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OutSystems and IndigoCube partner for digitalisation drive

Staff Writer
By Staff Writer, ITWeb
Johannesburg, 20 Sept 2016
Many organisations in financial services, telecoms and mining industries rely on SAP infrastructure to power their operations, says OutSystems' Craig Terblanche.
Many organisations in financial services, telecoms and mining industries rely on SAP infrastructure to power their operations, says OutSystems' Craig Terblanche.

Digital platform provider OutSystems has partnered with business transformation provider IndigoCube to enable South African companies to maximise their existing SAP investments.

According to OutSystems, the partnership leverages OutSystems' rapid application delivery low-code platform to help companies transform core SAP systems into more intuitive digital interfaces - such as mobile apps and responsive Web sites.

It's initially focused on the financial services, telecoms and mining industries, where IndigoCube has local expertise and a track-record of successful digitisation programmes, the company explains.

"Many large organisations in these industries rely on SAP infrastructure to power their operations," says Craig Terblanche, regional director at OutSystems SA. "However, very few are capitalising on this data to truly innovate, create new offerings, or extend services to a broader base of users."

With the philosophy that clients need not 'rip and replace' their existing SAP infrastructure, OutSystems and IndigoCube provide a digital platform on top of these legacy systems, says OutSystems.

Terblanche says the partnership achieves far more than merely extending one's SAP data to users via sleek mobile apps.

"The past few years have seen the data revolution spur the emergence of new digital platform-based business models. From Apple, to Uber, to Airbnb, they all share a common theme: exposing data to users in a way that creates entirely new value streams."

"With the right technology, these platform business models can be applied to traditional companies, to find new seams of untapped value and create rampant growth opportunities."

However, achieving success in new platform-based digital economies invariably requires far more than just the right technology platform, says Outsystems.

IndigoCube's unique set of frameworks, methodologies, tools and expertise helps to connect the technology with the business' transformation vision, it continues.

"Today, traditional business models are losing relevance at an alarming rate," says Ziaan Hattingh, MD at IndigoCube.

"Our primary role is to partner with our clients, to discover their transformation opportunities," he adds.

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