SAP IoT Seeks to Park Better with New Solution for Smart Cities

SAP has announced that its new SAP Connected Parking solution Internet of Things (IoT) software to help parking management firms take advantage of the cloud, smart devices and Big Data technologies, is now available. This Connected Parking offering is designed to give parking providers access to a digital backbone for more efficient operations and improve use, visibility and efficiency.

Technology partners include DESIGNA Verkehrsleittechnik, which has signed an agreement to integrate the solution with its parking management systems and kiosks, and Bosch Service Solutions, which recently announced integration with the Bosch Secure Truck Parking service.

“SAP is helping customers map their journeys through digital transformation, and IoT has the potential to drive the largest segment of growth in new business value,” said Tanja Rueckert, EVP, LoB Digital Assets and IoT, SAP. “SAP Connected Parking is an excellent example of how businesses that manage self-service terminals and kiosks can leverage robust IoT cloud and application expertise from SAP and our partners to transform their business models and the parking experience for drivers of all vehicles.”

SAP Connected Parking uses the SAP HANA Cloud Platform for managing parking locations and integrate with client hardware components to offer a comprehensive parking access revenue control (PARC) solution.

“As a world leader of parking management solutions with 65 years of experience in the industry, our goal is to develop innovative parking solutions that combine unique industrial design and an intuitive user experience while continuously reducing the operating costs,” said Dr. Thomas Waibl, CEO, DESIGNA. “We are pleased to integrate the IoT solution from SAP, the world leader in enterprise cloud software, into our parking systems to offer a next-generation service to our customers.”

While parking kiosks are one of fastest growing market segments for unattended kiosks, parking remains highly fragmented and localized. Inefficiency in urban parking and truck parking negatively impacts commerce and quality of life.