Intelligent CIO APAC Issue 07 | Page 9

NEWS

SAP invests to accelerate its multi-cloud strategy in India

India is a leading cloud company that is aggressively working towards addressing local customer demands . SAP further fortified its commitment to enterprises with the benefits of integrated cloud technologies to deliver the greatest flexibility and be data compliant under the upcoming Personal Data Protection Bill .

SAP SE is investing INR 500 crore in India to localize and offer customers a multicloud choice .

Underscoring its commitment to the country , SAP will make available its multiple cloud solutions in Indian data centers .
“ SAP ’ s commitment to support India ’ s growth vision remains a top priority , and we are determined to achieve this with deeper collaboration with our customers , ecosystem and the government ,” said Scott Russell , President , SAP Asia Pacific Japan . “ Our investment in India is toward accelerating the nation ’ s digital agenda and our customers ’ transformation in the cloud .”
With one of the largest and most diverse business-to-business cloud portfolios , SAP
“ Today , customers are seeking scalability , faster deployment , data compliancy and cost-effective solutions to enable innovation and achieve prompt business outcomes ,” said Kulmeet Bawa , SAP Indian Subcontinent President and Managing Director .
“ SAP intends to advance the vision of Atmanirbhar Bharat ( Self-Reliant India ) by leveraging an agile and scalable cloud technology that is co-developed in India and now made available in local data centers to help Indian enterprises recalibrate their businesses to run better .”

Kodak Alaris claims BLI 2021 Scanner Line of the Year Award from Keypoint Intelligence

Keypoint Intelligence , the world ’ s leading independent evaluator of document imaging hardware , software , and services , has announced that Kodak Alaris has won BLI ’ s coveted 2021 Scanner Line of the Year Award . Given once a year , this award recognizes the vendor whose product line is deemed best overall based on its rigorous lab evaluations .

To determine the Scanner Line of the Year Award recipient , Keypoint Intelligence considers current scanners in the OEM ’ s portfolio that have been submitted for lab testing . To judge the overall quality of the line , analysts look at the overall rating a scanner received after testing as well as the ratings in key categories such as reliability , productivity , media handling , image quality , ease of setup , drivers / utilities , OCR performance and value .
“ From small desktop devices all the way up to high-volume production units , Kodak Alaris scanners provide businesses with everything they need to optimize processes where paper documents are fed into digital workflows or repositories ,” said Lee Davis , Associate Director of Software / Scanners at Keypoint Intelligence .
“ Scanners from Kodak Alaris are highly reliable , can scan just about any document that you place in the feeder , and offer some of the best OCR and compression capabilities of all manufacturers we ’ ve tested . That , plus their outstanding lineup of workflow automation and distributed capture solutions , is why Kodak Alaris is taking home yet another Line of the Year Award from Keypoint Intelligence .”
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