Category: SAP

Feed: AWS for SAP. Author: Somckit Khemmanivanh. This post is by Harpreet Singh and Derek Ewell, Solutions Architects at Amazon Web Services (AWS).SAP landscapes that need to reside within the corporate firewall are comparatively easy to architect, but that’s not the case for SAP applications that need to be accessed both internally and externally. In these scenarios, there is often confusion regarding which components are required and where they should be placed. In this series of blog posts, we’ll introduce Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) subnet zoning patterns for SAP applications, and demonstrate their use through examples. We’ll show ... Read More

Feed: AWS for SAP. Author: Somckit Khemmanivanh. This post is by Harpreet Singh and Derek Ewell, Solutions Architects at Amazon Web Services (AWS).In part one of this article series on VPC subnet zoning patterns, we described possible ways in which SAP applications may be accessed, and then discussed Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) subnet zoning patterns for internal-only access in detail. In this second article in the series, we’ll discuss how traditional application network zoning can be mapped to AWS.In a traditional on-premises deployment model, applications are segregated into various network zones: Restricted zone: This is the most secure ... Read More

Feed: AWS for SAP. Author: Somckit Khemmanivanh. Somckit Khemmanivanh is an SAP Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS).If you have an on-premises SAP application running on a non-HANA (anyDB) database, you can now use the SAP Rapid Migration Test program with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to migrate to an SAP HANA (or ASE) version of your application on AWS. The SAP Rapid Migration Test program (also known as FAST, which stands for Fast AWS and SAP Transformation) provides a set of processes, procedures, and tools that SAP developed in collaboration with AWS to help customers running SAP applications (SAP ... Read More

Feed: AWS for SAP. Author: Rahul Kabra. Rahul Kabra is a Partner Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS).If you are considering moving your SAP workloads to AWS, you’re probably wondering what your SAP architecture would look like on AWS, how different it would be to run SAP on AWS vs. running it on premises or in your private cloud, and how your business might benefit from migrating to AWS. This introductory article will touch on these topics and will provide you with key data points to prepare you for migrating and operating SAP workloads on AWS. Architecting your SAP ... Read More

Feed: AWS for SAP. Author: Somckit Khemmanivanh. This post is by Harpreet Singh and Derek Ewell, Solutions Architects at Amazon Web Services (AWS).SAP landscapes that need to reside within the corporate firewall are comparatively easy to architect, but that’s not the case for SAP applications that need to be accessed both internally and externally. In these scenarios, there is often confusion regarding which components are required and where they should be placed. In this series of blog posts, we’ll introduce Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) subnet zoning patterns for SAP applications, and demonstrate their use through examples. We’ll show ... Read More

Feed: AWS for SAP. Author: Somckit Khemmanivanh. Somckit Khemmanivanh is an SAP Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS).This blog post discusses how you can use the database migration option (DMO), which is a feature of the SAP Software Update Manager (SUM) tool, to migrate your anyDB database to SAP HANA on Amazon Web Services (AWS). SAP uses the term anyDB to refer to any SAP-supported, non-HANA source database (such as DB2, Oracle, or SQL Server). In this blog post, we will cover migration options from an on-premises architecture to AWS. (Note that there are many other migration options when ... Read More

Feed: AWS for SAP. Author: Sabari Radhakrishnan. Sabari Radhakrishnan is a Partner Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS).Are you planning to migrate your SAP applications to the SAP HANA platform or start a new implementation with SAP HANA? If so, you might be wondering what options Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides to run your SAP HANA workloads. In this blog post, I want to discuss the core infrastructure components required for SAP HANA and the building blocks that AWS provides to help you build your virtual appliance for SAP HANA on AWS. I hope that that this information will ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Tom Keane. Today, Microsoft Azure is generally available from the new Microsoft Cloud Germany, a first-of-its-kind model in Europe developed in response to customer needs. It represents a major accomplishment for our Azure team. The Microsoft Cloud Germany provides a differentiated option to the Microsoft Cloud services already available across Europe, creating increased opportunities for innovation and economic growth for highly regulated partners and customers in Germany, the European Union (EU) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). Customer data in these new datacenters, in Magdeburg and Frankfurt, is managed under the control of a ... Read More

Feed: All Oracle Press Releases. Adventist Health, a faith-based, nonprofit integrated health system, has selected Oracle Applications Cloud as part of an end-to-end Cloud deployment to modernize its IT systems and transform the performance of key business functions including HR and Finance. The move to Oracle Applications Cloud will enable Adventist Health to support its strategic growth initiatives, simplify its technology infrastructure and lower costs. An innovator for more than 150 years, with 20 hospitals, over 260 clinics and a workforce of 32,700, Adventist Health was struggling with aging legacy technology, built for a different era and was unable to ... Read More

Feed: Hortonworks Blog – Hortonworks. Author: Eric Thorsen. Last week I had a unique opportunity to present to a group of C-level retail industry leaders. Here are five stories I heard that you might find interesting. These are leaders in Merchandising, Marketing, Infrastructure and IT in top European companies.  The common link was dinner and retail. I spoke briefly about my experience in retail and adoption of open source big data, such as Hadoop. What was fascinating was hearing the stories about technology and how it impacts their organizations. At the highest level, my first insight was that they all had a common goal ... Read More