FREMONT, CA: SAP announces the availability of the SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud in New Zealand, designed to offer deployment of real-time, in-memory capabilities across the country, reports Sara Barker for Channellife.

Established with SAP Premium Supplier partner Hewlett Packard Enterprise will enable local businesses and government agencies to simplify IT requirements. This service can also run and SAP HANA workload, including applications through subscription-based pricing for SAP softwareand infrastructure.

The SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud service is scalable for fully managed and hybrid cloud deployment. HPE says it has designed the infrastructure for integration of compute, storage and networking resources, as well as HPE Software. These are all managed by HPE's Critical Watch Centre.

“The capabilities of SAP HANA, combined with the ability to run mission-critical business applications in a cloud environment, are enabling New Zealand businesses and its public sector to transform digitally and run live. The new service also addresses the requirements of many New Zealand organisations that are eager to move to the cloud, but have concerns with hosting data offshore," says Graeme Riley, managing director of SAP New Zealand.