IBM and SAP have established a partnership to deliver technology and consulting skills to help clients adopt a hybrid cloud strategy and migrate mission-critical workloads from SAP® solutions to the cloud for regulated and non-regulated industries.
Moving the workloads and applications that form the backbone of a client's company operation to a hybrid cloud environment requires a highly secure and reliable cloud environment. Clients will have the tools to help speed the transfer of their on-premise SAP software workloads to IBM Cloud, underpinned by industry-leading security capabilities, with the launch of the premium supplier option with IBM for RISE with SAP.
IBM is also unveiling a new program, 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. Built on a flexible and scalable platform, the solutions and services use intelligent workflows to streamline operations. They provide 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.
This announcement of IBM becoming a premium supplier makes IBM 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 long-standing efforts to provide choice and optionality to customers, further supporting IBM customers who prefer 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:
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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.
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Reduced costs: More than 80% of the organisations in the study said they experienced a reduction in operational costs.
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Greater productivity: 9 out of 10 businesses in the study said they improved their productivity after migrating to SAP S/4HANA on IBM Cloud.
"We are thrilled to advance our long-standing partnership through RISE with SAP," said John Granger, Senior Vice President, 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 collaborated on thousands of projects with hundreds of clients across the world to modernise their systems and business processes using an open, hybrid cloud strategy. Recent examples are Coca-Cola European Partners, Parle Products, Harmont & Blaine, Puravankara Ltd and Virgin Megastore KSA.
IBM has made a significant investment in RISE with SAP to help change its own infrastructure, demonstrating its commitment to SAP S/4HANA® as both a client and a business partner for the past 50 years. IBM is a new RISE with SAP Premium Supplier, and it is employing the IBM Hybrid Cloud, which includes IBM Power enabled Infrastructure as a Service, to improve the performance, availability, and security of SAP S/4HANA® Cloud deployments.