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

Let’s face it: no one gets excited about migrating. However, much vendors tout the considerable benefits of SAP HANA, migration is still a costly and potentially disruptive (albeit necessary) process that takes resources away from your core business activities. But anything worth doing is worth doing well — mainly when your whole business depends on

SAP Activate is a complete methodology, more comprehensive than any system SAP has built before. SAP customers have a vast range of landscapes, with an almost unlimited array of tech stacks, configurations and destinations. SAP has managed to create a system to upgrade, migrate or transform nearly any conceivable SAP landscape, enabling companies to

The SAP Migration Cockpit is what it sounds like: a central control repository used to execute SAP HANA upgrades and migrations from legacy solutions. The cockpit works with both SAP and non-SAP legacy solutions, moving your data to HANA or S/4HANA. The S/4HANA Migration Cockpit is a key tool in the data migration process —

Your SAP system isn’t an island — if it were, it would be no use to you. To power your business, it needs to serve as the hub of a complex web of interconnected services and platforms. There’s information flowing into it — like customer orders and supply tracking data — and information flowing out