Google Cloud announce significant new collaboration with Saudi Pharmaceuticals giant

Google Cloud announce significant new collaboration with Saudi Pharmaceuticals giant

Google Cloud has today announced a collaboration with the Saudi Pharmaceutical Industries and Medical Appliances Corporation (SPIMACO) that involves one of the largest SAP enterprise resource planning (ERP) workload migration projects in the pharmaceutical sector in Saudi Arabia.

The project will enable the migration of 11 key applications from SPIMACO’s on-premise SAP infrastructure to Google Cloud—without disruption to the business—as part of the company’s latest digital transformation drive.

SPIMACO chose to partner with Google Cloud to strongly position the business for future growth, accelerate digital transformation, and support regulatory requirements.

Google Cloud is one of the cloud providers in Saudi Arabia that provides solutions that support compliance with the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards, a global standard in the pharmaceuticals sector. Google Cloud also has deep experience hosting many different SAP ERP systems in the country.

Khaled Saleh Al Khattaf, Chief Executive Officer of SPIMACO, said: “We aspire to grow our footprint in the pharmaceutical sector by expanding into nine new markets. This requires us to have a solid digital infrastructure that will help us achieve our business goals. Our collaboration with Google Cloud