OREANDA-NEWS. On May 18, IBA Group participated in SAP Forum 2016 for the oil, gas, and chemicals sectors of the CIS. Focused on improving efficiency through innovation, the event took place in Minsk, Belarus. More than 150 top managers of the companies engaged in the oil, gas, and chemicals sectors of Belarus and other CIS countries.

In his welcoming speech, Sergei Akoulich, IBA IT Park CEO, said: “The key factor that ensures the success of our business is a wide range of IT competencies and vertical industry expertise of IBA Group's experts, enabling us to build long–term relationship with large–scale customers. In terms of petrochemicals, oil, gas, and energy, these are Gazprom Transgaz Belarus, Belorusneft, Belaruskali, Uralkali, IDGC of Urals, Gazpromneft, Bashneft, and many more. Over the recent years, SAP shows intensive development of technologies, including the in–memory calculation, as well as cloud, and mobile solutions. Thus, SAP created crucially new tools that go beyond the classical ERP and that are aimed at improving the efficiency and competitiveness of companies.”

At the plenary session, IBA IT Park delivered a presentation on the SAP expertise of IBA Group and the company's global experience of SAP implementation, support, and development. IBA spoke about the projects for GoodYear, Gazprom Transgaz Belarus, Belorusneft, and Bashneft.

The program of SAP Forum included a plenary session, simultaneous workshops, and a Q&A session on SAP industry solutions and successful product deployments. At the breakout sessions, IBA Gomel Park and IBA IT Park jointly with the customers presented their SAP projects.

Speaking about industrial safety management and environmental protection, SAP CIS mentioned the IBA Group's experience in EHS technologies.

The visitors to the IBA Group booth were able to learn about the IBA Group solutions for diverse industries and implementation of SAP–based projects.