Versuni rapidly reinvented their enterprise with RISE with SAP on AWS (MAM223)

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Key Takeaways

  1. Funi, a Dutch company formerly known as Carf out of Royal Phillips, was one of the first customers to adopt SAP Rise on AWS in 2021.

  2. Funi's guiding principles for their digital transformation journey were:

    • Adopt a Greenfield approach
    • Pursue a "best-of-suite" and cloud-first strategy
    • Complete the transformation within 18 months
  3. Funi chose AWS as their cloud provider for SAP Rise due to factors like reliability, security, compliance, centralized management, cost optimization, and sustainability.

  4. Funi has extensively leveraged various AWS services beyond just SAP Rise, including AWS Transit Gateway, Amazon S3, Amazon Redshift, Amazon QuickSight, and Amazon AI services.

  5. The close collaboration and support provided by the AWS account team, solution architects, and executives have been crucial in Funi's successful digital transformation journey.

  6. AWS announced a new "Migration Support for Rise with SAP" offering to help customers accelerate and de-risk their SAP Rise on AWS deployments.

Detailed Summary

Why SAP Customers Choose AWS

  • AWS has extensive experience in running large-scale, mission-critical workloads, which is valuable for SAP customers.
  • AWS provides a wide range of services and industry expertise that can benefit SAP customers.
  • AWS has a long-standing partnership with SAP, leading to the development of various services to help customers migrate, operate, modernize, and innovate with SAP in the cloud.

Advantages of Running SAP Rise on AWS

  1. Performance: AWS Nitro System provides up to 60% better performance for SAP workloads compared to other providers.
  2. Security and Resilience: AWS's global network architecture, with multiple availability zones and low-latency connectivity, ensures high availability and data protection.
  3. Flexibility: The ability to scale up and down Hana databases is crucial for SAP Rise customers.
  4. Innovation: AWS's extensive portfolio of services, including the AWS-exclusive offerings, enables SAP Rise customers to innovate around their core SAP systems.
  5. Sustainability: AWS's investments in sustainable technologies, such as the Graviton processor, help reduce the carbon footprint of SAP workloads.

Funi's SAP Rise on AWS Journey

  • Funi was one of the first customers to adopt SAP Rise, starting their transformation in March 2021.
  • Funi's guiding principles were to pursue a Greenfield approach, a "best-of-suite" and cloud-first strategy, and complete the transformation within 18 months.
  • Funi chose AWS as their cloud provider for SAP Rise due to factors like reliability, security, compliance, centralized management, cost optimization, and sustainability.
  • Funi has extensively leveraged various AWS services beyond just SAP Rise, including AWS Transit Gateway, Amazon S3, Amazon Redshift, Amazon QuickSight, and Amazon AI services.
  • The close collaboration and support provided by the AWS account team, solution architects, and executives have been crucial in Funi's successful digital transformation journey.

AWS Announcements

  • AWS announced a new "Migration Support for Rise with SAP" offering to help customers accelerate and de-risk their SAP Rise on AWS deployments.
  • Customers are invited to attend additional SAP-related sessions at AWS re:Invent and visit the dedicated SAP booth in the expo hall.

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