A Secure IT Future for Hilti with Microsoft Azure and RISE with SAP
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Key Takeaways
⇨ Hilti successfully migrated to RISE with SAP on Azure, significantly enhancing cybersecurity, resilience, and cloud computing benefits while closing its datacenter.
⇨ Hilti leveraged its direct relationships with Microsoft's leadership and technical teams, including FastTrack for Azure and the Microsoft Global Black Belt team, to achieve significant milestones beyond its initial migration to the cloud.
⇨ This move to RISE with SAP on Azure allowed Hilti to reallocate its experts and resources more effectively, creating immediate business impacts that would not have been possible with its own datacenter infrastructure.
Hilti, a leading supplier in the construction industry, transitioned to RISE with SAP on Azure, closing its own datacenter. This move, carried out between October 2021 and July 2022 in three phases, improved cybersecurity, resilience, and cloud computing benefits. The migration was managed with the expertise of Microsoft and SAP, involving integration and migration of complex system landscapes. As part of this upgrade, Hilti also launched the Nuron platform, a 22-volt power tool ecosystem, and doubled its SAP S/4HANA capacity to 24 TB to meet increased demands and support business growth despite a global supply crisis.
Hilti worked closely with Microsoft’s leadership and technical teams, utilizing resources like FastTrack for Azure and the Microsoft Global Black Belt team to achieve these milestones. This strategic shift allowed Hilti to reallocate experts and resources more effectively, making a significant immediate business impact. Additionally, Hilti plans to upgrade its SAP landscape biennially to maintain security and resilience, leveraging Microsoft and SAP’s cybersecurity advancements to safeguard against threats.
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