Dell SAP HANA User Manual
15 Minute Guide:
Forge Ahead with SAP in the Data Era
Abstract
Forging ahead with SAP is about adapting and changing so you’re ready for what’s ahead: data driven innovation, process automation and new business models.
For IT, moving to SAP® HANA® and SAP S/4HANA® means viewing old problems with new perspectives.
In this guide we share the Dell Technologies approach to developing a cloud smart strategy for SAP, so you’re prepared to turn data insights into action — across the business.
February 2021
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Forging ahead with SAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 |
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Winning in the experience economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Adopt SAP HANA: The time is now. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Plan a path to SAP S/4HANA and cloud. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Reimagine business operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Johnsonville Sausage: Advanced data protection for SAP HANA. . . . |
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Simplify SAP system copy/refresh cycles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Get flexibility with certified infrastructure choice. . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Reduce TCO for SAP and SAP HANA applications. . . . . . . . . |
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Deliver “Everything as a Service” across clouds. . . . . . . . . . |
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Begin with a cloud enabling infrastructure. . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Get flexible cloud services and consumption. . . . . . . . . . . |
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Become a data smart enterprise. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Manage diverse data sources — from edge to core to cloud . . . . . . |
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Gerolsteiner: edge computing and SAP S/4HANA. . . . . . . . . |
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Together we’ll shape what comes next. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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Partner with us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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#1 priority
when making operational improvements to the business is to modernize IT
SAP HANA and S/4HANA adoption
33,000
SAP HANA customers
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with licenses for SAP S/4HANA
1SAP Corporate Fact Sheet, February 2020..
2SAPinsider, “SAP Announces Q3 Financial Results,” October 2020..
3SAP Insights Research Report, “4 Traits of Experience Economy Masters,” June 2020.. (requires registration)
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Forging ahead with SAP
Winning in the experience economy
The experience economy offers amazing opportunities for organizations to get to know their customers better, but it also brings new challenges.. Winning requires a new mindset: a focus on interconnecting business operations through data.. Enterprises want to become smarter when it comes to their operations, their cloud strategy and their approach to extracting value from an ever increasing volume of data.. Yet, this becomes difficult when the IT environment is overly complex and siloed..
For businesses running SAP, the key lies in adopting SAP HANA and S/4HANA applications along with a cloud smart strategy.. SAP S/4HANA along with SAP Intelligent Technologies address this integrative approach by bringing transactional data together with big data and the Internet of Things (IoT).. By moving from classic SAP ERP and Business Suite applications to powerful in memory and edge processing, IT can gain real time business insights with machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI)..
SAP HANA and a cloud smart strategy pave the way for an entirely new approach to building solutions.. Since the 2010 release of the SAP HANA in memory database, adoption has grown to 33,000 customers..1 Nearly 15,000 customers have purchased licenses for SAP S/4HANA..2
To build that cloud strategy, customers are laying the groundwork now.. And according to SAP Insights, “More than half (52%) of respondents report that their number one priority when making operational improvements to their businesses is to modernize their IT systems to improve information flow.. In doing so, they’re building the foundation they need to capitalize on the intelligent technologies they expect to deploy..”3
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Adopt SAP HANA: The time is now
To give customers more flexibility to plan and execute SAP S/4HANA migrations, SAP announced that it will extend mainstream maintenance on core applications of SAP Business Suite 7 from 2025 to 2027.. The SAP HANA database is a strategic
foundation for data driven applications — SAP S/4HANA will run only with SAP HANA.. SAP acknowledges that these are complex, resource intensive projects.. So, the time to begin adopting SAP HANA is now..
To run this digital core from SAP, modern IT infrastructure is required.. But moving to SAP S/4HANA and SAP Intelligent Technologies is easier said than done.. Many times, IT must reduce the resources required to maintain traditional SAP ERP and SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW) while safeguarding investments for eventual adoption of SAP S/4HANA.. More than ever, CxOs need to rethink how to run, grow and transform businesses.. New efficiencies are needed..
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The move to SAP HANA and S/4HANA is a journey.
Plan a path to SAP S/4HANA and cloud
While every journey is different, the path to IT modernization and cloud includes three essential elements..
•Reimagine business operations by automating delivery and lifecycle of IT resources so the infrastructure is ready for SAP HANA when you are..
•Embrace a cloud smart strategy by providing consistent cloud solutions for placing and protecting landscapes where it makes the most sense..
•Become a data smart enterprise by building a data fabric universe that connects information silos and increases visibility into global data assets..
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RETHINK
how to get maximum efficiency from IT
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Reimagine business operations
Dell Technologies understands the imperatives CIOs face in the data era as they forge ahead with SAP.. The business is counting on IT to support these critical SAP initiatives.. As a result, IT must be able to reimagine how their operations should work.. That means getting the maximum efficiency from IT workflows and better productivity from staff.. Only then can the organization significantly boost enterprise value..
We automate IT processes — from initial deployment to expansion of system resources and lifecycle management — while maintaining control and reducing complexity and risk.. Dell Technologies also brings cloud economics to the data center.. We provide a series
of financial consumption models — from traditional CAPEX to on demand “pay as you go” — so you can consume infrastructure as you would in the public cloud.. We help IT become operations smart..
Run mixed workloads: Deliver performance at scale
Eliminating complexity starts by deploying the right mix of infrastructure while using the financial consumption model that’s right for you.. We help simplify highly virtualized SAP landscapes as you adopt SAP HANA and SAP S/4HANA.. With our dynamic infrastructure, you can deliver performance at scale for mixed workloads — from online transaction processing (OLTP) and analytical processing (OLAP) to analytics and big data..
Consolidate SAP landscapes: Reduce cost and complexity
Historically, IT has run SAP production and non production systems on siloed infrastructure, whether by design — to protect production performance — or ad hoc as new projects are added..
As a result, IT must manage sprawling, complex system landscapes with limited budget and resources..
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