nrb sap hosting & cloud solutions
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SAP HANAHosting & Cloud solutions
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SAP Hosting & NRB’s approachAbout Cloud & SAPSAP HANA Appliance
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THE BUSINESS CONTEXT
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Target customers challenges:• Securing critical data. It’s currently a hot topic.
Lot of problems about cracking enterprise data appeared (NSA, etc..). It’s a concern for customers.
Security• Understand and manage SAP technology
evolutions (HANA, S4/HANA, Cloud,…) becomes really difficult for non-specialized enteprises because of its complexity and impact
Technology (1)
• Manage ICT costs. While still being under pressure, enterprise need to re-invest in their ICT after years of crisis, where implementations, upgrade projects were postponed
Costs• Ensure continuity of business critical applications
is key. This requires sturdy infrastructure customers not always want to invest inContinuity
• Technology becomes more and more complex and specialized. Customers need to surround themselves with consultants having the right knowledgeAdvice
(1) http://www.nrb.be/en/blog/rethinking-business
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The business opportunity
• Thanks to NRB’s SAP certified hosting infrastructure capacities and its public cloud extensions
Outsourcing of non-core business
processes….
• Thanks to NRB’s SAP PCOE certification and a Professional and skilled consultants pool
…And get right people to get
adviced
A State-of-the art, local and secured
infrastructure (data stay in Belgium !) to host customers
SAP Solutions.. … with senior SAP consultants taking care proactively of
systems and helping customers
to tackle SAP implementations
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OUR APPROACH
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Our solution definition
Hosting and managing SAP Solutions
(PaaS for SAP + Cloud Services)
Based on
state-of-the-art, secured, performant, geo-resilient data
centers residing in Belgium& connections to Cloud providers
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NRB MO and its full-service-covering teams (DC, Network, SAN, OpenTech, Windows, DB,
etc…) in close collaboration with NRB SAP BC Team
Delivering SAP BC consultancy services in the area of implementation and
transformation projects, education, audits.
Based on
SAP Methodology for all implementation, transformation
projects
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SAP certified consultants with proven experience (eg. OS/DB migrations)NRB is SAP Hosting Partner
& certified for SAP HANA Operations services= Quality of Hosting
NRB is SAP PCoE Certified(Partner Center of Expertise)= Quality of Support
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… and what we do
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About Cloud & SAP
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On-premise
Pro’s:• Own management &
control• Customization• Risk reduction (shop
floor connection)
Con’s:• Technology evolution &
knowledge• Scalability• Agility• Capex investments• 24/7 management
Private Cloud
Pro’s:• Safe (and NRB = local
SAP hosting partner certified)
• Performant• Full control
Con’s:• Provisioning less flexible
(compared to Puclic Cloud)
• Pricing mode
Public Cloud
Pro’s:• Provisioning flexibility
(+SAP CAL)• Service on-demand• Scalability/agility• Coverage over the world
Con’s:• Commitment on
performance• Less control on
architecture• Data location can be
security sensitive• Integration with local IT
Let’s take the pro’s of solutions by extending customer private cloud to public cloud:
Private: for performance and sensitive data dependent systemsPublic: and its flexibility for test, demo, training,… SAP systemsLocal on-site: for specific needs
Why choosing a roadmap towards hybrid cloud for SAP services ?
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Private Cloud Hybrid Cloud
On Premise
Our preferred solutions:
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Our SAP Managment services are based on a Mutualized support infrastructure for customersover Private & Public cloud:
- SAP Solution Manager- Saprouter to Sap Support (Walldörf)- Saprouter for other connections- SAP Webdispatcher- Integration with NRB’s global support system
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1 entry point for SAP in private cloud or in public cloud
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SAP Monitoring
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Our Services catalog
Maintenance and Support• Daily management• Administration• Incident mngt• Problem mngt• Helpdesk/ 2nd -3rd level
support• Refreshes/client
copies/deletes,..
Release Management• Kernel updates• Database patching and
upgrade• OSS notes• SAP SPS
Additional Services• Audit• Training• Installations• Release upgrade (+EhP)• OS/DB migration• Project mngt• Roll-out services• Consulting• …
SAP Licensing• Ordering• Support
A la carte…
Key-user service desk
DC1 NRB DC2 NRB Local site DC
Azure / AWS
WAN connectivity
Network NetworkStorage & data protectionCompute & virtualization
OS Management
Governance
Public cloud Private cloud
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SAP HANA appliance
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Today: 1 leading hosting model: the « All-in-one »
SAP HANA appliance deliveryCertified Hardware from different HW-providersCombination of storage, network, server & OS testedPre-configuredPre-installed
Integration in DC’sFlexibility (sizing, IT Processes,…)Only for SAP HANA… Pricing
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An alternative: TDI – Tailed Datacenter Integration
SAP HANA server - TDIUse your certified storage of choice Use preferred network componentsMore processor types choiceIntegration with your IT Management processes
SAP prerequisites to be fulfilled (not a certification)Only HW is delivered (installation still to be done –Certification required)Individual support mode
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Our solution to come: mutualized SAP HANA platform based on TDI & virtualization
Validation of model with IBM Power8
Mutualization for different customers thanks to VirtualizationSAP HANA and non-SAP workloadIntegration within NRB’s DC’sBase for pay-per-use model
=> Pricing, performance, stability, scalability,…
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Our solution to come: mutualized SAP HANA platform based on TDI & virtualization
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Our solution to come: mutualized SAP HANA platform based on TDI & virtualization
Why IBM Power 8 ?
Virtualization built-in (LPAR) vs. Intel & virtualization on top (eg: VMWare, etc…)-impact on performance-hard limitations on memory usage
IBM Power 8 robustness on Processors, Memory & Cache leading to performance, power, flexibility & scalability
The base for a SAP HANA TDI cloud based solution… to be validated
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Q&A
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