SAP infrastructure and cloud
SAP infrastructure is rapidly evolving from on-premises servers to public clouds, private clouds and cloud-like hosting services. Most owners of SAP software need to maintain a mix of infrastructure technologies while constantly monitoring opportunities to save money and minimize risk, and these tips and news updates can help.
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SAP Changes S/4HANA HCM Support
Explore how SAP is providing a cloud adoption program to bring together services and updated tools, and help with data integration. Learn how IT pros can make a safe cloud HR migration and minimize compliance risks and data loss.
SAP infrastructure and cloud News
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March 05, 2018
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Mar'18
SAP debuts consumption-based pricing model for SAP Cloud
SAP Cloud Platform is now available as a consumption-based model, an alternative to the subscription model. SAP also updated the SCP SDK for iOS and released two new apps.
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October 30, 2017
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Oct'17
SAP Tennis Analytics serves up real-time statistics for WTA
SAP Tennis Analytics uses SAP Leonardo machine learning and SAP Predictive Analytics to deliver tennis insights. The NHL puts its entire league history into HANA Enterprise Cloud.
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June 09, 2017
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Jun'17
NHL puts 100 years of hockey history into SAP HANA database
The National Hockey League is using the SAP HANA database on HANA Enterprise Cloud to power a statistics site that encompasses the entire league history.
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May 31, 2017
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May'17
Jack Link's Beef Jerky feeds its HANA side with SAP HEC
Jack Link's Beef Jerky went with a hosted deployment on SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud when upgrading SAP ECC to HANA. Here are some lessons on how to thrive in a hosted environment.
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Stay ahead of SuccessFactors integrations and implementations
Our editors and industry experts offer best practices and advice on implementing and integrating SAP SuccessFactors, including how to better use Employee Central. Continue Reading
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two-tier ERP
Two-tier ERP is a technology strategy taken by large, multinational enterprises that uses tier 1 ERP for financials and other core common processes at the corporate level and tier 2 ERP for divisions, subsidiaries and smaller locations of the ... Continue Reading
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SAP Cloud Platform
SAP Cloud Platform (SCP) is a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) product that provides a development and runtime environment for cloud applications. Continue Reading
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A complete guide to SAP Cloud Platform integration
There's a lot to consider when contemplating a move to SAP Cloud Platform, and this Essential Guide provides a starting point, including practical advice, case studies and in-depth analysis. Continue Reading
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Journey to SAP S/4HANA Cloud driven by need for agility
Executives from midsize and large companies detailed their motivations and hoped-for benefits for migrating to the SaaS version of S/4HANA in a panel at the Sapphire Now conference. Continue Reading
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Pros and cons of SAP Cloud Platform integration tools
While SAP offerings are often best for cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-ground integration, sometimes, it's better to look elsewhere. Here's a rundown of the many options. Continue Reading
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Inside SAP's digital transformation strategy
In this Q&A, Bertram Schulte, SAP's chief digital officer, discusses the how and why as the company goes through its own internal digital transformation. Continue Reading
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PrimeSource move to Virtustream Enterprise Cloud improves efficiency
PrimeSource improved its SAP environment by moving from an on-premises SAP environment on DB2 to SAP HANA hosted by Virtustream, with a consumption-based billing model. Continue Reading
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Move to SAP S/4HANA Cloud improves sales app's security and performance
Emplay, an SAP Startup Focus partner, moved its Sales GPS app to SAP S/4HANA Cloud and saw improvements in performance, scalability, security and advanced analytics. Continue Reading
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How do the cloud and on-premises SAP HANA deployment options differ?
You can offload most -- but not all -- management, handle it in-house or try something in between. Here's a rundown of the HANA deployment choices, ranked by administration effort. Continue Reading
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SAP mobility walks the runway
More companies say that making their ERP data accessible from mobile devices is a top priority, and the SAP mobility push is providing the tools to make that happen. Central to SAP mobility are Fiori applications. While the name is a bit mythical, ... Continue Reading
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Do the terms HANA Enterprise Cloud, HANA Cloud Platform confuse you?
If you're not sure about the differences between the SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud and the SAP HANA Cloud platform, you're not alone. Continue Reading