Asia’s largest Tier 4 data centre and managed services provider, CtrlS Datacenters, has signed a premium partnership with SAP to provide infrastructure services for the SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud.
SAP will use the CtrlS-powered Cloud4C to extend the availability of SAP’s private, secure managed cloud service throughout the Asia-Pacific region, will plans to expand this later to other global markets.
The focus for the partnership will initially be India and Thailand, and will later expand across Southeast Asia, followed by Australia and New Zealand.
The agreement sees CtrlS become one of the few partners delivering cloud infrastructure for SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud.
“We are delighted to partner with SAP,” said Sridhar Pinnapureddy, founder and CEO, CtrlS. “We believe this partnership is a perfect fit for customers seeking a comprehensive, robust and secure solution to host SAP HANA. As the world leader in enterprise software domain, SAP is absolutely the right partner to help transform the way businesses adopt SAP HEC and experience the potential business benefits.”
CtrlS currently operates two facilities in Hyderabad and Mumbai, and plans to launch new operations in New Delhi and Bangalore.
“CtrlS has been a crucial long-term partner to SAP,” said Peter Amor, SAP head of HANA Enterprise Cloud and managed services sales for North Asia and India. “They enabled the establishment of a strong SAP cloud capability in India. Due to the commitment of CtrlS, SAP currently has 11 productive customers on HANA Enterprise Cloud in the Indian subcontinent. CtrlS’s continued expansion as a HANA Enterprise Cloud Premium Supplier for data centre capacity and cloud services provides an excellent opportunity for SAP to broaden our cloud offerings across the region.”
