SAP and IBM announced that global enterprises JYSK, GBM, DIFARE Group, and Plastilene Group have selected SAP Cloud ERP Private solutions on IBM Power Virtual Server to modernize enterprise resource planning (ERP) workloads in secure, reliable, and scalable cloud environments.
“As enterprises modernize, the journey to SAP Cloud ERP Private is dedicated to helping on-premises customers of SAP ERP tailor their transformation and bring business applications, data, and AI together with SAP Business AI Platform. Some of these customers are now modernizing their cloud ERP landscapes and advancing their cloud ERP digital transformation strategies with SAP solutions on IBM Power Virtual Server,” said Lalit Patil, CTO for RISE with SAP and head of cloud lifecycle engineering and operations, SAP.
Spanning retail, technology services, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing, these clients are among the tens of thousands of businesses that run SAP landscapes on IBM Power servers, the companies said.
Leveraging SAP Cloud ERP Private on IBM technology can support customers as they scale on-premises ERP environments to the cloud and accelerate AI-enabled business workflows.
The platform delivers a flexible hybrid cloud environment, which can help organizations:
- Reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) of cloud ERP operations, supported by the ability to scale granularly to match business demand and leverage IBM’s global cloud infrastructure, designed to be highly resilient.
- Migrate to SAP Cloud ERP Private and to the SAP Business Warehouse (SAP BW) application as part of the SAP Business Data Cloud (SAP BDC) solution, securely, quickly, and with minimal disruption, including support for hybrid cloud and multi-cloud deployments.
- Mitigate operational and security risk, through IBM Power’s enterprise-grade resilience and integrated IBM Cloud security and compliance protection.
Known for its high security, scalability and reliability, IBM Power servers are ranked as one of the top servers for uptime and availability among SAP-certified infrastructure, engineered for fewer disruptions and faster migration, supported by the highly resilient and secured IBM Cloud platform, said the vendors.
“Organizations across industries are accelerating their move to SAP Cloud ERP Private and require a trusted cloud platform designed for mission-critical workloads,” said Hillery Hunter, general manager for IBM Power, CTO, IBM infrastructure. “By combining the security, scalability and resiliency of IBM Power and IBM Cloud with the transformation capabilities of SAP Cloud ERP Private, we are committed to helping clients move forward with confidence on their modernization journeys.”
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 agentic AI.
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