Nam Hyun-woo has worked as a staff writer at The Korea Times since 2013, mostly covering business and politics. He currently belongs to the Business Desk where he covers topics such as emerging tech, AI, ICT and Korea's chaebol community. Prior to joining the team, he was the paper's correspondent for the presidential office of Korea during the Yoon Suk Yeol and Moon Jae-in administrations.
Samsung SDS selected as Korea’s 1st premium supplier for SAP
Samsung SDS CEO Lee June-hee, left, shakes hands with SAP CEO Christian Klein during a signing ceremony for a premium supplier partnership at SAP headquarters in Walldorf, Germany, Wednesday (local time). Courtesy of Samsung SDS
By Nam Hyun-woo
Samsung SDS said Thursday it has been selected as Korea’s first premium supplier for SAP, a German software giant specializing in enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions.
According to Samsung SDS, its CEO Lee June-hee and SAP CEO Christian Klein signed a RISE with SAP Premium Supplier partnership deal at the latter’s headquarters in Waldorf, Germany, Wednesday (local time).
Klein said Korea is an important strategic market for SAP, and the premium supplier partnership represents Samsung SDS’ proven capabilities in cloud service and ERP implementation and operation.
The CEO noted that SAP is committed to delivering world-class cloud ERP services to Korean customers to accelerate their business transformation and drive innovation.
Under the partnership, Samsung SDS will provide SAP’s ERP consulting, implementation and operation services on Samsung Cloud Platform.
Samsung SDS said it obtained the premium supplier status as SAP acknowledged its capabilities in providing top-tier cloud infrastructure, cloud implementation and operation, security services and its acquisition of public-sector security certification.
“Together with SAP, Samsung SDS has accumulated extensive experience across industries such as manufacturing, finance and chemicals,” Lee said.
“From Cloud to ERP consulting, implementation and operation, we will support enterprise clients’ business innovation through our top-tier cloud ERP services.”