Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 48 | Page 79

/////////////////////////////////////////////////// t cht lk WORLEY AND AVEVA TO DELIVER FIRST CLOUD- BASED ERM SOLUTION FOR EPC MARKET Companies can now build on AVEVA’s industry-leading Enterprise Resource Management (ERM) solution to develop a project delivery system that meets the unique materials management challenges facing engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) organisations. A VEVA, a global leader in engineering and industrial software, has announced that Worley, which has been operating in the Middle East since the 1950s, has selected AVEVA’s ERM solution as its preferred materials management platform. The partnership combines Worley’s EPC knowledge with AVEVA’s industrial software expertise to deliver the first cloud-based ERM solution optimised for the EPC market. Like many businesses, EPCs are currently challenged with reducing project costs while keeping pace with changing IT environments. However, as EPC projects www.intelligentcio.com operate as mini-enterprises, on-premises configuration and hosting of enterprise projects within private networks is not only costly, but restrictive and unsustainable in an industry undergoing mass consolidation. For global EPCs to remain competitive, the move from an on-premises infrastructure to cloud-based enterprise resource management is necessary. Worley, which has operations all over the globe including nine offices in the Middle East including UAE and KSA, sought to help its customers find a way to streamline their materials management to deliver on these challenges while also creating process “ WE BELIEVE THE AVEVA ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SOLUTION MARKS A STEP FORWARD FOR PRODUCTIVITY. INTELLIGENTCIO 79