Amazon Web Services (AWS) and SoftwareOne Holding AG, a world supplier of end-to-end software program and cloud expertise options, have partnered to assist clients transition to RISE with SAP on an AWS cloud surroundings.
Called the Ready for RISE on AWS bundle, it combines SoftwareOne’s deep SAP advisory and implementation data with AWS applied sciences to expedite a shopper’s SAP transformation journey.
The collaboration comes at a time when there’s rising stress on organisations to determine find out how to modernise their SAP environments pushed partially by the tip of mainstream assist for SAP ERP Central Component (SAP ECC) in 2027. Despite the approaching deadline, many organisations are nonetheless confused as to which path to take, together with when to undertake RISE with SAP, SAP’s bundled providing of cloud options, infrastructure, and providers that helps migrate SAP ERP to the cloud.
Ireneusz Hołowacz, Director of Application Development Center at GAVDI Polska, mentioned: “A stable, efficient, and cost-effective environment for consultants and programmers is one of the most important priorities of our daily work. Thanks to the migration of our SAP systems to the AWS cloud with the help of SoftwareOne, GAVDI Polska has achieved all the goals set for this process.
In a survey recently conducted by SoftwareOne with Americas’ SAP Users’ Group (ASUG) – the full details of which will be revealed in January 2024 – showed that while 42% of respondents were familiar with RISE with SAP, 40% had heard of it but weren’t familiar with the details and 18% had never heard of it. Over half (52%) said they were still unsure how RISE with SAP would impact their existing relationship with cloud service providers.
“SAP customers have implemented some of the most comprehensive and complex enterprise systems in the industry and moving them to cloud services like AWS requires many important decisions to be made to optimise these investments,” says Joshua Greenbaum, Principal at EAC. “SoftwareOne’s extensive experience in the SAP ecosystem, combined with its unique capabilities around system rationalisation, cost containment, contracts and licenses, and cloud service management, among others, will provide customers deploying on AWS with the ability to make the most of RISE on SAP and other SAP offerings. Ready for RISE on AWS is an important offering for SAP customers at this critical moment in their business transformations.”
The Ready for RISE on AWS bundle will assist purchasers perceive their SAP transformation choices and provide a complete answer to organisations who take into account RISE with SAP. It contains advisory knowledge preparation, conversion providers, knowledge and AI, cloud innovation platform, supporting your entire journey to RISE on AWS. Clients will profit from accelerated Return on Investment (ROI), optimum knowledge administration, and cost-saving methods whereas laying the muse for ongoing innovation and long-term enterprise success.
Matt Schwartz, worldwide director, SAP Alliance & Partner Network at AWS, mentioned: “As a valued AWS Premier Consulting Partner, AWS is working closely with SoftwareOne to offer SAP customers comprehensive assistance through each step of their journey to RISE with SAP on AWS. SoftwareOne’s ability to bundle Advisory, Data & AI, Cloud Platform, and Operations considerations can be of high interest to customers who are seeking to understand RISE with SAP as well as the cloud native and operation considerations that surround and support the RISE with SAP construct.”
PF Grillet, SAP Business Lead at SoftwareOne, mentioned: “There are many choices available to SAP clients who know they need to modernise but aren’t sure of the best option, particularly given the business-critical nature of the applications.
“All of our services are centered around our customers and what is right for them. This includes supporting and optimising RISE with SAP in scenarios when it’s the right decision based on their requirements. Our extensive knowledge of and relationship with AWS means we can help them better prepare and achieve a seamless transition to S/4HANA using RISE with SAP on AWS with reduced costs and risks. This collaboration goes beyond preparing businesses for change; it’s making transformation and becoming innovation-ready a reality using AWS technologies.”
The providing contains SNP tooling to scale back a buyer’s knowledge footprint and speed up migration. SoftwareOne will migrate chosen knowledge to an AWS knowledge lake, speed up innovation readiness and guarantee SAP knowledge is appropriate for broader knowledge analytics and AI use circumstances. Clients achieve entry to progressive instruments like AWS’ Sagemaker for Machine Learning, steady knowledge administration and optimisation throughout the AWS surroundings. The AWS innovation platform additionally contains Amazon Bedrock that helps organisations speed up adapting Large Language Models and deploying GenAI use circumstances that leverage the prolonged knowledge set.
“While the future innovation opportunities are exciting, clients need to balance these with a pragmatic approach to costs,” defined Marilyn Moodley, Country Leader for South Africa and WECA at SoftwareOne, “We integrate ‘Cost-Out’ recommendations into the core of our services, providing a more cost-effective solution for customers, like reducing the data footprint size and optimising storage and archiving.
“Our expertise in the complexities of SAP licensing further drives cost savings while our FinOps capabilities enable customers to optimise their AWS cloud spend and effectively manage their AWS cloud environment, ensuring full transparency in their budgets. The overall result is a significantly reduced time for RISE migration, which translates into a quicker time to value.”
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