IBM and SAP team up to help clients move SAP workloads to the cloud

- IBM will become the first cloud provider to offer software, cloud infrastructure, transformation and applications management services together as part of RISE with SAP

- Clients will have access to IBM Consulting’s deep industry expertise including 38,000 IBM consultants with SAP expertise, and who are especially experienced in working with clients in highly-regulated industries

- Enterprises will now be able to operate in a secure and open hybrid cloud environment and take advantage of IBM Cloud’s security capabilities

IBM is teaming with SAP to provide technology and consulting expertise to make it easier for clients to embrace a hybrid cloud approach and move mission-critical workloads from SAP solutions to the cloud for both regulated and non-regulated industries. With the launch, clients will have the tools to help accelerate the secure migration of their on-premise SAP software workloads to IBM Cloud.

IBM is also unveiling BREAKTHROUGH with IBM for RISE with SAP, a portfolio of solutions and consulting services that help accelerate and amplify the journey to SAP S/4HANA Cloud. The solutions and services use intelligent workflows to streamline operations, providing an engagement model that helps plan, execute and support holistic business transformation. Clients are also offered the flexibility and choice to migrate SAP solution workloads to the public cloud with the support of deep industry expertise.

Under the agreement, IBM has become a new RISE with SAP Premium Supplier and is using the IBM Hybrid Cloud including IBM Power-enabled Infrastructure as a Service to enhance the performance, availability and security of deployments of private editions of SAP S/4HANA Cloud. As a premium supplier, IBM is the first cloud provider to offer infrastructure, business transformation and application management services as part of RISE with SAP.

IBM’s premium supplier designation is a continuation of SAP’s longstanding efforts to provide choice and options to customers, further supporting IBM customers that have a preference for their RISE with SAP package to run on IBM Cloud.

Additionally, migration to SAP S/4HANA on IBM Cloud from on-premise data centres can potentially deliver the following benefits, according to a study by IDC, sponsored by IBM:

Return on investment

Migrating to SAP S/4HANA on IBM Cloud delivered revenue increases for up to 90% of organisations making the transition, according to users surveyed.

Reduced costs

More than 80% of the organisations in the study said they experienced a reduction in operational costs.

Greater productivity

Nine out of 10 businesses in the study said they improved their productivity after migrating to SAP S/4HANA on IBM Cloud.

Said John Granger, Senior VP, IBM Consulting: “Our shared commitment is to meet our clients, especially those in highly-regulated industries, where they are in their digital journey, while giving them choices for migrating or modernising their mission critical workloads with a hybrid cloud approach.”

“BREAKTHROUGH with IBM is an outstanding complement to RISE with SAP as it lays the foundation for our customers to embark on or advance their business transformation journeys. Further, it reaffirms the value customers recognise from RISE with SAP and the impact and innovation opportunity RISE with SAP offers to organisations that move to the cloud.

"I have every confidence that the combined expertise and experience SAP and IBM offer will accelerate cloud adoption and business growth for customers across the globe,” said Brian Duffy, President of Cloud, SAP.

IBM and SAP have worked with hundreds of clients globally on thousands of individual projects to modernize their systems and business processes based on an open, hybrid cloud approach. Recent examples include Parle Products, Harmont & Blaine, Puravankara and Virgin Megastore KSA.

Underscoring its commitment to SAP S/4HANA both as an SAP customer and a business partner for 50 years, IBM has also made a significant investment in RISE with SAP to help transform its own infrastructure.

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