SAP said expanding the center was aimed at further developing advanced solutions for “one of the hottest areas in the world of data today – digital identity management and data use permissions.” Gigya, the Israeli customer identity management firm was aquired by SAP in 2017 for $350 million. Last month, SAP SE announced that it was looking to recruit some 100 big data experts, software engineers, and team leaders over the coming year to bolster the SAP-Gigya Development Center in Tel-Aviv. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter Subscribe It follows our recent investments and strategic partnerships with two other Israeli startups – customer success specialist Totango and data discovery and privacy vendor BigID” said Gadi Krumholz, VP, Corporate Development at SAP “The partnership and investment in PlainID is the latest example of SAP’s active participation in Israel’s innovation ecosystem. We’re pleased to be extending our relationship through this investment in PlainID.” “We embedded PlainID’s Authorization as a Service platform within the SAP Customer Data Cloud to help businesses fill gaps around access management. “Together with our best-in-class identity and enterprise preference management platform, this new offering delivers a market-leading solution,” said Ben Jackson, general manager of SAP Customer Data Cloud at SAP. The Tel Aviv-based company plans to use the SAP investment to bring its solution to an even wider audience, helping companies upgrade their identity and access management and giving them a whole new platform from which to grow. These include Fortune 2000 companies from industries such as pharma, oil and gas, and retail,” he added. “This covers access control for over one million users. Harel said that over a dozen businesses that use SAP solutions also use PlainID technology in the SAP Customer Data Cloud platform. “SAP’s investment is a sign of confidence and trust from one of the leading companies in the world and gives a sense of momentum and success. “Today is a milestone for PlainID,” said Oren Ohayon Harel, CEO and co-Founder of PlainID, who co-founded the company with Dmitry Tuchinsky and Gal Helemski.
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