SAP AG has announced the globalization of the SAP Mobility Design Center, addressing increasing demand for custom-built mobile apps that provide consumer-grade experiences. Originating on the SAP campus in Palo Alto, Calif., operations at the SAP Mobility Design Center will extend to corporate headquarters in Walldorf, Germany, as well as company offices in St. Ingbert, Germany; Montreal, Canada; and Bangalore, India, in order to effectively leverage SAP talent worldwide. The announcement was made at CeBIT 2013, being held March 5-9 in Hanover, Germany.
Since opening in September 2012, the SAP Mobility Design Center has helped customers, including ExxonMobil, to keep up with the consumerization of IT trends. By conceptualizing, designing and building mobile solutions, SAP enables customers to better connect with their employees and engage with consumers. Mobile solutions are built using design thinking principles and are based on the end user’s perspective from the beginning of the process, not only at the end for testing.
“Companies want to increase workforce productivity by enabling them to make fast decisions at the point of action and bring value to their consumers by offering a delightful and engaging user experience. As a leader in enterprise mobility, the SAP Mobility Design Center fulfills a growing demand for custom-made mobile solutions and offers a smart and easy way for customers to unwire their business. Design thinking principles and innovative user experience techniques provide the end user with solutions that are intuitive to use, while our development methodologies help ensure full integration with the back-end environments,” said Sanjay Poonen, president, Mobile Division, SAP.
