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“ We ’ re fundamentally changing how we ’ re going to market and how our customers go to market and innovate together ”
— Frank Wilde , Vice President , SAP
He says there are two work streams in flight , one of which is the public network around 5G and the other is the private network . SAP has been working for the last two years in the private 5G and edge computing space , deploying proof of concepts that are specific to 5G .
“ Together with Deloitte , we put together an innovation methodology around 5G . The methodology helps customers first learn about the potential of 5G and edge services , then ideate on where and how these technologies can impact revenue and operations and develop a roadmap for execution . We are scaling the approach through a collaboration with Deloitte , Verizon , and SAP .”
“ It very quickly begs the question , is the infrastructure poised to support that additional bandwidth ? So when you think about Verizon , for example , in the US they have done a beautiful job of not only deploying 5G to provide coverage in specific markets for the public network , but they ’ ve also taken a multi-pronged approach . They realized that that ’ s just one element of the equation . The
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