SAP launches Next-Gen Lab at COAF Smart center in Armenia

YEREVAN, May 29. /ARKA/. SAP SE, one of the world's largest enterprise software vendors, said it has made the latest digital technology products and services available also to students and residents of the Lori region in Armenia by opening SAP Next-Gen Lab at SMART Center near the village of Debed, which is an innovative project of the Children of Armenia Foundation (COAF).

SEP SE this lab will provide access to 150,000 inhabitants of the Lori region to SAP training resources in the field of virtual reality design, iOS application development, blockchain and IoT technologies. The opening ceremony was attended by dozens of guests from all over the world, it said. 

SAP CIS director Ilya Yuryev said SAP University Alliance makes the latest technologies, such as blockchain, available to students in Armenia. He added that as a leading software vendor, SAP aims to develop communities that use its technologies providing young people with the skills to realize their ambitions in a globalized society.

According to COAF founder and chairman Garo Armen, the access of Armenian students to the resources of SAP Leonardo and Next-Gen helps the country to follow the path of innovative development. 

He said SAP provides COAF with unprecedented access to its educational programs. ‘Through this partnership our young people get more opportunities to open their potential in Armenia," said Garo Armen.

SAP SE is a German-based European multinational software corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. It has regional offices in 180 countries and has 335,000 customers.

COAF said its SMART Center is the world’s most innovative initiative for the advancement of rural communities. It is novel, holistic, and replicable approach to rural revitalization that focuses on providing modern technological resources, encouraging idea collaboration and maintaining the highest quality instruction standards for critical educational competencies. 

By connecting villages to global best practices in education, health, arts and sciences, renewable energy and whatever other subjects are important locally, COAF SMART provides comprehensive solutions for rural Armenians. -0-

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20:52 05/29/2018