Success with SAP: Leverage Your Existing Investments in the Cloud

This blog was written in a collaboration between Fujitsu, Intel and SUSE.

SAP is a cornerstone for many businesses, providing robust enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions that streamline operations, boost productivity, and encourage growth. However, with SAP technology constantly evolving, staying on top of the latest advancements can be a real challenge for organizations both large and small. It’s common for businesses to struggle with the complexities of upgrades, the cost of implementing new technologies, and the need to stay competitive in ever-evolving markets.

If you’re looking to avoid these pitfalls, the best way forward is by leveraging your existing SAP investments while transitioning to a hybrid cloud approach. With hybrid cloud, your business could enjoy much better ROI, improved scalability, more flexibility, stronger security, and even higher sustainability credentials. This approach not only protects the initial investment in – and transition to – SAP S/4HANA but also maximizes its potential through the cloud’s dynamic capabilities.

Understanding the Landscape

The market has been showing signs indicating a trend towards hybrid cloud solutions. This is driven by the need for agility, cost-efficiency, and robust security. Businesses are increasingly looking to integrate their legacy systems with modern cloud platforms to stay competitive. A hybrid cloud model offers a balanced approach, allowing businesses to maintain control over their data while leveraging the scalability and flexibility of the cloud.

PRIMEFLEX Integrated Systems: Build Your Architecture

To address these challenges, Fujitsu offers PRIMEFLEX Integrated Systems, an integrated solution designed to streamline your SAP cloud migration. PRIMEFLEX is powered by Intel’s 4th and 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Rapids M7 processors, for higher performance and improved reliability. This provides a robust infrastructure foundation, which is essential for handling the demanding workloads of SAP applications.

PRIMEFLEX is specifically designed to support hybrid cloud architectures, enabling businesses to seamlessly integrate on-premises and cloud environments. This integration allows for greater flexibility, control, and cost optimization, making it easier to adapt to changing demands and market conditions.

It also provides pre-configured, pre-tested, and hybrid cloud-enabled systems that simplify the deployment, lifecycle, and maintenance of hybrid data architectures. The solution includes new standardized implementation and infrastructure support services, making it easy to order and manage.

Combined Expertise: Fujitsu, Intel, and SUSE Join Forces

In a game-changing collaboration, Fujitsu, Intel, and SUSE have united to provide a comprehensive solution for businesses looking to migrate their SAP systems to a hybrid cloud scenario tailored to the customer needs.

Each of these industry leaders brings a unique set of strengths to the table, creating a partnership that simplifies and streamlines the cloud migration process. Fujitsu contributes its vast experience in infrastructure solutions, ensuring that businesses have access to reliable and efficient platforms, while Intel’s cutting-edge processing power guarantees superior performance, crucial for handling the demanding workloads of SAP applications. Meanwhile, SUSE’s expertise in running SAP workloads on Linux ensures seamless integration and optimal performance in the hybrid cloud environment.

A Smooth Transition to the Cloud

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One of the biggest challenges businesses face is how to leverage their current SAP investments for success in the cloud. Fujitsu, Intel, and SUSE address this by providing a seamless migration path. This new approach ensures that businesses can continue to use their SAP systems with enhanced capabilities and without significant disruption to their Operations.

Fujitsu’s innovative consumption-based uSCALE as-a-Service model, now available for PRIMEFLEX Integrated Systems, lets you pay as you go, mimicking the financial flexibility of cloud services while utilizing existing and new infrastructure investments.

By bridging the gap between on-premises and cloud environments, uSCALE provides a unique advantage. By extending the lifecycle of your existing infrastructure, uSCALE allows you to gradually adopt cloud-based services to your needs at your own pace. This hybrid approach provides flexibility, control, and the ability to control and optimize costs as your business evolves.

With uSCALE, you can:

• Optimize resource allocation: Scale your infrastructure up or down to match fluctuating demands.
• Reduce upfront costs: Pay only for the resources you consume.
• Maintain control: Keep your data and applications within your own environment.
• Enhance security: Benefit from the latest security technologies and practices.
• Improve agility: Respond quickly to changing market conditions.

Realizing the Potential of Your SAP Investment

Migrating SAP systems to a hybrid cloud approach with the support of Fujitsu, Intel, and SUSE has many benefits:

Control Costs

By adopting a pay-as-you-go model, you’re able to significantly reduce upfront costs and spread your expenses over time by changing CAPEX to OPEX. That way, you can predict expenses more easily and reduce the total cost of ownership. Plus, cloud-based solutions often eliminate the need for extensive on-premises infrastructure, leading to further cost savings in terms of hardware, software, and maintenance.

Scalability and Flexibility

The cloud provides unparalleled scalability, allowing you to easily adjust your resources in response to changing demands. This flexibility means you can efficiently manage peak workloads, such as seasonal fluctuations or new product launches, without overinvesting in infrastructure. Likewise, you can scale down during quieter periods and so avoid incurring unnecessary expenses. The cloud provides unparalleled scalability, allowing you to easily adjust your resources in response to changing demands. This flexibility means you can efficiently manage peak workloads, such as seasonal fluctuations or new product launches, without overinvesting in infrastructure. Likewise, you can scale down during quieter periods and so avoid incurring unnecessary expenses.

Reduced Downtime and Simplified Operations

Cloud environments are designed for reliability and resilience, reducing the risk of downtime and disruptions to your day-to-day. Clouds consist of robust infrastructures to minimize disruptions, while managed service models simplify IT operations. This allows internal teams to focus on strategic tasks rather than routine maintenance, freeing up valuable resources and allowing your business to be more agile.

Data-Driven Decision Making

Cloud-based SAP solutions enable real-time data processing and analytics, giving your business actionable insights that will truly make a difference. This means better decision- making at all levels of the organization. By leveraging advanced data analytics tools and techniques, you can identify trends, streamline operations, foster innovation, and uncover new growth opportunities.

Better Security

With advanced security protocols and continuous monitoring, cloud environments offer robust protection against cyber threats. SUSE, Intel, and Fujitsu invest heavily in security infrastructure and employ specialized security teams to safeguard customer data. That way, you can enjoy all the enhanced security measures without the need for significant in-house investments.

Faster Results

Better processing power and streamlined operations lead to faster deployment times and quicker results – simple. On the cloud, you can implement new features and updates rapidly, maintaining a competitive edge and responding swiftly to market changes.

Improved Sustainability

Migrating to the cloud can lead to significant energy savings. In fact, Fujitsu recently committed to using up to 90% renewable energy on cloud technology and reducing operational emissions. And with Intel’s 4th and 5th Gen Intel Xeon Processors, you can further lower your energy emissions. This kind of investment in energy-efficient infrastructure helps your business to reduce its carbon footprint and promote sustainability.

Embrace the Future with Confidence

Fujitsu, Intel, and SUSE teaming up combine decades of experience and a deep understanding of SAP solutions. Through this partnership, we’re committed to ensuring a seamless cloud migration for each and every client, maximizing the value of existing SAP investments, and providing expert technical support from A to Z. It’s time to embrace the future with confidence, knowing that your SAP systems are in safe hands.

To explore how you can get the most out of our existing SAP infrastructure, contact SUSE today.
This blog was written in a collaboration between Fujitsu, Intel and SUSE.