a new initiative to keep first responders safe. Here's how it works: Samsung's 5G-enabled watches and smartphones detect when a firefighter or police officer is physically compromised and IBM AI alerts other professionals for help. This is just one example of 5G enabled technologies that could make a real difference.
Resources
Unlocking the value of your move to SAP S/4HANA
Watch our latest webinar to learn about digitally transforming your enterprise and how IBM can partner with you on everything from developing a business case to a complete migration and every step in between. Join three experts as they discuss what it takes to move your enterprise to SAP S/4HANA.
Insights from IBM on the journey to SAP S/4HANA
To reap the full benefits of the digital economy, companies need to simplify their business processes and, simultaneously, use their expertise to build stronger relationships with customers. Regardless of industry or progress on the implementation journey, IBM provides the insights and expertise your organization needs to adopt SAP S/4HANA.
269 CIOs Offer Their Views on Enterprise Application Management
A recent Frost & Sullivan survey of 269 CIOs shows that 76% considered enterprise managed services an essential part of their managed IT strategy. Find out what benefits they reported and how enterprise managed services are helping deliver better customer service.
Leverage the IBM Garage to brainstorm your enterprise applications transformation
IBM Garage™ is a bold, comprehensive approach to innovation and transformation that brings designers and developers together with your business and IT stakeholders to quickly create and scale new ideas that can dramatically impact your business.