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Cloud Comrade Awarded SAP Recognized Expertise in SAP HANA

Cloud Comrade today announced that it has been awarded the SAP^® Recognized Expertise designation in SAP HANA^®in Singapore.

The designation was granted based on the company’s demonstrated expertise and skills in SAP HANA^® in Singapore and the successful completion of SAP Recognized Expertise requirements in the SAPPartnerEdge^® program.

“We are proud to be awarded this SAP Recognized Expertise designation. Achieved after rigorous training and fulfillment of stringent requirements, the recognition shows our expertise and depth of experience in SAP HANA^®. The designation will go a long way in assuring current and prospective customers of our expertise and give them confidence to work with us as collaborative partners to deliver their desired outcomes. We thank all our customers who have been working with us to migrate their SAP workloads onto a cloud platform,” said Andy Waroma, Co-Founder & Co-Managing Director, Cloud Comrade.

SAP Recognized Expertise is a designation awarded to partner organizations by SAP for their demonstrated excellence in specific solutions or industries in a specific country to help them stand out in the market. This designation also helps customers better understand an SAP partner’s key areas of expertise.

As an SAP partner, Cloud Comrade provides turnkey project services to clients in migrating their SAP systems. These include assessment of existing SAP systems, strategy consulting, implementation, support and language services. Besides offering language support in English, Malay, Bahasa and Chinese, Cloud Comrade’s team of professionals has extensive experience spanning 16 diverse industries, ranging from automotive and banking to fashion and healthcare.

The SAP Recognized Expertise designation requirements include meeting competency criteria for trained and certified individuals and having a successful project resume in the focus area or industry. These partners provide a track record of customer success and satisfaction. As a partner in the SAP PartnerEdge program, Cloud Comrade has access to tools, training, resources and benefits that partners need to deliver the solutions and services customers demand.

About Cloud Comrade

Cloud Comrade (https://cloudcomrade.com) is a Singapore-based cloud computing consultancy company with a regional footprint in Indonesia and Malaysia. The company offers a comprehensive range of services from strategy and design to deployment, migration, and management of customers’ IT infrastructure. Cloud Comrade partners with the best solution providers in the field of cloud computing and is a preferred Amazon Web Services (AWS) consulting partner in ASEAN, as well as a managed service provider for AWS, Google, and Alibaba Cloud. In January 2019, ST Telemedia (sttelemedia.com), an active strategic investor specializing in communications & media, data centers, and infrastructure technology businesses, acquired a majority stake in the company. For more information on Cloud Comrade, visit cloudcomrade.com

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Cloud Comrade wins two awards in the Channel Asia Innovation Awards 2021

Cloud Comrade, a fast-growing Singapore-headquartered cloud computing consultancy and managed services provider (MSP) with increasing presence in Malaysia and Indonesia, has been named “SMB Company for Partner Innovation” and “Regional company for ASEAN-wide Innovation” at the prestigious Channel Asia Innovation Awards 2021 held virtually yesterday, with over 600 technology executives in attendance.

“ASEAN-wide Innovation” is a new category recognising Southeast Asia-headquartered technology partners delivering customer value and transformation. Winning this award is a reflection of Cloud Comrade’s growing Pan-ASEAN customer base and delivery capabilities.

Drawing from a pool of over 90 organizations and 300 nominations, the Channel Asia Innovation Awards showcase and recognize excellence in the ecosystem – spanning partner, start-up, telco, vendor and distributor businesses- for delivering transformative customer solutions across Southeast Asia. The winners were selected by an executive panel of industry judges — acknowledging creativity, innovation, and excellence.

“We are delighted and honoured to win awards for both Partner Innovation and ASEAN-wide Innovation this year. It gives us great pride to stand out amongst a pool of excellent organizations that are delivering great work for their clients. Industry recognition like this is just reward for our team for its unstinted effort, pursuit of excellence and innovation in our solutions, and commitment to delivering greatest value and service to our customers,” said Andy Waroma, Co-Founder & Co-Managing Director of Cloud Comrade.

“We are also humbled by the responsibility that comes with such recognition, as innovation is an ongoing process. By constantly identifying challenges and untapped opportunities, we strive to find avenues for significant value addition to customers and ourselves. We are grateful to all our customers and partners for reposing their confidence in us and would like to reaffirm our commitment to deliver innovative, impactful solutions.”

Winning these awards caps off a highly rewarding 2021 for Cloud Comrade, one that tested the company’s resilience, adaptability, and creativity. Earlier this year, Cloud Comrade won the 2021 AWS APN Consulting Partner of the Year Award for its consistently stellar performance in service delivery, growth in AWS business and a significant contribution to Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) in Singapore and ASEAN region. Very recently, Cloud Comrade achieved the AWS Financial Services Competency, making it among a handful of companies in the Asia Pacific to do so. The company also received the SAP Service Authorization for SAP HANA, making it one of the first companies in Singapore to achieve it.

About Cloud Comrade

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Cloud Comrade is Finalist in 4 Categories in the Channel Asia Innovation Awards 2021

Cloud Comrade, a leading Singapore-based cloud computing consultancy and managed services provider (MSP) with a growing presence in Malaysia and Indonesia, has been shortlisted as a finalist in 4 categories for Partner & ASEAN-wide Innovation in the prestigious Channel Asia Innovation Awards 2021. Drawing from a pool of over 90 organizations and 300 nominations, the awards showcase and recognize excellence in the ecosystem – spanning partner, start-up, telco, vendor, and distributor businesses- for delivering transformative customer solutions across Southeast Asia. Winners will be selected by an executive panel of industry judges and announced at a virtual celebration event on December 2, 2021.

Andy Waroma, Co-Managing Director, Cloud Comrade

Cloud Comrade has been chosen as a finalist in the Enterprise, Mid-market and SMB segments for Partner Innovation, an acknowledgement of the company’s ability to deliver innovation, excellence, and value for customers irrespective of their size. Another feather in its cap is being picked in a shortlist of four companies for ASEAN-wide innovation. This is a new category that recognizes companies headquartered in the ASEAN region that has been tough and transformative and continues to raise the bar for industry excellence, despite the enormous challenges posed by Covid-19.

“We are thrilled to be selected as a finalist from such a large pool of capable organizations that are doing some amazing work. It is indeed fulfilling and humbling to not only see the rapid strides we have made in the last few years but also to be recognized by the industry,” said Andy Waroma, Co-Founder & Co-Managing Director of Cloud Comrade.

“The Covid-19 pandemic has presented incomparable challenges to most businesses. It has also tested our resilience, adaptability, creativity, and ability to deliver excellence for our clients. It is a huge credit to our team for being able to do all of that and win multiple accolades during these times. We have been fairly successful in facing these challenging conditions head on and converting them into opportunities for adding value, for ourselves and our customers. We are also thankful to our customers and partners for trusting us in this incredible journey and would like to reiterate our commitment to deliver innovative, value-adding solutions.”

“Customer innovation is no longer a marketing slogan, rather a refreshing reality in ASEAN given the wealth of transformative projects and examples of best practice featured in 2021,” said Cherry Yumul, vice president of Strategic Partnerships and Innovation at IDG, publisher of Channel Asia. “Enormous credit to the market-leading companies and individuals continuing to press ahead in helping customers innovate at pace – despite the notable difficulties – which once again demonstrates the depth of transformation taking place across the region. Congratulations Cloud Comrade, nothing can stop your pursuit of excellence.”

Selection as finalist in multiple categories for the Channel Asia Innovation Awards 2021 marks a continuation of a great 2021 for the company. Earlier this year, Cloud Comrade won the 2021 AWS APN Consulting Partner of the Year Award for its consistently stellar performance in service delivery, growth in AWS business and a significant contribution to Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) in Singapore/ ASEAN region. The company also received the SAP Service Authorization for SAP HANA, making it one of the first companies in Singapore to achieve it.

About Cloud Comrade

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E-mail: andy@cloudcomrade.com

Alphaus enters Singapore Cloud Financial Management market with Cloud Comrade win

Alphaus Inc. (https://alphaus.cloud/jp/), a prominent start up in the Cloud Financial Management space in Japan, has made a successful foray into the Singapore market in line with its strategic growth plans. The company will provide its suite of cloud financial management (CFM) solutions to the fast-growing Managed Services Provider (MSP) Cloud Comrade (https://cloudcomrade.com/). The overall value of Alphaus’ solutions and support, with the ability for bespoke integrations to the financial services system, were key considerations for Cloud Comrade to switch to Alphaus’ products as critical components for its business operations.

Signing Cloud Comrade- the first Singapore-headquartered AWS Premier Consulting Partner that is also a Google Premier Partner and Microsoft Gold Cloud Platform partner- as a client gives Alphaus great impetus in achieving its strategic goals for the Southeast region. Its growing Global Delivery Centre in Kuala Lumpur, established last year, is a testament to the company’s commitment to provide dedicated support for the unique needs of a diverse clientele across various countries and industries in this high-potential region.

Solving cloud financial management challenges

Cliched as it sounds, the ‘New Normal’ is upon us with increasing clarity that it is in the cloud. According to a study by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in 2020, the Asia Pacific- including India and Australia- is leading this charge as the adoption of the public cloud in the region outpaces that in the US and Western Europe. From a modest 3 percent of their IT spend on the public cloud in 2016, businesses in APAC are projected to spend over 10% of the IT budget on the public cloud by 2023.

Despite the promising growth and outlook for migration to the cloud, the complexity and lack of adequate clarity into the costs of cloud infrastructure deployment present a serious challenge for businesses making or facilitating such a transition. This was highlighted in a survey of over 100 companies in Malaysia carried out last year. In the recent past, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has also highlighted this problem while recommending that companies take appropriate steps for CFM. ‘Cloud waste’ or sub-optimal utilization of cloud resources is another major pain point, preventing businesses from deriving maximum ROI on their cloud spend.

Alphaus precisely addresses these challenges, expanding its footprint in APAC as a pioneer in simplifying billing/spend management and tackling cloud waste for companies. Its suite of user-friendly and feature-rich Software-as-a-Service products – Wave* and Ripple** — is serving as a catalyst to faster, greater, and better adoption and use of the cloud.

Helping Cloud Comrade in its growth journey

Cloud Comrade is one of the many companies experiencing the value of Aphaus’ solutions. The company had been on the lookout for a more effective solution and a reliable partner who could help navigate the dynamic future of cloud management to jointly deliver even greater value and a better cloud experience for their customers.

“As a cloud Managed Services Provider, we enable several large organizations in the region with their digital transformation and migration to the cloud. It is a critical success factor for both our clients and us that we not only have complete clarity on all the costs associated with the cloud infrastructure but are also making optimum utilization of any cloud resources deployed. The SaaS solutions from Alphaus for billing management and cloud cost optimization provide us with the requisite tools, information, and intelligence to achieve these seamlessly. These tools are integral to our operations and in use 24/7. Alphaus’ Wave and Ripple go a long way in helping maximize ROI, one of the key value propositions for moving to the cloud,” said Andy Waroma, Co-Founder & Co-Managing Director of Cloud Comrade.

“We are thrilled to have a leader like Cloud Comrade as a client and help it deliver better customer service with bespoke integrations to its financial services system,” said Hajime Hirose, CEO of Alphaus Inc. “The APAC is a digital hub that is at the cusp of unprecedented use of cloud services. Our goal is to enable every business to fully realize the value of migrating their IT infrastructure to the cloud. All change does not have to be painful. This belief explains our relentless focus on simplifying billing/spend management, helping companies realize cost and time savings, optimizing resources and consequently, directly impacting their bottom line. We are committed to continually introduce features that fulfill these objectives for our partners and clients; our strong presence and expansion in the APAC market manifests this commitment.”

*Wave- Cloud Cost Optimization and Management
Manages multiple AWS cloud accounts in one place, analyzes organizations’ cost and optimizes budget easily. Wave helps organizations get a clear picture of the cost of cloud infrastructure, discover wasted resources and excessive costs.

**Ripple- Billing Management Solution for MSPs and resellers
Recalculates AWS invoices and reallocates Reserved Instances (RIs) only to linked accounts they belong to, helping the former to accurately charge their customers. Ripple helps service providers save significant time and hassle in complex accounting and billing. Service providers can also use Ripple to plan their RI procurement strategy for maximum ROI.

About Alphaus Inc.

Alphaus, a VC-backed tech start-up on a mission to simplify cloud computing for everyone specializes in Cloud Financial Management (CFM) solutions. The company is focused on enabling its cloud services partners and clients to understand, manage and optimize complicated cloud spend, billings and resource allocation for maximizing ROI on their investments in the cloud. An AWS Advanced Technology Partner, Alphaus provides a suite of Software-as-a-Service solutions for multi-cloud management supporting AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.

Founded in 2015, Alphaus Inc. is backed by reputed investors like DNX Ventures, NTT DoCoMo Ventures, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Archetype Ventures, Accord Ventures and 500 Startups. The company’s roster of clients includes NTT Data, Nomura Research Institute (NRI), and ISI-Dentsu. Headquartered in Japan, Alphaus has a rapidly growing Global Delivery Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia comprising 10 team members to support its rapid expansion in the Asia Pacific and Oceania regions.

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