Recently, Krypt and Novigo merged to form ArchLynk, which is now a frontrunner in providing end-to-end SAP Digital Supply Chain solutions to customers all over the world. The private equity firm BV Investment Partners of Boston, Massachusetts, is the financial supporter of the deal. By combining the expertise of Krypt and Novigo, ArchLynk is reshaping the global trade and supply chain consulting industries.

Consulting services for SAP’s renowned Digital Supply Chain solutions such as SAP Transportation Management, SAP Extended Warehouse Management, SAP Yard Logistics, SAP Global Track and Trace, SAP Event Management, and SAP Logistics Business Network are available from Novigo. With 10 offices in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia, Novigo is an SAP service partner for Supply Chain Execution (SAP SCE) and Transportation Management (SAP TM) installation projects and an SAP Gold Partner in SAP consulting services.

Meanwhile, Krypt is a global leader in SAP Global Trade and Supply Chain consultancy. The company, which has its headquarters in San Jose and branches in North America, Europe, and India, has been using SAP software to support its Fortune 1000 clients for more than a decade now. Jigish Shah, the current CEO of Krypt, will be joining ArchLynk as its President and heading the integration efforts. He sees the merger as crucial for the two companies to become their clients’ go-to partner for solving supply chain issues.

This month also saw the opening of ArchLynk’s new Centre of Excellence for SAP Support and Supply Chain Implementation Services in Tirunelveli in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Dignitaries from the area were on hand for the official opening ceremony. According to ArchLynk’s press release, the firm’s new office is going to be in the IT Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Gangaikondan, specifically at the ELCOT IT Park.

Joerg Rohde, CSO at ArchLynk, said that given the importance of its Indian operations to maintaining its world-class service levels across sectors, the company sees enormous opportunity in the supply chain consulting services market there. He also noted that ArchLynk, the merged company between Novigo and Krypt, will work with Tirunelveli’s educational institutions to create a thriving community of SAP professionals.

“We are keen on repeating our proven success with our newest office and look forward to empowering the youth with our exceptional in-house skill development program in the latest technologies that support global supply chain operations,” Rohde commented.

Establishing a CoE for SAP Supply Chain Implementation and Support Services

ArchLynk Chief Executive Officer Sekhar Puli explained that Tirunelveli, known as the “Oxford of the South,” is an ideal location for ArchLynk to establish a Centre of Excellence for SAP Support and Implementation Services. According to him, there is a change in strategy among Indian IT enterprises as they plan for the future and seek for talent in satellite locations. Further commenting on the launch of the new Centre of Excellence, Puli remarked:

“Running global operations from larger Indian cities like Bangalore, Chennai or Hyderabad is quite challenging in the present Indian IT landscape, however with Government’s help, the SEZ set-up, and great network infrastructure moving operations to cities like Tirunelveli is extremely important to leverage world-class amenities and the incredible regional talent. We don’t want to build just offices but also a community that thrives and is well represented by the brand ArchLynk.”

ArchLynk’s new Tirunelveli location will be a strong catalyst in the company’s worldwide delivery system, acting as a Global Centre of Excellence for SAP Implementation and Support Services and supporting clients all over the world with their digital transformation efforts. As a result of the company’s growth in Tirunelveli, a greater number of recent graduates from adjacent cities will be able to find meaningful employment in the firm.

Anna University Director of Dr. P Hariharan shared that every year, between 120,000 and 170,000 new graduates arrive from the top-tier educational institutions that are part of Anna University’s network of more than 450 engineering colleges. He added that rather than expanding to a less advantageous city like Chennai, Bangalore, or Hyderabad, ArchLynk has chosen a prime location. Expressing his praise for the latest initiative, Hariharan said:

“I congratulate the ArchLynk team for providing brand new opportunities and exposure for local students with a global organization. I suggest that ArchLynk gives preference to students from villages studying in Government institutions to screen them and further train them in the SAP domain to be industry ready.”

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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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