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Customer Question of the Month: Boundary Systems and SAP Migration
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
How HANA is Impacting SAP Hosting Services
From race cars to ERP landscapes, high performance always requires careful and regular maintenance. And as a system built from the ground up around performance, SAP HANA is no
SAP HANA Migration: Our LB Foster Success Story
The Protera team is pretty proud of what we’ve done with LB Foster. They came to us at the end of 2018 looking for a complete migration and transformation on
4 Essential ERP Migration Steps Changed by the Cloud
The cloud has profoundly changed the ERP migration process. There are more choices for destinations and powerful new features that help control cost and risk. Likewise, there are more choices
4 Creative Hybrid Cloud Solutions to Complex Problems
A hybrid cloud hosting model is often used as a compromise — or a stepping stone to a more permanent, exclusively cloud-based solution. When you move your SAP landscape to
4 Critical Elements of an SAP HANA Migration Project Plan
One of the biggest challenges of planning an SAP HANA migration is simply that most companies don’t know what to expect. The technologies and methodologies involved have changed so quickly
Customer Question of the Month: Custom Code and Fiori
If you’ve been on SAP for more than a few years, custom code can be a significant challenge to your digital transformation. It’s easy to forget how much has changed
5 Questions to Ask Your SAP Managed Services Provider in the Cloud Era
No one understand the needs of your company better than you. Unfortunately, translating those needs into a program for SAP transformation can be a daunting challenge. Many SAP managed
Functional vs. Technical: How Migration Automation Bridges the Gap
SAP functional and technical consultants complement each other, and both are indispensable for operating an SAP landscape. Without functional consultants, you wouldn’t be able to harness the flexibility, customizability and
How to Achieve a 100% Successful SAP HANA Migration to the Public Cloud
A HANA public cloud migration isn’t just a lateral move to new hosting — it’s a major change that should yield business, performance and budget benefits for your organization.
Suite on HANA Migration Guide
Suite on HANA isn’t just a step on the way to S/4HANA — it’s also an important journey in itself, and one that can provide excellent ROI with the
SAP HANA 2025 Deadline: Assessing Your Progress
We’re still years away from the SAP HANA 2025 deadline, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be working on it. Upgrading to S/4HANA is an involved, complicated process, requiring significant
4 Benefits of SAP Basis Managed Services
Your entire SAP landscape depends on the effectiveness of your SAP Basis team, but many companies struggle with internal SAP Basis administration. Here are four key ways SAP Basis
Greenlight Your SAP Migration Project Into The Public Cloud
Automation decreases the risk and costs of SAP migration, while accelerating the timetable. If you’ve been having difficulty going forward with your SAP cloud migration project, here’s how automation
Introduction to SAP Cloud Security
Protecting SAP is a lot like securing a building. You need to invest in certain infrastructure, such as locks, an alarm system, and cameras. Those systems have to be
An Executive Guide to SAP HANA 2.0
There’s a lot of uncertainty among customers about HANA 2.0. A recent survey found that nearly two thirds of SAP customers have not yet performed an SAP HANA migration,
ERP Data Migration Best Practices
Although moving ERP to the cloud poses important platform and software-specific considerations, the basics of a sound cloud migration remain consistent, regardless of your vendor or host. Here are 5
What is SAP HANA?
SAP HANA is an in-memory database, designed to maximize the performance of SAP’s next generation software, S/4HANA. HANA offers significant advancements over previous generations of databases including: Full in-memory
What is an SAP Basis Administrator?
An SAP Basis administrator is a professional responsible for running your SAP landscape. Basis admins handle routine maintenance, operation and upgrades, and play a major role in planning and
You’ve Purchased an SAP HANA License — Now What?
Although many businesses have taken the first step of acquiring an SAP HANA license, very few have completed the migration to SAP HANA so far. Out of approximately 7,900
The Complete Guide to SAP Basis Managed Services
Your business depends on your SAP landscape, and the health of that landscape rests on your Basis team. Yet many businesses still treat SAP administration as an afterthought. Whether
What is SAP Activate?
SAP Activate is SAP’s current methodology for deploying, upgrading or migrating to a HANA or S/4HANA landscape. Activate draws on SAP’s accumulated experience to provide a detailed roadmap to
5 Benefits of a Hybrid Cloud Model
In most cases, the scalability, cost-effectiveness and other advantages of the public cloud make it the best option. However, there are some use cases where companies can benefit from
Migration From SAP BPC to S/4HANA: Getting There In Time
The clock is ticking for SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC). SAP has announced that it will end support for BPC on December 31st, 2020, along with support for
Hidden Benefits of an SAP Public Cloud Solution
For many SAP customers, moving to the cloud marks the transition from a legacy, capital-intensive landscape to a cost-effective, high performance future. The rate of transition varies, but as
