SAP Starts Pilot Program To Use On-Demand Technology For Education

In order to provide practical experience for students of business administration, SAP announced the start of a pilot project that incorporates the SAP Business ByDesign solution into the curriculum for universities taking part in the SAP University Alliances program.

This global initiative is offering selected university faculties access to SAP software and educational resources, and helping students gain practical skills in applying state-of-the-art enterprise software to real-world business scenarios. For the recent pilot project, pre-configured and country-specific versions of feature pack 2.5 for SAP Business ByDesign are provided to all participating universities.

These universities run a self-enablement check based on the online learning content available within SAP Business ByDesign as well as additional material provided SAP University Alliances. This pilot is based on an internal reference company. A supplemental goal of the program is to collect international academic feedback on the latest feature pack in cooperation with SAP Chief Operating Officer Gerhard Oswald, who is responsible for SAP Global Service and Support.

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SAP Business ByDesign is fully integrated business software that places minimal requirements on a company’s IT landscape, as the solution is installed, maintained and regularly updated by experts at an SAP data center. Universal business processes, such as customer relations; costs, finance, time and project management; automated order-to-cash billing; resource or personnel administration; or procurement, can be easily modeled. SAP assumes the software installation, maintenance and updates so that companies can focus on their core business.

“Over 1000 colleges and schools use SAP software for education and research,” said Gerhard Oswald, Chief Operating Officer, SAP. “By including SAP Business ByDesign into our SAP University Alliances program with initially selected universities, we provide today’s youth with the best foundation for a career in business administration. By transferring knowledge between technology and industry, we get feedback from different areas of expertise, which allows us to continue to optimise our offerings to the advantage of our customers.”