<p>SAP Labs India has positioned Digital Shop, a collaborative centre for researchers to experiment with hardware, to ease its way into the Internet of Things (IoT) space.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The digital shop in Bengaluru is the company’s second one outside Palo Alto in California. SAP has invested heavily in the centre which houses drones, 3D printers, sensors, etc.<br /><br />In an interaction with Deccan Herald, SAP Labs India Product Management Vice President Srikanth Gopalakrishnan said the company is well equipped to take on the next wave in IoT, based on its experience in SAP S/4HANA, the new generation SAP Business Suite launched in 2015.<br /><br />“Our HANA product succeeded in offering cloud, on-premise, and hybrid deployment options to provide more choice to customers. We are trying to bring IoT solutions on this platform,” he said. As part of the initiative, SAP Labs India organised a live demonstration of advanced IoT solutions at experiential zones in the campus.<br /><br />The focus theme of the event included real-time situation awareness (for emergency management by city councils/corporations using HANA Cloud Platform (HCP), geospatial and ESRI maps features), identifying criminals via Google Glass, windmill tower maintenance, oil and gas pipeline monitoring, SAP-connected logistics, SAP smart vending, traffic simulator, iRoad (not in market), and smart home (not in market).<br /><br />“IoT is still in a nascent stage and the business opportunity is huge. We need to seed the ideas to benefit from emerging markets,” he said.<br /><br />He said the IoT initiative will give more leeway for employees to innovate. “This will generate enthusiasm among them. We will encourage employees to come up with startup ideas which will have certain business value. We have hardware, communication partners who can address connectivity issues, and niche players who have already come up with tailor-made IoT solutions,” he said.<br /><br />When asked about the financial viability of these ideas, he said the rich customer base of SAP will allow for trial and error. SAP Lab is focusing on manufacturing and transportation as the main IoT focus area.<br /><br />“We have deployed our applications for port space optimisation and air compressor solution. We have also come up with co-innovation lab (COIL) and startup focus programme to encourage IoT ideas,” Srikanth said. According to a recent Gartner report, globally 25 billion devices will be connected online by 2020.</p>
<p>SAP Labs India has positioned Digital Shop, a collaborative centre for researchers to experiment with hardware, to ease its way into the Internet of Things (IoT) space.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The digital shop in Bengaluru is the company’s second one outside Palo Alto in California. SAP has invested heavily in the centre which houses drones, 3D printers, sensors, etc.<br /><br />In an interaction with Deccan Herald, SAP Labs India Product Management Vice President Srikanth Gopalakrishnan said the company is well equipped to take on the next wave in IoT, based on its experience in SAP S/4HANA, the new generation SAP Business Suite launched in 2015.<br /><br />“Our HANA product succeeded in offering cloud, on-premise, and hybrid deployment options to provide more choice to customers. We are trying to bring IoT solutions on this platform,” he said. As part of the initiative, SAP Labs India organised a live demonstration of advanced IoT solutions at experiential zones in the campus.<br /><br />The focus theme of the event included real-time situation awareness (for emergency management by city councils/corporations using HANA Cloud Platform (HCP), geospatial and ESRI maps features), identifying criminals via Google Glass, windmill tower maintenance, oil and gas pipeline monitoring, SAP-connected logistics, SAP smart vending, traffic simulator, iRoad (not in market), and smart home (not in market).<br /><br />“IoT is still in a nascent stage and the business opportunity is huge. We need to seed the ideas to benefit from emerging markets,” he said.<br /><br />He said the IoT initiative will give more leeway for employees to innovate. “This will generate enthusiasm among them. We will encourage employees to come up with startup ideas which will have certain business value. We have hardware, communication partners who can address connectivity issues, and niche players who have already come up with tailor-made IoT solutions,” he said.<br /><br />When asked about the financial viability of these ideas, he said the rich customer base of SAP will allow for trial and error. SAP Lab is focusing on manufacturing and transportation as the main IoT focus area.<br /><br />“We have deployed our applications for port space optimisation and air compressor solution. We have also come up with co-innovation lab (COIL) and startup focus programme to encourage IoT ideas,” Srikanth said. According to a recent Gartner report, globally 25 billion devices will be connected online by 2020.</p>
