{"id":10109,"date":"2026-07-02T07:30:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/?p=10109"},"modified":"2026-07-01T22:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T02:46:14","slug":"nokia-deepens-cloud-push-shifts-more-erp-systems-to-sap-on-azure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/nokia-deepens-cloud-push-shifts-more-erp-systems-to-sap-on-azure\/","title":{"rendered":"Nokia deepens cloud push, shifts more ERP systems to SAP on Azure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nokia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Nokia<\/a> is putting more of its back-office systems in the cloud, and the finance, logistics, and order teams behind the scenes are the ones who will feel it first.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">The Finnish telecom company has signed a multi-year deal with <a href=\"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/sap-reshapes-cloud-support-with-ai-driven-success-tiers\/\">SAP<\/a> to shift additional enterprise resource planning work onto SAP S\/4HANA, running on <a href=\"https:\/\/azure.microsoft.com\/en-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Microsoft Azure<\/a>. The agreement, finalized at the end of 2025, follows SAP&#8217;s RISE methodology and covers Nokia&#8217;s ERP processes, applications, and underlying data.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">It&#8217;s the latest step in something Nokia has been chipping away at for a while: folding several separate ERP systems into one SAP S\/4HANA setup. The scope touches finance, warehouse management, trade services, logistics, and order fulfillment, areas where fragmented systems tend to slow companies down rather than speed them up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">SAP will run the cloud environment itself, with Microsoft supporting migration and ongoing tuning. Nokia already had parts of its SAP landscape on Azure, so this extends a setup rather than starting one from scratch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Manos Raptopoulos, who leads customer success for SAP across <a href=\"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/sap-commits-e20b-to-boost-europes-sovereign-cloud-ambitions\/\">Europe<\/a>, APAC, the Middle East, and Africa, said the deal gives Nokia a clearer roadmap and a more integrated toolset for the migration. He also pointed to Nokia&#8217;s &#8220;clean core&#8221; approach, SAP&#8217;s term for keeping systems close to standard and avoiding heavy customization that makes future upgrades harder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">Nokia&#8217;s Marek O\u010dkay, who oversees IT procurement and vendor management, said the move builds on work already underway with both SAP and Microsoft, aimed at simplifying the company&#8217;s ERP footprint.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">SAP mentioned that AI features built into its cloud applications will roll out gradually as part of the migration, though neither company specified which features or when. Financial terms weren&#8217;t disclosed either.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\">This ERP engagement sits apart from Nokia&#8217;s other Microsoft arrangement, a 2024 deal covering data center routers and switches for Azure across more than 30 countries. The two agreements touch entirely different parts of the business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/nokia-reworks-telco-cloud-stack-to-cut-cost-energy-use\/\">Nokia&#8217;s AI and cloud<\/a> segment, meanwhile, has been one of its stronger performers lately. The unit posted 49% growth in the first quarter of 2026 and brought in roughly EUR 1 billion in orders, contributing to a 54% jump in comparable operating profit for the quarter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nokia is putting more of its back-office systems in the cloud, and the finance, logistics, and order teams behind the scenes are the ones who will feel it first. The Finnish telecom company has signed a multi-year deal with SAP to shift additional enterprise resource planning work onto SAP S\/4HANA, running on Microsoft Azure. 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