By Eleanor Reader
Technology Minister Gordon Rich-Phillips has announced 120 new high-tech jobs will be created in Victoria, due to the expansion of SAP Australia and SAP India.
The expansion will include the establishment of SAP’s Mission Control Centre (MCC) in Melbourne, which will be staffed by up to 20 senior consultants and project directors who will coordinate the delivery of services to customers in Australia and across the Asia-Pacific region.
According to Rich-Phillips, over 100 additional jobs will be created to meet SAP’s growing Victorian customer base.
“The Melbourne Mission Control Centre will coordinate large-scale software rollouts and SAP India will provide software research and development,” he said.
“This partnership is a good example of Victoria and India working together by leveraging India’s software development capability and Victoria’s project management and delivery expertise.”
The latest audio and video technology based at the MCC will be used to ensure SAP’s local teams and their partners in India can work together to deliver a combined software service to customers in the entire Asia-Pacific region.
Managing director of SAP Labs India, Anirban Dey said the SAP India team will work closely with the MCC in Melbourne as they provide the services that put these solutions into production across the Asia-Pacific region.
Rich-Phillips said the Coalition Government welcomed future opportunities for collaboration projects with SAP India, the company’s fastest-growing subsidiary.
“Our state’s ICT industry is dynamic, globally focused and competitive, with $29 billion generated in revenue and $2.45 billion in exports annually,” he said. “This collaboration between SAP India and SAP Australia is a testament to the strong relationship we share and the commitment to pioneering excellence in technology for which we are renowned.”
The SAP MCC in Melbourne is scheduled to be fully operational by June 2013.
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