RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server to Help Accelerate Transformation with SAP S/4HANA Cloud
RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server to Help Accelerate Transformation with SAP S/4HANA Cloud |
| [07-January-2025] |
New offering designed to move SAP S/4HANA workloads from IBM Power Systems on-premises to cloud within 90 days IBM realized 30% reduction in infrastructure costs and related operations over 18 months in RISE with SAP modernization project supporting 150,000 ERP users ARMONK, N.Y. and WALLDORF, Germany, Jan. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, IBM (NYSE: IBM) and SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) announced the upcoming release of RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server, designed to make it the fastest and easiest path for IBM Power customers to accelerate their ERP transformation. Together, IBM and SAP aim to help organizations more seamlessly transition and modernize their on-premises ERP environments to the cloud and support AI-powered business processes.
RISE with SAP is a guided journey delivering outcome-driven services, cloud ERP and platforms to help organizations rethink their operating model. As a new SAP hyperscaler offering, RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server can help reduce risk and improve SAP S/4HANA Cloud migration time from IBM Power Systems on-premises to cloud within 90 days1. "RISE with SAP has emerged as a business priority for enterprises across all industries as they move to SAP S/4HANA Cloud," said Anurag Agrawal, Founder and Chief Global Analyst, TechAisle. "The new offering from IBM and SAP promises to be a compelling option for businesses looking to migrate their mission-critical ERP workloads securely, quickly and with minimal disruption." Cloud Migration Enabled by Industry-leading SAP Certified Infrastructure "IBM has worked hand-in-hand with SAP to provide a seamless and fast migration path for customers that rely on the IBM Power platform for their SAP workloads and applications," said Rob Thomas, Senior Vice President, Software and Chief Commercial Officer, IBM. "This new capability helps reduce the complexity of moving to the cloud and accelerates impact, benefits we experienced firsthand in our own modernization journey using RISE with SAP." IBM Completes Global SAP S/4HANA Cloud Modernization using RISE with SAP The IBM project touched more than 150,000 users across 175 countries in 18 months. During this time, it resulted in a 30 percent reduction in infrastructure costs and related operations by rationalizing overall server and data footprint and increasing process automation3. IBM Consulting led this transformation work end-to-end, providing the technical services, implementation and application management services expertise required to help securely move and run these complex solutions. "SAP is helping organizations run their best through cloud-based enterprise applications embedded with the power of SAP Business AI," said Thomas Saueressig, Member of the Executive Board of SAP SE. "This announcement is yet another milestone in SAP's long-term partnership with IBM, offering our joint customers a clear path to the cloud designed for faster time-to-value, increased flexibility, and continuous innovation." IBM Consulting and Ecosystem of Partners to Help Accelerate Transformation The two companies, along with an ecosystem of partners, intend to work together to help IBM customers transform through RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server with combined solutions, capabilities, and joint go-to-market efforts. RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server customers and IBM Business Partners will also have access to a new IBM Transformation Suite for SAP Applications to help begin the migration to SAP S/4HANA Cloud and RISE with SAP. It will include a bundle of best-of-breed software and services for the assessment of current environments, data migration and automated testing. More than 10,000 SAP customers over 50 years have used IBM to deliver and run SAP on IBM systems. IBM is a full lifecycle strategic partner of SAP providing end-to-end consulting and technology solutions for SAP customers including hybrid cloud, automation and generative AI with watsonx. RISE with SAP on IBM Power Virtual Server is planned to be available in second quarter of 2025, along with a customized investment program from IBM. Customers can learn more here to begin planning for their transformation using assessment and migration services from IBM Consulting and other IBM and SAP Business Partners. Statements regarding IBM's future direction and intent are subject to change or withdrawal without notice and represent goals and objectives only. About IBM About SAP This document contains forward-looking statements, which are predictions, projections, or other statements about future events. These statements are based on current expectations, forecasts, and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and outcomes to materially differ. Additional information regarding these risks and uncertainties may be found in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to the risk factors section of SAP's 2023 Annual Report on Form 20-F. SAP and other SAP products and services mentioned herein as well as their respective logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP SE in Germany and other countries. Please see https://www.sap.com/copyright for additional trademark information and notices. Media Contacts: SAP 1 Estimate based upon internal IBM modeling of onboarding customers in an SAP landscape when moving fromSAP S/4HANA on Power on-premises to Power Virtual Server assuming the right level of customer collaboration around network integration and testing. 2 Based on the ITIC 2023 Global Hardware, Global Server Reliability Report and list of all SAP-certified and supported certified SAP HANA hardware. 3 Based on IBM results from worldwide migration to SAP S/4HANA and RISE with SAP.
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