Business Chief Europe Magazine April 2021 | Page 195

SAP Cloud for Utilities ’ directors Mateu Munar and Stefan Engelhardt outline how it is strengthening its cloud propositions and building more partnerships with small and large companies
SAP CLOUD FOR UTILITIES

BUILDING SOLUTIONS

FOR UTILITY COMPANIES AND INDUSTRY CLOUD

SAP Cloud for Utilities ’ directors Mateu Munar and Stefan Engelhardt outline how it is strengthening its cloud propositions and building more partnerships with small and large companies
WRITTEN BY : DOMINIC ELLIS
PRODUCED BY : BEN MALTBY

It ’ s appropriate that two of SAP Cloud for Utilities ’ key directors are in attendance for today ’ s Zoom interview as the company is embracing transformation at the double . Mateu Munar , Senior Director , Industry Business Unit Utilities , and Stefan Engelhardt , Global VP Go-To-Market Strategy Industry Business Unit Utilities , spend exactly an hour talking me through all the exciting cloud developments that enable utilities to pursue new digital business models and achieve sustainable growth .

We start by focusing on solutions , reflecting on the major changes that have occurred since 2019 , before discussing more significant changes coming up .
“ We started this programme a couple of years ago to bring to the market an alternative to our own on-premise offering , and go with a new proposition that addresses the new market needs ,” said Munar . “ We began with Utilities Retail , and the focus of the development is on the end-to-end process requirements from our customers . Even though we have different cloud solutions , a key objective of the programme is to make sure they work as one and
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