Cloud Comrade, part of leading public cloud solutions provider across Asia-Pacific ST Telemedia Cloud, has been strengthening its market presence since 2014 in Singapore and Southeast Asia as a trusted partner of tech giants such as SAP, Microsoft, and AWS. The consulting company’s recent innovation projects across industries in the region have earned Cloud Comrade various partner awards namely SAP Recognized Expertise designation in SAP HANA, Microsoft Singapore’s Customer Experience – Business Excellence, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Singapore Partner of the Year 2021.

Specific to the consultancy’s SAP expertise, Cloud Comrade has recently earned the SAP Gold Partner status in the SAP PartnerEdge programme, demonstrating that the company has a proven track record of customer success, received SAP certifications, met stringent qualifications, and is recognised internationally. The enterprise-focussed firm enables forward-thinking enterprises in South East Asia to move their SAP workloads to the cloud by offering turnkey project services, which include SAP system assessments, strategy consulting and implementation as well as language services support.

Achieving the SAP Service Partner Gold Status

Commenting on the latest SAP stamp, Andy Waroma, Co-Founder and Co-Managing Director, Cloud Comrade said:

“Achieving SAP gold partner status, shortly after being awarded an SAP Recognized Expertise designation in SAP HANA, is a testament to our technical competence and commitment to the highest standards of excellence in cloud solutions and cloud managed services. We take the responsibility that comes with this elevated status very seriously. We will continually strive to be the most trusted collaborative cloud solutions’ partner that is committed to delivering desired business outcomes.”

The regional SAP Gold partner has offices in Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia helping customers across the SEA region accelerate their cloud transformation by providing industry-leading, quality consulting services. Earning the SAP Gold status strengthens Cloud Comrade’s position as a trusted SAP solutions provider and cloud migration partner. This accreditation is on top of the company’s award “SAP Recognized Expertise designation in SAP HANA in Singapore” in December 2021, which demonstrates Cloud Comrade’s expertise and skills in SAP HANA and the successful completion of the requirements for SAP Recognized Expertise in the SAP PartnerEdge programme. 

Moving SAP Workloads to the Cloud

As a cloud solutions specialist, Cloud Comrade is in a unique position to offer a variety of cloud options for organisations when migrating and managing their SAP systems because the SAP Gold partner has established premier partnerships with hyperscalers Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.

“Over the years we have helped our customers to migrate and implement their SAP systems on AWS, Microsoft, Azure, and Google Cloud. We have been building expertise around SAP HANA and SAP managed services to enable our customers to run their SAP workloads safely and securely on Cloud,” Waroma wrote in LinkedIn.

Malaysia’s Baba Products and Indonesia’s Viva Health are some of the companies that have tapped Cloud Comrade to support their SAP systems cloud migration.

The SAP partner led the first phase of spice manufacturer Baba’s IT infrastructure migration that involved SAP S/4HANA on AWS implementation and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications. Cloud Comrade supported the integrated health service provider Viva Health’s e-commerce and teleconsultation expansion by successfully moving its SAP Business Suite on HANA to AWS Cloud. The SAP expert now runs Viva Health’s infrastructure on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and deploys Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) for SAP storage and backup, respectively.

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In January 2019, Syntax made a similar strategic deal with German IT services provider Freudenberg IT to strengthen the company’s service offerings in the SAP market and further complement its existing business operations. The acquisition helped Syntax extend its reach in global locations it had initially targeted for growth, including Europe and Asia.

Syntax’s offices in the Asia-Pacific have been helping enterprises expand their operations by combining the flexibility and convenience of the cloud with reliable ERP solutions. In October 2020, Dr. Haihong Xin — renowned in the industry for his SAP and IT consulting experience throughout the APAC region for over 20 years — has been announced as the new CEO of Syntax Asia. 

Dr. Xin, who has spent more than ten years at SAP in Development, Managed Services, and Consulting, now heads Syntax Asia’s team in delivering best-in-class technology services that include SAP consulting, Managed and Client Services, and Application Management Services (AMS).

Another proof of Syntax’s commitment to bringing comprehensive technology solutions to businesses of all sizes globally is its latest acquisition of Linke — a specialist in cloud consulting services with clients mainly from Spain, Europe, and the Middle East. In a statement, Syntax Global CEO Christian Primeau shared:

“Linke’s unmatched expertise in deploying, migrating, operating and automating enterprise applications — specifically SAP workloads — on AWS and dedication to customer success is well-known. This transaction represents an exciting opportunity for Syntax to further Linke’s impressive capabilities and help even more customers reach their cloud goals.”

Linke to Bolster Syntax’s SAP on AWS Capabilities

Adding to the growing list of major companies consolidating among their ranks, the acquisition of Linke aims to expand Syntax’s European client base while accessing new SAP on AWS capabilities at the same time. Since its establishment in 2010, Linke has already assisted numerous companies in navigating and implementing complex cloud migrations with its innovative and expert SAP and AWS solutions.

Throughout last year, Linke has strengthened its alliances with its two main partners, SAP and AWS. Linke has been recognised as an SAP-certified service provider of managed services across three aspects of SAP software and solutions including DevOps, hosting operations, and SAP HANA operations. Additionally, it has achieved SAP Gold Partner status — the highest category of the SAP PartnerEdge Program — in September.

Further commenting on the recently announced deal, Primeau said that Syntax could not have found a better company than Linke to reinforce its commitment to innovation, people, and customers with a similar mindset. He mentioned Linke’s focus is on migrating SAP applications in the AWS and Microsoft Azure public, private, and hybrid clouds. In an interview with CRN, he explained:

“It brings a strong portfolio of solutions for SAP pre-installed systems on the AWS Marketplace including SAP S/4HANA. If that’s not a unique offering, it’s very uncommon. Linke also brings AWS Connect to provide customers with direct access to AWS services directly from SAP.”

Meanwhile, Linke Co-Founder and CEO Chabier Sanvicente concluded:

“Over the past 10 years, we have established Linke as a leader in Europe for SAP on AWS environments, developing projects in 17 countries. Joining our expertise with Syntax will allow us to grow faster, accelerate our international expansion, improve the development and capacity for our solutions and expand our value proposition so our clients can transform and innovate their business.”

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