Assessing the risk, cost and complexity of high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) in a cloud environment What happens when a cloud server goes down? Unlike a traditional IT environment which needs to provide fault tolerance against physical hardware and infrastructures, organizations that leverage the public cloud can transfer their workload from one cloud-based server

3 commonly overlooked aspects of cloud migration for the SAP environment “As-is.” “Lift-and-Shift.” These names may imply the possibility of a fast and easy cloud migration for your business’s SAP environment. But the process tends to be far more complex than a simple transfer from an on-premise system to the cloud. As most CIOs

Understanding how to get the best out of Cloud computing in an SAP environment requires a change from the traditional CIO mindset Over the past few years, I’ve had the opportunity to talk with many different CIOs about the technical aspects of adopting cloud as one component of their SAP landscape. If you are

SAP BW on HANA and BW4/HANA are different application suites running on the same database. SAP BW on HANA uses SAP’s legacy BW software, but moves it to the HANA database. BW/4HANA uses a reengineered software suite designed to fully harness the power of the HANA database. SAP BW on HANA provides dramatic ROI

As a leader in SAP managed services, we receive many questions around the differences between SAP's core offerings, and which would best suit an organization. For those with a non-technical SAP background, here’s what you need to know about SAP ECC, HANA, S/4HANA and Business Suite. What is SAP Business Suite? The SAP Business

Guest post by Protera partner Genesis10 Missed Part One? Read it here.We recently asked Alan Manuel, Chief Product Officer at Protera Technologies, and David Fradin, ERP Practice Lead at Genesis10, to articulate compelling reasons for organizations to move aging on- premises SAP platforms to the cloud. Protera and Genesis10 are in a strategic relationship

Guest post by Protera partner Genesis10 When SAP recently extended maintenance support for core applications of SAP Business Suite 7 software through 2027, some organizations, understandably, breathed a sigh of relief. Earlier it had said that maintenance would end in 2025. While pressure to move SAP to the cloud has eased somewhat, there

Moving SAP to the cloud is not a single option, but a continuum. Customers can choose anything from a quick, as-is migration to cut hosting costs, to a full upgrade to SAP S/4HANA. Here’s a quick guide to your options for SAP cloud migration. Primary  Options for Migrating SAP to Cloud There are three primary 

SAP Transformation Navigator (TN) is a useful tool to help customers undergoing SAP upgrades and migrations. Released at SAP SAPPHIRE NOW 2017, Transformation Navigator was built in response to SAP customer requests for more guidance during the transformation process. The tool not only provides an intuitive way to create a product map and prepare

In infrastructure upgrades, the goals often shape the process. For example, if you’re repainting a building and your goal is to get it done as quickly as possible within budget, the process reflects that. You don’t spend a lot of time comparison shopping, or investigating different types of paint — you find a painting crew