Apple and SAP Announce Enterprise Partnership for iPhone and iPad

Apple and SAP today announced a partnership that aims to 'revolutionize' the mobile work experience for enterprise customers by bringing the SAP HANA platform to the Apple's iPhone and iPad. The partnership will also bring a new version of the iOS SDK so that developers and partners can easily built native iOS apps for their business needs.

“This partnership will transform how iPhone and iPad are used in enterprise by bringing together the innovation and security of iOS with SAP’s deep expertise in business software,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “As the leader in enterprise software and with 76% of business transactions touching an SAP system, SAP is the ideal partner to help us truly transform how businesses around the world are run on iPhone and iPad. Through the new SDK, we’re empowering SAP’s more than 2.5 million developers to build powerful native apps that fully leverage SAP HANA Cloud Platform and tap into the incredible capabilities that only iOS devices can deliver.”

“We’re proud to take this special partnership between Apple and SAP to a groundbreaking new place,” said Bill McDermott, CEO of SAP. “In giving people an agile and intuitive business experience, we empower them to know more, care more and do more. By combining the powerful capabilities of SAP HANA Cloud Platform and SAP S/4HANA, together with iOS, the leading and most secure mobile platform for enterprise, we will help deliver live data to people wherever and whenever they choose to work. Apple and SAP share a commitment to shaping the future, helping the world run better and improving people’s lives.”


The partnership will also bring a new SAP Fiori for iOS design language, which will take the SAP Fiori user experience and combine it with the consumer-grade iOS experience. Additionally, a new SAP HANA Cloud Platform SDK will enable developers to quickly build iOS apps based on business process on SAP S/4HANA.

You can read the entire press release and announcement here.