On April 28th SAP announced TwoGo, a cloud-based service that enables carpool matching between employees at client companies. The purpose of this new service is to enable employers to reduce:
- Commute trips (directly addressing the peak traffic congestion problem)
- Energy consumption
- CO2, pollution
- Parking demand
- Employee commute time (by using carpool lanes)
- Employee commute costs
- Employee commute driving (by being a passenger on some commute days)
… as well as increasing employee communication, camaraderie and collaboration between coworkers as they carpool together.
Check out the GreenMonk blog by Tom Raftery: SAP TwoGo – ride-sharing software for the enterprise. Some highlights:
In a less than obvious move earlier this week, SAP launched a ride-sharing app called TwoGo. Why less than obvious? Well, ride-sharing is generally perceived as more of a consumer focused activity, than an enterprise one. A quick search for ride-share iPhone apps, for example returns 24 results, all of which are consumer software plays.
Given all the benefits of TwoGo, we have to wonder why other enterprise software vendors haven’t come up with a similar product before now. Or have they? Does TwoGo have an enterprise competitor we’re not aware of?
Answer: Yes – RideSpring. In fact, SAP was a RideSpring customer from 2008 through 2012. SAP RideSpring email launch announcement from September 2008:
SAP RideSpring email launch announcement from September 2008
Thank you Tracy Prentiss, VP Business Development, who was the champion bringing RideSpring on board at SAP. It was a pleasure working with Tracy and her team creating one of the most successful sustainability initiatives at SAP Labs in Palo Alto. Check out the SAP/RideSpring case study featured in CBS SmartPlanet in 2010:
Cracking the carpool conundrum
http://www.smartplanet.com/video/cracking-the-carpool-conundrum/406777
Produced by Jason Pepper, CBS Interactive.
Brief history of TwoGo
According to SAP, “The idea started in 2008″- the same year RideSpring was delivering success at SAP. After several years in development, TwoGo was launched internally at SAP in 2011, and TwoGo is now is being released as a commercial service to be sold to employers.
Looking forward to sharing more in future posts!
