The systems are meant to be run and managed from within a customer's own data center, not hosted by Accenture, he said. That's key to the systems' rapid deployment as, for example, Accenture won't have to extend a customer's security envelope to a remote environment, Renouard added.

SAP is also supporting private cloud reference architectures from Dell and IBM, and last year announced a new "landscape manager" tool with which customers will be able to oversee complex virtualized environments.

The company originally said the tool would be available in the fourth quarter of this year. An SAP spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for an update on those plans, but a from September on the company's website states that a "ramp-up," SAP's term for early-adopter programs, was set to begin this month.

Also Wednesday, SAP announced a number of efforts meant to cement its relationship with and support for VMware, including include the delivery of VMware vSphere virtual appliances for private clouds and a jointly delivered extended support program.

Sapphire continues through Thursday in Madrid.