Karachi: May 22, 2014 – Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) today
announced that it is set to transform key HR operational processes with
cutting-edge cloud computing technology.
In the first deal of its kind in the country, PTCL will
employ a series of solutions from SAP company “Success Factors” to streamline
vital HR processes and unlock new avenues of employee productivity.
The move is set to add additional momentum to the company’s
ambitious and expansive business strategy, which recently helped deliver a 31
per cent increase in the first quarter as compared to the same period of last
year.
“The telecommunications market in Pakistan is fiercely competitive,
and only those with the vision and ability to adapt with latest technology
specially with people’s capability management will stand out. PTCL HR & IT
has decided to implement state of the art systems to boost up the capability
development of employees and feels
immense pleasure and pride to be the
first company in Pakistan to introduce one of the best internationally
recognized talent management solution “Success factor” in the company (whoever will be present in the conference)
“Cloud computing is all about simplicity, efficiency and
return on investment, and we are proud set an industry-wide example with our
adoption of this technology. The drive to innovate has been part of our DNA
since day one, and SAP is the right company with the right solutions, at the
right time to help us improve our performance.”
PTCL will adopt a series of Success Factors solutions
encompassing the complete Talent Management Cycle including Employee Profile
and Organization Chart, Visualization, Goals & Performance, Succession
& Career Development, Compensation Planning, Learning Management and
Recruiting. All solutions come with built-in reporting and dashboards for
real-time, strategic performance insight.
“Cloud computing is here to stay, and it is having a huge
impact on the way businesses like PTCL can run and plan for the future,” said
Gergi Abboud, Managing Director of SAP in Gulf and Pakistan, speaking at the
SAP Forum in Karachi.
“To stay ahead of the competition, companies must not only
sense the present, but see the future and proactively shape it to their
advantage. PTCL understands this as we have now entered an era where CIO takes
major technology decisions in collaboration with other CXOs. Cloud is now all
about driving business innovation and agility, enabling new processes and
insights that were previously impossible”, added Abboud.
Globally, SAP is the fastest growing company at scale in the
cloud, gaining market share and growing six times faster than its largest
competitor. The company’s annual cloud run rate stood at €1.06 billion by close
of Q4 2013, representing a 160% year-over-year subscription revenue growth.
SAP currently has more than 35 million cloud users. This
includes the leading social business platform with over 12 million users, the
world’s largest business network with more than 1.4 million connected companies
transacting over $500 billion in commerce on an annual basis, and the largest
business cloud implementations in the world, with more than 2 million users.
SAP’s cloud portfolio encompasses the market’s leading public
cloud application portfolio (number one in Human Capital Management, procurement,
business networks, and social business collaboration), as well as the
most-trusted private cloud environment.
