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An IDC InfoBrief, Sponsored by Lenovo | February 2018 SAP HANA / S/4HANA Migration What Keeps Businesses Up At Night
Transcript of SAP HANA / S/4HANA Migration · HANA. Decide which path to take to S/4HANA: on-prem, HEC, IaaS,...
An IDC InfoBrief, Sponsored by Lenovo | February 2018
SAP HANA / S/4HANA MigrationWhat Keeps Businesses Up At Night
IDC Infobrief | SAP HANA / S/4HANA Migration: What Keeps Businesses Up At Night
Sponsored by Lenovo | Page 2Source: IDC Special Report - Infrastructure for Business Analytics (SAP), 2017
Reasons: • SAP HANA merges the database,
analytical and transactional processing, application development, and data integration in-memory
• SAP HANA can turn a business into a real-time business
• New business functionality enabled through modernization of the new S/4 applications
Most businesses that are running SAP applications on non-HANA databases today say they will move to SAP HANA
>2,500 Employees
<500 Employees
85%71%
IDC Infobrief | SAP HANA / S/4HANA Migration: What Keeps Businesses Up At Night
Sponsored by Lenovo | Page 3
Switch to a Linux-based environment.
Source: IDC Special Report - Infrastructure for Business Analytics (SAP), 2017
Purchase new, SAP-certified
server and storage hardware.
Migrate current database to SAP
HANA.
Decide which path to take to
S/4HANA: on-prem, HEC, IaaS, etc.
Synchronize the move to S/4HANA
with SAP’s road map for various industries
But migration to SAP HANA and/or S/4HANA is an impactful process
IDC Infobrief | SAP HANA / S/4HANA Migration: What Keeps Businesses Up At Night
Sponsored by Lenovo | Page 4Source: IDC Special Report - Infrastructure for Business Analytics (SAP), 2017
Percentage that a SAP HANA database
makes up of the entire SAP landscape
Percentage that S/4HANA makes up of the entire SAP landscape
Why is migration so impactful?
30-40% 24-33%
IDC Infobrief | SAP HANA / S/4HANA Migration: What Keeps Businesses Up At Night
Sponsored by Lenovo | Page 5Source: IDC Special Report - Infrastructure for Business Analytics (SAP), 2017
Average number of database servers replaced by SAP HANA migration
Large numbers of servers are replaced by a migration to SAP HANA, many mission-critical
>2,500 Employees
48<500 Employees
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IDC Infobrief | SAP HANA / S/4HANA Migration: What Keeps Businesses Up At Night
Sponsored by Lenovo | Page 6Source: IDC Special Report - Infrastructure for Business Analytics (SAP), 2017
Licensing budgets for database, business (ERM, CRM, SCM), and analytics software
Annual capex for servers that run database, business (ERM, CRM, SCM), and analytics software
Annual opex for servers that run database, business (ERM, CRM, SCM), and analytics software
The budgets involved are significant
<500 employees
>2,500 employees
<500 employees
>2,500 employees
<500 employees
>2,500 employees
$5M
$250K $250K
$1.7M $12.1M
$500K
IDC Infobrief | SAP HANA / S/4HANA Migration: What Keeps Businesses Up At Night
Sponsored by Lenovo | Page 7Source: IDC Special Report - Infrastructure for Business Analytics (SAP), 2017
Factors: size of the landscape; the level of integration, configuration, and customization
A few days 9 Months
Time required to migrate the applications and database differs widely
IDC Infobrief | SAP HANA / S/4HANA Migration: What Keeps Businesses Up At Night
Sponsored by Lenovo | Page 8Source: IDC Special Report - Infrastructure for Business Analytics (SAP), 2017
Many variables in the datacenter infrastructure need to be decided on
Converged
Virtualized
Appliance
Scale-up
SUSE
External hybrid flash arrays
Non-Converged
Non-Virtualized
Tailored Datacenter Integration
Scale-out
Red Hat
Internal HDDs or SSDs
IDC Infobrief | SAP HANA / S/4HANA Migration: What Keeps Businesses Up At Night
Sponsored by Lenovo | Page 9Source: IDC Special Report - Infrastructure for Business Analytics (SAP), 2017
50% of Businesses that say they cannot get the support they need for their SAP HANA and applications migration - no out-of-the box support from systems integrators; not enough people at the appliance vendor with the right expertise; long wait times; and high cost.
Businesses struggle to find the right support for their SAP HANA migration
IDC Infobrief | SAP HANA / S/4HANA Migration: What Keeps Businesses Up At Night
Sponsored by Lenovo | Page 10Source: IDC Special Report - Infrastructure for Business Analytics (SAP), 2017
Top 3 reasons for delaying a move to SAP HANA
These hurdles often cause businesses to postpone a move to SAP HANA and S/4HANA
No need – the SAP applications perform well on
our Non-HANA database
No urgency – SAP supports non-HANA databases
until 2025
Too costly – the cost associated with migrating
to HANA are too high
IDC Infobrief | SAP HANA / S/4HANA Migration: What Keeps Businesses Up At Night
Sponsored by Lenovo | Page 11Source: IDC Special Report - Infrastructure for Business Analytics (SAP), 2017
But beware that…
• More and more, all SAP innovation will be tied to the SAP HANA platform
• If a hardware renewal is due, this may be your last cycle on non-HANA
• With the right vendor support, cost can be restrained
IDC Infobrief | SAP HANA / S/4HANA Migration: What Keeps Businesses Up At Night
Sponsored by Lenovo | Page 12
Start by identifying the vendor with the best possible support before you commence on the journey.
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