Google Cloud launches Cloud Acceleration Program for SAP customers with Accenture, Deloitte and others

[Google Cloud] Google Cloud said on Nov. 19 it launched the Cloud Acceleration Program for SAP customers, an evolution of its earlier Lighthouse program, to help customers move SAP workloads from on-premises systems to Google Cloud or extend SAP solutions with Google Cloud and third-party technologies. According to Google Cloud, participants will gain new architecture templates, accelerators and SAP-focused support, plus partner-led assessment services, prototyping and SAP centers of excellence on Google Cloud. Accenture, Atos, Deloitte and HCL have created Google Cloud-specific business units, and along with Capgemini, DXC Technologies, Hitachi oXya, IBM Global Business Services, Infosys, NTT, TCS and Wipro will create SAP centers of excellence for Google Cloud. Atos said its Quick Cloud Start program can move a customer's SAP environment to Google Cloud in less than four weeks; Wipro developed a migration framework called Safe Passage to GCP; and SNP's CrystalBridge platform supports near-zero-downtime migrations.